Patrick Lonergan

Level 9

Robert MALONE on 28th October 2019

Patrick was born between 1794 and 1800 in County Tipperary, Ireland. His year of birth given on his Certificate of Freedom was 1800. This conflicts with other information held. From 1801 to 1840 he lived in the Parish of Ballybacon, approx 3 miles from Ardfinnan, County Tipperary. Patrick inherited the "Lonergan Land" consisting of 30a 0r 15p on which stood the house and blacksmith's shop. The Lonergan land was taken over by King John's Gang and given to a Captain Langby, (Griffith's Valuation shows his name as Henry Langley) who passed it on to his family. In 1852 Patrick Lonergan's sons had to pay Henry Langley £25.5.0 annual rent. In September 1984, along with an anvil and some scraps of metal, three walls of the property were still standing, totally overgrown with trees, shrubbery and rubbish. In or about 1823 Patrick married Eliza “Alice” KEATING in Ardfinnan, County Tipperary. Patrick was sentenced in Clonmel, County Tipperary on 5 March 1840 to transportation to Australia for 7 years for making instruments for coining. Also sentenced were Edward Kenneely and Rody Heffernan - (see notes below) for making counterfeit coins. Patrick sailed to Australia on the vessel "King William" which departed Dublin on 28 Apr 1840 and arrived in Sydney on 17 August of the same year. The Following is from record of the journey of the "King William" in 1840: "Master George Thomas. Surgeon Superintendent Campbell France   The King William departed England on 28 April 1840 and arrived in Port Jackson on the 17 August 1840, a voyage of 111 days.   Campbell France kept a Medical Journal from 30 March to 24 August 1840........   The King William was fitted at Deptford in the spring of 1840 for the conveyance of 180 convicts from Ireland to Sydney. On the 30th April before leaving Deptford, the Guard were embarked. The Guard consisted of Lieut.Montgomery of the 80th regiment, Ensign J.G.B. Aplin, 28th regiment and 29 rank and file including two boys, of the 80th and 96th regiments, four women and seven children. The surgeon was not happy with the health of two of the guards and sent them back to shore. On the 1st April the ship sailed for Kingstown Harbour, Ireland to embark the prisoners.  At Kingstown 180 convicts were embarked with nine free persons, the sons of convicts. Most of the prisoners from the country towns were healthy young men, but those from Dublin had lately suffered from sickness and the constitutions of many others were impaired. They departed Kingstown on the 28th April. Although the weather was fine and mild in the early part of the voyage, many suffered with sea sickness. On 17th May the ship entered the tropics and there was some illness due to the heat at this time.  They crossed the equator on 4th June and on the 16th passed the tropic of Capricorn. On entering the southern hemisphere the weather became cold and stormy. The ship being small with open bulwarks, the decks were always wet in stormy weather and the Hospital and prison were repeatedly flooded by the sea pouring down the hatchways. Many of the guard and convicts suffered from catarrhal, rheumatism and diarrhoea at this time." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The references to Rody Heffernan below are from website - www.jenwilletts.com and show Patrick's accomplice ending up in The Hunter Valley, NSW: 15169 Heffernan Rody King William 1840 Maitland Errand boy and butcher married Mary McDonald 142823 Heffernan Rody King William 1840 1848 21 January GG Granted Certificate of Freedom 103544 Heffernan Roger (Roddy) King William 1840 Born 1822 Co. Tipperary. Spouse Mary McDonald. For more information See Entry No. 620 Maitland Family History Circle's Pre 1900 Pioneer Register. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick's Ticket of Leave was obtained in 1843 in Goulburn. His Certificate of Freedom was obtained on 30 April 1847. Details from Certificate of Freedom Date: 30 April 1847 Prisoner's No: 40-1610 Name: Patrick Londrigan Ship: King William Year: 1840 Native Place: County Tipperary Trade or Calling: Whitesmith Place of Trial: Tipperary Date of Trial: 5 March 1840 Sentence: seven years Date of Birth: 1800 Height: 5 feet 7 and a half inches Complexion: Ruddy Hair: Brown Eyes: Grey General Remarks: Small scar corner of the left eyebrow. Mole on the left cheek. Another on left collarbone. Scars inside right eyebrow.mole back of lower right arm.Scar on left knee. Held a ticket of Leave No. 43-3010 dated 27 December 1843. After he obtained his Certificate of Freedom in 1847, Patrick petitioned for the migration of his wife and four children to join him in Australia. Alice (Eliza) with her sons John (with wife Mary and son Patrick born on the voyage) and James came to Australia on the vessel "Panama" which arrived in Sydney on 14 Sept 1849. The surname that appears on the shipping details is LANDREIGAN. Sons William and Thomas stayed behind at the property in Ballybacon, County Tipperary. William migrated to Australia in 1857 with his wife and two children. Local Intelligence. POLICE COURT. THURSDAY. [Newspaper Article] — Queanbeyan Age and General Advertiser — 15 August 1861 SAVAGE ASSAULT ON THE POLICE. - Patrick Lonergan, James Lonergan, Mary Lonergan, sen., Mary Lonergan, jun., John Wall, and Francis Davlin, appeared on summons to answer the information of the Chief-constable for having on the previous Saturday unlawfully assaulted and beaten constables Cooper, Latimer, and Davis, whilst in the execution of their duty. The defendants pleaded not guilty.   