Winifred Dowling

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iain Frazier on 13th April 2026

Family connections for Winifred (Dowling) are: DOWLING Mary (Dowling) was tried with her 2daughters & 2others for murder, in May 1798, of Mrs (Deane) associated with the Irish rebellion at Naas Spring Assizes Kildare co. about May 1801, sentenced to hanging, held at Athy & hanged on 14 8 1801. Mary (Dowling) & ??? (???) produced perhaps 2children: Eliza/beth (Dowling) was born about 1757. She was tried with her mother, sister & 2others for murder, about May 1798, of Mrs (Deane) associated with the Irish rebellion at Naas Spring Assizes Kildare co. about April 1801, probably sentenced to hanging commuted to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with her sister on 7 7 1802 afer a voyage of 7months on ATLAS; her Ticket of Leave was issued semingly immediately-ie no indenture?. She was Free by Servitude by 1813. She may have been a wet-nurse employed to care for Laurence (May)s daughter Sarah. She had a relationship with Laurence (May his second (2of3?) relationship) & produced maybe 4children. Her Absolute Pardon was made void after the 1809 Rum Rebellion & reinstated in 1810. She was granted a Free Pardon on 29 2 1812&/or1815. She was recorded in 1822 with Absolute Pardon as wife of Laurence (May) at Pitt Town. She was a lunatic when she died on 29 10 1818 age61 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta-stated as free. 1.Eliza/beth (Dowling) was born about 1757. She was tried with her mother, sister & 2others for murder, about May 1798, of Mrs (Deane) associated with the Irish rebellion at Naas Spring Assizes Kildare co. about April 1801, probably sentenced to hanging commuted to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with her sister on 7 7 1802 afer a voyage of 7months on ATLAS; her Ticket of Leave was issued semingly immediately-ie no indenture?. She was Free by Servitude by 1813. She may have been a wet-nurse employed to care for Laurence (May)s daughter Sarah. She had a relationship with Laurence (May his second (2of3?) relationship) & produced maybe 4children. Her Absolute Pardon was made void after the 1809 Rum Rebellion & reinstated in 1810. She was granted a Free Pardon on 29 2 1812&/or1815. She was a lunatic when she died on 29 10 1818 age61 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta-stated as free. ..[Some details taken from this Website; where 2entries are found] ..Laurence (May) was born about 1772. He was tried for breaking entering & stealing at Dublin city Ireland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 9 1791 after a voyage of 5months on QUEEN. He had 3relationships. He died on 23 7 1837 age65 father of perhaps 7children. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.Winifred (Dowling) was born about 1776. She was tried with her mother, sister & 2others for murder, about May 1798, of Mrs (Deane) associated with the Irish rebellion at Naas Spring Assizes Kildare co. about April 1801, probably sentenced to hanging commuted to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with her sister on 7 7 1802 afer a voyage of 7months on ATLAS; she was given her freedom off stores semingly immediately-ie no indenture?. She married firstly Francois (Durinault) on 16 9 1802 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 1child. She owned the 30acre 'Fentons farm' at Prospect Hill after her husband left & attempted to sell or let it in 1805 with her brother in law Laurence (May)s help. She was recorded in 1806 with Ticket of Leave at 'Fentons farm' with 2children off stores - & again as a concubine with 1child. She was living at the Rocks & attempted to sell the farm again in 1807 with help from her brother in law.>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website; where 2entries are found] ..Francois (Durinault) became a French Prisoner of War held at Portsmouth Devonshire with Antoine (Landrien). He was sent to NSW to commence/teach wine-growing & arrived, as Francis (de Riveau), as a Prisoner of War on 20 11 1800 after a voyage of 9months on ROYAL ADMIRAL w/Antoine (Landrien) on 3year contract He contracted for 1more year while (while (Laundrin) returned to UK/France at the end of 1803. He may have obtained the 30acre 'Fentons farm' at Prospect Hill. He was sent back to England in 1804 on suspicion of conspiring in the uprising at Vinegar Hill, which occurred in 1798. ..Francois (Durinault) aka Francis (de Riveau) does not have an entry on this Website as yet; added by me. .. >>>Winifred (Dowling)s Absolute Pardon was made void after the 1809 Rum Rebellion. She had a second relationship with Edmond/Edward (Redmond), produced 2children & was an emancipist when she married on 15 10 1811 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. Her Absolute Pardon nwa reinstated in 1810. She was granted an Absolute Pardon no.4/4486 on 29 2 1812. She was recorded in 1814 as wife of E (Redmond) with 4children off stores in Sydney. She was recorded in May 1822 Living at 'Harp and Crown' at the Rocks. She was recorded in 1828 at George St with her wife & 1child. She died on 7 5 1862 age about85 mother of 3children. CCONVICTdone ..Edmond/Edward (Redmond) was born about 1766/68. He was tried for involvement in the Irish Uprising at Kings County near co.Offaly in April 1798, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 1 1800 after a voyage of 5months on MINERVA; he was Catholic & uneducated. He was issued a Conditional Pardon on 4 6 1803. He was Free by Servitude by 1807 & living in George St near the General Hospital when his house was burgled & a chest with cash etc was stolen. He started as a small dealer & trader. In January 1808 he signed a statement supporting Governor William (Bligh). In 1809 he was issued a wine and spirit licence & 135acres at Botany & he became a publican & trader. On 1 12 1809 he was issued his Absolute Pardon. Also in 1809 he worked with brother in law Laurence (Raymond) to sell 30acre 'McDonalds farm' at Hawkesbury. He went into partnership with Patrick (Cullen) to lease profitable tolls between Sydney and Parramatta. He was known as Mr (Redmond), especially when his Absolute Pardon was confirmed by the Governor in 1813. In 1815 he was involved in leasing the tolls between Sydney and Parramatta. In 1816 he became an original shareholder in Bank of NSW. Roman Catholic services begun in temporary buildings on Redmond's premises & in 1820 he was elected to a committee to arrange building a permanent Roman Catholic Church in Sydney. In 1822 he must have 'Harp & Crown' Inn at the Rocks. He was recorded with an Absolute Pardon in 1828 at George St with his wife & 1child. He acquired extensive property including Andrew (Thompson)s 'Killarney' at Hawkesbury & Surgeon (White)s 100acres near Petersham & 30acres near White Bay. He died in January 1840 with farming properties at Petersham/Annandale, at Hawkesbury, Bathurst, and houses in Sydmey, Windsor & Liverpool. He died in January 1840 age about73 & was buried on 24 1 1840 at (St Phillips? cemetery) Devonshire St cemetery & later reinterred at Botany - his estate included farms at Bathurst, Bingham, Annandale and on the Hawkesbury River, houses at Windsor and Liverpool, and Sydney houses in Essen Lane and Prince Street and on Brickfield Hill which passed to his widow and children. ..[Some details taken from this Website] 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.

