Date of Conviction: 24/03/1821

Age at Conviction: 42

Crime Convicted of: Possessing Forged Notes

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Mary Anne (3)

Where Arrived: Hobart, Van Diemen’s Land

Departure Date: 25/12/1821

Arrival Date: 20/05/1822

Biography: Catherine from Manchester had used five forged one pound notes and received a death sentence, thereafter commuted to 14 years transportation. In jail at Lancaster Castle, she was described as having ‘a fresh complexion, dark brown eyes, has a scorbutic eruption [due to scurvy] on forehead. Has short fingers. Husband also sentenced for uttering forged notes- has not lived with him lately. At the port, reformer Mrs. Pryor who witnessed the arrival of the Lancaster women, complained that “the prisoners from Lancaster Castle arrived, not merely handcuffed, but with heavy irons on their legs, which had occasioned considerable swelling, and in one instance, serious inflammation.

On board ship, the surgeon recorded ‘Quin, who [has] an ulcer on the leg, in consequence of varicose veins & vitiated advanced years. A slough of some bulk will eventually be thrown off’.

Catherine was landed at Hobart but soon after was transferred to Port Jackson, New South Wales on the ship- John Bull. In NSW she was assigned as a housekeeper/servant to John Campbell and was further described as 5 ft tall, black hair and described as a native of County Down, Ireland. Despite already being married (it would seem to James Quin who arrived on ship- Elizabeth in 1816) they did not reunite and in fact no further records mention them being husband and wife, despite them both being in Windsor at the same time! Instead, Catherine (re)married William Jackson (ship- Ocean) in 1823 at St Matthews, Windsor. By 1830 she had a ticket of leave and was living at Parramatta. In 1835 and now 57, Catherine received her certificate of freedom with additional details saying she had hazel eyes, a sallow complexion and a scar over her right eye. Catherine was widowed in 1847 and died 6th January 1853 in the Marsfield district and was buried the following day at Parramatta All Saints Cemetery, the same site as her (second) husband.