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Transportation
William Kelly 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 | SRNSW ref: 4/4003A; Ship source: Sugar Cane, Year: 1793; Volume entry number: 15541. Convict Indents &c; Source Reference: SRNSW ref: SZ115 pp260-65; |
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Convict Notes
Incorrect - Kelly was tried in April 1791 at Louth, and Robert Young in May 1791, but their ship Sugar Cane arrived in September 1791. Owen Reagare, Patrick Carroll and John Kane or Keane were all tried at Dundalk Assizes in August 1791 and all were transported on "Boddingtons" which arrived one month earlier than "Sugar Cane". These five were the only Louth convicts arriving before 1796.
William Kelly was tried in 1791 at County Louth Assizes held at Dundalk. He was sentenced to seven years transportation for his crime. He was not transported that year or the next, but not until 1793 on Sugar Cane. Based on the indexing of Peter Mayberry's "Irish Convicts to NSW' user group website, William Kelly was the first person convicted at Dundalk to be transported to NSW. (until another three arrived on the Marquis Cornwallis in 1796)