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Martin Cash

Martin Cash was born at Enniscorthy, Wexford, Ireland in 1810.Both his parents are very wealthy. Martin grew up being partially educated and very much spoiled. In his autobiography Martin claimed that at the age of eighteen he became involved with a young woman named Mary who lived with her mother in an obscure part of town. Over a period of some twelve months he invested a considerable amount of money on them until one day he received word that his sweetheart was seeing another young man named Jessop. Full of jealousy and rage he grabbed his gun and on seeing them through the window, shot at his rival wounding him in the upper chest. He was shortly after arrested and sentenced to seven years transportation. His convict record on the other hand shows that he was sentenced to seven years transportation for house-breaking. Regardless of the real story he left Cook Harbour aboard the "Marquis of Huntley" and arrived at Botany Bay on 10 February 1828. He was assigned to Mr G Bowman, and worked as a stockman on a property on the banks of the Hunter River, about 150 miles from Sydney. After receiving a ticket-of-leave, he continued his job as stockman and about that time moved in with a Bessie Clifford.