Catherine Farrier

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Maureen Withey on 4th January 2023

Monday July 21. Magnus Bakie, and Catherine Ferrier, alias Stewart, wife of Robert Stewart, lately keeper of the Russian tap-room, Canongate, were accused of theft and reset of theft. Bakie was charged with six different acts of housebreaking and theft, to four of which he pleaded guilty; and was sentenced to 14 years transportation. The woman pleaded not guilty, and the diet against her was deserted, pro loco et tempore, and she was committed on a new warrant. The Scots Magazine, 1 July 1817. Scotch law. Reset of Theft. The receiving and keeping of stolen goods knowing them to be stolen, with a design of feloniously retaining them from the real owner.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 22nd April 2020

1819 - Arrived in Australia. ----------------------------------------------- 1822 -Name: Robert Stewart Event Date: 1822 Event Description: Re his claim that he was married to Catherine Ferrier Comments: Husband of Catherine Stewart Page: 40-4 ----------------------------------------------- 1822- 19 Mar. Goal Entry. Pris. A witness for Factory 20 March 1822. By Kelly -------------------------------------------- 1822 - 6 Nov. Petition from Calib Wilson Öriginal Free Settler". to marry Catherine But Robert Stewart claims Catherine is his wife. Memorials of Caleb Wilson to marry Catherine Ferrier, who Robert Stewart claimed was his wife ----------------------------------------------- Sydney Caleb Wilson - Free Catharine Stewart - Convict per Lord Wellington 1822- 26 Jul. delivery to the Factory, Parramatta ----------------------------------------------- 1822, 31 Jul. Affidavit of Andrew Stewart that Robert Stewart had requested Andrew to make a certificate of marriage purporting to have been celebrated at Edinburgh between Robert & Catherine Ferrier ----------------------------------------------- 1822 - Dec 1822. Petition for mitigation of sentence on her behalf by employer Robert Martin & son Alexander (Farrier, a youth) ----------------------------------------------- 1822 - 31 Dec. Petitions for release of Catherine Ferrier from the Factory where she had been sent on the false assertions of Stewart that she was his wife ----------------------------------------------- 1823 -23 Feb. Catherine Ferrier claiming she was not Stuart's wife and asking to be released from the Factory ----------------------------------------------- 1824. 8 Jan. Petition of Catherine Ferrier who wished to marry the father of her child; she had cohabited with Stewart here and at home but was not married to him ----------------------------------------------- 1824 - 6 Mar. Complaint that from Robert Stewart that, his wife Catherine was cohabiting with Caleb Wilson ----------------------------------------------- 1824 - 30 April. From the letter addressed to Stewart some years ago it was the opinion of the Governor & Dr McLeod that Catherine Ferrier was legally married to Stewart according to the law of Scotland ----------------------------------------------- 1826 - Married Caleb Wilson Name: Catherine Ferrier Spouse Name: Caleb Wilson Marriage Date: 1826 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Registration Year: 1826 Volume Number: V A 1825 - NSW General Muster. Wife of Calab Wilson - Sydney 1828 - NSW Cencus NO 1850 Wilson, Caleb. 59. Came Free. Ship Experiment. 1804. Protestant. General Dealer. Geo Store. Wilson, Cathe. 47 Ld Wellington 1820. Life. Protestant. General Dealer. Geo Store. Wilson, Felix. 26. Came Free. hip Experiment. 1804. Protestant. General Dealer. Geo Store. Wilson, Elizabeth. 5. Born Colony. -------------------------------------------- 1847 - Catherine Died 1847 age 70 Name: Catherine Wilson Death Date: 1847 Death Place: New South Wales Registration Year: 1847 Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales Volume Number: V1847376 104 Caleb Wilson Died 1838 age 70