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The Clonmel Advertiser, Wednesday July 31, 1822, page 2
Edward Halloran, Margaret Halloran, and Margaret Hayes were convicted of a burglary and robbery in the house of Michael Murphy, at Kilmagamogue, on the 11th instant - Sentence not passed.
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The Clonmel Advertiser, Saturday August 3, 1822, page 4
Yesterday no trial of importance took place. At the conclusion, the Chief Justice, after a most impressive address, pronounced sentence of death upon Edward Halloran, Margaret Halloran, Margaret Hayes.
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This was Surgeon George Fairfowl's third voyage as Surgeon Superintendent on a convict ship. He kept a Medical Journal from 22 July 1822 - 20 June 1824.
George Fairfowl brought information to the colony of the state of Ireland when the Woodman departed - At that time Ireland was in a very disturbed state. The animosities between the Orange and Roman Catholic factions had been increased ten fold by the very means used to conciliate them. The famine was at an end, and the general distress much alleviated; but riots, meetings of armed men, burning of farm houses, and stock, were nightly occurrences throughout the province of Munster.
George Fairfowl wrote in his journal - 'On Monday 29 July 1822 I received a warrant from the Navy Board appointing me on board of the female convict ship the Woodman; and forthwith proceeded to Deptford where I placed myself under the orders of Captain Young the Board's Agent. On 24 August 1822 the ship sailed from the River and on the 13 September 1822 we anchored in the Cove of Cork. We remained here until 22 December 1822, when a small miserable schooner, the Mary of London brought us from Dublin, 22 free passengers and 47 female convicts. They had suffered severely during the passage of five or six days. The weather was cold and stormy they had no beds the straw they slept on was scanty and wet and they were badly clothed.
On 23 December 1822 the Woodman received from Cork Depot, 24 free women and children and 43 female convicts. We were now detained, waiting for the necessary papers from the Secretary of State's Office, until 25 January 1823 when we finally sailed. During this time some changes had taken place, the accommodations were not sufficient for the passengers and consequently eight were landed under the sanction of the Naval Commander in Chief Lord Colville who personally inspected the prison and we sailed with three convicts short of the complement.
When the Woodman departed Cork on 25 January 1823, the vessels Recovery and Earl St. Vincent were taking in prisoners in the Cove of Cork also bound for New South Wales.
There were two births on the Woodman, the first just ten days before they sailed. - Margaret Burke, aged 25, gave birth on 14th January and Catherine Nocton gave birth on 19th April.
The first death was that of Mary Lusk aged 18 who died on 7th February after days of sea sickness. Margaret Doolan aged 34 came on board from Kilmainham hospital in a state of filth, having spent five days in the hold of a schooner without bed or clothing, she laboured under violent menorrhagia attended by hysterical and dyspeptic symptoms and died 6 May 1823.
The Woodman put into Rio de Janeiro for water on the 20th March, and was detained there for three weeks, in consequence of an expedition then fitting out against Bahia, under Lord Cochrane, who was appointed High Admiral of the Brazils. The Woodman sailed from Rio on 21st March and arrived in Port Jackson on 25 June 1823 with 94 female prisoners, three in total having died on the voyage out.
The prisoners were landed on 28th June. Prisoner Grace Keenan was sent to the hospital at Sydney as she was not well enough to go with the other women to the Female Factory at Parramatta. The other women according to George Fairfowl were all landed in a high state of health, their looks much improved by the voyage.
George Fairfowl thought that the predominant illnesses on the voyage were pulmonary inflammation, dysentery and female complaints, which he attributed, the two former to the rapid change from the meagre diet of the jail to the high stimulating one of the ship, and the sudden transition of the climate. The female complaints were accounted for by the fact that four-fifths of the women had lived in a state of prostitution from their early youth.
