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Margaret Skelling 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 | New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists |
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Convict Notes
1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Margaret Sheldon Age; No Details Class; F. S. Vessel; Sugar Cane - 1793 - 7 years Employment/Remarks; DIED; Wilberforce 1824 - Australia, Death Index Name: Margaret Sheldon Date; 1824 - Windsor, New South Wales Volume Number: V18246007 2B 1822 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Name; Margaret Sheldon Age; No Details Class; F. S. Vessel; Sugar Cane Employment/Remarks; G. S. Samuel Gayter, Windsor 1822 - Wilberforce Population Book, 1822 Name; Margaret Sheldon. Ship; Sugar Cane; 7 years Employment/Remarks; Saml Gayter, Windsor 1820 - Windsor Population Book, 1820 Employment/Remarks; Samuel Gatehouse 1820 - New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists Margaret Skelling. Trial Dublin; March 1792. Employment/Remarks; Married. Parramatta 1817 - New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists Margaret Skelling. ** Trial Dublin; March 1792. Employment/Remarks; Single in the Colony 1814 - Population Muster, 1814 Margaret Skelling. ** Sugar Cane. Single 1806 - General Muster. Name; Margaret Skelling. ** Ticket of Leave