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Mary White 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 | New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Mary White, age on arrival, 52, per Francis and Eliza, (1815), Tried at Dublin City, 1811, 7 years, DOB, 1763, native place, Kildare, Servant. -------------------------------------------------- Public Notice THE, undermentioned Persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom, during the last week; viz:- Francis and Eliza. Mary White. Sydney Gazette, 23 May 1827.
Ticket of Leave Date: 10 MAY 1827 . No; 27/498 Native Place: NAAS, PULDARE (looks like) Date Of Trial: MAY 1817 Complexion: FAIR Height; BLACK TO GREY Hair: HAZEL Eyes;