George Fairfowl later interceded on behalf of a poor immigrant woman Ann Fullard who was on her way to Van Diemen's Land. Her chest containing clothing had been broken into and robbed on the voyage by one of the seamen. When the captain refused to remunerate for the losses, George Fairfowl applied to the Governor on her behalf. (Colonial Secretary's Letters)
George Fairfowl was also Surgeon on the convict ships Ocean in 1818, Dromedary in 1820, Royal Charlotte in 1825, Sovereign in 1829, Andromeda in 1830, Clyde in 1832 and the Hive in 1834.
The Woodman was one of three convict ships bringing female prisoners to New South Wales in 1823, the others being the Lord Sidmouth and the Mary. A total of 199 female convicts arrived in the colony in 1823.
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The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Thursday 3 July 1823, page 2
SHIP News.--The ship Woodman, Captain Ford, arrived from Ireland, via Rio de Janiero, on Wednesday evening the 25th ult. She brings 94 female convicts, in good health; together with 8 children. Including children, there are 38 free passengers, by this opportunity, mostly destined for Van Diemen's Land.
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There is no concrete evidence to show that Isaac was or wasn't Ellen's father but all paperwork discovered so far leads to the presumption that he was. All we have are the facts that:
1. There are two Baptism entries for 27 Feb 1830:
(a) Father J J Therry, State Library Reel E126 FM4/5271 SAG 007
Register: St Mary's Cathedral Roman Catholic Baptisms 1830
Name: Ellen Matthews
Date of Birth: 27 Feb 1830 (BDM Registry 1417/1830 V18301417 127; Father Richard; Mother Margaret)
Date of Baptism: 27 Feb 1830
Father: Richard Matthews
Mother: Margaret Hayes
Residence: Sydney
(It appears Isaac (aka Richard) Simpkins has registered under a "pseudonym" to cover up the fact that he had applied for his Scottish family to receive assistance to emigrate to Australia.)
(b) Register: St Mary's Roman Catholic Baptisms Register (Sept 1819 to Nov 1838), Baptisms for the year 1830
Name: Ellen Watkins
Baptism: 27th February 1830
Place: No entry
Birth Date: 27th February, 1830 (BDM Registry 1830 V125, Entry No: 1544; Father Richard; Mother Ellen)
Father: Richard Watkins
Abode: Sydney
Quality or Profession: No entry
Mother: Ellen McGuigan
Minister: Rev J J Therry
Sponsor: Ellen McGuigan
2. Isaac and Margaret were living together when Ellen was about 2 years of age when Margaret was sent to the factory and Isaac was charged with beating Ellen when she was left in his charge. Then there is his letter applying to remove Ellen from the orphan school stating she was his child. Ellen's death states Richard Watkins as her father, but Isaac was known to change his name regularly using Richard and John due to a shaded past.
Submitted by Robyn Elizabeth Allman nee Price
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Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaret Hayes
Spouse Name: Isaac Simpkins
Marriage Date: 1847
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1847
Volume Number: 20/1847 V184720 78
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Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Margaret Hayes
Spouse Name: Richard Simpkins
Marriage Date: 1847
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1847
Volume Number: 4102/1847 V18474102 74B
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New South Wales, Australia, Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870
Name: Margaret Hayes
Age: 51
Birth Year: 1798
Pardon Date: 5 Oct 1849
Pardon Place: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Vessel Name: Woodman
Year of Arrival: 1823
Place of Origin: Tipperary
Date of Conviction: 1822
Record Type: Conditional
Pardon Number: 49/1418
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904), Wednesday 21 January 1852, page 2
Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 - 1875), Friday 23 January 1852, page 3
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
SLY GROG SELLING. - Margaret Simpkin was called but did not appear on Friday last to answer the charge of illicitly retailing spirituous liquors at her residence, Queen Charlotte's Vale, on January 1st. It appeared from the evidence of Michael Martin, a constable in the Bathurst police, that he accompanied Constable Kilmartin to the defendants house on the day abovementioned, where they obtained two glasses of rum, for which the sum of one shilling was paid. Mrs. Simpkin was found guilty by the bench, and fined in the sum of 30 pounds and 2 pounds 10s. costs.
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