Mary Wilks

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. http://www.easystreetretreat.com.au/australianroyalty where it is noted:
Mary Turner, a servant aged 19, was tried at Worcester in 1785 for stealing. Sentenced to seven years transportation, she arrived on the ship 'Lady Penrhyn'. In April 1789 she gave evidence at a trial of 6 soldiers accused of robbing the public store, and perjured herself. Although the perjury was noted by Judge-Advocate Collins, he did no feel that there was enough evidence to make an example of her. Captain Campbell, who sat in on the proceedings, disagreed, and thereafter refused to sit on any criminal courts conducted by Collins.
Mary Turner this but given the alias of Wikles in the muster taken on the transport by Major Robert Ross on 13 Mar 1787) was sentenced to seven years transportation at Worcester on 5 Mar 1785 for theft of several small items of clothing to a value of about two pounds from a house in the parish of Holy Cross, pershore, Worcs. On 25 Nov 1786 she was ordered to be sent to Southwark gaol, where several women prisoners from county gaols were being gathered, and with them she was sent by waggon to Gravesend to board the ship 'Lady Penrhyn' on 31 Jan 1787. Surgeon Bowes wrote that she had been in service and was aged 21.
On 5 Mar 1789 she was charged with Tasmin Allen (First Fleet) with stealing six cabbages from the garden of William Parr. Both were ordered 50 lashes, 25 then and the rest on the next provision day.
On 25 Mar 1789 she gave evidence at the trial of the seven marines who were hanged on the 27th for stealing from the stores. Captain James Campbell suspected her of perjury and was outraged to find on 25th Apr that she was not in custody, which led to an icy exchange of letters and complaints involving Campbell, David Collins, Major Ross and the Governor.
On 4 Mar 1790 she was sent to Norfolk Island aboard the ship 'Sirius'. She remained on the island unrecorded in surviving documents, though the Norfolk Island Victualling Book gives a Mary Turner arriving from Port Jackson by 'Surprize' in Aug 1790 and leaving in mar 1793 aboard the 'Kitty'.
At Port Jackson on 4 Apr 1797 she was a witness at a trial.

Mary married David Batty circa 1794 in Sydney Cove, NSW Australia. (David Batty was born circa 1772 and died on 2 Dec 1818 in Sydney, NSW Australia.)