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John Hacket 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.
Sugar Cane (generic)References
| Primary Source | Mayberry, Peter: Irish Convicts to NSW; 1788-1849. online database. Baxter, Carol: General Musters of NSW; 1802, 1806,1814. |
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Family connections for John (Hackett) are: HACKETT Thomas/James/John (Hackett) was born in 1772 & became a stonemason. He was tried for stealing a sheep at Dublin Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 9 1793 after a voyage of 5or17months on SUGAR CANE. He married Mary Ann (Dunbar her first? marriage) on 17 2 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1806 on rented property with a wife & child, in 1814 as a labourer & maybe in 1828 as a landholder at Wilberforce. He died in 1842 age70..>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Mary Ann (Dunbar) was born in 1776. She was tried for stealing a coat at Dublin Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 9 1793 after a voyage of 5or17months on SUGAR CANEalso. She had her Ticket of Leave in 1802. She is recorded in 1806 as Free by Servitude & living with Hugh (Docherty). She apparantly married secondly Hugh (Dogherty). She is recorded in 1814 as wife of J (Dogherty) & in 1828 as with Hugh (Dogherty). She died in 1856 age80 mother of 3known children. [Some details taken from this Website] Thomas/James (Hackett/Harris) & Mary Ann (Dunbar) produced 3children: 1.Ann (Hackett/Harris) was born on 12 7 1794 & baptised on 23 10 1796 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married at age16 Joshua (Rose) on 19 10 1810 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced 5children. ..Joshua (Rose) was born in 1783 in Dorsetshire. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 16 1 1793 after a voyage of 6months on BELLONA. He was recorded in 1821 as a settler & in 1826 & 1830 as a farmer. ..Details of Joshua (Rose)s family are given BELOW. .. 2.James (Hackett/Harris) was born on 22 9 1796 & baptised on 23 10 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He may have been living at Seven Hills in 1821 & apparantly married Mary (Brophy) on 22 6 1821 at St Marys RC Sydney. .. a Reference here is Bill Scott's 'Australian Folk Lore' page205. .. 3.Thomas (Hackett/Harris) was born on 2 9 1798 & baptised on 22 1 1799 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. >>>Noted a John (Hackett) is recorded as living in Sydney & marrying Ann (Caffrey her first? marriage) emancipist on 6 12 1821 at St Marys RC Sydney. Ann (Caffrey/McCaffrey) was born about 1790 & became a servant. She was tried at Dublin city in 1812, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 4 5 1814 after a voyage of 5months on CATHERINE. She was Free by Servitude by 1816. She is recorded as marrying perhaps secondly John (Hull) of Pitt Town on 6 6 1822 at St Marys RC Sydney. She may have produced 5children in her lifetime. [Some details taken from this Website] [John (Hull) was born about 1794. He arrived in Australia Free in 1814 on WYNDHAM. He is recorded in 1822 as living at Pitt Town. [John (Hull) & Ann/Juliana/Judith (Caffrey/McCaffrey/ney) produced 5children:] 1.John (Hull) was born on 22 3 1815 & baptised on 15 9 1816 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. 2.George (Hull) was born in 1816. 3.Mary Ann (Hull) was born in 1817. 4.Elizabeth (Hull) was born in 1820 & baptised on 7 5 1821 at St Marys RC Sydney. 5.Margaret (Hull) was born in 1824 in Sydney & baptised on 24 10 1824 at St Marys RC Sydney. The age of Ann/Judith (Caffrey) at each wedding indicate the same person, but did she really marry twice? 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.
In the 1806 muster, John Hacket [Ref B0899 page 140] Sugar Cane, is recorded renting a property, with a wife and child off stores. However, Mary Dunbar [Ref A1315 page 35] Sugar cane, is recorded as with Hugh Dogherty. In the 1814 Muster, Thomas Hacket (sic) Sugar Cane, is recorded [Ref 0217 page 6] as a labourer off stores. No mention of a wife or child. In the 1828 census, [Ref H0002 page 173] Thomas Hacket, 50, FBS (NO SHIP LISTED!) Landholder, Wilberforce. would seem to be the only possibilty for John (Thomas).
In the colony, John married Mary Dunbar (Convict, 1793, "Sugar Cane"). John Hacket of the parish of Parramatta and Mary Dunbar were married by Banns this seventeenth day of February in the year old thousand seven hundred and ninety six by me Samuel Marsden. John Hacket and Mary Dunbar both made their X marks. In the presence of Peter Brien who signed the register and Margaret Campbell who made her X mark. They had a daughter Ann born 1794. However, there is no record of Mary with Hacket. This must have been a shipboard romance with a marriage soon after arrival in the colony. Mary appears to have then lived with Hugh Dogherty (Convict, 1791, "Queen"). She was with him through all the musters and the 1828 census.
John Hacket, sometimes Thomas Hacket was a stonemason, sentenced at Dublin to 7 years transportation for the theft of mutton. He was transported on the 'Sugar Cane', arriving at Sydney Cove 17th September 1793.