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Hugh Byrne was transported on the Tellicherry, departing 31st Aug 1805 and arriving 15th Feb 1806 with 161 passengers.
The 'Tellicherry' - built in 1796 at Thames, England for the East India Company. 467 tons. One sailing to Australia - Ireland to New South Wales in 1805, arriving 1806. 125 (or 130) male and 35 female prisoners, 2 children - 6 deaths. Many on the men on board were political prisoners. Departed from Cork, Ireland. (The register of these persons is NOT yet complete on this website - a work in progress.) In 1807 the Tellicherry was shipwrecked off the coast of the Philippines. The men were rescued and made their way to Manilla.
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| Primary Source | NSW Gov Records. Irish Convicts. Freemans Journal, 26 &31 July 1799, and 13 & 16 Dec 1799, all page 1. Freemans Journal, 13 Decemebr 1805 page 2 |
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"Hugh is my great great great great grandfather on my mother’s side. I’m directly descended from his son Sylvester."
"Hugh Vesty Byrne is my 4th great-grandfather through his daughter Winifred on my father's side."
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Family connections for Hugh (Byrne) are: BYRNE Hugh 'Vesty' (Byrne) son of Sylvester (Byrne) & Rose (???) was born at Kirikee Glanmalure Wicklow co.Ireland about 1770/78. He became a lieutenant of rebel leader Michael (Dwyer TELLICHERRY 1806 possibly relation of his wife) under General Joseph (Holt MINERVA 1800) & fought at battles of Arklow, Vinegar Hill and Hacketstown. He married Sarah/Rachael? (Dwyer) in 1796 in Ireland & produced 4children here-mostly boys. He was charged with burning yeomans houses in the Irish Revolt of 1799 & stealing arms, held at Kilmainham Dublin in 1799, court martialled & sentenced to death: but escaped from Wicklow gaol & hid with Michael (Dwyer); he was 5'8" well made freckled fair face light or sandy hair shot through thigh. He was captured after surrender of Michael (Dwyer) in 1803 & they, with 3others known as the 'Wicklow Martyrs' agreed to exile in Botany Bay, were held again at Kilmainham gaol & arrived in NSW as exiles apparantly with his family on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY; he was Catholic.>>> [Some details taken from this Website; where some doubt about accuracy of some details is expressed] Sarah (Dwyer) was born about 1778. She arrived in NSW with her family on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY-to Cabramatta Creek; she was Catholic. She was recorded in 1806 with her family. She was recorded in 1828 (with Conditional Pardon?) with her family at Airds. She produced perhaps 17children in her lifetime. Details of Sarah (Dwyer)s family are given in entry for Michael (Dwyer TELLICHERRY 1806) on this Website. Hugh 'Vesty' (Byrne) & Sarah (Dwyer) produced 4children in Ireland: 1.Sarah (Byrne) was born in Ireland. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY-to Cabramatta Creek. He was recorded in 1806 with his parents. 2.Phillip (Byrne) was born in Ireland. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY-to Cabramatta Creek. He was recorded in 1806 with his parents. 3.Michael (Byrne) was born in 1800 in Ireland. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY. He died on 17 7 1806 age about6 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. .. 4.Rose/anna (Byrne) was born in in 1803 in Ireland. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY-to Cabramatta Creek. She was recorded in 1806 with her parents. She had a relationship with William (Craft) & produced 2children. She died on 28 10 1825 age22 & was buried at St Marys RC Sydney. ..William (Craft) was born on 9 5 1800 & baptised on 11 8 1805 age5 in group ceremony at St Johns CofE Parramatta. His father bought land for him at Airds after 1817. He is recorded in 1828 as farmer of 32acres at Richmond with his children & with his parents living with him. He died on 11 6 1880 age80. ..Details of William (Craft)s family are given in entry for Samuel (Craft SALAMANDER 1791) on this Website. .. >>>Hugh 'Vesty' (Byrne) was placed at Cabramatta Creek; he was recorded with Special Pardon in 1806 on stores with 200acres, wife & 3children. He was subject to legal persecution by Governor (Bligh). He later sold his land & bought land at Airds. He is recorded in 1826 as a settler & in 1828 with Conditional Pardon with his family on 210acres at Airds. In 1835 he was granted 100more acres. He died on 21 4 1842 age72 at Campbelltown father of perhaps 17children & was buried at St Johns CofE Campbelltown. Hugh 'Vesty' (Byrne) & Sarah (Dwyer) produced 14more children: 5.Ann/Hannah/Nancy/ey (Byrne) was born in 1806. She married William (Byrne) of Sydney West Bargo on 10 1 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced at least 2children. ..William (Byrne) was born on 4/24 10 1808 & baptised on 13 11 1808 acoording to Smees records or 15 11 1812 age4 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded at Sydney West Bargo in 1826. He died on 13 10 1906 age98+. ..Details of William (Byrne)s family are given in entry for Sarah (Best BRITANNIA 1798) on this Website. .. 6.Catherine (Byrne) was born in 1807. She married John (Keighran) on 18 10 1825 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced at least 3children. She died on 2 10 1859 age about52. ..John (Keighran) was born in 1802 in the colony. He was recorded in 1814 with his parents. He became an orphan in 1819. He was recorded in 1826 as a settler. He was recorded in 1828 with his family. He died on 10 8 1858 age about56. ..Details of John (Keighran)s family are given in entry for Patrck (Keighran MARQUIS CORNWALLIS 1796) on this Website. .. 7.Charles (Byrne) was born in 1809. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Airds. 8.Bridget (Byrne) was born in 1811. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Airds. She may have married firstly Charles (Gregory) of Sydney on 25 9 1827 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced 1child.>>> ..Charles (Gregory) was born in London in 1808. He arrived in NSW with his mother on 26 7 1814 after a voyage of 6months on BROXBOURNBURY. He was recorded in 1827 in Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 as tailor Castlereagh St Sydney. ..Details of Charles (Gregory)s family are given in entry for Henrietta (Benfleet BROXBOURNEBURY 1814) on this Website. .. >>>Bridget (Byrne) married secondly Samuel Mr (Bowler) of Sydney on 28 7 1829 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced at least 1child. She died on 22 4 1875 age about63. ..Samuel (Bowler) was born on 29 8 1810 & baptised on 30 8 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta; he was baptised again on 27 12 1824 age14 w/Elizabeth at St Marys RC Sydney-a common practice when Catholic services became available. He is recorded in 1825 with his mother at Liverpool. He is recorded in 1829 in Sydney. He died on 23 11 1884 age74. ..Details of Samuel (Bowler)s family are given in entry for James (Bowler DUKE OF PORTLAND 1807) on this Website. .. 9.Mary (Byrne) was born in 1813. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Airds. 10.James (Byrne) was born in 1818. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Airds. 11.Si/ylvester (Byrne) was born in 1820 at Airds & baptised on 21 6 1820 at St Marys RC Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 with his parents at Airds. 12.Winifred (Byrne) was born in 1822 at Airds & baptised on 9 7 1822 at St Marys RC Sydney. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Airds. 13.Elizabeth (Byrne) was born in 1824 at Airds & baptised on 23 2 1824 at St Marys RC Sydney. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Airds. She died on 12 9 1893 about69. 14.Rose/a (Byrne) was born on 16 3 1826 at Airds & baptised on 8 3 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents at Airds. 15.??? (Byrne) 16.??? (Byrne) 17.??? (Byrne) 18.??? (Byrne) Noted another? Michael (Byrne) arrived in NSW on 15 2 1806 after a voyage of 4months on TELLICHERRY. He had a relationship with Jane (Warby). Jane (Warby) was born on 10 10 1806 & baptised on 11 8 1816 age9 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. She was recorded in 1828 with her parents. She died on 26 3 1876 age69. Details of Jane (Warby)s family are given in entry for John (Walbey PITT 1792) on this Website. Michael (Byrne) & Jane (Warby) produced at least 1child: 1.Hugh George (Byrne) was born on 16 4 1830 at Campbelltown & baptised on 23 5 1830 at St Marys RC Sydney. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
1799 PROCLAMATION FOR HUGH BYRNE and others: This description of Hugh Byrne, in the July listing immediately preceding his fellow Wicklow Fiver, Martin Burke's, is one of a list of about 45 wanted men - rebels - who the government had published in Irish newspapers on 26th & 31st July 1799 and on 13th & 16th December 1799. Number 1 on the list was Michael Dwyer. Nine names had a price published for taking these men, but Hugh Byrne's did not. “The following ROBBERS, MURDERERS and DESERTERS are now wandering about, and are occasionally concealed by disaffected persons in the Counties of Wicklow, Wexford, Carlow, Kildare, Dublin &tc and Rewards will be paid for securing such of them as are first mentioned agreeably to a Proclamation dated the 8th day of June last: " HUGH BYRNE, about five feet eight inches high, freckled, fair face, light or sandy hair, well-made, shot through the thigh, twenty-four years old." 1805 LEAVING DUBLIN: After the long years hiding in the Wicklow mountains, and in gaol in Kilmainham after Dwyer gave himself up on terms, this small item appeared, showing that the Wicklow Five were leaving Ireland forever: Freemans Journal, Tuesday 13 December 1805 page 2: "Thursday evening, Michael Dwyer, Martin Burke, Arthur Develin, Hugh Byrne and John Mernagh [sic], were conveyed from Kilmainham prison, by the Circular-road in carriages, and put on board an armed cutter in the river, which is to carry them to Cove, where a transport destined for Botany Bay, is ready to receive them."
Also located in the various Musters from 1806: 1806: [Ref A0258] Byrne, Hugh, Tellicherry, SP (Special Pardon). Grant and lease 200 acres. {Ref B0604] Hugh Burne, 200 acres total, 14 acres wheat, 10 acres maize, 1 acre potatoe, 73 acres pasture. Sheep 10, Hogs 24. Land held by Grant and Lease. On stores, wife on stores, 3 children on stores.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census: November 1828 [Ref B3724 page 76] Byrne, Hugh, 50, conditonal pardon, Tellicherry, 1806, Catholic, settler at Airds, 210 acres, 163 acres cleared, 66 acres cultivated, 6 horses, 236 horned cattle. [Ref B3725] Byrne, Sarah, 50, conditonal pardon, Tellicherry, 1806, Catholic. [Ref B3726] Byrne, Charles 19 born in the colony. [Ref B3727] Byrne, Bridget 17 born in the colony. [Ref B3728] Byrne, Mary 15 born in the colony Byrne, James 10 born in the colony. [Ref B3729] Byrne, Silvester 8 born in the colony. [Ref B3730] Byrne, Winifred 5 born in the colony. [Ref B3731] Byrne, Elizabeth 4 born in the colony. [Ref B3732] Byrne, Rose 2 born in the colony.
## ATTENTION RESEARCHERS. Please be aware that there are two Hugh Byrnes transported on the Tellicherry and some information has been wrongly entered.
Hugh Vesty Byrne died on the 21st April 1842 and is buried in St John's Cemetery in Campbelltown next to his wife Sarah Nee Dwyer. The couple had at total of 17 Children, fourteen born in the colony.
Hugh Vesty Byrne, son of Sylvester and Rose Byrne, used the name “Vesty” in honour of a forebear who fought for Irish independence in the 17th century. Married - Sarah Dwyer before the outbreak of the 1798 Irish revolt. 3 children were born to them during the years of conflict, Philip, Michael & Rose. Byrne was imprisoned briefly in Kilmainhan jail in 1799 charged with burning yeomen’s houses in Wicklow, and robbing them of arms. He was court-martialled & sentenced to death, but with another prisoner (Burke) managed to escape & rejoin Michael O’Dwyer in the mountains. The charges against Byrne & Burke were dropped when they agreed to surrender terms with the government. After negotiations with William Hume it was decided the 5 men, Byrne, Dwyer, Burke, Devlin & Menargh known as the ‘Wicklow Martyrs’, would go to Botany Bay as exiles, rather than convicts. The 5 men (Byrne, Dwyer, Burke, Devlin & Menargh) were placed on land along Cabramatta Creek. Hugh later sold the land & acquired more fertile land at Airds. In 1835 he had another 100 acres granted him.
Born - Kirikee, Glanmalure, Wicklow County Ireland. State Prisoner from Ireland never tried in Ireland. Died - 1842 Campbelltown.