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Eleanor Mary Brien was transported on the Sugar Cane, departing 12th Apr 1792 and arriving 17th Sep 1793 with 102 passengers.
Sugar Cane, was a 403 burthen ton merchantman and convict ship that was dispatched in 1793 from Ireland to Australia. She was launched in 1786 upon the Thames River. Under the command of Thomas Musgrave, she sailed from Cork, Ireland, on 12 April 1793, with 110 male and 50 female convicts. During the voyage a mutiny by the convicts was put down and a convict executed. She arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on the 17 September 1793. The Sugar Cane left Port Jackson for Bengal in late 1793.
Sugar Cane (generic)References
| Primary Source | NSW GOV Convict Records. |
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Convict Notes
Eleanor Mary had a defacto relationship with Thomas Cowling (Convict, 1792, "Pitt") from about 1794. The couple had 2 children; Jane 1795 and Sarah 1796. Eleanor was a victim of the 1806 Hawkesbury Flood, This was reported in the Sydney Gazette, 30th March 1806. Thomas did remarry, sometime later, to Elizabeth Buller (Convict, 1796, "Indispensible"). The two little girls, Jane and Sarah survived the flood which had taken their mother. Much later, Jane married David Hawkins (Convict, 1801, "Earl Cornwallis") and Sarah married Edward Allen (Convict, 1806, "Fortune").
Born - Waterford. Ireland. Died - Hawkesbury River flood.