1.1.1. James Terrence Jr.,[59,61] (s/o James Terrence Sr)
born 1798[7,11,58]/1806,[1,2,3,58,86] Kildare, County
Kildare,
Ireland.[1,3,11,58,86] Died 30/5/1873, No.63 Woodburn Street, Redfern,
Sydney, NSW,
Australia (75yo).[7,11,58] Cause of death was debility of 6 weeks
duration, last seen by Dr Clune 30/5/1873,[11,58]
informant was son, Owen Terrance, registered 31/5/1873.[11] Buried
1/6/1873, Roman Catholic Cemetery,
Devonshire Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[11,44,58] J&J Shying
funeral directors, witnesses were Alfred Douglas & Peter
Woods.[11]
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"The Friends of the late Mr. James
Terrance are respectfully invited to
attend his Funeral; to move from his late residence, Arnold-street,
Chippendale, on Sunday Afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the Catholic
Cemetery, Devonshire-street. J. and G. Shying and Co, 719,
George-street South.
The Friends of Mr. Owen Terrance are
respectfully invited to attend the Funeral of his late deceased Father,
James; to move from Arnold-street, Chippendale, on Sunday
Afternoon, at
3 o'clock. J. and G. Shying and Co, 719, George-street South.
The
Friends of Messrs. Michael Kenney and William Collins are
respectfully
invited to attend the Funeral of their late deceased Father-in-law, Mr.
James Terrance; to move from Arnold-street, Chippendale,
on Sunday
Afternoon, at 3 o'clock. J. and G. Shying and Co, 719,
George-street
South.(SMH 31/5/1873)"[44] |
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{The funeral notice
gives a different place of death than the death certificate, however I
have gone with the later}
Convicted, 28/7/1827, Kildare
Assizes, County Kildare, Ireland,[3,86] of
housebreaking,[3,58,86] and sentenced to life transportation to
Australia.[3,86] James had no prior convictions.[3,86] Transported to
Sydney, Australia, on the "Mangles",[1,3,6,58,86] departing Cork,
Ireland,
23/2/1828,[4] and arriving Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Australia,
2/6/1828.[1,4,11,58,86] Upon arrival James' description was given as
22yo, no
education (illiterate), Roman Catholic, single, farm servant
(labourer), height 5'3.25", no distinguishing marks, light brown hair,
hazel eyes and a pock-pitted complexion, with no distinguishing
marks.[3,86] A later addition to
his convict indent notes that his "wife arrived on the Edward in
1829".[3] Upon arrival James was placed in the Convict Barracks at Hyde
Park.[117]
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"Shipping
Intelligence. On Monday last arrived, from Ireland, the ship Mangles,
Captain W. Carr, having sailed from Dublin on the 23d of February, and
the Irish coast the 28th. She brings 107 male prisoners, in good
health, having lost 3 on the passage. The guard comprises Lieutenant
and Adjutant Hill, and Lieutenant Kidd, with a detachment of the 57th
Regiment. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cochrane, R.N. This is the
quickest run ever made. Last Monday five weeks, from the day she
entered, Captain Carr was abreast of the Cape of Good Hope.(Sydney Gazette 4/6/1828)"[118]
"Shipping
Intelligence. Arrivals. On Monday the ship Mangles, Capt. Carr, from
Dublin, with male prisoners. Surgeon, Dr. Cochrane, R.N. and a guard
consisting of Lieut. Hill, Adjutant Lieutenant Kidd, and 45 men of the
57th regt.(Monitor
7/6/1828)"[119]
"The
male prisoners, per the Mangles, were landed on Friday, and escorted to
the Prisoners' Barracks, in Hyde Park, where they were inspected by His
Excellency the Governor, and afterwards directed to be distributed
throughout the Country.(Sydney
Gazette 16/6/1828)"[117]
"News
summary. The male prisoners by the Mangles were landed in the course of
Friday last, and a principal portion of them given over to approved
applicants for their services. The terms upon which those prisioners of
the crown have been disposed of are, it is said, according to the words
of the deed of assignment, "lent, during the Governor's pleasure."(Australian 18/6/1828)"[120]
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From the Medical
journal of the Mangles, convict ship for 24/12/1827 to 13/6/1828 by H.
Cochrane, surgeon and superintendent, during
which time the ship was employed in a passage to New South Wales:
Folios
1-3: Patrick Magee, aged 28, private; case number 1; sick or hurt,
dysentery; put on sick list, 16/2/1828 at Kingstown Harbour, Ireland.
Discharged 222/21828 to the Royal Military Hospital, Dubin.
Folios
3-4: Walter Ferris, aged 25, private; case number 2; sick or hurt,
fever; put on sick list, 18/2/1828 at Kingstown Harbour, Ireland.
Discharged 22/2/1828 to the Royal Military Hospital, Dubin.
Folio 5:
Thomas Bowden, aged 21, private; case number 3; sick or hurt,
dysentery; put on sick list, 21/2/1828 at Kingstown Harbour, Ireland.
Discharged 22/2/1828 to the Royal Military Hospital, Dubin.
Folio 6:
William Norgan, aged 25, private; case number 4; sick or hurt, fever;
put on sick list, 21/2/1828 at Kingstown Harbour, Ireland. Discharged
22/2/1828 to the Royal Military Hospital, Dubin.
