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Catherine Boyle 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)
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Family connections for Catherine (Boyle) are: BOYLE Catherine (Boyle) was born about 1780/5/8 possibly at Mayo Ireland & became a servant. She was tried at Dublin city in 1814, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 8 8 1815 after a voyage of 8months on FRANCIS & ELIZA; she was Catholic & was sent to Government Factory at Parramatta on 14 8 1815. She apparantly married William (Evans) free on 23 10 1815 at St Johns CofE Parramatta.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] William (Evans) was born about 1770. He was Free in 1815=could be settler SURPRISE 1794-NOT THIS ONE, or surgeon INDISPENSIBLE 1809 William (Evans) does not have an entry on this Website as yet. .. >>>Catherine (Boyle) apparantly married John (Piermonia) in 1823 at St Marys RC Sydney. She is recorded in 1828 as housekeeper Free by Servitude (perhaps having a third relationship) to Nicholas (Bryant) in Airds district. He died in November 1835 (perhaps)[ his livestock was offerred for sale on 13 11 1835 & his 100acre farm near Menangle Campbelltown was offerred for lease in December 1839, Nicholas (Bryant) was born about 1786. He was tried as Nichols (Brien/Bryan) at Carlow Ireland, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict in 1802 on 30 19 1802 after a voyage of 5months on ATLAS; he was Catholic. He is recorded in 1828 with Conditional Pardon as settler on 150acres at Airds. [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
1815 - St. John's Parramatta, Marriages No; 492. William Evans [age 45] Free of the Parish of St Johns & Catherine Boyle [age 35] Prisoner Ship; Francis and Eliza Married in the Church by Banns - 23 October 1815. Clergyman; Samuel Marsden
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Catherine Boyle, age on arrival, 33, per Francis and Eliza, (1815), Tried at Dublin City, 1814, 7 years, DOB, 1782, native place, Mayo, Servant. ----------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. BOYLE, Catherine. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis and Eliza" and sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. 2 separate entries on the alphabetical index: Catherine Boyle, age 43, F.S. Francis & Eliza, 7 years, catholic, Housekeeper to Nichl. Bryant, Airds district. Nicholas Bryant, age 42, CP, Atlas, 1802, catholic, settler, Airds district. Has 150 acres of land, of which 140 are cleared and 94 cultivated. Has 4 horses and 107 cattle.