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Catharine Malone 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.
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Convict Notes
Evidence shows that Catharine Malone of the Sugar Cane was not the woman who was associated with John Worthington of the Fortune (nor Samual Fry). There was another woman named Catherine Maloney in the colony and the two women's lives have been conflated. The woman associated with Worthington ended up with convict Edward Neale (who was transported aboard the Canada in 1815) and is buried with him at Windsor. Whereas Catharine Malone of the Sugar Cane ended up with Edward Bennett and is buried with him at Parramatta.
It would seem that Catharine may have been living with John Worthington (Convict, Fortune, 1806) for a period and perhaps had 2 or 3 children in the period up to his death in 1825. Indeed, the son William Fry, was even known as William Fry Worthington in his later life. Catharine's convoluted relationships are quite difficult to trace.
Sometime after 1816, Catherine split finally from William Butts and soon thereafter was with Edward Bennett (Convict, Britannia, 1797). Edward was an Irish 'Defender' Rebel who had been transported for life. In the 1822 and 1825 Musters, Catherine is named as Catherine Bennett, the wife of Edward Bennett. William Butts had died in 1821 but no record of o formal marriage to Edward Bennett has as yet been located. In the 1828 Census: Page 48... [Ref B0974] Bennett, Edward, 60, CP, Britannia, 1797, Settler, Seven Hills. 30 acres, 28 cleared, 16, cultivated, 4 horses, 3 cattle. [Ref B0975] Bennett, Catherine, 55, FS, Sugar Cane, 1793, 7 years. ## No children mentioned.
Catherine had a fairly complex life of relationships. Soon after her arrival in the colony, she married William Butts (Convict, William and Ann, 1791) June 5th 1794 at Parramatta. They did have one or perhaps two children but they do not appear to have survived infancy. In the 1802 Muster [Ref AF273 & AG158], Catherine and William had 30 acres of land 24 of which was cleared, 12 sown with wheat, 8 pigs. They were both Off Stores but no children are shown. Things must have deteriorated in 1805 because... The following appeared in the Sydney Gazette: "... William Butts, settler hereby forbids any person accrediting on his account Catherine Butts, his wife (formerly Catherine Malone), as no debt or debts by her contracted will be acknowledged or discharged by him, the said William Butts." In 1806 [Ref A3232] Catherine is listed as a Hospital Nurse at Parramatta. William [Ref A0233] is single. By the 1814 Muster Catherine [Ref 3094] is noted as "Wife of William Butts" Off Stores. No children are listed. They appear to be back together. However, in the mean time, Catherine has had a child William Fry born 1812. The father was Samuel Fry (Convict, Royal Admiral 1797).
Catherine Malone and Ann McNamara were convicted of stealing £3.19.7½ the property of Francis Hopkins. They were sentenced at Thosel, Dublin to 7 years transportation.