Lieut.-Col. Maurice Charles O'CONNELL, (1768 - 1848)
Soldier, commanding officer of 73rd Regiment.
17th January, 1810 Mary Bligh Putland meet
Lieutenant Governor Maurice O'Connell, she was 27 years old and he was a
42 year old bachelor.
the wedding took place on the 8th May.1810
Bligh left for England on 12th May
O'Connell was transferred with his regiment to
Ceylon on 28th March/
August, 1839, Sir Maurice O'Connell was
claiming on behalf of Bligh's heiresses, 105 acres at Parramatta worth
about £40,000, ($80,000), and including the sites of the Female Factory,
the gaol, the King's School, the Roman Catholic church and chapel and
many houses.
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February, 1841, a settlement was reached
whereby the heiresses surrendered their claim to the Parramatta land but
their titles to other grants were confirmed. One of these, Camperdown,
the site of the present suburb, was later sold for £25,000, ($50,000),
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