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Mary Farrell 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
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Absconded Prisoners. PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, Sydney, June 27, 1818. THE under-mentioned Prisoners having absented themselves from their respective Employments, and some of them at large with false Certificates, all Constables and others are hereby required to use their utmost Exertions in apprehending and lodging them in safe Custody. FROM THE FACTORY.- Ann Rowe, Bridget Conway, per Frances and Eliza, and Bridget Conway, per Lord Melville, Mary Mallet. Sydney Gazette, 15 Aug 1818.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry Mary Farrell, per Francis and Eliza, (1815), Tried at Cork City, 1814, 7 years. ----------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. FARRELL, Mary alias CONWAY, Bridget (Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815) see CONWAY, Bridget. CONWAY, Bridget. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 as Mary Farrel. 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis & Eliza" & sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139) 1818 Sep 10 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.38) 1819 Aug 31; 1820 Jun 14 On list of prisoners at Newcastle claiming expiration of sentence; noted as not in "Francis & Eliza" indents (Reel 6006, 4/3500 p.235; Reel 6007, 4/3502 p.76) 1821 Feb 24 Claimed sentence expired; appears as Mary Farrel alias Bridget Conway (Reel 6067; 4/1807 pp.180-1) 1821 Feb 27 Re sentence; appears as Mary Farrell alias Bridget Conway (Reel 6007; 4/3503 p.138) 1822 Jul 12 Re permission to marry in the Roman Catholic Church (Reel 6009; 4/3506 p.52) 1825 Sep 2 To be received into the General Hospital; appears as Mary Farrell alias Bridget Conway (Reel 6015; 4/3515 p.267)