Folios 7-10A: James
Brennan, aged 38, private; case number 5; sick or hurt, phthisis
pulmonalis; put on sick list, 25/2/1828 at sea. Died 26/3/1828.
Folio
11: Edward Carney, aged 24, private; case number 6; sick or hurt,
obstipatio rigidorum; put on sick list, 26/2/1828 at sea. Discharged to
duty 5/3/1828.
Folios 12-13: James Somerville, aged 41, convict;
case number 7; sick or hurt, atrophia debilium; put on sick list,
21/3/1828 at sea. Discharged 31/3/1828.
Folios 13-16: Henry Holgate,
aged 18, convict; case number 8; sick or hurt, gunshot wound, wounded
in the left wrist by a musket ball which was accidentally fired by the
awkwardness of another soldier in handling his musket; put on sick
list, 28/3/1828 at sea. Discharged 17/4/1828.
Folios 16-22: John
Dougherty, aged 21, convict; case number 9; sick or hurt, phthisis; put
on sick list, 3/4/1828 at sea. Died 21/5/1828.
Folios 22-25: John
Perry, aged 18, convict; case number 10; sick or hurt, phrenitis; put
on sick list, 11/4/1828 at sea. Discharged 18/5/1828.
Folios 25-26:
Anthony McBride, aged 25, convict; case number 11; sick or hurt,
pneumonia; put on sick list, 11/4/1828 at sea. Discharged 16/4/1828.
Folios
26-28: Maurace Connor, aged 24, convict; case number 12; sick or hurt,
phrenitis; put on sick list, 17/4/1828 at sea. Discharged 8/5/1828.
Folios
29-32: James McCarty, aged 26, convict; case number 13; sick or hurt,
febris intermittens; put on sick list, 25/4/1828 at sea. Discharged
2/6/1828.
Folio 33: Patrick Kelly, aged 24, convict; case number 14;
sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list, 25/4/1828 at sea. Discharged
8/5/1828.
Folios 33-34: Michael Dempsey, aged 21, convict; case
number 15; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list, 29/4/1828 at sea.
Discharged 8/5/1828.
Folios 34-36: Thomas Hearrington, aged 25,
convict; case number 16; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list,
11/5/1828 at sea. Died 16/5/1828.
Folios 36-39: Edward Dalton, aged
28, convict; case number 17; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list,
27/5/1828 at sea. Discharged 5/6/1828.[121] |
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The
Hyde Park Barracks
was built in 1819 to house, clothe and feed convict men and boys. The
impressive brick building and walled compound, located at the head
of Macquarie Street, was designed by convict architect Francis
Greenway. Constructed by convict labour by
order of Governor Lachlan
Macquarie, the Barracks is one of the most familiar works of the
accomplished colonial England-born, Australian architect Francis
Greenway. As the principal male convict barracks in New South Wales it
provided lodgings for convicts working in government employment around
Sydney until its closure in mid 1848. Before
1819 there was no government accommodation for convicts.
Instead, convicts secured ‘lodging and fire’ in private houses and
hotels in areas like The Rocks. They were permitted to work privately
after their day’s work for the government in order to pay for this. In
The Rocks’ public houses, however, convict men and women and soldiers
associated freely after working hours. They shared a love of town life
and, in many cases, personal networks from the old country. Disorderly
public behaviour and frequent robberies in The Rocks led to increasing
demands for greater control of convicts’ living arrangements. In
response, Governor Macquarie ordered the construction of a building
where convicts could be secured at night. The
Barracks provided basic
accommodation for 600 male convicts. For almost 30 years, from 600 to
1400 male convicts assembled here nightly. Other convicts were brought
to Hyde Park Barracks for trial, punishment and reassignment. After
1848 the main dormitory held newly arrived female immigrants while a
handful of government agencies made use of surrounding buildings. In
1862, separate wards for destitute women were added upstairs and the
Barracks became known as the Hyde Park Asylum. Sydney celebrated the
50th anniversary of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1887 with the
construction of major public buildings and monuments. The Hyde Park
Barracks became a hub of government departments and renamed Chancery
Square. Until the late 1970s, thousands of public servants, legal
workers and litigants occupied dingy office spaces, courtrooms and
corridors, scattered throughout the increasingly crowded complex. Today
the Hyde Park Barracks is a museum. Around 50,000 convict men and boys
passed through the barracks between 1819 and 1848. Most had been
charged with property crimes in British courts and served terms of
life, 7 or 14 years transportation. Typically, their lives were
governed by rigid rules, discipline and hard, monotonous work although
for some, good conduct or useful skills brought rewards, indulgences
and positions of responsibility. Barracks convicts were mustered daily
and marched to worksites around town. In gangs, they built the docks,
roads, churches, hospitals, quarries, bridges and fortifications of
early Sydney. Their tools, equipment, food and clothing were supplied
by gangs of convict cobblers, weavers, bakers, hat makers, grass
cutters, gardeners, wheelwrights, carpenters and blacksmiths. From 1830
courts of General Sessions were held at the Barracks. Convicts and
employers put their complaints to visiting magistrates who determined
various penalties. Punishments could include the cruel treadmill,
flogging, a stint in leg irons, solitary confinement, reassignment to a
distant road gang or to Cockatoo Island.[Wikipedia,
Historic
Houses Trust]
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Shortly after his arrival was placed in the service of John
Mackaness of
Cabramatta, NSW, Australia.[3,86] On 28/10/1831 James
unsuccessfully applied for a Ticket of Exemption.[85] At the time, and
for some time previous, he was employed in the Commissariat Stores as a
convict labourer.[85] On 2/11/1831 his petition was denied.[58]
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October 1831
To His Excellency The Governor.
