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Catherine Sheridan 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
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Colonial Secretary Index. SHERIDAN, Catherine. Per "Francis & Eliza", 1815. 1815 Sep 2 Assigned as servant to S Murphy (Reel 6045; 4/1733 p.15) 1815 Dec 5 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.276) 1823 c.Jun On account of maize due from settlers on banks of Hunters River to the Government at Newcastle, from 1 Apr 1822 to 31 May 1823 (Reel 6067; 4/1809 p.71c) 1823 Jul 22, Aug 12 Re permission to marry at Newcastle (Reel 6011; 4/3509 p.16) 1823 Jul 24 Delivered wheat to the Magazine at Newcastle on account of debt owed to Government (Reel 6067; 4/1809 p.71d) 1824 Mar 13, Jul 23 Convicts assigned to in the Counties of Northumberland & Durham (Reel 6028; 2/8283 pp.79, 87) -------------------------------------------------- Dec 5, 1815, On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" Catherine Sheridan, convict, per Francis and Eliza, convicted on 5 Dec 1815, by the Governor, 2 year sentence. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Permissions to Marry Kerry Lyne, convict, per Arch Duke Charles, and Catherine Sheridan, free. Date of permission, 22 July 1823, Newcastle, Revd. G.A. Middleton, Assistant Chaplain, Newcastle, The usual letter, dated 12 August 1823.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Catherine Sheridan, age on arrival, 42, Francis and Eliza (1815), Tried Dublin Co. 7 years, DOB 1773, native of Westmeath, Servant. --------------------------------------------------- Source: AO NSW Convict Indent Fiche No. 635 Catherine Sheridan, Ship: Francis and Eliza 1815. Details: Native of Westmeath. Tried September 1814 in Dublin. Servant aged 42. Sallow complexion, black hair, hazel eyes. ----------------------------------------------------