Oh, had I a golden thread
Pete Seeger
And a needle so fine
I’d weave a magic strand
Of rainbow design
In it I would weave the bravery
Of women giving birth
And in it I would weave the innocence
Of children over all the earth
Browse a list of some of the women who gave birth to children at the Parramatta Female Factory or whose children are known to have resided there. The names below have been extracted from Factory baptisms registered in the parish of St. John’s, Parramatta.
Transcribed and compiled by Michaela Ann Cameron as a part of the St. John’s Online project.
Please note: This list is a work in progress with some identifications having been made tentatively. This list is, therefore, likely to be revised multiple times as more extensive research will prompt outright revision of some identities and clarification of those not yet identified. These revisions will be reflected in the “Version” number stated in the citation at the bottom of this page, beginning with “Version 1.0.”
A
Sarah ADAMS (aka Sarah SATCHWELL) per Surrey I (1) (1840)
Jane AHERN per Southworth (3) (1832)
Janet ANDERSON per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Hannah ANDREWS (aka Hannah BELL) per Providence II (1) (1821)
Sarah ANNETTS per Mary Ann III (1) (1839)
Jane APPLEYARD per Mary III (5) (1835)
Anne ARMSWORTH per Kains (1831)
Jane ARUNDEL per Pyramus (1) (1832)
B
Caroline BADKIN per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Mary Ann BAKER per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Ellen BARBER per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Charlotte BEASLEY per Numa (1834)
Ann BECKLEY per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Lucy BIDDLE per Buffalo (1833)
Ellen BOARDMAN
Ellen BOTTOMLEY per Henry Wellesley (2)
Ann BRABBIN per Sovereign (2) (1829)
Ellen BRAKER
Mary BRIEN per City of Edinburgh (1) (1828)
Hannah BROCK per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Marcella BROWN per Diamond (1837)
Rose BRUCE per Princess Charlotte (2) (1827)
Sarah BULPIN per Kains (1831)
Emma BURCHER per Burrell (2) (1832)
Ann BURROWS per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Catherine BURSILL (aka Catherine MAKESAY) per Edward (1) (1829)
Catherine BUTCHER
Catherine BUTLER (aka Catherine FITZPATRICK) per Brothers (2) (1827)
C
Hannah CAFFIN per Harmony (1) (1827)
Catherine CAMPBELL per Planter (2) (1839)
Jane CARTER per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Theresa CARTLIDGE per Surrey I (1) (1840)
Sarah CHAMBERLAIN
Mary CHAMBERS per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Jemima CHAPMAN per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Jane CHERRY per Buffalo (1833)
Hannah CLARKE per Grenada (4) (1827)
Charlotte CLIFFORD per Numa (1834)
Alice CLIFTON per George Hibbert (1834)
Catherine CLUNE per Thomas Harrison (1835)
Mary COAKLEY per Diamond (1838)
Ann COLWELL per John Renwick (1) (1838)
FRANCES COOK (aka Frances HAMILTON) per George Hibbert (1834)
Sophia CORBIN per Coromandel (1840)
Martha CORNWALL per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Susan CRAIG per Margaret (1) (1837)
Mary CRAWFORD per Asia I (5) (1830)
Mary CUFFE per Roslin Castle (5) (1836)
D
Jane DALEY per Thomas Harrison (1836)
Bridget DALY per Southworth (3) (1832)
Caroline DART per Henry Wellesley (1) (1836)
Charlotte DAVENPORT (aka Charlotte PLATT) per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Barbara DAVIS per Margaret (3) (1840)
Mary DAYNOR [sic]
Elizabeth DENHAM per Providence II (1) (1821)
Margaret DIXON per Palambam (1831)
Susan DOCHERTY per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Mary Ann DOON [sic]
Eliza DOUGHERTY per Diamond (1838)
Eliza DRILL per Caroline (1833)
Sarah DUGGAN per Princess Charlotte (2) (1827)
Margaret DUNLEAVY per Margaret (2) (1839)
Ann DUNSTAN per Margaret (3) (1840)
E
Bridget ELLIOTT per Mary Ann (1832)
