Patrick Byrne

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iain Frazier on 23rd October 2023

Family connections for Patrick (Byrne) are: Some amendments added Jun 2025. BYRNE Patrick (Byrne) was born about 1775. He was tried as an Irish Rebel at Carlow Ireland in 1795, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 2 1796 after a voyage of 6months on MARQUIS CORNWALLIS. On 10 4 1801 he joined the NSW Corps with (McArthur)s company. He was Free by Servitude by 1806. He died on 1 4 1808 age33 as private NSW Corps of sickness following duty in arrest of Governor (Bligh) & was possibly buried at St Johns general cemetery Sydney-recorded at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Best) was born in 1774. She had a first (1of3) relationship with Peter (Catapodi). She was tried for stealing probably at Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict with a child on 18 7 1798 after a voyage of 6.5months on BRITANNIA; she was Catholic. She married secondly (2of3) Patrick (Byrne) on 22 9 1799 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was recorded as Free by Servitude by 1805 & recorded as such in 1806. On 1 1 1809 she was granted 2rods 30poles at Parramatta: which was surrendered on 30 4 1810 then renewed as a lease on 8 10 1811. She married thirdly William (Sykes) emancipist on 9 1 1812 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She was apparantly friendly toward the aboriginals & at some time gave food to the leader Wallah, indirectly saving her son John's life. She died on 28 10 1853 age79 mother of perhaps 9children at Yass. [Some details taken from this Website] Patrick (Byrne) & Sarah (Best/Roberts) produced 5/6children: 1.Matilda (Byrne) was born on 21 5 1801 & baptised on 10 7 1803 age2 w/hsi.Caroline at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married John William (Cary/ey) of Appin on 1 11 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney. She is recorded in 1828 with her family at Campbell St Sydney. She died on 20 8 1899 age98. ..John William (Carey) was born about 1799 & became a labourer. He was tried for stealing a coat at Cork city Ireland in summer of 1818, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 8 1819 after a voyage of 3months on MARY. He was recorded in 1819 as carpenter 5'8" sallow complexion dark brown hair dark blue eyes. He was issued his Ticket of Leave no.328/1262 for Parramatta on 12 8 1824. He is recorded in 1825 as Free by Servitude employed by Mr Broughton at Appin. He is recorded in in Appin in 1826. He is recorded in 1826 as a settler & in 1828 as carpenter with his family at Campbell St Sydney. He died on 12 1 1870 age71. ..Matilda (Byrne) & John William (Cary/ey) produced at least 2children: ..[Noted a Jane (Cary) is recorded as born on 20 12 1820 & died on 28 12 1820 age8d-no parents given] ..1.John William (Carey) was born on 4 11 1827 at Appin & baptised on 30 11 1827 at St Marys RC Sydney. He is recorded in 1828 with his parents at Campbell St Sydney. He died on 17 7 1914 age86. ..2.Mary (Carey) was born on 7 9 1828 in Sydney & baptised on 21 9 1829 age1 at St Marys RC Sydney. She died on 16 3 1910 age81. .. 2.John (Byrne) was born on 4 10 1802 & baptised on 24 10 1802 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. His life was saved at some time from an aboriginal revenge by remembrance of kindness toward the aboriginals by his mother. He died on 18 10 1888 age86+. .. 3.Mary Ann (Byrne) was born on 31 1 1805 & baptised on 15 11 1812 age7- at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married Francis (Kenny) of Sydney on 19 11 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced at least 2children. She was named as Mary (Sykes) at birth of her second child She died on 15 2 1848 age43+. ..Francis (Kenny) was born in 1800. He was living in Sydney in 1826. He died on 14 3 1839 age about38. ..Details of Francis (Kenny)s family are given in entry for James (Kenny BODDINGTONS 1793) on this Website. .. 4.Ann (Byrne) was born on 2 12 1806 & baptised on 5 4 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married Thomas (Hammond) on 5 10 1824 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. In 1828 she was recorded with her family at Airds. She died on 22 8 1885 age78. ..Thomas (Hammond) was born about 1792 at Gawsworth Macclesfield Cheshire & became a clerk. He was tried for embezzlement from his employer attorney Thomas (Jones) at Stafford Quarter Sessions Staffordshire on 12 1 1820, sentenced to 7years, held on JUSTITIA hulk at Woolwich London from 21 2 1820 & arrived in NSW on 16 7 1820 after a voyage of 4months on NEPTUNE-listed as an attorney; he was sent to Government Experimental Farm at Emu Plains; he was 5'8" fair-pale complexion black hair hazel eyes. He was issued his Conditional Pardon on 25 10 1821. In 1822 he was Clerk to Magistrates at Liverpool & later Clerk at Campbelltown bench. He was recorded in 1825 as landholder at Campbelltown. In 1828 he was recorded on 100acres at Airds with his family. On 12 7 1821 he obtained licence for Kings Arms public House at Campbelltown. He was Free by Servitude by 1826. In 1832 he advertised his 'Clari-Montes Academy' near Campbelltown. He was insolvent in 1843. He died on 4 9 1876 age84 at 'Clari-Montes' & buried at St Peters CofE Campbelltown-with the appelation 'Esq'. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Ann (Byrne) & Thomas (Hammond) produced 8children: ..1.Thomas (Wardle (Hammond) was born on 28 8 1826 at Airds & baptised on 25 12 1835 age8 with his siblings at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. In 1828 he was recorded with his family at Airds. He died on 14 7 1899 age72. ..2.Henry William (Hammond) was born on 10 11 1827 at Airds & baptised on 25 12 1835 age7 with his siblings at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. In 1828 hhe was recorded with his family at Airds. He died on 10 2 1908 age80. ..3.Robert Kennedy (Hammond) was born on 19 12 1829 at Airds & baptised on 25 12 1835 age6+ with his siblings at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. He died on 28 11 1877 age47. ..4.-8.??? (Hammond. .. 5.William (Byrne) was born on 4 10 1808 & baptised on 13 11 1808 acoording to Smees records or 15 11 1812 age4 w/Mary & hbr.George at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was a settler at Sydney West Bargo when he married Ann (Byrne) on 10 1 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney. He died on 13 10 1906 age98+. ..Hannah/Nancy/ey (Byrne) was born in 1806. ..Details of Ann/Hannah/Nancy/ey (Byrne)s family are given in entry for Hugh (Byrne TELLICHERRY 1806) on this Website. ..William (Byrne) & Nancy/ey (Byrne) produced at least 2children: ..1.Susannah (Byrne) was born on 27 10 1826 at Windsorest Bargo & baptised on 10 11 1826 at St Marys RC Sydney. ..2.Michael (Byrne) was born on 7 2 1828 at Airds & baptised on 19 2 1828 at St Marys RC Sydney. References: 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. Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'

