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Voyage
Transportation
Anne Mccoy was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 27th Aug 1827 and arriving 12th Jan 1828 with 195 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
City Crown Court. Honora Reardan, Anne M'Coy, and Catherine Harris were indicted for stealing money the property of Thomas Fitzgerald. The prosecutor, simple well looking countryman had come to town after earning two guineas by working three months in barn, which he had resolved to send home to his sister to Clonmel, and to enlist himself, hut on applying at the Barrack he did not pass the Doctor, having a complaint in one of his legs. He had gone into a house near the Barracks to get a glass. He had opened the rag the money was in to pay for it, and the moment the prisoners saw it they surrounded him, caught him by the throat and took it. Reardon, the owner of the house, was the principal, she bit his lip. Her son afterwards offered him 30s.— Guilty—to be transported for 7 years. Southern Reporter, 8 Aug 1826.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Anne McCoy, age on arrival, 20, per Elizabeth II, 1828, tried 1826 at Cork, 7 years for Stealing money. DOB 1808, native place, Tipperary, Single. Protestant, Dairy woman servant farm. Remarks: Tried with Honora Reardon and Catherine Kearns, who arrived per Brothers.