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[1886] Sir Francis Drake Motel (Celebrant)
_William Robert CHARLTON _
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m 1937
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_Partick DRIES __________
| (1886 - 1965) m 1907
_George Joseph DRIES _|
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| (1889 - 1953) m 1907
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_James Alexander HARPER _
| (1897 - 1963) m 1937
_Robert Bruce HARPER __|
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_Joshua James MEDHURST _+
| (1872 - 1929) m 1893
_Joshua James MEDHURST ____|
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| (1874 - 1960) m 1893
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[18]
Catherine Neal 1777 - 1813
Catherine was born 1777 in Cork, Ireland, she died 6th June,1813 at Winsor, N.S.W. Australia. She was convicted at the Tholsel in the City of Dublin in December 1793. Sentenced for 7 years transportation. The ship she came to Australia in was the "Marquis Cornwallis" of 654 tons, her Master was Micheal Hogan and the Surgeon was Matthew Austin. The ship arrived at Port Jackson 11th February, 1796.
The following may have been taken from a Newspaper.
The "Marquis Cornwallis" Mutiny.
The convict ship which had the most eventful passage in these years was the "Marquis Cornwallis". Built in India 1789, she was owned by Hogan and Co, so that her Master, Micheal Hogan, was presumably a part owner.
Having embarked 163 men and 70 women, she sailed from Cork on August 9th,1795.
Her gaurd a detachment of New South Wales Corps was commanded by Ensigns John
Brabyn and William More, and with so many other detachments of this Corps, proved unreliable and mutinous.
When the guard embarked at Portsmouth before the "Marquis Cornwallis" sailed for Cork, the Officer who had conducted the detachment from Chatham reported that the men were very mutinous and that the worst among them was Sergeant Ellis. Dispite this warning however, Ensign Brabyn took no special precautions.
On September 9th, when the Marquis Cornwallis had been at sea for a month, her master received a note from the prison that two prisoners wished to see him.
He interviewed them next morning. They disclosed that a plot to seize the ship had been formed by the prisoners and some of the soldiers, and named Sergeant Ellis as the ringleader, asserting that he had undertaken to furnish the convicts with knives so that they may rid themselves of their irons.
Hogan, having returned the informers to the prison, asked Brabyn to inspect the soldier's kits. The guards commander then disclosed that at the beginning of the voyage he had issued four knives to Ellis, and that the previous day, as Ellis had claimed to have lost these, he had handed him another two. All six knives were found when Ellis's baggage was examined. Two days later, on September 12th, the gunner heard Ellis using inflammatory and mutinous language to the soldiers, particularly the sentinels at the door. He had been telling them they were much worse off than the convicts, since the latter were being sent out for seven years, they were being sent out for life.
Brabyn, however refused to take any action against Ellis, presumably fearing that if he did so, the whole detachment would mutiny, but had he acted with promptitude and determination the tragedy that followed may have been avoided.
In view of his attitude, Hogan could do no more that add a seaman to the two Military sentinels at the prison door and to warn his Officers and men to be constantly on guard.
Another prisoner now turned informer. He substantiated the earlier disclosure of the plot between Ellis and the convicts, and added that the women prisoners were to convey knives into the prison and to put pounded glass into the crew's food. Hogan instructed the informer to gain further information regarding the plot, and sent him back to prison. About this time it was discovered that Ellis had spiked the touch-holes of six muskets and had disabled two pistols he had been given to clean by one of the Officers, but Brabyn still refused to act.
The prisoner's plan was to seixe the Master when he was making one of his weekly inspections of the prisons. He was accompanied on these visits by some of his Officers and by one of the Surgeons, either Matthew Austin, who was appointed by the Government, or by John Hogan, the ships Doctor. The were to be killed by their own swords. At the same time as the rising in the prison, Ellis and his fellow conspiritors among the soldiers were to attack the Officers remaining on deck and be ready to serve out arms to the convicts as they ran up from below.
