Sarah Cooley

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Born
Unknown
Conviction
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Departure
Dec 1790
Arrival
Jul 1791
Death
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Personal Information

Name: Sarah Cooley
Gender: Unknown
Born: Unknown
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown
Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st Dec 1790
Arrival: 9th Jul 1791
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Sarah Cooley was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.

The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.

Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And AnnActive, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 117 (60)
Source DescriptionThis record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro
Original SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

Neil Peter McKELLAR-STEWART avatar
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on 4th February 2025

Trial details: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17900424-80 Married Thomas Broadhurst at St Phillips CoE Sydney on 23 Jan 1803, by Samuel Marsden. https://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/cjsmee_database/sps_m_2.htm She died suddenly of natural causes on 22 Nov 1811, inquest held the next day https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/628579 Further bio details: ADB https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/broadhurst-sarah-32517/text40358 Her first (common-law?) husband Capt. Neil Mackellar, died en-route to London with dispatches from Gov. King Her son Duncan Mackellar Lt. RN (b. 1795) served in the Napoleonic War and retired to India where he died in 1850. Some websites (incl. Wikipedia) suggest that he returned to NSW and received land grants SW of Braidwood (Jinglemoney), this is incorrect, that is another Duncan Mackellar details: https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=McKellar-953

Laura Cunningham avatar
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on 14th June 2016

It wasn't Sarah who married John Drummond, it was her daughter Elizabeth. She married Neil Mackellar

State Library of Queensland on 25th November 2011

married 1893 to John Drummond