Margaret Davis

In March 1842, Margaret Davis, a Ticket-of-Leave holder (recorded as arriving on the Margaret), applied to marry William McGarry (recorded as arriving on the Royal Admiral) at Woollongong, New South Wales. The application was refused because William was already married. Despite this, the couple had three children: a daughter, Catherine, born in 1846 in Ipswich, New South Wales, and a son, Edward was born there in 1849.

In 1851, Margaret appeared before the Ipswich Court, where Constable Hart gave evidence that:

William McGeary [sic] gave him information on Saturday that Margaret Davis with whom he had been cohabiting for 11 years and is the mother of 3 children by him was a Prisoner of the Crown and was illegally at large.

William was charged for 'harbouring' Margaret Davis and was fine £5.