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Mary Reibey (12 May 1777 - 30 May 1855) was born Mary HAYDOCK in England. At the age of thirteen, she was arrested and convicted of horse stealing. She was convicted of horse stealing at Stafford on 21 July 1790 and sentenced to be transported for seven years. When arrested she was dressed as a boy and went under the name of James Burrow, but at her trial her identity was disclosed. In 1790 she was transported to the colony of New South Wales to serve out her sentence.