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Transportation
Jane Thompson 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 | Mayberry, Peter; Comp. Irish Convicts to NSW 1788-1849. [database online]. Freemans Journal, Saturday, July 23, 1814; p. 3 Sainty, Malcolm & Johnson, Keith; 1828 Census of New South Wales. |
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"She was my 4th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. THOMPSON, Jane. Per "Francis and Eliza", 1815. 1815 Aug 14 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Francis & Eliza" & sent to the Government Factory at Parramatta (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.139) 1817 Jan 13 Re permission to marry at Castlereagh (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.454) 1817 Mar 1,3 Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6005; 4/3496 pp.25-6)
JANE THOMPSON'S IRISH CRIME: Freemans Journal (Dublin), Saturday, July 23, 1814; p. 3 DUKE STREET OFFICE Jane Thompson was brought up, on a charge of shop-lifting. It was proved on examination that she went into the shop of Messrs Moores, of Grafton Street, and while she was cheapening some articles, put three bonnets under her gown. She was seen by the shop-keeper, and instantly seized, when the bonnets were taken from her. The Magistrates instantly committed her to Newgate. ______________________________
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 37… [Ref A0777] Aull, Robert, 37, conditional pardon, Francis and Eliza, 1815, Protestant, landholder, Evan. 300 acres, 30 cleared and cultivated, 8 horses and 40 cattle. [Ref A0778] Aull, Jane, 42, free by servitude, Francis and Eliza, 1815, Catholic. [Ref A0779] Aull, Elizabeth, 12, born in the colony. [Ref A0780] Aull, Jane 10, born in the colony. [Ref A0781] Aull, Margaret, 8, born in the colony. [Ref A0782] Aull, William, 4, born in the colony. [Ref A0783] Aull, Mary, 2, born in the colony.
Jane and her future husband Robert Aull, arrived in New South Wales aboard the ship ‘Francis and Eliza’ on 8 Aug 1815. Jane Thompson was sentenced in Dublin to seven years. She was a straw bonnet maker, had a fair complexion with freckles, light brown hair and hazel eyes. Robert was described as a labourer, five feet ten and three quarters of an inch tall, sallow complexion, dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He was sentenced to life in Mar 1813 after being tried at Londonderry. His native place was country Derry.