Sunday, January 17, 2010

Part 5 of a series of posts. Mary (Haydock) Reiby, Thomas Reiby, East India Company, Entally and more...

Entally House « Waltzing Australia
"In 1790, at that age of 13, Mary Haydock of Lancashire, England, had the poor sense to ride a horse that didn’t belong to her, which resulted in her being convicted of horse stealing and being sent to the recently established colony of Australia. She was 15 by the time she set sail for Sydney. It was a long trip, and on the way over, she made the acquaintance of a young Irishman who worked for the East India Company."


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