Her mother was the former convict Mary Hyde ( 1779 -- 1864 ) who in 1855 took the Commissioners of City of Sydney to the House of Lords and won .
Mary Ann Black , was born in Sydney on 1 October 1801 .
Mary Ann Black 's mother was the former convict Mary Hyde ( 1779 -- 1864 ) who in 1855 took the Commissioners Sydney     Sydney to the House of Lords and won .
Mary Ann Black , was born in Sydney on 1 October 1801 .