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Stephen Deegan was transported on the Larkins, departing 10th Aug 1829 and arriving 22nd Dec 1829 with 202 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
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Convict Notes
Windsor Quarter Sessions Richard Flaherty, Thomas Oliver, and Stephen Deegan,were indicted for larceny. The Jury found Oliver and Deeganguilty, and acquitted Flaherty. The Court sentenced Deeganto a penal settlement for two years, and Oliver, to be worked for a like term, on the public roads, in irons. The same prisoners were again indicted on a similar charge, when the jury found Flaherty guilty ; the other prisoners not guilty. The Court sentenced Flaherty to an iron gang for six months. Sydney Gazette, 20 Jan 1831.
Moreton Bay Convict Register. Stepn. Deegan, per Larkins 2, Tried Carlow, Spring 1829, Offence, Sheep stealing, 7 year sentence, Trade, Labourer. Colonial Sentence, Gen Sess. Windsor, 11 Jan 1831, for Larceny, 2 year sentence. Returned to Sydney, 4 Feb 1833. Description: Stephen Deegan, native place, Co. Wicklow, age 24, 5ft 7. Fair freckled comp, brown hair, lt hazle eyes. RC religion.
Tried and convicted in County Carlow, Ireland on 26th March 1829 for stealing sheep, sentenced to transportation for 7 years. left Cork on 16th August 1829. Ship:- the 'Larkins' sailed with 200 male convicts on board of which 4 died during the voyage. Arrived on 12th December 1829. On arrival he was assigned to Richard Ridge at Portland Head out near Windsor. On 11th January 1831 he was indicted for Larceny with two other men and found guilty by jury and sentenced to a penal settlement for two years by the Windsor Bench. On 18th January 1831 he was sent to the Hulks moored in Sydney Harbour. On 3rd February 1831 he was sent to Moreton bay for two years on ship 'Governor Phillip'. 31st August 1832 to 23rd November 1832 he was Wardsman at Moreton bay Hospital. On 15th February 1833 returned from Moreton bay on the 'Governor Phillip', transfered to a hulk in Sydney Harbour then on to Hyde Park Barracks. On 4th April 1833 the Sydney Gazette reported that Stephen Deegan, convict, assigned to Rev John Vincent, Sydney, as a farm servant. 11th May 1838 his Certificate of Freedom (35/410) was issued. He married free settler Ellen Kane on 7th January 1841 at Sydney, they had 4 children between 1841-1848. No record has been found as to Stephen's death, it is assumed that he died or left the Colony between 1848-1850, as Ellen married another convict, Thomas Lynch ('Waterloo' 1836) in 1851.