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Catherine O'neil 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)
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Convict Notes
List of Female convicts from Francis and Eliza and the persons to whom they were assigned. Date of Doc 1815. Catharine O’Neal, age 24, tried at Antrim, Aug 1814, Date of indenture, 15 Aug 1815, to Julia Dundas, of ? Road. List of convicts sent to Newcastle by the Lady Nelson, June 10 1817. Catherine O’Neal, per Francis and Eliza, Convicted by Mr Marsden, 17 may 1817, sentence, 3 years.
Colonial Secretary Index. O'NEIL, Catherine. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1815 Aug 15 Assigned as servant to Julia Dundas (Reel 6045; 4/1733 p.15) 1817 Jun 10 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.177)
Catherine O'Neil was 24 years old on arrival in NSW. No crime listed. 1817: On list of prisoners to be set to Newcastle. 3/8/1818: Newcastle - married James Gates(Marquis of Wellington 1815). Both were 27 years old. No children listed. 1844: Catherine died aged 54 in Sydney.