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Mary Flanigan 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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Family connections for Mary (Flanigan/McNally) are: McNALLY Mary (McNally perhaps) was born about 1790. She may have married firstly (1of3) ??? (Flannagan). She was tried for stealing clothes at Dublin city Ireland, sentenced to 7years & as Mary (Flanigan-also known as Flannaghan/Flanagan)) arrived in NSW as a convict in 1813sic actually 8 8 1815 after a voyage of 8months on FRANCIS & ELIZA; she was Catholic; she was sent to Parramatta for assignment. She may have had a second (2of3) relationship with John (Wright) his second relationship).>>>>>> [Some details taken from this Website] John (Wright) was born in 1800 at Pitt Town. In 1802 he is recorded with his parents at Hawkesbury. In 1806 he was recorded at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury on stores with his parents. He married secondly Sarah (Huggins) on 1 10 1827 at St James CofE Pitt Town. He died on 16 9 1882 age about62 father of 2known children. Details of John (Wright)s family ar given in entry for Joseph (Wright SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website. .. >>>Mary (McNally/Flannagan) was Free by Servitude by 1816 & had a third relationship with John (Hearn) & produced 7children. She was recorded in 1828 with her family at Lower Portland Head. She died in 1850 age60 mother of 8known children & was buried on 27 10 1850. John (Hearn) was born in 1776. He was tried w/Sarah (Hearn), perhaps a relative-who was acquitted, for stealing a pig at Leicester Assizes Leicestershire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 12 1808 after a voyage of 5.5months on ADMIRAL GAMBIER; he was Protestant; he was sent to Toongabbie for assignment. He was issued his Cerificate of Freedom on 5 4 1814; he was recorded as age45 5'8" yellow complexion gypsy black hair black eyes, crooked fingers on right hand. He was recorded in 1814 as a tinker at Parramatta & in 1825 as a labourer there. He was recorded in 1828 as Free by Servitude with his family as farmer at Lower Portland Head. On 21 2 1839 a grant of 50acres was recorded at Webs Creek Lower Portland Head-after a prolonged negotiation for a subsistence farm. On 20 6 1842 he sold 30acres to John (Rose father of Thomas) & the remainder passed to his son John. He died in 1860 age84. Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Colonial Secretary Index. FLANNAGHAN, Mary. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis and Eliza" and sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139)
Find A Grave Memorial ID No. 159426880, named Mary Hern nee Flanigan https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/159426880/mary-hern
NSW BDM No. 1541/1850 V18501541 117, Mary Hearn, aged 60
I have the burial record for Mary Hearn and she was buried on 27 Oct 1850. So she could not have died in August 1850.
By 1817 she had become the wife of John Hearn (Convict, 1808, "Admiral Gambier") although it is believed that this was a de facto relationship only. From references on subsequent death certificates to the name McNally, it is believed that she may have been married in Ireland prior to her transportation, most likely actually being a McNally and married to a Flanagan. In any event she had several children (probably 7 in all) to John Hearn. John Hearn and Mary are recorded in the 1828 Census: Page 186... [Ref H1207] Hearn, John, 40, free by servitude, A. Gambier, 1806, 7 years, Protestant, farmer, Lower Portland head. [Ref H1208] Hearn, Mary, 40, free by servitude, Francis & Eliza, 1815, 7 years, Catholic. [Ref H1209] Hearn, Francis, 11, born in the colony. [Ref H1210] Hearn, Sarah, 10, born in the colony. [Ref 1211] Hearn, Eleanor, 1, born in the colony.
Mary Flanagan was included in a list sent from the Colonial Secretary's Office to Samuel Marsden on 14th August, 1815 of 52 female convicts who arrived on the Francis & Eliza "who are now sent to Parramatta to be employed in the usual way in the Factory or distributed among married settlers on their entering into the required securities for treating them properly. Until such time as distribution shall take place you will please get them as well and comfortably accommodated as circumstances will admit." Early in 1816, only six or seven months after she arrived in Port Jackson, she had a daughter Alice to one John Wright.