Lucinda Sweeny

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Maureen Withey on 2nd June 2021

Convict Application to Marry. John JAMES, per Marquis of Hastings, age 30, Life, Bond; and Lucinda Sweeny, per Elizabeth (4), age 35, 7 years, free; widow. Date of permission, 23 Jun 1837, Bathurst, Revd. G.K. Rusden. Lucinda's husband Thomas Brabazon must have died by June 1837, when the above application to marry was made.

Level 347

Maureen Withey on 8th September 2019

Lucinda Sweeny, aged 26, was tried in Donegal for vagrancy, in 1826, and sentenced to 7 years. A native of Fermanagh,she was a widow with no children. She appears to have married Thomas Brabazon, from whom she ran away at least twice, according to newspaper advertisements. Sweeney Lucy, ux. Brabazon, No. 28-27, Elizabeth, 28, Nurse Girl, Fermanagh, 5 feet 1½, blue to grey eyes, brown hair, fresh freckled comp. from Thomas Brabazon. Sydney Gazette, 5 May 1831. Runaways apprehended during the last week: Sweeney Lucy, Elizabeth, from Thomas Brabazon. Sydney Gazette, 19 May 1831. Sweeny, Lucinda, No. 28-27,Elizabeth, 36, Nurse Girl, Fermanagh, 5 feet 1¼, grey to blue eyes, brown hair, fresh freckled comp, scar on right upper lip, ditto between eyebrows, from Mr. Thomas Brabazon. Sydney Gazette, 13 Dec 1832 Thomas Brabazon arrived as a convict in NSW, per St Michael, from India in 1820. ("St Michael" is not yet on this database) The "St Michael" The St. Michael made two voyages from Calcutta to Port Jackson in the latter half of 1820. SEPTEMBER 1820 On the first voyage, thirteen convicts were landed in Sydney on 28th September 1820. Amongst them were five out of the thirteen piratical convicts who had taken the Young Lachlan schooner in March 1819. They were wrecked on an Island on the Coast of Java and were seized and imprisoned at Batavia, where several died. The names of the five pirates who were brought back on the St. Michael in September 1820 were Daniel Clarke, Christopher Read, Malcolm Campbell, Samuel O'Hara and Patrick Cotton.[1] NOVEMBER 1820 The St. Michael departed Port Jackson soon afterwards bound again for Calcutta where eight prisoners of the Crown were embarked. She returned to Port Jackson via Hobart in November 1820. The following six convicts were listed as arriving on the St. Michael in November 1820: James Crabtree - Weaver from Lancashire. Convicted in Bombay James Fitzpatrick - Labourer from Longford. Convicted in Bangalore Thomas Hill - Weaver from Lanarkshire. Convicted in Madras John Merchant - Fisherman from Colchester. Convicted in Madras. Later sent to Norfolk Island Thomas Brabazon - Labourer from Limerick. Convicted at Persian Gulf. Later granted an Absolute Pardon John Hudson - Soldier from Lancashire. Convicted at Bombay Colonial Secretary's Index: BRABAZON, Thomas. Per "St Michael", 1820 1820 Jun 12 - On list of persons on "St Michael"; listed as John (Reel 6050; 4/1747 p.234) 1820 Oct 31, Nov 8,13 - Prisoner arrived from India per "St Michael"; also appears as John Brabason (Reel 6007, 4/3502 pp.400, 407; Reel 6018, 4/3521 p.265) 1821 Dec 31 - Mentioned in summary of despatch (Reel 6017; 4/5782 p.53) 1822 Feb 8 - On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.5) 1823 Jan 27 - Assigned to Peter Lilles of Airds (Reel 6057; 4/1767 pp.2-2a) n.d. On list of convicts who have received absolute pardons [Feb 1823] (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 p.79) 1823 Feb 12 - On list of persons who obtained absolute pardons during the last week (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.139) 1823 Sep 23 - Of Castlereagh Street. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.41) Absolute Pardon St Michael – Thomas Brabazon Sydney Gazette, 13 Feb 1823. WHEREAS THOMAS BRABAZON, holding an Absolute Pardon, who came he retransported from India, stands charged with felony, all Constables and Others are strictly enjoined to apprehend the said Brabazon, and lodge him in safe Custody, in Order to his being forwarded to the Penrith Bench, to answer the said Charge. Brabazon is by Trade a Shoemaker, has been in the Employment of Mr. HASSALL, at Bathurst, is about 30 years of age, stands 5 feet 7 inches high, pale complexion, sandy hair and has been originally a private soldier in His Majesty's 88th Regiment. John Purcel, Chief Constable of Penrith. Penrith Court-house Jan. 17, 1826