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Ann Ryan 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)
Francis And Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Research Notes: Burial Certificate - 54 Vol:44B Internet - Irish Convicts to NSW 1791-1816. Books: The Winding Sheet (produced by the Port Macquarie Historical Society) and the book, Female Skeletons in the Cupboard (Port Macquarie Historical Society). Charles Bateson's Book: The Convict Ships 1787-1868. 1822 NSW General Muster. 1825 General Muster. State Library of NSW, Dixon Library Card Indexes. Sydney Gazette. Colonial Secretary Indexes/Records: 14/8/1815 - Ships Muster - Francis & Eliza |
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Convict Notes




Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry Ann Ryan, age on arrival, 19, per Francis and Eliza, (1815), Tried at Dublin Co., 1814, 7 years. DOB, 1796, native place, Carlow. Servant.




Ann Ryan married Patrick Duffy on 3 March 1816 in St Peters Church of England, Richmond, NSW. Ann was born in 1796 in Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland, was christened Protestant, died on 27 October 1825 in Port Macquarie, NSW at age 29, and was buried on 27 October 1825 in the Port Macquarie Historical Cemetery, Gordon Street, Port Macquarie. The cause of her death was Asthma.