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Mary Ann Wade (5 October 1777 – 17 December 1859) was only 11 years old when transported to Australia as the youngest convict aboard the Lady Juliana as part of the Second Fleet. Her family grew to include five generations and over 300 descendants in her own lifetime and today number in the tens of thousands. == Early years in London == Early researchers in the 1980s believed that Mary was born on 5 October 1777 at Southwark, London to Mary English and George Wade of Westminster, Middlesex and then christened on 21 December 1777 at Saint Olave, Southwark, Surrey, England. A new group of researchers with wider access to records that were not previously available now believe that Mary was born 17 Dec 1775, St Margaret’s, Westminster, Middlesex and was baptised 7 Jan 1776, St Margaret’s, Westminster to Lawrence Wade (died Aug 1794, Perkins Rents, Westminster) and Mary Smith (died Nov 1836, 5 New Court, Westminster). Evidence for her new date of birth and parents include: 1) Proximity of her parents deaths to where she lived at the time of her arrest (Perkins Rents and Pump Court) 2) Her mother states during the trial that she was born in December which contradicts the original birth month of October 3) During the trial, the judge questions her age and asks if she isn't older 4) Poorer families tended to stay in the one parish during this time period and weren't overly mobile. St Olave, Southwark and St Margaret's, Westminster are two separate parishes and Mary was living in St Margaret's at the time of her arrest. 5) Her death certificate suggests she was born in 1772 which is closer to 1775 than 1777. 6) Her death certificate records she was born in Westminster which contradicts her birth being in Surrey. If this new line of research is accurate, Mary had at least three siblings - Elizabeth Ann Wade (Born 5 Feb 1778 and Baptised 1 Mar 1778 at St Margaret's Westminster); Henrietta (Born 17 Nov 1780 and Baptised 10 Dec 1780 at St Margaret's Westminster); and Henry (Born 1 Aug 1786 and Baptised 20 Aug 1786), died Apr 1793 and buried 24 Apr 1793 at St Margaret's). She spent her days sweeping the streets of London as a means of begging. On 5 October 1788, Mary with another child, Jane Whiting, 14 years old, stole the clothes (one cotton frock, one linen tippet, one linen cap) from Mary Phillips, an 8-year-old, who at the time was collecting water in a bottle at a privy. They then sold the frock to a pawnbroker. Mary was reported by another child to an Officer of the Law who later found the tippet in Mary's room whereupon she was arrested and placed in Bridewell Prison. Her trial was held on 14 January 1789 at the Old Bailey, where she was found guilty and was sentenced to death by hanging. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mary Wade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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