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John Bierne was transported on the Francis And Eliza, departing 15th Dec 1814 and arriving 8th Aug 1815 with 125 passengers.
The Francis & Eliza was built on the Thames in 1782 (345 tons). The Francis & Eliza and the Canada departed Cork in convoy on 5 December 1814.The Francis and Eliza was taken on 4th January by the American Warrior privateer. She was plundered before being given up and allowed to continue on the journey. Captain Harrison was removed on board the privateer, and detained many hours but was afterwards liberated and restored to his own ship. Captain Harrison later reported that while the ship lay at Sierra Leone, in the month of March, a terrible fever raged at that settlement, occasioning a mortality most dreadful.The Francis & Eliza and Canada sailed from Sierra Leone together for the Cape of Good Hope, where they arrived the 12th May and remained three weeks to refresh. Fifty-two male prisoners and sixty-five female prisoners arrived in Port Jackson on the Francis and Eliza on 8 August 1815. (Ref. Sydney Gazette 12/08/1815)
Francis And Eliza (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Saturday last the assizes of Roscommon terminated. They were unusually thronged, and the press of so heavv in the Crown Court, that the above persons, on various charges, chiefly Threshing, are over for trial to the April, when, it is understood, Commission will sit, for the purpose. They are admitted to bail. Nine unhappy men were convicted of Threshing, &c. of whom John Beirne, 70 years of age, and before, transported, and suffered his sentence, his son, a young lad, three brothers of the name White, and Caslin and Connell, are to be transported for life, and two brothers, Farralls, for seven years. ... and Mathias Rourke, for uttering forged notes, charged also with horse stealing, are likewise to be transported for the last mentioned term. Saunders News-Letter, 15 Mar 1814.
John Bierne (Byrne) was transported to New South Wales, Australia on the 'Francis & Eliza' 1815. Life sentence. Aged 75yrs. Native place - Roscommon, Ireland.