Murtagh (Murty) Shields

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. http://www.easystreetretreat.com.au/australianroyalty where it is noted:
Murtagh was a convict who convicted of horse stealing and sentenced to life imprisonment at Kilkenny, Ireland. He arrived in Port Jackson aboard the ship 'Anne' in 1801.
Murtagh worked as a stockman to a Mr Jamison in the Penrith and Richmond areas for ten years, and in 1812 became 'free by servitude'.
Murtagh was granted 40 acres in the Dural area.

Murtagh married Elizabeth Morris circa 1813. (Elizabeth Morris was born on 31 Aug 1777 in Bisley, Gloucestershire England, christened on 31 Aug 1777 in Bisley, Gloucestershire England, died on 25 Jan 1852 in Toongabbie, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried in Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia.)