The Chief-constable having opened the case, the Bench ordered the female defendants to stand aside, Mr. Hall observing that the Chief-constable was perfectly right in bringing them up, and that the reason the Bench declined to proceed in their case was that it was possible they were actuated by good motives. The evidence of constable Cooper was then received, who deposed that he was on duty on Saturday night between 10 and 11 o'clock, in company with constable Davis when their attention was drawn to a loud noise which he heard in the direction of Lee's public-house; they went in that direction, and then found the noise proceeded from Lonergan's. He went thither and heard James Lonergan quarreling and using threatening language and immediately saw the defendants Wall and James Lonergan come down the street. They appeared to be going to Lee's public-house; witness crossed over to them, and saw that they had been drinking; they were using bad language. He advised them to go home, and immediately they put themselves in a fighting attitude, the defendant Wall, saying " There isn't a bloody constable that can take me to the lock-up." Witness had said nothing to them about the lock-up. They both continued to square up, and he then took Wall into custody. Constables Davis and Latimer were present at the time. Wall caught hold of witness and "tussled" with him for some time. At length they both fell, and the women came and took hold of witness until prisoner got-up, when witness again caught him. Just then Patrick Lonergan came and caught witness by the coat, telling him to let the man go. Witness refused, and Patrick Lonergan went away. The women then returned once more. Witness was still holding his prisoner, when someone unknown, struck him on the head, and he was stunned for an instant and fell, losing his hold of his prisoner. On recovering himself, with constable Davis's help he succeeded in again taking Wall, and finally conveyed him to the lock-up . During the time witness was being held by the women, Wall dealt him a severe kick on the face, the effects of which were still visible on witness. Saw Davlin present at the end of the affair, just as witness rose from being struck down. Constable Davis supported the evidence of the previous witness, and further deposed that the defendant, J. Lonergan, rushed at him and struck him in the breast when Cooper apprehended Wall. They scuffled together; and fell, when J. Lonergan, caught this witness's thumb in his mouth, biting it very severely. While his thumb was in defendant's mouth, Patrick Lonergan came and struck witness on the nose with his fist. Constable Latimer then came and extricated witness's thumb; witness lost hold of his prisoner, but Latimer took him into custody. Witness exhibited his thumb to the court, which was still much swollen, having been bitten on the first joint and was dead ever since. Constable Latimer corroborated the foregoing evidence, with the addition that he saw Davlin present and heard him say "H-y G-d, will some of you give me a stick. For the defence, Thomas Larkins, an apprentice of Lonergan's, was called, and gave evidence of a very contradictory character,and which was entirely unsupported. The Bench found the defendant's guilty, and fined Patrick Lonergan £1; James Lonergan £2; John Wall £2; and Francis Davlin. 10/. : with costs in each case 2/6. The amounts were paid. From a Queanbeyan Newspaper in 1867: "Patrick Lonergan, one of the oldest residents and an avid angler who knew how to catch Queanbeyan fish at all seasons, died 7.00 am 26 October 1867." Local and District News. [Newspaper Article] — Queanbeyan Age — 2 November 1867 THE LATE MR P LONERGAN.-The mortal remains of the late Mr P. Lonergan, whose demise we briefly noticed in our last issue, were on Monday committed to the grave in the cemetery of the Roman Catholic Church of which faith deceased was an adherent. The Rev P. White, assisted by a brother clergyman who was on a visit to the town at the time, performed the last rites of the church on the occasion. The funeral was attended by a large and respectable cortege, including several of the magistrates and other leading residents of the town and district, where the deceased was so long known and universally respected. We only knew him as a man of quiet and respectable deportment, and who spent much of his leisure time in the healthful recreation of angling. It is worthy of remark here that Mr Lonergan was a most enthusiastic disciple of Izaak Walton, and a very successful fisherman. His long experience in that pastime doubtless obtained for him a knowledge of the" innocent art" possessed by few of his brother anglers here; for Mr Lonergan, regardless of season, weather,or flood, seemed always to know where and how to capture the finny tribe of the Queanbeyan waters. His secret, however, has died with him, for we are not aware that he ever divulged the knowledge which by constant observation and long experience he had acquired.It is further remarkable that during the long course of years the deceased was resident in Queanbeyan, and enthusiastic as he was in his favourite pastime, he never, though he much desired it, visited the neighbouring waters of the Murrumbidgee for the purpose of indulging his angling propensities. Note: I have used the surname KEATING because that is what the early records in Ireland show. In a number of references in Australia Alice/Eliza is referred to as KEATON. Robert MALONE (email – robertmalone159@gmail.com) Patrick was my third great grandfather.

Level 221

D Wong on 31st March 2019

Patrick was listed as Loudrigan on the Irish Convicts to NSW website. Ancestry Convict Indents: Patrick was transported for 'making instruments for coining. He was 5'7½" tall, brown hair, grey eyes, fresh complexion, married with 3 male and 1 female children. Native Place: Tipperary. 1843: TOL Goulburn. 1847: COF

Level 4

June Patricia Hamilton on 30th March 2019

Patrick served his time at Goulburn. He moved to Queanbeyan and his family of wife 3 sons arrived in 1849 aboard "Panama". He died in Queanbeyan.