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Transportation
Mary Reilly was transported on the Sugar Cane, departing 12th Apr 1792 and arriving 17th Sep 1793 with 102 passengers.
Sugar Cane, was a 403 burthen ton merchantman and convict ship that was dispatched in 1793 from Ireland to Australia. She was launched in 1786 upon the Thames River. Under the command of Thomas Musgrave, she sailed from Cork, Ireland, on 12 April 1793, with 110 male and 50 female convicts. During the voyage a mutiny by the convicts was put down and a convict executed. She arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on the 17 September 1793. The Sugar Cane left Port Jackson for Bengal in late 1793.
Sugar Cane (generic)References
| Primary Source | Freemans Journal, 12 January 1792 p 4 SRNSW, Indents of Convict ships, 1792-1794 "Sugar Cane" |
Claims
"6th Great Grandmother."
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Convict Notes
Possible earlier crime in Dublin: "Mary Reilly" is a very common Irish name. Another offence committed in Dublin by a person of this name was reported in the Freemans Journal of 21 October 1790, p.4. This could well be the same Mary, given the nature of the crime; she'd have been jailed until April 1791, then committed a crime of theft before the end of that same year: "Commission Intelligence, Friday Oct 22 [1790] Mary Reilly, for receiving stolen goods, the property of Francis Osborne, to be imprisoned six months, pilloried three times, and to have a label affixed to her for breast setting forth her crime."
Mary Reilly, aged 22 was transported on “Sugar Cane” in April 1793 for seven years after being found guilty in January 1792 of stealing a watch. She remained imprisoned in Ireland for over a year until “Sugar Cane” departed Cork. Freemans Journal, 12 January 1792 p 4: “TRIALS AT THE THOLSEL “The Quarter Sessions commenced at the Tholsel, before Dennis George, Esq, on Thursday last, at which the following persons were tried, viz: “Mary Reilly for stealing a pinchbeck watch, the property of John McDonough. - All sentenced to be transported for seven years.”