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Hi Cerobanne,
I tracked Ann Young and her sister when they were sent from Scotland to board the female convict ship to NSW, but Peter Cavanagh's situation was not clear. Thanks for offering the info as I will add it to my own records. My email address is:
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Just got your post. I have lots of information about Ann Young but very little regarding Cananagh. I will be interested to know what became of him after serving his 7 years. If he served it out on a prison hulk he probably avoided transportation to Australia like Ann and her sister Euphemia.

Hi Tamworth,
I am also a descendent of Ann Young. I also assume that James Parker was tried as a political prisoner as he was court marshalled in Dublin in 1801 at the age of 18 years. There were no indents or assignment records for the Atlas II but records indicate that most of the prisoners were Vinegar Hill rebels and that they were sent to Castle Hill Farm. He was pardoned as you say and received payment for clearing land in the Windsor area whilst working for John Palmer. The land grant he received in 1820 at Pitt Town; about 30 acres. He eventually crossed the mountains with the family and did indeed work for George Palmer near Bathurst as a shepherd with his son James junior. Ann was a hutkeeper, the only female noted in the 1835 Muster. I am descended from their daughter Jane, born in 1819 at Windsor. Have more details available. Regards, Ross

Hi caimein,
This is my first contact in RootsChat. I may have the solution regarding Ann's children. I am also a descendent of her and James Parker, but only found out about her trial in Aberdeen when I visited the Vinegar Hill Rebel centre last month in Ireland. Ann was assigned to Sargent Thomas Whittle when she arrived in 1806. Her son must have survived the voyage, and she may then have had another child to either Whittle or James Parker, as her son James Junior was born in or about 1806. He died aged 45 years and was buried near Orange in 1850 in the Chinamen's Bend Cemetery next to the Bush Inn that was run by his younger sister Jane and her husband Michael McCabe. This information is supported by the evidence Ann gave at the trial of James Leeson in Sydney Court in 1808. The defendant had been caught with a role of gurrah on the Windsor Road. He had stopped at the Government stockyard where Ann was employed. She have him some refreshment for which he gave her ".....a few yards of material which I used to make some garments for my children". One may have been the child of Whittle or even that of Cavanagh, as the date of James Junior death suggests he was born in 1805/06 when Ann arrived. She had another child named James to James Parker but much later. The connection with Whittle would also explain her daughter's statement in 1876 that her mother had been "married" to a soldier in the NSW Corps. Would love to hear your thoughts. Ross