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Elizabeth Mcconnell 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
| Primary Source | New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, New South Wales. General muster. 1825 |
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. CONNOLLY, Elizabeth (Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815) see McConnell Elizabeth.
1828 Census index. James Roberts, age 42, T.L, Indefatigable 2, 1815, Life, protestant, Blacksmith, George St. Sydney. Elizabeth Roberts, alias Conolly, age 35, Francis and Eliza, 1815, 7 years, protestant. William, age 5, B.C. Eleanor, age 3, BC. John, age 2, BC. Infant, BC.
Colonial Secretary Index. MCCONNELL, Elizabeth (Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815) see also ROBERTS, Elizabeth. MCCONNELL, Elizabeth. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis and Eliza" and sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta; listed as Connolly (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139) ROBERTS, Elizabeth. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815 as Elizabeth McConnell (which see also); wife of James Roberts, per "Indefatigable", 1815. 1822 Petition to have husband James assigned to her (Fiche 3225; 4/1867 p.39b) c.1824 Her husband a smith, servant to William Bowman. Memorials for an allotment in Sydney; as McConolly (Fiche 3146; 4/1843B No.574 pp.715-20). Reply, 28 May 1824 (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.326) 1825 May 18 Petition for her husband James, a blacksmith in the service of William Bowman, to be assigned to her (Fiche 3251; 4/1875 pp.194-194a). Reply, 29 Jun (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.551)
1815 - Australia, Convict Index, 1788 Name: Elizabeth McCONNEL - [Elizabeth Connolly] Age: 27. Birth Year: abt 1788. Birth Place: Belfast Arrival year: 1815. Ship: Francis & Eliza Trial Place: Co Armagh 1825 - Elizabeth, McConnell, F.S. Francis & Eliza 1815. 7 years. Wife of James Roberts. Sydney ----------------------------------------------