Isobel ELLIS per Planter (2) (1839)
Isabella ELLISON per Brothers (2) (1827)
Elizabeth ENTICOTT per John Renwick (1) (1838)
F
Elizabeth FARRELL per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Rosetta FAULKNER per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Elizabeth FORD per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Susannah FORRESTER
Jane FOWLER per John Renwick (1) (1838)
G
Christiana GALE per Numa (1834)
Eliza GARDINER per Kains (1831)
Elizabeth GARROD per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Ann GARROWAY per Sovereign (2) (1829)
Mary GATES per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Ann GEORGE (aka Ann STUBBS) per Competitor (2) (1829)
Kezia Kerenhappuck GIBBS per Buffalo (1833)
Anne GILL per Roslin Castle (2) (1830)
Cecilia GILLIAM per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Elizabeth GOLDSMITH per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Mary GRANGER per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Ann GRATTON per Harmony (1) (1827)
Mary Anne GREENWOOD per George Hibbert (1834)
H
Elizabeth HAGUE per Harmony (1827)
Eleanor HALL per Fanny II (1833)
Isabella HANNAH per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Elizabeth HARGREAVES per John Renwick (1) (1838)
Charlotte HARRISON per Harmony (1) (1827)
Esther HARRISON per Louisa (1827)
Mary HEALY per Palambam (1831)
Catherine HENDERSON per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
ISABELLA HERON per Planter (2) (1839)
Jane HEWSON per Mary III (1) (1823)
Eliza HILL per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Matilda HILLYER per Fanny II (1833)
Maria HISLOP per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Catherine HOLMES per Southworth (3) (1832)
Sarah HOPWOOD per Mary III (5) (1835)
Elizabeth HORSTIN [sic]
Miriam Emmeline HOUGHTON per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Mary Ann HOWARTH per Diana (1833)
Harriet HUSSEY per Surrey I (1) (1840)
Ann HUXTABLE per Surrey I (10) (1840)
I
J
Maria JACKMAN per Diana (1833)
Catherine JACKSON per Fanny II (1833)
Elizabeth JACKSON (aka ELIZABETH MACKEY) per Grenada (4) (1827)
Mary Ann JACKSON per Numa (1834)
Caroline JAMES per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Margaret JAMIESON per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Lucy JENKINS per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Harriet JOHNSON per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Susan JORDAN per George Hibbert (1834)
K
Mary Anne KERR per Diana (1833)
Christian KING per Numa (1834)
Isabella KINGABY (aka Isabella ARDRIE) (Factory Matron)
Jane KNIGHT per Roslin Castle (2) (1830)
Anne KNOX per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
L
Mary LANGHAM per Fanny II (1833)
Sophia LAWRENCE per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Jane LAXTON per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Ann LEVY (aka Ann TURNER) per Mary Anne I (2) (1822)
Mary LIVINGSTONE per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Ann LLOYD per Fanny II (1833)
Eliza LOFTUS per Hooghly (3) (1831)
Sapy LOVELL (aka Sophia LOVELL) per Louisa (1827)
Mary Anne LOWE (aka Mary Anne RANKIN) per Sovereign (2) (1829)
Mary LUCAS per George Hibbert (1834)
Elizabeth LYONS per Kains (1831)
M
Rose McALISTER (aka Rose CAMPBELL) per Louisa (1827)
Mary Ann McCARTHY per Andromeda II (3) (1834)
Isabella McCOLLIM per Kains (1831)
Margaret McDOUGALL per Planter (2) (1839)
Ellen McEVOY per Asia I (5) (1830)
Christiana MacINTOSH (aka CHRISTIANA FERRIS) per Lord Sidmouth (3) (1823)
Margaret McINTYRE per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Anne MACKAY per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Mary MAIDMENT per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Catherine MANLY per Almorah (3) (1824)
Catherine MAXWELL per Caroline (1833)
Elizabeth MAYES per Henry Wellesley (1) (1836)
