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Voyage
Transportation
Catherine Orsborne was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 321 (160) |
| 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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Convict Notes
On Monday last, Mary Storrs, Ann Rogers, Catharine Osburne, Betty Baker, Ann Hamilton, Mary Mort, Mary Mills, Elizabeth Coulter, and Ann Chapman, female convicts, under sentence of transportation in our Castle, were removed to Chatham, in order to be put on board the Glatton, bound to New Holland. Lancaster Gazette, 14 Aug 1802
Catherine was tried at the New Bailey, Salford in April 1801 for theft along with four other male prisoners. There is a burial record for a Catherine Martin of Menangle, buried June 1843, buried at St John's Catholic Cemetery, Campbelltown. Her daughter Mary was buried here just four years earlier.
Owen died in 1821 and so Catherine was left as a widow, living with her son Patrick, born 1808. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 262... [Ref M1914] Martin, Patrick 20 born in the colony, Catholic, settler at Airds, 20 acres, 20 cleared, 15 cultivated, 2 horses, 10 horned cattle. [Ref M1915] Martin, Catherine, 69, free by servitude, Glatton, 1803, 7 years, Catholic. ## The daughter Mary is also recorded- [Ref V0022] Vardy, Mary, 22, BC. Married to John Vardy, with 4 young children. John Vardy was the son of John Vardy (Convict, Queen, 1791) and Rose Reilly (Convict, Britannia, 1797).
In the colony, Catherine married? Owen Martin (Convict, Queen, 1791) about 1805. Owen had previously had a relationship and already had 4 children. Sarah Warport (Convict, Kitty, 1792) had been assigned as a servant to Owen and they had a de facto relationship which lasted to about 1803/4. Sarah and Owen had 4 children: Sarah 1795, Rosetta 1796, Thomas 1799 and Owen 1801. Owen and Catherine do appear in several Muster records: 1806… [A2831] Owen Martin, Queen, FBS, Landholder, 30 acres at Prospect. [B0071] Owen Martin, 12 acres maize, ½ acre Potatoes, 1½ acres orchard and garden, 12½ acres pasture, 4 acres fallow (30 acres). 1 horse, 9 pigs, 8 bushells maize. Not victualed self or wife. Grant at Prospect. [A3387] Catherine Orsborn, Glatton, with Owen Martin, Parramatta. [C0937] Catherine Orsborn, Glatton, No marriage recorded, 1 (natural) daughter. ## This would be Mary, born in 1806. Then in 1814… [1993] Owen Martin, Queen, Free, Off Stores, Landholder. [3119] Catherine Osborne, Glatton, Free, Off Stores - Wife to Owen Martin.