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Mary Ann Dunbar 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 | Mayberry, Peter; Comp. Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. [online database] Baxter, Carol; Muster of New South Wales: 1802, 1806, 1811, 1814. Sainty, Malcolm & Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales |
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Family connections for Mary Ann (Dunbar) are: DUNBAR Mary Ann (Dunbar) was born in 1776. She was tried for stealing a coat at Dublin Ireland in 1792, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 9 1793 after a voyage of 5or17months on SUGAR CANE. She married firstly? Thomas/James/John (Hackett) on 17 2 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 3children. She had her Ticket of Leave in 1802.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Thomas/James/John (Hackett) was born in 1772 & became a stonemason. He was tried for stealing a sheep at Dublin Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 9 1793 after a voyage of 5or17months on SUGAR CANEalso. He is recorded in 1806 on rented property with a wife & child, in 1814 as a labourer & maybe in 1828 as a landholder at Wilberforce. He died in 1842 age70..>>> [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary Ann (Dunbar) is recorded in 1806 as Free by Servitude & living with Hugh (Docherty). She apparantly married secondly Hugh (Dogherty). She is recorded in 1814 as wife of J (Dogherty) & in 1828 as with Hugh (Dogherty). She died in 1856 age80 mother of 3known children. Hugh (Dogherty) was born in 1771 & became a boatman. He was tried with his brother James for cow stealing at Donegal Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 9 1791 after a voyage of 5months on QUEEN. He is recorded in 1828 Free by Servitude as a farmer at Sura Swamp Lower Portland Head. [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.
My mother and me have been researching Mary Ann Dundar we suspect their was two Mary Ann Dundars one born 1771-1862 and married John Hackett and had a daughter Ann who married Joshua Rose 1783-31-1-1862. They are all buried in the same grave in St Stephens church cemetery Camperdown . We are unable to find any information on John Hackett or any real information on Mary Ann Dundar. I would like also to point out the surname Hackett and Dundar are Scottish not Irish although could be Ulster Scot. Any help from anyone for info on John Hackett or Mary Anne Dundar would be very much appreciated.
It would seem that Mary lived with Hugh Dogherty (Convict, Queen, 1791) for a long period, from at least C1805 to 1828. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 124... [Ref D1095] Dogherty, Hugh, 51, FS, Queen, 1791, Farmer st Sura Swamp, Lower Portland Head. [Ref D1096] Dogherty, Mary, 53, FS, Sugar Cane, 1793, 7 years.
Mary may have been the Mary Ann Dunbar who married John Hacket, Feruary 17th 1796 and had a daughter Ann born 1794. However, there is no record of Mary with Hacket. In the various Musters.... 1802: [AE118] Mary Dunbar, Sugar Cane, TL113. 1806: [A1315] Mary Dunbar, Sugar cane, FBs, with Hugh Docherty. 1811: [1755] Mary Dunbar, Sugar Cane, Tried Dublin 1793, 7 years. 1814: [1397] Mary Dunbar, Sugar Cane, wife to J Dogherty?
Mary was tried at Dublin, 1792, with stealing a coat. She was found guilty and sentenced to transportation for 7 years. This was because of her previous poor history before the courts.