Hogan, however, decided to forstall his plan, he took the opinion of all the Officers, and as they supported his decision to immediately punish the conspiritors, he gave orders for their apprehension. It is interesting that this action was not instituted by Brabyn, who as Commander of the guard was responsible for the security of the prisoners, but, possibly because of inexperience, his conduct throughout was weak and pusillanius.
Forty-two of the male convicts were flogged and six women prisoners punished, while Ellis was confined to the poop and his head shaven. He was then handcuffed, thumb-screwed, and leg-bolted to one of his supporters, Private Lawrence Gaffney, and the two men transfered to the prison.
The prisoners realising their plans had gone astray, strangled one of the informers on September 22nd, and swarming round the fore hatchway, attempted to smash down the barriers and force their way on deck. Hogan and his Officers each armed with a pair of pistols and a cutlass, too up positions at the prison, fired into the milling prisoners and eventually drove them back. No prisoner was killed outright in the fracas, but several were badly wounded and seven died later of their wounds.
Nine days later Ellis, still ironed to Gaffney, also died, possibly having been wounded during the indiscriminate firing.
The prisoners gave no further trouble, and, having called at St.Helena and the Cape, the Marquis Cornwallis arrived at Port Jackson on February 11th, 1796, after a passage of 186 days from Cork. There had been 11 deaths among the prisoners, including seven men who died of gun-shot wounds. Surgeon Austin cerified that Hogan had paid due attention to the health of both the convicts and soldiers, and a Ministerial Inquiry exonerated him of having employed undue harshness.
The Magistrate reported that his actions had been justified by the necessity of ensuring the ship's safety and protecting the lives of those aboard, and added that he had not improperly interfered with the Military Guard.
The voyage had a curios sequel. Austin charged the Master, the ship's Surgeon, and the Port Jackson Pilot, Henry Hacking, with assualt. The circumstances which prompted his action remain unknown, but the court aquitted John Hogan and Hacking. Micheal Hogan, however, was convicted and fined fifty pounds.
Catherine Neal was convicted of Rebellion.
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Six months after arriving in Australia, Catherine gave bith to a son and named him William Flint who was born 14th August, 1796 (baptised 21st August, 1796 at St. Philips, Sydney). The father is recorded as William Flint. Taking into concideration the date of birth and the length of the voyage from Ireland, the pregnancy would have been concieved during the voyage. William Flint is not recorded as as a convict on the ship, so unless he was a crew member, or perhaps a passenger, it appears that Flint was a ficticious surname as he has not been able to be traced thruogh the births, deaths and Marraiges records of NSW. If the latter is the case, then perhaps the pregnancy was a reflection ofthe rebelion and conspiracy on board.
William Flint Jnr assumed the name of Catherine Neal's husband William Shaw, whom she married at St.Phillips, Sydney.
William and Catherine Shaw had a daughter, Catherine born 1st January,1799 (baptised 25th December, 1801) and registered at Parramatta. She married a convict by the name of Thomas Carpenter who arrived in 1811.
Catherine Shaw (nee Neal) was buried 8/6/1813 at Winsor, aged 36 years.
[17] arr.Aust."Marquis Cornwallis" as a convict
[1869] St.Philips Church of England, Sydney
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| m 1983 |
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|--Brendon Noel SELLICK
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| | m 1961
|_Cheryl Lynn Lola WALL _|
m 1983 |
|_Lola Florence WILLIAMS _
m 1961
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|--Andre STORER
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| _Colin Rowland WALL _______+
| | (1889 - 1938) m 1920
|_Violet Dorothy WALL _|
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|_Violet Bartholomew BROWN _
(1885 - 1962) m 1920
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|--Aileen Elizabeth WRIGHT
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| _John Herbert GOODMAN _
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|_Alice Rosmond GOODMAN ___|
m 1932 |
|_Rosmond CULSHAW ______+
(1890 - 1976) m 1911
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