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Ann Farrelly 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.
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| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter; Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849 (online database). |
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Convict Notes
1809 - Burial Record Old Sydney Burial Ground - Inventory of Burials Name; Ann Farrelly ** Spelling as per Inventory ** Age; No Details Year of Burial. 29 Oct 1809
Anne and Matthew Kearns's elder daughter was Mary (Farley) NSW Birth Record V1795481 1A/1795 (1 June 1795). Mary married Robert Thurston.
However, her daughter Catherine did marry Francis Lawless (Convict, Boyd, 1809) in 1816 and raise a family, of 6 children. The son William married Mary Ann Ward, the daughter of Joseph Ward (Convict, Coromandel, 1802) and Ann Uren (Convict, Sydney Cove, 1807) and also had a family of 2 children. He subsequently married Elizabeth Graham, the daughter of John Graham (Convict, Ganges 1797) and Elizabeth Meinay (Came Free, Ganges, 1797) and had a further 5 children.
Her partner, Matthew’s brother John, arrived as a free immigrant in 1806 and was given a land grant. Then in 1809, Ann died. She would not have wanted to see what happened to her little family then!... Sydney Gazette Sat 27 Mar 1813 p.2…..... Text: TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF JOSEPH SUTTON On Monday morning, between 9 and 10 o’clock the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction re-assembled and proceeded to the trial of Thomas Mahony and Pearce Conden, for the wilful murder of Joseph Sutton, on the night of the 5th of March instant; and Matthew Kearns, John Kearns the elder, and John Kearns the younger for inciting, moving, aiding, abetting, counselling, hiring, and commanding the said Thomas Mahoney and Pearce Conden to commit the said murder. ...At 10 o’clock the Judge Advocate and members of the Court withdrew to consider their verdict; and returning to their seats at two o’clock on Tuesday morning, all the prisoners were pronounced ‘guilty’ and received sentence of death immediately.
In the colony, Ann formed a de-facto relationship with Matthew Kearns (Convict,Neptune, 1790). Very soon after her arrival in the colony. Between 1794 and 1802 the couple had four children, I have identified only three so far. John 1794, Catherine 1800 and William 1802.