Mary Hutton

Mary Hutton, nee Warwich, was born in the small village of Foggathorpe, Yorkshire. She married Marmaduke Hotton who was a farmer indentured to the Clarkson brothers.

In 1829 Mary was 34 years old, working as a housekeeper and servant to the Clarkson's. The couple departed Hull, England on the 9th September 1829 for the Swan River Colony with their employers, the Clarkson's, on the Tranby.

The Clarksons were granted land around Peninsula Farm. The Hutton's soon acquired a block of land of their own. At the end of their indenture the Huttons went into business with a butchery, importing goods to auction and acquiring land.

"A complaint was laid before the Sitting Magistrates, at Perth, by John Gregory of the Pineapple Inn, on the Guildford road, against Marmaduke Hutton, for cutting down a tree on the complainant’s grant. Hutton stating in his defence that he would not deny having cut down the tree, it was awarded by the Magistrates that he should pay half the value of the shingles split out of it, and 3s for Gregory’s loss of time."