Name: | John Lynch |
Aliases: | John Dunleavy |
Gender: | m |
Date of Birth: | 1813 |
Occupation: | Ploughman |
Date of Death: | 22nd April, 1842 |
Age: | 29 years |
Life Span
Male median life span was 51 years*
* Median life span based on contributions
Sentence Severity
Sentenced to Life
Crime: | Faculige (felony/false pretences) |
Convicted at: | Ireland, Cavan |
Sentence term: | Life |
Ship: | Dunvegan Castle |
Departure date: | 1st July, 1832 |
Arrival date: | 16th October, 1832 |
Place of arrival | New South Wales |
Passenger manifest | Travelled with 11 other convicts |
Primary source: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(serial_killer)#cite_note-barton-7 |
Source description: |
Lavinia on 2nd March, 2014 wrote:
John murdered at least five people in the Berrima district. He was executed by hanging at Berrima Gaol on 22 April 1842.
D Wong on 3rd March, 2014 wrote:
John was convicted as John Lynch in Cavan, Ireland - He used “Dunleavy” as his alias.
John was single and his native place was County Cavan.
D Wong on 3rd March, 2014 wrote:
Two John Lynch’s on this voyage. The other John Lynch died 1834 at liverpool hospital.
John McKay on 8th March, 2014 wrote:
Travelled on same vessel as his father Owen.
Owen died 26 Feb 1834 in Sydney Hospital,a ged 60? Owen had at least another son in Australia, Patrick who had arrived about a year earlier
Other Lynch’s on this vessel include: -
Thomas, age 15, convicted at Dublin 28 Dec 1831 (ref Indents) pick pocket;
Bryan, convicted Co Meath 3 Mar 1832 shooting (ref indents);
John, aged 40 convicted Cavan 2 Mar 1832 Murder
(died 1 June 1834 Liverpool).
Peter Hinds on 26th January, 2022 wrote:
see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(serial_killer)#cite_note-barton-7
for a full history of Lynch
Peter Hinds on 26th January, 2022 wrote:
Upon their arrival John Lynch, recorded as a ploughman, was assigned to James Atkinson at ‘Oldbury Farm’ in the Bong Bong district near Berrima.
Lavinia on 2nd March, 2014 made the following changes:
convicted at, term: 99 years, voyage, source: Colonial Times Tuesday 24 May 1842 page 4 (prev. ), firstname: John, surname: Dunleavy, alias1: John Lynch, alias2: , alias3: , alias4: , date of birth: 0000, date of death: 22nd April, 1842, gender: m, occupa
D Wong on 3rd March, 2014 made the following changes:
convicted at, surname: Lynch (prev. Dunleavy), alias1: John Dunleavy (prev. John Lynch), date of birth: 1813 (prev. 0000), occupation
Peter Hinds on 26th January, 2022 made the following changes:
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lynch_(serial_killer)#cite_note-barton-7 (prev. Colonial Times Tuesday 24 May 1842 page 4)
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