ELIZABETH HASTINGS, daughter of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in 1812 in Croglin, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She married ROBERT KELLY in 4th December, 1836 in Garroch, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 

Robert Kelly and Elizabeth Hastings had the following child: 

i. SARAH KELLY was born in 1837. She died on 27 Jun 1838 in At Sea on board William Rogers. 

Marriage of Robert Kelly and Elizabeth Hastings,

extract from Old Parish Registers, Parish of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire

(Does the two dates imply they were married twice?)

Their only child born in Scotland, Sarah Kelly was born in March 1837 recorded in the Parish of Kells

Extract from the Old Parish registers

Parish of Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire

Robert, Elizabeth and their daughter Sarah departed on the William Rogers which left Greenock on the 13th of May for the four month voyage to Sydney, Australia.

Agents immigration details for Robert and Elizabeth

Immigration List William Rogers - Robert Kelly.pdf

Immigration List William Rogers - Elizabeth Kelly.pdf

About a month after rounding Cape Hope, their daughter Sarah Kelly died of debility, aged 1 and 1/3 years.  The surgeons report stating that "she was delicate all voyage".  This was also just 10 days after her cousin, Sarah Hastings death, the daughter of David and Mary Hastings.

Extract from the William Rogers report from the surgeon in charge, John Reid

Inflamatory fever broke out on board the ship around two weeks before the arrival of the vessel at Port Jackson, and the ship was immediately placed into Quarantine at Spring Cove when it arrived on the 27th September, 1838 after over 4 months at sea.  The vessel was released in early October, ready for the immigrants to disembark at Darling Harbour.  A fresh case of Typhus fever broke out, forcing the ship to return to Spring Cove and was again put back into Quarantine.  The immigrants were removed from the ship and moved into the huts at the station at North Head and people separated into the sick and healthy.

The fever spread rapidly amongst the immigrants, the first deaths occurring in October.  A total of 41 people would die from the ill fated William Rogers whilst in Quarantine.  The immigrants were finally released from the Quarantine station by early January, 1839.

No more details are known about Robert Kelly and Elizabeth Kelly (nee Hastings).  There appear to be no births to this couple in NSW after arrival.  There is the possibility that they moved interstate, another country or returned to Scotland.

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