The Petition of James Terens praying for a Ticket of Exemption.
31/8699 ~~~~~ 28th Octr. 1831
To
His Excellency Lieutenant General Ralph Darling Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the territory of New South Wales and its
Dependecies and Vice Admiral of the same, The Humble Petition of James
Terens, Sheweth, That Petitioner arrived per Mangles 5th, 1828, and was
since and is now employed in the Commissariat Stores under the Deputy
Commissioner General and conducted himself with propriety as per
Annexed Certificate. That Petitioner has a wife and family to support
out of his industry and hopes your Excellency out of humane
consideration will order him a Ticket of Exemption in order to enable
him the more effectual to support his family.
And Petr. {petitioner} will for ever pray, James Terens.
During
the period we have had charge of the Stores (General Provision Stores)
the above named James Terens has conducted himself perfectly to our
satisfaction. The Petitioner has behaved himself well as far as he has
fallen under my observation and therefore will wherein in the
Certificate of Mr Arnold Tod Goodsir may to recommend him to the
favourable notice of His Excellency the Governor.
Signed A. Tod Goodsir, James Laidley (and an unreadable signature).
Annoted on
the cover page:
Return to be submitted through Col Secty {Colonial Secretary} 26 Octr
1831. <Signed & dated 31 Octr>
James
Terence per Mangles 5, arrived 2 June 1828, life, stated he was single
on arrival. Rose Sweeney or Terence per Edward 1, arrived 26th April
1829, 7 years, stated she was married on arrival, husband here, as
James Terence of Mangles 5. <signed & dated
Nov2/31> (another
sentence follows, beginning "Not allowed,", however the rest had faded
to illegibility).[85]
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On 18/7/1833 a List of Unclaimed Letters was published by the
General Post Office, 'addressed to persons not known or not to be
found', which included a letter addressed to James Terence (and two
addressed to his wife, Rosanna).[88] James was eventually granted a
Ticket of leave, No.36/1265, dated
24/6/1836,[31,58,86] allowed to remain in the District of Parramatta on
the recommendation of Sydney Bench.[86]
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"The
undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown, have obtained Tickets of
Leave since the last day of publication: Parramatta: Terrence James,
Mangles (5).(Gazette
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In 1841 James (21-40yo) was living in a 'finished & inhabited'
wooden dwelling with his wife (21-40yo), three daughters (0-2yo, 2-6yo
& 7-13yo) and one son (2-6yo).[79] All were Roman Catholic,
James the only one in the family employed.[79]
James was on a Ticket of Leave, his wife's sentence had expired and the
children were all born free.[79]
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Cabramatta
is a suburb in south-western Sydney, in the state of NSW, located 30km
SW of the Sydney
central business district. In 1795,
an early settler named Hatfield called the area ‘Moonshine Run’ because
it was so heavily timbered that moonshine could not penetrate. The name
Cabramatta, first came into use in the area in the early 19th Century,
when the Bull family named a property that they had purchased
Cabramatta Park. When a small village formed nearby in 1814, it took
its name from that property. A township grew from this village, and a
railway was built through Cabramatta in the 1850s. It was used for
loading and unloading freight and livestock. However, Cabramatta did
not get a railway station until 1870. The railway station wasn't open
for public transport until 1872, a school was then established in 1882
and post office in 1886. Cabramatta remained a predominantly
agricultural township. It evolved into a Sydney suburb in
the mid 20th century.[Wikipedia] John Mackaness
(c.1770-1838), barrister and public servant, early became addicted
to attending radical political meetings in and around London. He was
called to the Bar in 1794 and soon appointed
recorder of Wallingford. In 1824 he was appointed sheriff of New South
Wales at a salary of
£1000, for which he was also to serve as coroner and provost-marshal.
Soon after his arrival in the Alfred at Sydney in July 1824 Mackaness
leased land at Hyde Park and bought 700 acres (283 ha) near Liverpool,
where he later claimed to have spent £3000 on improvements and the
cultivation of vines. In January 1826 Mackaness was petitioned
to convene a public meeting of 'the Gentry, Magistrates, Merchants,
Landholders, Farmers, Traders and other free Inhabitants' which
approved an address to Governor Darling
advocating a part-elected legislative council and trial by jury.
On 26
January 1827 Mackaness convened another public meeting of 'Free
Inhabitants', and was chosen to present their petition to Darling. In
March Darling noted that Mackaness was 'not
well affected to the Government'. Darling also complained that
Mackaness had drawn on the public purse for travel expenses and a
salary as provost-marshal, and that although Mackaness
disclaimed any obligation to visit the gaol, certain irregularities
there would have been prevented if he had attended to his duties. In
due course the Colonial Office approved Mackaness's travel expenses but
disallowed his pay as provost-marshal. In November 1827 the governor
told Mackaness that his
services were no longer required because of his association with
'factious Individuals' and his failure to obey promptly a government
order. In
December 1827 Mackaness was admitted to practise in the Supreme Court
as a barrister and attorney. Next February Chief Justice (Sir) Francis
Forbes and Judge John Stephen testified to Mackaness's good conduct as
sheriff, but within two weeks he was on trial in the Supreme Court for
an allegedly drunken assault on the solicitor-general, was found guilty
and fined £5. He died
on 4 April 1838 and was buried in the Devonshire Street cemetery.[Australian
Biographical Dictionary] Commissariat Stores.
