Frances Pounds and her sister Philadelphia were sentenced to life transportation for breaking into a house and stealing shoes, clothing and food. They arrived in Sydney in 1801 aboard the Earl Cornwallis. Both sisters were granted a ticket of leave in 1811.
In 1810 she had a son with John McCarthy and in 1812 a daughter, registered as Rebecca Pounds, with David Wisherd.
'Pounds, Frances (1779–1816)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/pounds-frances-24865/text33654, accessed 27 March 2023.
1779
Farningham, Kent, England
29 July,
1816
(aged ~ 37)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia