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Voyage
Transportation
Edward Bennett was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 10th Dec 1796 and arriving 27th May 1797 with 48 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter; Comp. Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849 (online databse) Sainty, Malcolm & Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales. |
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Convict Notes
8/2/1842: Edward Bennett died at Parramatta, and was buried at St.Patricks Parramatta Cemetery. Catherine died 6/8/1841, listed as Bennett, and was also buried at St. Patricks Cemetery.
Sometime around 1816-20, Edward commenced a de-facto relationship with Catharine Malone (Convict, Sugar Cane, 1793). Catharine had been married to William Butts (Convict, William and Ann, 1791) but the relationship had completely broken down, prior to William's death in 1821. In the 1822 and 1825 Musters, Catherine is named as Catherine Bennett, the wife of Edward Bennett. William Butts had died in 1821 but no record of o formal marriage to Edward Bennett has as yet been located. In the 1828 Census: Page 48… [Ref B0974] Bennett, Edward, 60, CP, Britannia, 1797, Settler, Seven Hills. 30 acres, 28 cleared, 16, cultivated, 4 horses, 3 cattle. [Ref B0975] Bennett, Catherine, 55, FS, Sugar Cane, 1793, 7 years. ## No children mentioned.
Edward was a 'Defender Rebel' and was convicted of 'Defender Robbery with Intent'. He was aged 29 at the time of his trial, 1796, and was tried at Mullingar, Westmeath, Ireland. On the trip to Sydney Cove aboard the Britannia he was given 300 lashes for planning a mutiny on the ship.