When the convict colony of New South Wales was established in 1788,
supplies of food and other goods were to be provided to the colonists
from a Commissariat store. This was an arm of the civil administration
responsible for the supply of goods to colonial establishments within
the British Empire. The Commissariat held a strategic role in the
economy of the early colony. Its function was to supply and store
foodstuffs and other necessities – including liquor, hardware and other
goods – for the population. Though this role diminished over time, it
was significant within both Sydney Town and the colony for many
decades. In the early years, the Commissariat was the only buyer
available for the produce of the colony. And because it had access to
credit in Britain it was an important avenue of finance. This was later
important for the development of commerce, banking and even agriculture
in the colony. Due to the initial lack of ready cash in the colony, and
the high credit rating of the Commissariat, its store receipts and
bills of exchange were used as currency for many years, until the
introduction of enough circulating cash. As a result, the Commissariat
played a very significant role in the development of the colonial
economy as it moved from a convict to a market system. The first
Commissariat building was probably designed in 1809 and built c1810.
Under Governor Macquarie a second Commissariat store was built in 1812,
as part of the rearrangement of the store's function and role, and was
completed just before changes to the organisation and running of the
Commissariat occurred. These changes took control from the Governor and
placed it with the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury in London, as
part of the army commissariat. But by 1815 the role of the Commissariat
was again changing, and Macquarie abolished the custom of supplying the
needs of the inhabitants from the Commissariat on credit. This
protected the government from a large number of bad debts, and
Macquarie felt that 'All their wants may now be fully supplied by the
Free Merchant Shipping, frequenting this port from England and other
countries'. The first Commissariat Store was a U-shaped building
constructed on the western shoreline of Sydney Cove. The 1812 building
was constructed to the west of the first, next to George Street. This
latter building, which appears on various plans as Naval stores or
Ordnance stores, was a long rectangular structure and is almost covered
by the footprint of the Museum of Contemporary Art building (formerly
the Maritime Services Board Building). The 1812 foundation stone was
placed in a nearby park as part of the landscaping works when the
Maritime Services Board Building was constructed during the 1940s.[Dictionary
of Sydney] Field
of Mars Parish
is one of the 57 parishes of Cumberland County, New South Wales, a
cadastral unit for use on land titles. While the name is mostly
forgotten as a region name today, it has given the name to the modern
suburb of Marsfield and the reserve in the area. It is centred around
Carlingford and also includes Epping, Telopea and Ermington. Its
southern boundary is the Parramatta River. The name Field of
Mars was
given by Governor Phillip, when in January 1792 he granted to two
marines the first parcels of a later eight in this district. There are
a number of theories on the origin of the name, the first is that it
was a direct reference to the Roman God of war and the marines' service
in the colony. The second theory is that it is named after the Roman
Campus Martius, which also has a military connection. And the third
that it is named after the Champ de Mars in Paris, again with military
connections.[Wikipedia,
Wikipedia]
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James received
a Conditional Pardon (No.44/306), dated 1/7/1843.[3,56,58,84,86]
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Whereas, His Late Most Excellent
Majesty King George the Third, by a
Commission under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date the
Eighth Day of November, in the Thirty-First year of His Majesty's
Reign, was graciously pleased to Give and Grant full Power and
Authority to the Governor (or in the case of his death or absence, the
Lieutenant Governor) for the time being of His Majesty's Territory of
th Eastern Coast of New South Wales, and the Islands thereunto
adjacent, by an Instrument or Instruments in Writing, under the Seal of
the Government of the said territory, or as he or they respectively
should think fit and convenient for His Majesty's Service, to Remit,
either Absolutely or Conditionally, the Whole or any part of the Term
or Time for which Persons convicted of Felony, Misdemeanor, or other
Offences, amenable to the Laws of Great Britain, should have been, or
should thereafter be respectively Conveyed or transported to new South
Wales, or the Islands thereunto adjacent.
By virtue of such Power and Authority so vested aforesaid, I, Sir
George Gipps Knight, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of Her
Majesty's said Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same, taking into consideration the good conduct of
James Terrence who arrived in this Colony in the Ship Mangles (5), Carr
Master, in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty eight under
Sentence of Transportation for Life and whose Description is on the
back hereof, Do hereby Conditionally Remit the remainder of the Term or
Time which is yet to come and unexpired of the Original Sentence or
Order of Transportation passed on the aforesaid James Terrence at
Kildare on the twenty eighth Day of July One thousand eight hundred and
twenty seven per M.Roll.
Provided always, and on condition, that the said James Terrence
continue to reside within the Limits of this Government, for and during
the space of his Original Sentence or Order of transportation:-
Otherwise the said James Terrence shall be subject to all the Pains and
Penalties of Re-appearing in Great Britain and Ireland, for and during
the Term of his Original Sentence or order of transportation; or, as
if, this Remission had never been granted.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Territory, at Government House,
Sydney, in New South Wales, this First Day of July, in the Year of Our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and forty three.
