Catherine Kelly

Level 75

iain Frazier on 15th February 2025

Family connections for Catherine (Kelly) are KELLY Catherine (Kelly) was born about 1798, perhaps in Dublin Ireland, & became a house maid. She was tried for pickpocketing, on 2 12 1826, money of John (Ledger) at Old Bailey on 7 1 1826, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 6 8 1827 after a voyage of 4months on PRINCESS CHARLOTTE; she was Catholic & could read & write; she was 5'2" fair freckled complexion auburn hair hazel to grey eyes; she was assigned to Jos. (Bigge) in Sydney She is recorded in 1828 as servant at factory Parramatta. She married David (Horton his third marriage) on 9 6 1831 & produced a child. She was gaoled at Windsor in 1838. In 1840 she & her husband were recognised as continually drunk & failed in a court prosecution at Windsor Quarter Sessions. Before 1842 her husband had cut her from his Will due to her drunkenness. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom on 13 9 1842. [Some details taken from this Website] David (Halton (Horton in Australia)) was born about 1772 (1751 according to Smees records). He was tried for stealing oats etc at Northallerton North Riding Quarter Sessions Yorkshire on 23 4 1790, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship WILLIAM AND ANNE; he was Protestant. He became a farmer at Pitt Town. He married firstly (1of3) Elizabeth (Ainsley/Helmsley her second (2of3) relationship) on 23 9 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was a landholder at Windsor &/or Pitt Town. He was Free by Servitude by 1803. He had a second (2of3) relationship with Elizabeth (Smith her second relationship) whom he later married. He was recorded in 1823 as a settler. He was recorded as living at Pitt Town when he married Elizabeth (Smith) on 25 7 1825 at St Matthews CofE Windsor, sharing the wedding day with marriage of his son David. He is recorded in 1828 as a farmer with his family at Pitt Town & as employing St John (Hannaway/Hannibas) as a labourer in 1828. He was a landholder at Windsor &/or Pitt Town. In 1840 he & his wife were recognised as continually drunk & failed in a court prosecution at Windsor Quarter Sessions. He died on 11 1 1842 age70 father of perhaps 22children & was buried at St Phillips CofE old cemetery Sydney; he had cut his wife from his Will due to her drunkenness. [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.

Level 46

Heather Stevens on 9th April 2023

The ship's indent described her as Catholic, age 27, single, house maid, native place Dublin, can read and write, 5ft 2in in height, fair freckled complexion, auburn hair, hazel to grey eyes, a full mouth. After arriving, she was sent to Jos. Bigge, at Sydney. Catherine was admitted into the gaol at Windsor in 1838. Windsor Quarter Sessions, reported in "Commercial Journal and Advertiser", Wednesday 19 August 1840, page 3: "Mary Riley, bond, was indicted for stealing a quantity of wheaten bread, the property of David Horton, at Pitt Town, in July last. The bench not believing the unsupported testimony of the principal witness, Catherine Horton, in consequence of the continual state of inebriation herself and husband are in, found the prisoner not guilty." Her husband David Horton died on 11 January 1842. Before he died, he cut Catherine out of his will: "In consequence of the intemperate and irregular habits of my wife Catherine Horton, I hereby revoke any devise or bequest to her in any former will made by me ...". Catherine received her Certificate of Freedom on 13 September 1842. It is unknown what happened to Catherine. (Several trees have her death in Sydney in 1881, but this has been checked - definitely not her)

Level 105

Denis Pember on 5th April 2017

Catherine arrived in the colony in Auguat 1827. She was recorded in the 1828 Census: Page 219...[Ref K0258] Kelly, Catherine, 27, GS, Princess Charlotte, 1827, 7 years (should be 14) Servant at the Factory, Parramatta. On 9th June 1831 Catherine married David Horton/Halton (Convict, 1791, "William and Ann"). David had been previously married before, and been TWICE a widower, and had quite a large family, 10 children aged between 30 and 12 years. He and Catherine had 1 son, Peter David Horton, born in 1832.

Level 105

Denis Pember on 31st March 2017

OLD BALEY TRIAL TRANSCRIPT: (t18261207-135) (www.oldbaileyonline.org) 7th December 1826 – Pickpocket CATHERINE KELLY was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of December, 2 sovereigns, and 1 half-sovereign, the monies of John Ledger, from his person . JOHN LEDGER. I am a plasterer, and work for a gentleman, at No. 306, Regent-street. Last Saturday night, at a quarter past eleven o'clock, I was in the New-road; I had received my pay, but was not in the least in liquor - the prisoner ran up against me, and I asked her what she did it for; she then asked me to give her something to drink, and we went to the Globe public-house, but could not get in - we then went down Church-street , and there she pushed me about; we then came up the street again, and stood against some gates for a little time; she said to me, "Have you lost your watch?" I said, "No, but I have lost something else;" I missed two sovereigns and a half from my waistcoat pocket; I said, "You have robbed me of two sovereigns and a half;" she said, "No - I have not a farthing about me;" she then threw herself down on some steps, pulled both her stockings off, and some half-pence fell out, but nothing else; she was then walking on, and some more half-pence fell from her; I then saw her attempt to put her hand into her bosom, but I clasped her hands, and said I would take her to the watch-house - she said she would go, and I gave her to the watchman - we then went on, and a sovereign dropped before us in the watch-house - the constable searched her; I heard a sovereign fall from her after that, and saw her take the half-sovereign from her mouth. THOMAS BALSTON. The prosecutor gave the prisoner into my charge for robbing him of two sovereigns and a half - he appeared quite sober; I took the prisoner to the watch-house - she was loosing her stays, and a sovereign fell from her - she was taken into the back room, and I heard another sovereign fall - she then came into the room again and she took a half-sovereign from her mouth, and laid it, on the table. SAMUEL FURLER . I am the constable. The prisoner was brought to the watch-house, and a sovereign fell from her - I then searched her in the back room, and another sovereign fell from her - she then gave me a half-sovereign, but I did not see where she took it from - there were 8s. or 9s. in silver found on her - she affected a great deal of delicacy, which was the reason of my taking her into the back room. Prisoner's Defence. I live with a clergyman in Lisson-grove - my mistress had given me 4l. - I got a little intoxicated, and was counting my money when the prosecutor came up, and said, if I did not give him two sovereigns, he would take me to the watch-house; I had 3l. 10s. 6d. when I was taken. GUILTY. Aged 28. Transported for Fourteen Years .