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Glen on 30th October 2018

Born: 1776 , Tried: 1801 Kildare Sentence: Life, aged 26 DOWLING, Winifred per Atlas 1802 - 29 Feb 1812 Absolute Pardon [4/4486; Reel 800 Page 044]

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Sue McCarthy on 16th October 2016

For further information on Winefred Dowling and her French husband please contact me: suemccarthy46@gmail.com

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Robin Sharkey on 27th March 2016

TYPOGRAPHICAL CORRECTION - 1811 Marriage of Winifred Durinault to Edward Redmond (not 1822), several years after birth of their daughters. 15th october 1811: Winifred could signer name but Edward made his mark, as he did all his life. Witnesses were Ann Leonard and Edward O'Hara.

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Robin Sharkey on 27th March 2016

LIFE AND FAMILY WITH EDWARD REDMOND By 1807, Winifred had taken up with Edmond Redmond. Convicted during the Irish Uprising of 1798, at King’s County, he arrived in 1800 aged 32 on “minerva”. Winfred would have far more in common with Redmond than with her first, French Husband. In 1807, Redmond lived in a house near the General Hospital, at the bottom of George St (Sydney Gazette, 22 /3/1807 p 1) “On Tuesday night the house of EdwardRedmond, near the General Hospital, was entered, and a chest taken away which contained cash, bills &c. to a considerable amount besides a quantity of wearing apparel.”) * Abt 1807 - Daughter Mary Redmond was born (in 1828 Census “aged 20”) Married on 22 Dec 1829 to Roger Murphy. Witness John Scarvell (her brother-in-law), Edmond Redmond and Edmond Burke. * 1809 - Daughter Sarah Born. Sarah married 9 March 1828 to [John Larking] Scarvell, reg’d St Mary’s RC * Winifred's son Jean Durinault became known as John Redmond and was raised by Edward Redmond as his own son. The girls, Sarah and Mary Redmond, were witnesses (aged about 14 and 16) at the marriage of their 20 yr old cousin Sarah May to Robert Cooper in 1822). Edward Redmond had started as a small dealer and trader, and in 1809 acquired a spirit licence. He was a publican, and trader, and in 1815, in partnership with Patrick Cullen, he leased the profitable tolls between Sydney and Parramatta. In 1816 he became an original shareholder in the Bank of NSW. In 1820 he was elected to the committee set up to arrange for building a permanent Roman Catholic Church in Sydney, after services had been begun in temporary buildings on Redmond's premises. He grew wealthy and respected in the colony, and later in life acquired extensive property including the property of Andrew Thompson at the Hawkesbury called “Killarney”; and of Surgeon White of the First Fleet - 100 acres near Petersham and 30 acres near White Bay. By the time Redmond died in 1840 he had left farming properties at Petersham/Annandale, at the Hawkesbury, Bathurst, and houses in Sydmey, Windsor and Liverpool. * 1810 - Winifred’s Petition to Gov Macqaurie to have her Absolute Pardon reinstated after Macquarie declared void all pardons issued during the Rum Rebellion. * 1822 - Married Edward Redmond * 1812 - Granted a “Free pardon” 29 February 1812. Recorded as Tried at Kildare, in Summer 1801. * 1814 - records 4 children off stores (although sonly three known above). Mustered at Sydney, Wife to E Redmond. * May 1822 Lived in hotel “Harp and Crown” at the Rocks (Rocks Policemen’s notebooks). * 1828 Census lived at George St with Edward Redmond, per “Minerva” 1800 also an Absolute Pardon, no ages stated; and Mary Redmond, daughter, age 20. Her husband Edward Redmond died in January 1840. When did Winifred die?

