Mary Sullivan
- Born: 1791, County Cork, Ireland UK 979
- Marriage (1): John Sheehan
- Marriage (2): William Kelleher in 1813 in Sydney, NSW Australia 979,987
- Marriage (3): Samuel Higgins on 26 Oct 1820 in St Johns, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia 979
- Marriage (4): Vardy Shane in 1826 979
- Died: 8 Apr 1839, Windsor, NSW Australia at age 48 987
- Buried: St Matthews C of E, Windsor, Sydney, NSW Australia 979
Research Notes:
Michelle Monk notes:
In 1818 Mary Callagher/Kelleher was paid One pound five shillings, sevence & one half penny after successfully, with a group of female prisoners, petitioning the Govenor for payment of a quantity of beef owed to them.
Money rather than beef was paid to the women as it was found to be too difficult to disperse the beef to them.
On 26th October 1820, Mary married Samuel Higgins at St Johns Parramatta. However this marriage was bigamous as both had spouses still living and were not divorced. Mary's husband, William Callaghan/Kelleher
was sent to Port Macquarie in 1821 as a prisoner. According to the 1822 general muster Mary is listed as "Kellegar Mary wife of John Higgins".
On 25th September 1822, Samuel Higgins was charged with receiving stolen goods and after receiving 200 lashes was sent to Port Macquarie for 3 years. On 17th February 1823,
Mary, after applying to join her husband (a prisoner) at Port Macquarie, was dispatched on the Mermaid. This arrangement must not have worked because on 10th July 1824 in Parramatta Court,
Mary Higgins and Mary Hanagan were freed on a charge of suspicion of stealing pork from Andrew Nash. They were admonished and discharged, due to lack of evidence.
On 5th January 1825, John Higgins (later aka Shean) son of Mary and Samuel Higgins was christened by Father Therry. On 26th December 1826 Mary's daughter Catherine (aged 8 years)
was admitted to the Female Orphan's Institution, Parramatta. (Convict children had to be christened CofE, and a lot of the Irish girls like Mary and Bridget MacDonald had their
children taken off them and placed into institutions to become good little Protestant Colonists.) Samuel Higgins (aka Fame) is listed in the 1828 Census as being incarcerated in the Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney.
Mary married Vardy Shane in 1826 under common law. Vardy and Mary had two children, Thomas (b.1826) and Bridget (b.1828)
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V18281122 128/1828 SHEEHAN BRIDGET FARDY JANE Buy Now
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V18281091 127/1828 SHEEHAN BRIDGET FARDY JANE
Mary Shean (nee Sullivan) died on the 8th April 1839 at Windsor NSW and is buried at St Matthews.
William was sent to several different place and committed many colonial offences. He Finally settled in the Newcastle/Paterson area where he lived for many years with Margaret O'Donald/O'Donnell and had 9 Children with a Margaret O'Donnell.
William 1834, Henry 1837 (died at birth), Henry 1841, James 1841, Patrick 1842, Catherine 1843, Ann Jane 1845, Edward 1847, and Margaret Jane 1849. Although they never married this Margaret took the name Kelleher. Found this in the Hunter Valley Directory for 1841:
KEELAHER William at Paterson April 1842
KEELAHER Mrs William (Margaret) at Paterson April 1842.
His descendants still live there to this day under the spelling KELLEHEAR.
Noted events in her life were:
• source. & Kevin Warner
Mary married John Sheehan. (John Sheehan was born circa 1800 in Mitchelstown, County Cork, Ireland UK.)
Mary next married William Kelleher in 1813 in Sydney, NSW Australia 979.,987 (William Kelleher was born circa 1797 in County Cork, Ireland UK and died on 8 Apr 1889 in Sydney, NSW Australia 987.)
Mary next married Samuel Higgins on 26 Oct 1820 in St Johns, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia.979 (Samuel Higgins was born circa 1790.)
Mary next married Vardy Shane in 1826.979 (Vardy Shane was born circa 1790.)
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