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Ninety-eight days after being sentenced to death, Mary Wade and Jane Whiting were granted his Majesty's pardon from their death sentences, on the condition that they be transported to Australia for the term of their lives.

Photographs of the Mary Wade plaque before mounting, the dedication ceremony and the current condition of the plaque

An extract from The Crier in Campbelltown relating to the 1984 Muster of Mary Wade's descendants.

In 1986, the original Mary Wade History Association, after years of research, published a most important book for the descendants of Mary Wade. This book, 'Mary Wade to Us: A Family History 1778 - 1986' contains a wealth of information about Mary…

In April 1984 my brother Brian Griffin attended the Muster of the descendants of Mary Wade, held in Campbelltown, NSW. Over 400 people came to hear the story of their remarkable ancestor and her family! A few years later, when Brian came to visit me…

Illawarra Mercury - 22nd December 1859

A transcript of the trial at which Mary Wade was sentenced to death on the 14th January 1789 at the Old Bailey.

Edith Mildred Mayne (Egan) 104th birthday 4 October 2019 with Jenny Morphett

Daughter of Louisa Emily Mayne nee Harrigan, granddaughter of Edward Harrigan

An account of the life of Frederick WillisonMayne by his daughter Edith Mildred.

Photograph of Leonard Munro.Leonard Alfred Munro is not a descendant of Mary Wade. His ancestor, Amelia Munro, was not the daughter of Eliza Brooker and William Munro. That Amelia died the same year she was born, 1865.For Leonard Arthur Monro's…

List of Committee members and other contributors in 2020

Accepted Minutes of MWFHA Committee Meeting

Olga and Roy Nelson on their wedding day 21 September 1921

Edith Mildred Mayne (Mim Egan), born in 1914 in Oatley, Sydney NSW, lived through two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Spanish ‘flu and Covid 19 and in 2021 is still alive at 106. Started as a collection of a short stories of memories of her…

old postcard

old postcard

Double plot with Ray but no other details

Granddaughter of Mary Wade

Family group photo taken 6 months before Maria's passing at the age of 101.
Maria Jenkins (nee Ray born 18 May 1822)
Mary Jane Beveridge (nee Jenkins born 1862)
Minna Lois Hogg (nee Beveridge born 1892)
Ruth Lois Wallace Hogg born 1913, later…