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Robin Sharkey on 27th March 2016

* 1802 - arrival in NSW. She was given her “liberty off the stores to do the best she could for herself”. * 1802, 17th Sept; Married Francois “Durinault” in NSWBDM. * Mid 1803 Son jean Durinault was born. Francois Durinault arrived as Francis de Riveau, a French prisoner of war confined at Portsmouth with Antoine Landrien and both sent by the British to NSW to start wine growing. Arrive 1800 per “Royal Admiral” and were contracted for three years. At the end of 1803, Durinault was contracted for another year but landline was returned. Following the Vinegar Hill uprising in 1804, Durinault was sent to England on suspicion of conspiring in the uprising. He was not heard of again. *1804 -departure of her husband Francois Durinault, to England for good. Whether Francois had purchased a farm for them, or whether Winifred purchased it after she left, clearly she owned what was known as Fenton’s 30 acres farm at prospect Hill since by the end of 1805 her brother-in-law, Lawrence May (eliza’s husband), was helping her to sell or let it. - LIFE IN NSW 1805 - Syd Gaz 17/11/1805 p 1 TO be Let or Sold, with possession at pleasures an excellent Thirty Acre Farm, situate at Prospect Hill, and known by the name of Fenton’s Farm; in present occupation of Winifred Durenalt 17 acres are in a high state of cultivation; as is also a roomy garden well stocked with fruit trees of various and best kinds. An excellent and commodious Family Dwelling House, with good barn, and every other conveniency. For terms & further particulars apply to Mr. Lawrence May, Settler at Hawkesbury. * 1806 Muster - TL, living on land purchased from “Fenton” Total: 30 acres, Cultivated, 8 bushels wheat held, 4 male hogs 8 female hogs; On/off stores: 1 Proprietor off, 1 children off, 1 convict off; 1806 Concubine list - Winifred Dowling, one child. concubine. 1st Feb 1807, Syd gaz p 1 - To Be LET, And entered on immediately, AN excellent Thirty acre Farm at Prospect,18 acres clear,with good Dwelling House,barn and large garden.For further particulars apply to Mr Lawrence May, 1807 - Still trying to sell the Prospect farm through her brother-in-law: Lawrence May 1809 - She petitioned Col Paterson ( in charge in NSW for the whole of 1809) for a remission of sentence, who gave her an Absolute Pardon. (per her memorandum to Macquarie in February 1810). Her sister Eliza's Feb 1810 petition to Macquarie to reinstate her Absolute Pardon was also in the same terms.

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Robin Sharkey on 26th March 2016

Winifred Dowling was transported for life on “Atlas” arriving NSW 1802, after being tried at Naas in Kildare in the summer of 1801. She arrived with her sister, Eliza Dowling, who had the same sentence. IRISH CRIME - MURDER in 1798 (primary source:‘Finns Leinster Journal’, Wed 19 August 1801 page 3) Both Winifred Dowling and Eliza Dowling, together with their mother Mary Dowling, and a woman named Elizabeth Byrne and Byrne son, had been found guilty of the May 1798 murder of a Mrs Deane. The Irish Rebellion started in that month, at Kildare, and the attacks and fighting from both sides were ferocious. The womens’ mother however was hanged on Friday 14th August 1801, before their departure in November 1801, having attempted to gain some more time on earth by claiming, when she was found guilty, that she was pregnant. The Byrne woman however was hanged the very next day after sentence. The Dowling sisters would have received the same sentence of death, but it was commuted to transportation for life. The mother’s hanging would have occurred either outside the jail, or at the place where Mrs Deane had been murdered. From ‘Finns Leinster Journal’, Wed 19 August 1801 page 3: “On Friday last, Mary Dowling was executed at Naas, pursuant to her sentence at Spring Assizes. She and her two daughters, with Elizabeth Byrne and her son, were convicted of the murder of Mrs Deane, in May 1798. “Elizabeth Byrne, above-mentioned, was executed the day after her conviction, but M. Dowling pleaded pregnancy, her execution was suspended from time to time, until she was finally examined by a surgeon, sent from the Assizes at Athy by Mr Baron Daly, who reported that she was not with child.” _________________________________________