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Catherine Keenan 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 | Sugar Cane’s passenger manifest, ‘Australian Royalty’ website |
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Family connections for Catherine (Keenan) are: Replacing my contribution of 2023. KEENAN Catherine (Keenan) was born about 1775 in Cork co. Ireland & became employed in country work. She was tried for stealing at Dublin city, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 17 9 1793 after a voyage of 5/17months on SUGAR CANE. She had a first relationship with Thomas (Farr) & produced a child.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Thomas (Farr) alias Thomas (Field) was tried at York Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7/28 8 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship WILLIAM AND ANN. He was moved to Norfolk Island arriving on 21 5 1796. He had a second relationship with Elizabeth (Crook/Clarke her first relationship). He enlisted in NSW Corps as Thomas (Farr) in Sydney on 24 7 1798 as a private, but was discharged on 31 7 1798. He produced 2known children in his lifetime. [Some details are taken from this Website] .. >>>Catherine (Keenan) was Free by Servitude by 1809. She had a second relationship with Charles (Hadley his first relationship) & produced another child. She died on 18 4 1809 age44 mother of 2children & was buried at Old Sydney burial ground (St Phillips CofE?). Charles (Hadley) was born about 1777. He was tried for shop lifting at Warwick Assizes in July 1790, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of perhaps 6months on Fleet ship MATILDA; he was Protestant (CofE). He was Free by Servitude by 1809. He married secondly Sarah (Spencer-Phillips her first relationship) on 13 4 1812 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He established Coach & Inn business connections. He is recorded in 1826 as innkeeper, in 1827 as farmer & at Castlereagh in 1828. He was a landholder when he died on 29 9 1828 age51 at Evan father of 11children & was buried at Christ Church Castlereagh. [Some details are 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.Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land' Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810' Clem Sargent 'Colonial Garrison 1817-1824-48th foot Northamptonshire Regiment in the colony of New South Wales'
Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, Name: Catherine Keenan Birth Date: 1775 Birth Place: County Cork, Ireland Death Date: 18 Apr 1819 Death Place: New South Wales, Australia Cemetery: Old Sydney Burial Ground Burial or Cremation Place: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Children: Ann Adel Landers