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Phil Hands on 9th May 2018

Tried and convicted as an Irish Rebel in 1795 in Co. Carlow, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. Left Cork on 8th August 1795. Ship:- the 'Marquis Cornwallis' sailed with 163 male and 70 female convicts on board of which 11 male convicts died during the voyage (7 due to a mutiny that was put down). Arrived on 11th February 1796. Patrick Byrne married convict Sarah Best ('Britannia II' 1798) on 22nd September, 1799 at Parramatta. The St. John's Anglican register records that Samuel Marsden officiated. Patrick enlisted in NSW Corps on the 10th April, 1801 in Captain McArthur's Company. He was paid a bounty of five guineas and a crown (five pounds ten shillings) for enlisting. During the short time Patrick and Sarah were married, Sarah gave birth to four children and a fifth was born some months after his father's death. Life must have been busy in the Byrne household. Shortly after her father's enlistment, Matilda was born on 21st May 1801 and baptised on 10th July 1803 as was her half sister Caroline Burn (Catapodi). Matilda later married John Cary. John was born on the 4th October 1802 and baptised on 24th October 1802. The baptismal certificate gives his mother's name as Mary Burn which surely must have been a mishearing or a slip of the pen. John later married Ann Healey. Mary was born on 31st January 1805 and baptised on 15th November 1812. She later married Francis Kenny. Ann was born on 2nd December 1806 and baptised on 6th April 1807. She later married Thomas Hammond. William was born on 24th October 1808, six months after his father's death and baptised on 15th November 1812, the same day as his sister Mary and his half brother, George Sykes. He later married Hannah Byrne. It will be seen that the presentation of these children for baptism at the Anglican church was a rather haphazard business in terms of their ages. Sarah was a catholic but there was no priest available for most of the time. The convict priest, Father Dixon was permitted to say mass on 15th May 1803 for the first time but his ministry until he left the colony about 1808, was a very restricted one. The dates of the birth of the children given above are also open to question. If a baptism takes place sometime later, the wrong year of birth may be given or the minister may not record the details until some time has elapsed. Transcribers sometimes misread numbers or copy ditto marks inappropriately. So they settled into normal family life in a country strange to them both, Patrick with his Irish brogue, Sarah with her English accent. Most likely to better himself, Patrick joined the army. At some stage he would have been granted his freedom. In the 1806 General Muster the military were not included but Sarah is recorded there as free by servitude i.e. her sentence had expired (1806 General Muster, A.B.G.R., S.A.G.). Unless she received an early pardon, the seven years were completed by December 1804. Did they have a special celebration that Christmas in Parramatta as they awaited the birth of their third child in January? Sarah seems to have kept up a friendship forged on the Britannia with Rosetta Warburton, who by this time had a family too. She had been Sarah's witness at her wedding, and, as Rosetta Owen, was again to fulfil that role at Sarah's later marriage ceremony. Rosetta's husband was also a soldier. Patrick Byrne died on 1st April 1808 aged 33, after being off duty sick. He was a soldier and was buried on 2nd April 1808. As the present St. John's Cemetery was the general cemetery until 1857, that is probably Patrick's resting place. Family life was sadly shattered in 1808. Tradition has it that Patrick's death was caused by a chill he caught on the night of Governor Bligh's arrest. There is no press account of Bligh's deposition because there was no paper on which to print the Sydney Gazette from August 1807 till May 1808. Whether the Parramatta detachment of troops was sent into Sydney Town or retained to keep order in their own area, it was an eventful night. A few weeks later, Patrick was dead. Sarah Byrne must have been devastated by the sudden death of her young husband. Deprived of the breadwinner in a secure job, possibly also of army lodgings, and left with five young children and another expected, she must have considered that life had dealt her another cruel blow. The men in the Corps were paid a shilling a day but, at this time, once they had served seven years they belonged to the seven year club and were paid slightly more. Patrick died nine days short of receiving this increment. Now there was no income. It is recorded that Sarah Byrne was given a small grant of land, 2 rods, 30 poles (about half an acre), close to the Parramatta barracks, on 1st January, 1809 by Governor Patterson, in charge of Colonial affairs until Macquarie's arrival (Land Grants 1788 -1809. No. 239). Perhaps Sarah hoped to grow her own produce. The barracks were close to the present George and Harris Streets near the river. When the new Governor, Lachlan Macquarie, arrived in late 1809 he cancelled land grants made by Patterson but renewed leases for a number of them. That held by Sarah Byrne was surrendered on 30 April 1810 but was renewed on 18th 0ctober 1811 for 14 years. Sarah married convict William Sykes ('Fortune' 1806) on 9th December 1812 at Parramatta, they had 3 children between 1810-1815. Sarah died on 28th October 1853 at Yass, NSW aged 79.