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Transportation
Patrick Mcheawd was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 15 (9) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Family connections for Patrick (Mcheawd) are: McHEAWD/McCANN Patrick (McHeawd/McKeand/McCan/n) was born about 1788 & became a weaver. He was tried for highway robbery, in August 1799 at Manchester-captured in April 1800, of W (Wyatt) at Chester Lancaster Assizes on 14 8 1800, sentenced to death commuted to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 12 1810 after a voyage of 5.5months on INDIAN; he was Catholic. He married Catherine (Kennedy) of Castlereagh on 30 3 1815 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded in 1828 as farmer at Evan with his family. [Some details taken from this Website] Catherine (Kennedy) was born in 1794 & baptised on 8 3 1795 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was living at Castlereagh in 1815. He was recorded in 1828 at Evan with her family. She died on 20 8 1876 age about82. Details of Catherine (Kennedy)s family are given in entry for Donald (Kennedy ROYAL ADMIRAL 1792) on this Website. Patrick (McHeawd/McKeand/McCan/n) & Catherine (Kennedy) produced 12children: [Noted that Smees records show the mother of the first 4children as Margaret (Kennedy)] 1.Anne (McCann) was born in 1816. She was recorded in 1828 at Evan with her parents. 2.Elizabeth (McCann) was born in 1817. She was recorded in 1828 at Evan with her parents. 3.James (McCann) was born in 1818. He was recorded in 1828 at Evan with his parents. 4.Donald (McCann) was born in 1819. He was recorded in 1828 at Evan with his parents. 5.Patrick (McCann) was born in 1821. He was recorded in 1828 at Evan with his parents. 6.Henry Neill (McCann) was born on 1 5 1825 at Nepean River & baptised on 15 7 1829 age4 w/Catherine at St Marys RC Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 at Evan with his parents. 7.Mary (McCann) was born on 1 8 1826. She was recorded in 1828 at Evan with her parents. 8.Catherine (McCann) was born on 1 5 1825 at Nepean River & baptised on 15 7 1829 age4 w/Henry Neill at St Marys RC Sydney. She was recorded in 1828 at Evan with her parents. 9.-11.??? (McCann) 12.??? (McCann) was born about 1840 Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Patrick M'Keand, alias M'Can, was found guilty of assaulting and robbing W. Wyatt, on the King's highway, at Manchester. The prosecutor had been drinking with the prisoner, together with two or three others, late in the evening, at a public-house, during which he had been challenged several times by the prisoner to toss for pints of ale ; at last he consented, and lost; which pint the prisoner and the other men drank together. When morning was near approaching, the landlord, for certain reasons, desired the men and a woman who had been in company with the prosecutor, to go about their business, when the when the prisoner and the others went out of the house, but the prisoner and two others stopped near the door ; the landlord endeavoured to persuade the prosecutor to stay all night at his house, as he had a considerable way to return home, but he swore he would go, and in consequence went, taking with him his wallet After he had walked some distance along a the road, the moon at the same time being near the full, and accordingly shining very bright, he found himself slapped on one side by a man, who took from his shoulder the bag; and turning his head, he could see sufficiently to identify the prisoner; after that, somebody pulled his hat over his face, so that he could see no more, but someone lifted him up, while the others rifled his pockets, and took his watch from him. He afterwards was tripped up by the prisoner, and lay there till some persons took took him back to Manchester. This happened in August last, and the prisoner was not taken up till April, at Chester Assizes. Lancaster Gazette, 19 Aug 1809. LANCASTER ASSIZES. Concluded on Wednesday last, when Patrick M'Can, for highway robbery; and ... received sentence of death. Lancaster Gazette, 26 Aug 1809.
Convicted 14 Aug 1809 at Lancaster Assizes for Highway Robbery for Life. Sentenced to Death. Later Commuted to 7 years transporation to Sydney Cove. Sailed on the ''Indian''. Departed 18 Jul 1810 & Arrived 16 Dec 1810 Sydney Cove New South Wales Australia
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 244... [Ref M0142] McCann, Patrick, 40, free by servitude, Indian, 1810, Catholic, farmer, Evan. [Ref M0143] McCann, Catherine, 34, born in the colony. [Ref M0144] McCann, Anne, 12, born in the colony. [Ref M0145] McCann, Elizabeth, 11, born in the colony. [Ref M0146] McCann, James, 10, born in the colony. [Ref M0147] McCann, Donald, 9, born in the colony. [Ref M0148] McCann, Patrick (Jun), 7, born in the colony. [Ref M0149] McCann, Neil, 4, born in the colony. [Ref M0150] McCann, Mary, 2, born in the colony. [Ref M0151] McCann, Catherine (Jun), 1 born in the colony.
In the colony, Patrick married Catherine Kennedy March 30th 1815. Catherine was born in the colony, the daughter of Donald Kennedy (Convict. Royal Admiral, 1792) and his wife Ann, nèe Grant (Came Free, Royal Admiral, 1792). Patrick was aged 28 and Catherine 19 when they married. The couple had 12 children between 1816 and 1840.