(Signed) Ge. Gipps
By His Excellency's Command, (signed) E. Dean Thomson.
Description:
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Standing Number |
28/777 |
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Name |
James Terrence |
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Ship |
Mangles (5) |
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Master |
Carr |
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Year |
1828 |
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Native Place |
Kildare |
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Trade or Calling |
Farm Servant |
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Offence |
Housebreaking |
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Sentence |
Life |
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Year of Birth |
1806 |
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Height |
5' 3.25" |
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Complexion |
Ruddy Pockpitted |
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Hair |
Light brown |
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Eyes |
Light Hazel |
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General Remarks |
__________________ |
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I certify, that Her Majesty's Gracious
approbation and allowance of the
above Conditional Pardon, granted to James Terrence has been signed by
me, by the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in
his Despatch, No.20 dated 11 February 1844
Given under my Hand, at Government House, Sydney, this Twenty fifth Day
of June One thousand eight hundred and forty four.
(Signed) Ge. Gipps
Entered upon Record, at Pages 185 and 186 Register No.15. This Twenty
Third Day of July One thousand eight hundred and forty four.
<signed> E. Dear Thomson
(Handwritten over the
print on the 2nd page of the pardon is the following)
By His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus FitzRoy Knight Companion of the
Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order Captain-General and Governor in Chief
in and over Her Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its
Dependencies and Vice Admiral of the same.
Know all men that in pursuance of instructions in that behalf sent to
me by Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, I
the Governor aforesaid do hereby grant unto the within named James
Terrence that the within written Pardon shall take effect in all parts
of the World except only the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland anything in the written condition to the contrary thereof
notwithstanding.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Territory at Government House,
Sydney this Eleventh day of October in the Eleventh year of the Reign
of Her majesty and in the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred
and forty seven.
L. G. (signed) Chs A. FitzRoy <signed>
Entered upon Record at page 186 Register No.15 this Second day of
November One thousand Eight hundred and forty seven.
<unreadable signature> for the Colonial Secretary and
Registrar.[84]
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In 1847 James
Terrence was granted an Extended Conditional Pardon.[32]
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"Extended Conditional Pardons. His
Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, that, in
accordance with the regulation dated 2nd December, 1846, the
conditional pardons granted to the undermentioned persons have been so
far enlarged as to enable the holders to proceed to all parts of the
world except the countries or colonies from which they were
respectively trannsported. Pardons available everywhere except in the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: James Terrence, Mangles 5.(Chronicle, 27/11/1847)"[32] |
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Gardener/Stockman/employed in agriculture, 1841.[79] Dealer, 1852.[58]
Labourer, 1857.[1,58] Fruiterer.[58,61] Dealer, 1873.[11] Illiterate,
1857.[1]
Married
Rosanna "Rose" Sweeney/Swiney,[59,61,78] 13/7/1830, St Mary's Roman
Catholic Cathedral, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[5,7,58] {Presumably by Father John Joseph
Therry who was the only RC clergyman
in NSW at the time, Father Daniel Power having died 14/3/1830 &
Father Philip Conolly being in Tasmania. Fr. John McEncroe did not
arrive until 1832} Witnesses were Edward
Fanning and Mary Dwyer.[5] {James
and Rosanna may have already been
married in Ireland - his convict ship indent lists him as single, but a
correction indicates he was already married to "Rose Terrance or
Sweeney".[3]}
Rosanna born 1798[7,10,87]/1800[81]/1803,[1,2,21,78,80,82]
Glenaree,[58,82] Kildare, County Kildare,
Ireland.[21,82] Died 22/6/1852, at home, Parramatta Street, Sydney,
NSW,
Australia.[10,58] Buried 24/6/1852 (54yo),[7,10,18,58] according to the
rites of the Roman Catholic Church,[7,10,58] St James (civil
parish),[7,10,18,58]
Sydney, NSW, Australia,[7,10] by Father
Samuel A. Sheehy.[10]
{St James Parish is one
of the four
civil parishes in the Sydney city area, named after the
Anglican
church of St James. A record for a marriage, funeral or baptism
ceremony held in the 'Parish of St James' refers to this geographical
parish, not necessarily meaning the Anglican church of St James. BMD's
held at the catholic St Mary's Cathedral were
sometimes recorded
as being in the Parish of St James.[128]} Rosanna
was convicted, 24/3/1828, Kildare Assizes, County Kildare,
Ireland,[2,21,58,78,80,81] of stealing a cow and sentenced to 7 years
transportation.[2,21,58,78,80,81]
She had two prior convictions.[21] Transported to
Sydney, Australia, on the "Edward",[2,58,80] departed Cork, Ireland,
1/1/1829,[4,78] and arrived Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW, Australia,
26/4/1829.[2,4,78] Ship records for the Edward list Rose Sweeney, 25yo,
born Glenaree, Co Kildare, reads well, writes in english
& educated at home, her conduct on board the ship was good.[82]
Upon arrival Rosanna's description was given as 26yo, literate, Roman
Catholic, married (husband James Terence arrived on the 'Mangles' in
1828 under sentenced of transportation for Life), dairywoman,
height 4'10", brown hair, grey eyes, & a
dark ruddy complexion.[21,58,78] Rosanna a red mark on her right arm
and a dark spot on her left arm as well as a scar on right side of her
neck.[21] Upon arrival Rosanna was assigned to John Eales at Hunter
River.[21,78] About 4/1830 was assigned as a servant to Mary Harrington
of No.111
Kent Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[83] On 15/10/1831 Rose applied for
a Ticket of Leave, Mary Harrington writing a letter on her behalf.[83]
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Rose Sweeney Indulgence. 15th Oct
1831. "I do hereby certify that
Rose Sweeney {last e is
crossed out}, per ship Edward 1, the wife of
James Terence per ship Mangles the 5th has been my assigned servant
these Eighteen months back during which time she has behaved herself
with sobriety, honesty and industry to my satisfaction and wishes she
would obtain any Indulgence consenting to Government Regulations from
her faithfulness to me since I have been debilitated in my limbs and at
her commencement I shall be of every assistance to her that lies in my
power.
