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Walter Harley 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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On October 20, 1814, Frederick Garling, his wife,andfive children embarked in the Francis and Eliza. The voyage out was full of adventure. The only other free passenger was a pioneer settler, Richard Lewis. There were 65 female and 52 male convicts on board. Off the island of Madeira the ship was captured by an American privateer, the Warrior. Some of the crew mutinied and joined the pirates. The ship was manned subsequently, mainly by convicts. For their loyal service, Garling recommended a free pardon for them, but it was refused. Arrival in Sydney was delayed until August 8, 1815. The Argus, 29 Sep 1934. (Frederick Garling was appointed magistrate in the courts on his arrival). Document dated 1818. Petition for a Free Pardon. To His Excellency Governor Macquarie, The Humble petition of Walter Harley, Sheweth that your humble Petitioner came to this Colony on the ship Francis and Eliza, Harrison Master, under sentence of transportation for seven years, but that ships papers being lost or destroyed at the time she was in possession of the Americans, your Humble petitioner remains in a state of uncertainty as to his fate. That your Excellency was pleased , on the favourable presentation of Captain Harrison, as to his conduct whilst under his Command particularly on the above trying occasion, to grant your Humble Petitioner a Ticket of Leave, with a promise that should his future conduct prove alike deserving, a free pardon would be the reward. That your humble Petitioner humbly trusts that his Character whilst in this Colony, will bear inspection, and prove to have been such as to meet your Excellency’s approbation. That yur humble Petitioner has in his possession and ready to produce, a Document of unquestionable truth, which will prove to your Excellency’s satisfaction, that the Sentence passed upon him, was for seven Years, should any doubt thereof arise in Your Excellency’s mind. May it therefore please your Excellency to take the case of your Humble Petitioner into consideration, and that you will be pleased under the peculiar Circumstances of his case to grant him a free Pardon and he will as in duty bound, ever pray, Walter Harley.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Walter Harley, age on arrival, 57, per Francis and Eliza, (1815), Tried at Dublin City, 1813, 7 years. DOB, 1758, native place, Wexford, Silver smith. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. HARLEY, Walter. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1817 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3177; 4/1851 pp.147-147a) 1818 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3186; 4/1855 p.122) 1820 Jul 1 Memorial (Fiche 3020; 4/1824A No.313 p.205) 1820 Aug 7 Juror at inquest on William Manners and Francis Antonio held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.445-6) _________________________________________________________ Convict Index. Walter Harley, Francis and Eliza, 1815, Conditional Pardon, 31 Jan 1820. --------------------------------------------------- WALTER HARLEY, Manufacturing Silversmith, begs Leave to acquaint the Public in general that he has left the Employ of Mr. Josephson, Pitt-street, and removed to Castlereagh-street, opposite Mr. Rose's, where he has commenced Business on his own Account. He will thankfully receive Orders in his Line ; and he flatters himself with the hope, that by neatness and elegance of work, combined with a faithful punctuality, to merit that support and patronage which it shall be his unceasing study to deserve. - N. B. A very complete Mangle to be sold at the above House, where it can be viewed every Day until disposed of. Sydney Gazette, 14 Oct 1820. --------------------------------------------------- The Following advertisement appeared in 1821. does it refer to this Walter Harley? WALTER HARLEY leaving the Colony by an early Opportunity, requests Claims to be presented. Sydney Gazette, 21 July 1821.