Date of Conviction: 22/04/1801

Age at Conviction: 41

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Glatton

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 23/09/1802

Arrival Date: 11/03/1803

Biography: Catherine was a single woman of Manchester. She was convicted along with four other men for her role in a theft. All the nine Glatton convicts, including Catherine, left the Lancaster Castle on Monday 9th August to be taken to Chatham to be put onboard ship.

In New South Wales, Catherine settled with a free convict Owen Martin (ship- Queen), and had two children with him; a daughter in 1806 and a son in 1808. Martin held land at Prospect though they later lived at Parramatta. By 1828, Catherine, living and farming at Airds, she had been a widow since 1821 but was living with her son and daughter and her daughter’s young family who together, petitioned the governor to have the land they farmed at Appin made out to them following both their uncle (as land owner) and father (as tenant’s) deceases. Mary, Catherine’s daughter, died in 1839. In June 1842 or 43 (records are inconsistent), Catherine, now aged around 83, passed away at Menangle. She was buried at St Johns Catholic Cemetery at Campbelltown.