Given under my hand this 7th Day of Octr 1831, Mary Harrington
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Ticket of leave No.31/902 granted
19/11/1831,[58,80] for Prisoner No. 29/79, Rose Sweeny or
Terence, arrived 1829 on the Edward (1), Master
Gilbert, description given as height 4' 11", Dark
ruddy complexion, Dark brown hair, grey eyes, a red mark on
the right arm, dark spot on left & a scar on right side of
neck.[80] Allowed to remain in the District of Sydney.[80]
On 18/7/1833 a List of Unclaimed Letters was published by the
General Post Office, 'addressed to persons not known or not to be
found', which included two letters addressed to Rose Terence (and one
addressed to her husband, James).[88] Certificate of Freedom,
No.36/184,
granted 5/4/1836,[20,58,81] for Prisoner No. 29/79, Rose
Sweeny, upon the expiry of her sentence, description given as height 4'
10", ruddy complexion. brown hair, blue eyes, Red blotches on the back
of the lower right arm, a Mole on the back of the lower left arm
& a scar on right side of throat, wife of James Terence per
Mangles 5, life, holding a Ticket of Leave.[81] On 8/8/1838
Rosanna was imprisoned at Parramatta Gaol, sentenced to three months
hard labour.[87] Prisoner No.1225, Rosannah Sweeny (also listed as
Rosannah Sweney), 40yo, height 4' 11", short build, dark complexion,
brown hair, blue eyes & a "mark of ____ on right arm"
(unreadable).[87] At the time of her imprisonment she was listed as
'free', she was discharged from gaol, 27/11/1838, at the completion of
her sentence.[87] {No
indication was given as to why she was imprisoned} On
18/9/1844 Rosanna was again imprisoned at Parramatta Gaol, "in cells"
for 96 hours.[87] She was discharged 22/9/1844 when her sentence had
expired.[87] Prisoner No. 1096.[87] Was imprisoned for being
drunk.[87] Rosanna was a servant, 1838, 1844.[87]
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Glenaree
is a townland in the parish of Cloncurry, Co Kildare, Ireland. The
parish of Cloncurry is discontinious with a section in the far north of
Kildare near the town of Enfield, 31km NE of the town of Kildare. The
2nd part of Cloncurry lies 7-8km due north of Kildare town. Glenaree is
located in the later part. Glenaree is adjacent to Kineagh parish,
where the Terrance family was living in the early to mid 1800s. Cloncurry,
a parish, partly in the
barony of East Ophaly, but chiefly in that of Ikeathy and Oughterany,
county of Kildare, and province of Leinster,; containing 2299
inhabitants. A Carmelite friary, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, was
founded here by John Roche, in 1347, which, together with the village,
was burnt by some of the Irish septs in 1405; it appears, however, to
have been restored, and continued to exist till the Reformation, when
it was granted to William Dixon in the 35th of Henry VIII. The manor
became the property of the Aylmer family, whose ancient seat, the
castle, was defended for the parliament, in 1643, by Col. Monk, who was
at length obliged to abandon it for want of provisions. From the Aylmer
family the estate was afterwards purchased by Sir Nicholas Lawless,
subsequently created Baron Cloncurry. During the disturbances of 1798,
a skirmish took place at the foot of Ovidstown Hill, in this parish,
between the king's troops and a party of the insurgents who had
effected their escape from the county of Wexford. The parish, which is
situated on the road from Dublin to Galway, and on the line of the
Royal Canal, comprises 2449 statute acres, as applotted under the tithe
act. The land is chiefly in pasture, and great numbers of cattle are
fattened for the Dublin and English markets; in that portion of it
which is under tillage the improved system of agriculture is adopted;
there are about 400 acres of good bog. Ballinakill, the seat of T.
