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William Coffey 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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New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials William Coffey. Prisoner/ Ship; Francis and Elizabeth aged 53 years old of the Parish of Parramatta was buried 20 March 1818
William Coffey was 41 years old when transported for stealing sixty yards of linen and twenty yards of calico, the property of Francis Meehan. John Fahey examined - Knows the prisoner; does business for Mr. Meehan in Church Street. Got the linen from the prisoner, who had taken it out of the shop and when the witness discovered him said he was going to purchase it. The prisoner was not in liquor although he appeared to be so. He was striving to hide the linen but it was too large. The prisoner was convicted and sentenced to 7 years transportation.- Freeman's Journal 21 June 1814. Colonial Secretary: COFFEY, William. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 1815 Aug 15: On list of convicts disembarked from the "Canada" and "Francis and Eliza" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; listed as Coffley (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.141)