Ellen MAHAR per Sovereign (2) (1829)
Sarah MELLON per Mary III (5) (1835)
Hannah MILLINER per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Abigail MOORE per Sarah and Elizabeth (1837)
Elizabeth MORTON per Henry Wellesley (1) (1836)
Sarah MORRIS
Ruth MUNRO per Midas (1) (1825)
Mary MURPHY
Mary MURPHY
Sarah MUSHENS per Grenada (4) (1827)
N
Ann NANCE per Louisa (1827)
Rose NEILL per Asia I (5) (1830)
Sarah Ann NEWMAN
Elizabeth NICHOLSON per Brothers (2) (1827)
O
Maria O’BRIAN
Esther OGDEN per Louisa (1827)
Mary OLIVANT per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Mary OPENSHAW per Louisa (1827)
Elizabeth OSBURN per Palambam (1831)
Susan OVER per Planter (2) (1839)
Sarah OWENS per Sarah and Elizabeth (1837)
P
Matilda PAGE per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Mary PATERNOSTER per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
Margaret PATERSON per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Johannah PATTERSON
Catherine PETERSON per Henry Wellesley (1) (1836)
Mary PEYTON
Mary PICKTHORNE (aka Mary MOORE) per Elizabeth IV (1836)
Elizabeth PLAYER (aka Elizabeth Ann ROPE)*
Charlotte POPE per Buffalo (1833)
Charlotte POTTER per Planter (2) (1839)
Hannah POTTER per Buffalo (1833)
Harriet POWERS per Numa (1834)
Q
Charlotte QUIGGAN per Formosa (1839)
R
Ellen RAMSEY
Eliza RANKIN per Mary III (5) (1835)
Mary RANKIN per Sovereign (2) (1829)
Jane RAY per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Susan Maria RICHES per Diana (1833)
Mary Ann RIDGLEY (aka Anne FRANKLIN) per Mary III (5) (1835)
Mary ROBERTS per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Margaret ROBINSON
Mary Ann ROSE per Buffalo (1833)
Christina ROSS per Buffalo (1833)
Mary ROY per Sovereign (2) (1829)
S
Mary SAUNDERS per Palamabam (1831)
Mary SAVAGE per Competitor (2) (1828)
Mary SCOTT
Mary SHANNAHAN per Brothers (2) (1827)
ESTHER SHAW per Sovereign (2)
Sarah SHERVINGTON per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Mary Ann SHIRLEY per Fanny II (1833)
Sarah SHUAL [sic]*
Eleanor ‘Ellen’ SMILEY per Mariner (2) (1825)
Elizabeth SMITH per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Rachael SMITH
Sarah SMITH
Elizabeth SOREL per Lord Melville I (1) (1817)
Mary Ann STAINS per Buffalo (1833)
Dinah STANFORD per Competitor (2) (1828)
Elizabeth STANLEY per Pyramus (1) (1832)
Elizabeth STARKIE per Planter (2) (1839)
Hannah STEELE per Eliza (1833) [came free]
Catherine STEWART per Surrey I (10) (1840)
Eleanor STEWART per Caroline (1833)
Eliza STEWART per Diana (1833)
Hannah STEWART per Margaret (3) (1840)
Alice STREAKS
Eleanor STREET per Princess Charlotte (2) (1827)
Sarah Newman STYLES per Margaret (3) (1840)
Sarah SUNDERLAND, came free per Speke (1808) [to be verified. Seems a more likely mother of ISABELLA than MARY SUNDERLAND who is commonly recorded as her mother, especially given MARY’s advanced years, the Factory location of Isabella SUNDERLAND’s death, and SARAH’s marriage at 16 years just nine days after Isabella’s burial].
Isabella SUTTER aka Bell SOUTER per Earl of Liverpool (1831)
Ellen SUTTON
Jane SWEATMAN per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Anne SYAS per Burrell (2) (1832)
T
Elizabeth THOMAS
Mary TOLEMAN per Kains (1831)
Mary Ann TOMLINSON per Mary Anne III (1) (1839)
Elizabeth TOOTELL per Fanny II (1833)
Martha TRUCKLE per Henry Wellesley (1) (1836)
Elizabeth TUCKWELL (Wife of Factory Storekeeper, WILLIAM TUCKWELL)
U
Ann UPTON per Henry Wellesley (2) (1837)
V
W
Elizabeth WATERS per Roslin Castle (2) (1830)
Ann WESTWATER per Princess Charlotte (2) (1827)
X
Mother of RICHARD [NO SURNAME]
Y
Z
Sophia ZEALEY per Princess Charlotte (2) (1827)
Citation
Michaela Ann Cameron, “Mothers of the Female Factory” (Version 1.0), Female Factory Online (2018), https://femalefactoryonline.org/factory-mothers/, accessed [insert current date].
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