Peter MCCANN

1769 - 1806  (37 years)

• Name	Peter MCCANN  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	1769	Co Monaghan, Ireland   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	11 Jan 1800
  	On board the "Minerva"- Convict
  	Sydney, New South Wales
  Death	21 Oct 1806	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
  	Body not recovered
  _UID	AB89F4A2AD1A49D5B4CD28C20BF7F7A6B974
  Died	21 Oct 1806	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
  	Cause: Drowning
  	Event Description: Rickeby Creek
  Person ID	I3521	Connor McCann Family | Descendants of Peter McCann
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2022

  
  

  Father	William MCCANN,   b. Ireland
  Mother	UNKNOWN
  Family ID	F1437	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann FITZGERALD,   b. 1785, Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland ,   d. 1840, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 55 years)
  Married	9 Jan 1804	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia   [1]
  	St John's Church of England,- V1804567 3A/1804
  Children	1. Nicholas MCCANN,   b. 28 Nov 1803, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 1 Dec 1879, Ceres, Victoria, Australia  (Age 76 years)   2. Catherine MCCANN,   b. 1 Jul 1805, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 7 May 1865, Fish River, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 59 years)
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2021
  Family ID	F1293	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Tried Monaghan 04/1798 - sentenced to 7 years Arrived in Port Jackson, New South Wales colony - 11 Jan 1800 per the "Minerva" - sailed from Cork, Ireland 24 Aug 1799 - a voyage of 140 days - aboard 165 males 26 females - 3 males died on voyage - arrived Port Jackson 162 males 3 females Journal of John Washington Price - Ship's Surgeon - Voyage of the Minerva The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser Sunday 26 October 1806 p1 Peter McCann, a labourer, was unfortunately drowned on Tuesday night at Hawkesbury, in attempting to swim across Rickerby's Creek. Peter McCann Born Monaghan c1769 - Catholic - tried Monaghan 1798 - sentenced to 7 years - transported on the Minerva departed Cork, Ireland 24 Aug 1799 - arrived Port Jackson 11 Jan 1800. Married Mary Fitzgerald 9 Jan 1804 at St John's Church of England Parramatta by Rev Samuel Marsden Two children of the marriage: (Research):Unfortunately in 1922 during the Irish Civil war, the majority of Irish State, domestic and ecclesiastical records were destroyed when the IRA burnt down Custom House and irreplaceable historical records were lost. The following stories have been supplied by the Mc Cann Family from family histories traced by past members of the family, and the amazing book compiled by Peter Mc Cann, grandson of the first Peter Mc Cann who was transported to Australia as a convict Peter McCann, was born circa 1769 in County Monaghan which is part of the historical province of Ulster, now known as Eire or the Republic of Ireland, His parentage is unknown. At about the age of 29, he was a Catholic labourer, and charges were brought against him by a Mr. Irvin for robbery at Monaghan, Ireland. He was convicted in April 1798 and was sentenced to transportation for a term of seven years. At that time a rebellion

  
  

• Sources

  [S2] Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Compiled from publicly available sources.Original data: Compiled from publicly available sources.;) (Reliability: 3). Marriage date: 1804 Marriage place: Parramatta, New South Wales [S59] Australian Convict Index, 1788-1868, Reakes, J., comp, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2001.Original data - 1788-1868 Convict Records. Records kept at the New South Wales State Records Office, P.O. Box R625, Royal Exchange, NSW 2000; at the Archives Office of Tasmania, 77 Mu;) (Reliability: 3). Residence date: Residence place: Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia, Australia [S60] New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data - Indents First Fleet, Second Fleet and Ships. NRS 1150, microfiche 620) (Reliability: 3). Birth date: abt 1769 Birth place: Arrival date: 18 Jan 1800 Arrival place: New South Wales [S9] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;), Ancestry Family Trees (Reliability: 3).