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Mary Finnigan 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 | Convict Indents &c. SRNSW ref: SZ115 pp260-65 Certificate of Freedom #1377 V1831436 127/1831 CREW MARY |
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https://www.paperturn-view.com/nsw-state-archives/1828-census-2-of-6-nrs1272-sz-979?pid=NDM43339&p=199 NSW census. November 1828. Mary Finegan, age 58, F.S., per Sugar Cane, 1795, 7 years, catholic, Householder, Pitt Street, Sydney.
Arrived Sydney NSW 17 September 1793 Living with William Hutton (alt. W Haten)in 1802 and 1806 musters Married Benjamin Crew, a free settler, in 1812. Mary Finnegan had no known children but her husband Benjamin crew had a daughter Mary Ann from his relationship with Sarah Wood (a convict arriving on the Glatton 1803).