In the wonderful, wacky world of genealogy there is what I call the “butterfly effect”. That is when you are searching for a particular name, find it, then see another that's on the find list. You forget about the initial name and follow the trail of the other. Similar to discussing world events, seeing a butterfly and stating “O look a butterfly” and you're off on another tangent such as “if you replace sugar with honey in that recipe”... I digress.
The name Richard Troy popped up while researching Ellen Troys family DNA. Ellen being the wife of James Mahon (the Originals). Richard, the brother of Ellen, was found in Tasmania of all places.
It appears that Richard ran afoul of the law and was sentenced to either 7 years or life in prison. He was one of 179 men and women convicts who were herded onto the Atlas 1 in November 1801 and sailed for Australia. The voyage lasted 220 days and finally landed in Sydney, July 1802. Sixty-eight sentenced persons perished on that voyage.
Richard, with family, lived out his days in Richmond, Tasmania. He is buried in St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Richmond not Perth ;). Another interesting note is he married Mary Anne Moran from Ireland. I kid you not! Mary Anne had also arrived in Australia as a not to happy guest on one of the kings ships in 1814.
Most of this information was found on an Aussie site...Claim a Convict. I know eh, only the Aussies; plus other personal sites. Our family keeps spreading and to quote my favourite characters: Pinky: Gee, Brain, what do you want to do tonight? Brain: The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the world! O look, a high of 17C is forecast in Richmond today/their tomorrow.