Kearney, Esq., is a handsome modern house. It is a vicarage, in the
diocese of Kildare, and is part of the union of Kilcock; the rectory is
partly impropriate in the representatives of the late Michael Aylmer,
Esq., and the remainder forms the corps of the deanery of the cathedral
church of St. Bridget, Kildare, the appointment to which is elective by
the chapter. The tithes amount to £476. 8. 2¾., of which £161. 8. 3. is
payable to the dean, £105 to the vicar, and the remainder to the
impropriators. The church is in ruins. In the R. C. divisions the
parish also forms part of the union or district of Kilcock. There is a
private school, in which are about 30 boys and 20 girls. There are some
inconsiderable remains of the ancient Carmelite friary. The title of
Baron Cloncurry was first conferred on Sir Nicholas Lawless, in 1789
and his descendant, the present Lord Cloncurry, was raised to the
English peerage in 1831.[Lewis
1837] The 'Edward'
departed Ireland 1/1/1829 and arrived in Port Jackson 26/4/1829 under
Captain Gilbert with Surgeon Superintendent W.C. Watt. She brought 177
female prisoners, 3 having died on the passage out.[78,123]
"News. The
Edward, Gilbert, master, has received on board at Cove, 177 female
convicts, and 14 children of convicts, for New South Wales, under the
medical care and superintendence of Dr. Watts. Seven free women and
sixteen children have also embarked as passengers.(Monitor 25/4/1829)"[124]
"Shipping
Intelligence. On Sunday last arrived, from Ireland, whence she sailed
the 1st of January, the ship Edward, Captain Gilbert, with 177 female
prisoners, 3 having died on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, W.C.
Watt, Esq. (Gazette
28/4/1829)"[125]
"A
Bravo! One of the crew of the ship Edward, which last week discharged
her prisoners, has been lodged in gaol under a serious charge, that of
having whilst on the passage out from England, endeavoured to excite a
spirit of insubordination, and a mutiny amongst the crew. If we can
rely upon depositions made by some of the sailors, it would appear the
fellow boasted more than once to his shipmates, if they would join, he
would go aft, do their business for the surgeon, Dr. Watts, the master,
Captain Gilbert, and all who'd be likely to prove obnoxious, take
possession of the vessel, and release a "brother bowling," who was then
in irons. To strengthen the general confidence in his prowess, the man,
it seems, made no secret of boasting he had been a pirate, and
commanded a piratical cruiser for three years; he had seen a man's
heart cut out of him alive, and been witness to and an actor in many
other sanguinary scenes, he had been taken with some others, and
condemned to work digging stones, but had got off by joining the
Brazilian service, and used this expression, it was said, several times
to his shipmates, "stick to me, and we can manage it." But some of the
crew "informed" and the worker of mischief was fast secured in the
prison the remainder of the passage. Such is the tenor of the
depositions.(Australian
12/5/1829)"[126]
"Supreme
Criminal Court (Before Mr Justice Dowling). John Taylor, a mariner, was
indicted under the statute 11 and 12, William III, c. sec. 9, for
piratically and felonously endeaVouring to make a revolt, on board the
female convict ship, Edward, Captain Gilbert, on the high seas, within
the jurisdiction of the Admiral of England, on the voyage from Cork to
New South Wales, in Febuary last. Not Guilty.(Gazette 26/5/1829)"[127]
From the Medical journal of the Edward, convict ship from 30/9/1828 to
14/5/1829 by William C. Watt,surgeon and superintendent, during which
time the said ship was employed at Deptford, Cove of Cork and on a
passage to New South Wales:
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Folios 1-4: case no 1;
Maria Johnson, aged 24, convict; taken ill at
Cove of Cork; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis; put into list
10/12/1828, died 3/2/1829.
Folios 4-5: case no 2; Margaret Fay, aged
19, convict; taken ill at Cove of Cork; sick or hurt, chlorosis; put
into list 22/12/1828, discharged 15/1/1829 cured.
Folios 5-6: case
no 3; Catherine Collins, aged 29, convict; taken ill at Cove of Cork;
sick or hurt, pneumonia; put into list 26/12/1828, discharged 3/1/1829
cured.
Folios 6-7: case no 4; Elizabeth Cox, aged 20, convict; taken
ill at sea; sick or hurt, venereal; put into list 4/1/1829, discharged
21/1/1829 cured.
Folio 7: case no 5; Catherine Rickards, aged 40,
convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, constipation of bowels; put
into list 4/1/1829, discharged 14/1/1829 cured.
Folio 8: case no 6;
Judith Rellish, aged 26, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt,
pneumonia; put into list 7/1/1829, discharged 18/1/1829 cured.
Folios
8-9: case no 7; Frances Lowther, aged 30, convict; taken ill at sea;
sick or hurt, cholera; put into list 9/1/1829, discharged 28/1/1829
cured.
Folios 10-11: case no 8; Catherine Dillon, aged 36, convict;
taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, apoplexy; put into list 9/1/1829, died
18/1/1829 at 9 am.
Folios 11-14: case no 9; Catherine Duffy, aged
16, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, chlorosis; put into list
27/1/1829, discharged 10/4/1829 cured.
Folios 14-15: case no 10;
Mary Sullivan, aged 27, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt,
diarrhoea; put into list 4/2/1829, discharged 12/2/1829 cured.
Folios
15-17: case no 11; Isabella Ferrier, aged 27, convict; taken ill at
sea; sick or hurt, jaundice; put into list 18/2/1829, discharged
11/4/1829 cured.
Folios 17-18: case no 12; Elizabeth Murphy, aged
34, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put into list
6/3/1829, discharged 12/3/ 1829 cured.
Folios 18-21: case no 13;
Ellinor Patterson, aged 55, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt,
dyspepsia; put into list 13/3/1829, died 29/3/1829 at 6 am.
