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Elizabeth Smith 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)
Francis And Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter; Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. (online database) |
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Colonial Secretary Index. SMITH, Elizabeth. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis and Eliza" & sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139)
Elizabeth had a Colonial sentence and was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement. Moreton Bay Convict Register. Elizabeth Smith, convicted in this Colony in the name of Brinnon, per Francis & Eliza, Tried at Sligo Co., July 1814, for picking pockets, 7 years, Trade, Servant. Colonial Sentence: Quar. Sess. Parramatta, 6 May 1834, Larceny, 2 years. Returned to Sydney, 1 July 1836. Description: Brennan Elizth, native of Carlow. age 40, 5 ft 4 ½, Fresh comp, Bl hair, blue eyes, Religion- Catholic.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 60….. [Ref B2164] Brennan, John, 38, ticket of leave, A. Charles, 1812, life, Catholic, labourer, Parramatta. [Ref B2165] Brennan, Elziabeth, 32, free by servitude, Francis & Eliza, 1815, 7 years, Catholic. [Ref B2166] Brennan, Catherine, 11, born in the colony. [Ref B2167] Brennan, Margaret, 6, born in the colony. [Ref B2168] Brennan, Elizabeth Jun., 6, born in the colony.
John and Elizabeth and their children can be located in the various Census/Muster records (online database). 1822… Smith, Elizabeth, free by servitude, Francis and Eliza, 7 years, wife of J. Brennan, Parramatta. Brennan, John, ticket of leave, Archduke Charles, life, Parramatta. Brennan, born in the colony, child to J. Brennan, Parramatta. Brennan, born in the colony, child to J. Brennan, Parramatta. Brennan, born in the colony, child to J. Brennan, Parramatta. 1825… Brennan, John, ticket of leave, S.D. Charles, 1813, life, housekeeper, Parramatta. Smith, Elizabeth, free by servitude, Francis & Eliza, 1815, 7 years, wife of John Brennan, Parramatta. Brennan, Catherine, 6, born in the colony. Brennan, Thomas, 2 and a half, born in the colony. Brennan, Elizabeth, 4, born in the colony. Brennan, Margaret, 4, born in the colony. son and daughters of John Brennan.
In the colony, Elizabeth married John Brennan (Irish Convict, 1813, "Archduke Charles"). They married on 4th October 1815 in St John's Parramatta. #489… John Brennen, prisoner ship Arch Duke Charles age 30 of the parish of St John Parramatta and Elizabeth Smith of ditto ship Francis and Eliza, age 25 were married in this church by banns this fourth day of October 1815 by me Samuel Marsden. John and Elizabeth both made their X marks in the register in the presence of Bryan Murphy who signed the register and Mary Murphy who made her X mark.