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Transportation
Patrick Fagan was transported on the Chapman, departing 25th Mar 1817 and arriving 26th Jul 1817 with 202 passengers.
The Chapman ship was built at Whitby, England in 1777, rebuilt in 1811 and refurbed in 1815. Tonnage: 558 The 1817 voyage from Ireland to New South Wales, Australia is not yet fully recorded on this web site - currently being updated. A mutiny occurred on this voyage with 7 men killed and many others wounded. (200 male convicts embarked) 1824 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (180 male convicts). 1826 voyage from England to Van Diemen's Land (100 male convicts, 2 escaped). Royal Staff guards & 19 private passengers.
Chapman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convicts to NSW, by Peter Mayberry at http://members.pcug.org.au; and NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842; and Bound Indentures 1823-1826; Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910 |
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Convict Notes
Patrick Fegan (Fagan) and fellow convict on the Chapman, John Fegan (Fagan), were tried in Dublin City on October 28, 1815. Both were found guilty of house robbery and sentenced to death. Both had their sentences commuted to transportation for life. Both were initially imprisoned at Newgate (see New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 1817, Chapman).
1836, 6 April: Patrick FAGAN per Chapman 1817, tried City of Dublin 28th October 1815, life, was granted a Ticket of Leave, No 485 for the District of Parramatta – later altered to Bathurst (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; New South Wales (also Tasmania) 1834-1838). 1838, 8 February: Patrick FAGAN per Chapman is on a list of holders of Tickets of Leave, 33/68, Bathurst District, granted 8 February 1838 (see NSW Convict Records, 1810-1891; Tickets of Leave; Bathurst: Tickets of Leave Records, 1839-1841). 1849, 20 September: Granted a Conditional Pardon #49/1327 – servant; native place Dublin; born 1799 (see NSW Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons, 1788-1870; Conditional 1849 (Reel 792)).
1829, 31 March: Granted a Ticket of Leave No 29/611; he is a servant, born 1799, 5’3½”, fair pale complexion, light brown hair and blue eyes; allowed to remain in the District of Parramatta. NOTE: Notation on the ToL says “Cancelled for being an accessory to a larceny… June 1833” (see NSW Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869; Ticket of leave butts (NRS 12202); Ticket of leave butts, May 1829-Dec 1829). 1833: Patrick FAGAN, per Champion [incorrect] 1817, is admitted to Parramatta Jail; born 1794 [differs from other documents], 5’4” tall, slender build, sallow complexion, auburn curly hair and blue eyes; transported from Dublin for life (see NSW Convict Records, 1810-1891; Parramatta Gaol Description Books, 1831-1833).
1823, 5 May: Patrick FAGAN and James MATTHEWS, prisoners of the Crown, sign (with an x) an affidavit swearing that they never knew a fellow convict on the Chapman, John FOX, by any other name. They say FOX, a locksmith and bell hanger, came to the colony with them and that he was tried in the city of Dublin (see NSW Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856; Special Bundles, 1794-1825). 1829, 5 August: Patrick FAGAN per Chapman 1817 is on the Government Labour Exemption Register (#29/611), recommended by the Parramatta Bench for the Parramatta District (see NSW Convict Records, 1810-1891; Assignment and Employment of Convicts; Government Labour Exemption Register, 1828-1830). 1831: Patrick FAGAN, per Champion [incorrect] 1817, is admitted to Parramatta Jail; born 1794, 5’4” tall, slender build, sallow complexion, auburn curly hair and blue eyes; transported from Dublin for life (see NSW Convict Records, 1810-1891; Parramatta Gaol Description Books, 1831-1833).
1816, 21 September: Patrick FEGAN (FAGAN) – a convict from Newgate, tried at Dublin City 1815 and sentenced to transportation for life – was admitted to Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin, prisoner #2832. He was discharged on 19 December 1816 to be "sent on board the convict ship" (see Ireland, Prison Registers, 1790-1924; Dublin, Kilmainham 1815-1910).