Folios
21-22: case no 14; Rachel Bole, aged 25, convict; taken ill at sea;
sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put into list 13/3/1829, discharged 20/3/1829
but continue the use of the gentian for a week longer.
Folios 22-23:
case no 15; Mary Harroll, aged 35, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or
hurt, diarrhoea; put into list 19/3/1829, discharged 31/3/1829 cured.
Folios 24-28: Blank.
Folio 29: A numerical abstract of cases listed in the journal
nosologically arranged.
Folios
30-33: Surgeon's general remarks regarding the death of three convicts
(case numbers. 1, 8, and 13) including a brief history of each case.
Also includes details of the system that the surgeon adopted for the
government of the prison and preservation of the prisoners health.[122]
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Parramatta Correctional
Centre
is the oldest gaol in original use in
Australia. It is the most intact of the pre-1850's gaols of Australia.
The constructional character and quality of the early buildings, in
particular the stone slab floors, ashlar walls and timber roof trusses,
are exceptional. It is significant in its physical and spatial quality
as an enclosed complex. The fabric reflects the shifts in penal
philosophy and changes in use from the 1830's to the construction of
Long Bay in the early twentieth century. The current complex, completed
in 1842, was the third gaol built in Parramatta. The first was built in
1796 on the north bank of the river, near the
southern boundary of the present Prince Alfred Park. It was designed by
Governor John Hunter to house robbers, and the plan, with its single
cells, followed contemporary English penal concepts. It was constructed
of double log and thatch and on 28 December 1799, the flammable
structure was torched by arsonists; several of the incarcerated inmates
were 'shockingly scorched'. Work began in 1802 on the second
gaol. It
was built on the
original site, and it was supervised by the Parramatta magistrate,
Reverend Samuel Marsden. The building was financed by a tax on spirits,
which probably led to the increased use of illicit stills. The new gaol
was completed in December 1804. A linen and woollen manufactory had
been included, and the Dundee weaver and political prisoner George
Mealmaker, became the superintendent of both male and female convicts.
Floggings took place within the gaol yard, while executions were public
affairs held outside. Stocks at the entrance were used to expose minor
offenders to public scorn. Separate yards were provided for male and
female prisoners but other facilities were shared. Having survived
another incendiary attack in December 1807, the three-room gaol quickly
became overcrowded and continued to deteriorate over the next 30 years.
From his arrival in 1831, Governor Bourke appealed to the
Colonial
Office in London for a new gaol, and colonial architect Mortimer Lewis
submitted a design for the third gaol in 1835. However, it was a design
by the new commanding royal engineer Captain George Barney that was
used by the builders James Houison and Nathaniel Payten at a new site
to the north of the town. In 1842 economic depression halted
construction of the gaol, however a perimeter wall, a governor's
house-cum-chapel, and three of the proposed five double-storied
radiating wings had been finished. Governor George Gipps proclaimed the
incomplete prison open on 3 January 1842. Thomas Duke Allen was
installed as the
gaoler, with his wife Martha acting as matron for the female prisoners.
From the late 1850s, with better economic times, the gaol area was
doubled, workshops and a cookhouse were built, two of the original cell
wings were converted to male and female hospital wings, and a new stone
perimeter wall surrounded the enlarged enclosure. Between 1883 and
1889, three additional cell wings were built, largely by prison labor.
One of these wings was reserved for prisoners certified insane. In
1897, Parramatta was the second largest gaol in the colony, with 364
men and eight women inmates. Parramatta gaol was designed to house
habitual criminals and recidivists with long sentences who could be
trained for productive work. By 1929, it had become the State's
principal manufacturing gaol, producing boots, brushes, tinware,
clothes, joinery and foodstuffs. It also became a centre for
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Married
2nd Anne Alice
Bevan nee Maher,[1,7,11] 1/9/1857, St Mary's
Roman Catholic Cathedral, Sydney, NSW, Australia,[1,7,11,58] by Father
John Eugene
Gourbeillon, witnesses were Thomas Morris (signed) & Honorah
Morris (signed with her mark).[1,58]
Both James & Anne were illiterate, signing with 'their
mark'.[1] Anne, a widow, d/o Matthew Maher & Bridget Regan,
born 1817,
County Tipperary, Ireland.[1,58] Anne resided Haymarket, Sydney, NSW,
Australia, at the time of the marriage.[1,58] Ann, a servant, was
illiterate.[1] In
1860 Ann was a witness at the baptism of Thomas Joseph Brown, s/o
Margaret Elizabeth Terrence.[58] Possibly the Ann Maher, d/o Robert,
died 1899, Little Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia, formerly of Waterloo,
Sydney, NSW, Australia.[58] Resided 1828, Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney,
NSW, Australia (James).[6,58]
Resided 1841, House No.518, Field of Mars Parish
(present day Carlingford), Sydney, NSW, Australia (Terance).[57,58,79]
Resided 1852, Parramatta Street, Glebe, Sydney, NSW,
Australia.[7,10,58]
Resided 1857, Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[1] Resided
1873, No.63 Woodburn
Street, Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[7,11,58] Resided 1873, Arnold
Street, Chippendale, Sydney, NSW, Australia.[44,58]
Children
of James Terrance and Rosanna Sweeney:
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