Dennis Driscoll

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iain Frazier on 27th October 2025

Family connections for Dennis (Driscoll) may be: DRISCOLL Dennis (Driscoll) was born about 1760. He was tried at Cork Ireland & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 9 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship QUEEN. It may be he, as Timothy (Driscoll), who had a relationship with Catherine Mary (Edwards her first relationship). Dennis (Driscoll) died on 18 3 1792 age31 & buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta.} [Some details taken from this Website; where many others of the name originating in Cork also have entries] Catherine Mary (Edwards) was born in 1763. She may have married a ??? (Everitt) with whom she produced a son. She was tried at Dublin city, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her son John (Edwards age2 (who was born in 1788 Ireland) died 24 10 1791 at Rose Hill & buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta) on 26 9 1791 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship QUEEN. About 1792 while pregnant she may have escaped the colony & tried to walk to 'China' north of Port Jackson. She had a second relationship with William (Yar/dley) from 1793 whom she later married. She became Free by Servitude by 1795 & married William (Yar/dley) on 5/7 11 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. In 1815 her daughter left her husband & took 5children to live with her mother. She was charged after the death of her husband in 1805, with her convict servant Henry (Murray), with murder of her husband, for which they were acquitted after a period in gaol. [Investigation of the murder? was carried out by Magistrate Thomas (Arndell) of Green Hills] After her husbands death she remained on the farm with 3children Edward, Ruth, Mary. She died (murdered) on 14 10 1818 age55 mother of 7children at Lower Portland Sackville/Colo area near Laws Farm Rd, with her son in law Richard (Hayman) being charged with her murder. [Some details taken from this Website] Timothy (Driscoll) & Catherine (Edwards) produced 1child: 1.Thomas (Driscoll/Edwards) was born on 24 1 1792 & baptised on 5 2 1792 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 16 3 1792 age7weeks or 7 5 1792 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. Timothy (Driscoll) may have been born about 1760. 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.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th February 2025

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents Name Dennis Driscoll Age 30 Date of Conviction 1790 Place of Conviction Cork Estimated Birth Year abt 1760 Vessel Queen Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 26 Sep. 1791 © 2006-2025 Ancestry Name Driscoll Age 26 Date of Conviction 1790 Place of Conviction Cork Estimated Birth Year abt 1764 Vessel Queen Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 26 Sep. 1791