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Limerick / Re: John Dwyer b Limerick 1766 d Australia 1844
« on: Monday 29 February 16 22:08 GMT (UK) »
This is some of what I have researched re John Dwyer.
"John Dwyer came to Australia on 'Atlas 2' which left Cork on 30th May 1802 and arrived in the Colony 30th October 1802.
John came from Ireland County Tipperary; town Doon; Townland Toomaline.
John was tried by Court Marshal at Clonmel Gaol Clonmel Co. Tipperary.
On 20th May 1802 he was listed as a Stone Mason/Cutter by Governor Masden at Dublin Castle Ireland, on the 20th July 1800 he was found guilty of the supposed attack on the 13th March 1800 at Palas at the new Stone Bridge on the road to Killowla Co. Limerick. At the time of his trial John had a mother, sister and brother in the house with some children of his sister and Tom Franklin.
John Dwyer in the shipping Archive Office: 30th October 1802 from Cork. 4/4004 392 630 COD 138 2/8243 P 13 2417.
He was a political prisoner sentenced to life because he was accused of being in a group of three which was not allowed at the that time in Ireland, which was then ruled by Martial Law.
When he applied for a mitigation of his sentence In 1810 he was living on the stores and was an overseer to Masons, and had a wife and one child.
John Dwyer applied for a pardon No. 327 on 31/1/1810. He received a conditional pardon No.96 on 29/02/1812. He received a full pardon on 31/01/1818.
John and Elizabeth had two children in St Phillip's Sydney 1813 & 1815 plus Elizabeth was christened in 1813. The rest of the children were christened at St. Mary's Sydney.
John and Elizabeth are in the Pioneer Register. They are on the list for a grant of land in 1814 (3366, 9/3652 Page 17).
John Dwyer took up land at Appin in 1817. Re service to John Oxley expedition in 1817.
In the Sydney Herald on 15th April 1831 he is listed in the Government Notice, Colonial Secretary's Office Sydney, under 'Deeds of Grant'.
"Title Deeds, of the annexed, form, have been this day transmitted to the Surveyor General for the Undermentioned "Grants of Lane", in order, that when duly recorded, they may be forwarded to the collector of Internal Revenue for the purpose of being delivered to the respective parties, upon payment of the prescribed fees, and any arrears of quit-rent that may be due thereon:
He had 50 acres, described in the Government Notice of the 10th September 1930 as No. 1- Deed dated 8th March 1831,.
The only record of John's death is in the Parish Register for Appin: In 1844 he had 20 acres in Whest, 70 acres in Maize, 1 acre in Potatoes, 30 in Cird Crnd, with a total of 80 acres. 1 horse, 15 head of cattle, 20 hogs, 9 bales of wheat and 60 bales of Maize. He did not live on the farm.
In the Doon Cemetery Laurence Marshall of Toomaline is buried 17 February 1834. His father Oliver Marshall of Toomaline aged 70 11/1/1835.
In the 1870 property owner of County Limerick there is 833 acres owned by the Reps of Laurence E. Marshall and they reside at Toomaline Doon.
On the internet (http://www.com/cgi-bin_search.egi ) Irish Convicts search results of Irish Convicts to Australia 1791 - 1815 " John Dwyer is lasted as a Rebel on the Atlas 2 - trial in 1801 in Limerick he received Life and was born 1776 in Limerick and died 1844 at Appin and he was a quarryman.
In the Griffiths Valuation Survey for Doon there was a Laurence Marshall Esq in 1851. This is the son of Laurence Marshall who stood up for John Dwyer at the trial.
In the Tithe Book of Toomaline (Townland) Doon Co. Limerick 1826 - titles there was a Margaret Dwyer title holder at Toomaline in 1826."
My grandmother was Mamie Levenia Dwyer who married Harry Rayner and she was the daughter of Philip Dwyer and Isabella Mary Moore. This is my connection to John Dwyer of Appin. I can tell you more about his properties in Appin.
Janette Childs
"John Dwyer came to Australia on 'Atlas 2' which left Cork on 30th May 1802 and arrived in the Colony 30th October 1802.
John came from Ireland County Tipperary; town Doon; Townland Toomaline.
John was tried by Court Marshal at Clonmel Gaol Clonmel Co. Tipperary.
On 20th May 1802 he was listed as a Stone Mason/Cutter by Governor Masden at Dublin Castle Ireland, on the 20th July 1800 he was found guilty of the supposed attack on the 13th March 1800 at Palas at the new Stone Bridge on the road to Killowla Co. Limerick. At the time of his trial John had a mother, sister and brother in the house with some children of his sister and Tom Franklin.
John Dwyer in the shipping Archive Office: 30th October 1802 from Cork. 4/4004 392 630 COD 138 2/8243 P 13 2417.
He was a political prisoner sentenced to life because he was accused of being in a group of three which was not allowed at the that time in Ireland, which was then ruled by Martial Law.
When he applied for a mitigation of his sentence In 1810 he was living on the stores and was an overseer to Masons, and had a wife and one child.
John Dwyer applied for a pardon No. 327 on 31/1/1810. He received a conditional pardon No.96 on 29/02/1812. He received a full pardon on 31/01/1818.
John and Elizabeth had two children in St Phillip's Sydney 1813 & 1815 plus Elizabeth was christened in 1813. The rest of the children were christened at St. Mary's Sydney.
John and Elizabeth are in the Pioneer Register. They are on the list for a grant of land in 1814 (3366, 9/3652 Page 17).
John Dwyer took up land at Appin in 1817. Re service to John Oxley expedition in 1817.
In the Sydney Herald on 15th April 1831 he is listed in the Government Notice, Colonial Secretary's Office Sydney, under 'Deeds of Grant'.
"Title Deeds, of the annexed, form, have been this day transmitted to the Surveyor General for the Undermentioned "Grants of Lane", in order, that when duly recorded, they may be forwarded to the collector of Internal Revenue for the purpose of being delivered to the respective parties, upon payment of the prescribed fees, and any arrears of quit-rent that may be due thereon:
He had 50 acres, described in the Government Notice of the 10th September 1930 as No. 1- Deed dated 8th March 1831,.
The only record of John's death is in the Parish Register for Appin: In 1844 he had 20 acres in Whest, 70 acres in Maize, 1 acre in Potatoes, 30 in Cird Crnd, with a total of 80 acres. 1 horse, 15 head of cattle, 20 hogs, 9 bales of wheat and 60 bales of Maize. He did not live on the farm.
In the Doon Cemetery Laurence Marshall of Toomaline is buried 17 February 1834. His father Oliver Marshall of Toomaline aged 70 11/1/1835.
In the 1870 property owner of County Limerick there is 833 acres owned by the Reps of Laurence E. Marshall and they reside at Toomaline Doon.
On the internet (http://www.com/cgi-bin_search.egi ) Irish Convicts search results of Irish Convicts to Australia 1791 - 1815 " John Dwyer is lasted as a Rebel on the Atlas 2 - trial in 1801 in Limerick he received Life and was born 1776 in Limerick and died 1844 at Appin and he was a quarryman.
In the Griffiths Valuation Survey for Doon there was a Laurence Marshall Esq in 1851. This is the son of Laurence Marshall who stood up for John Dwyer at the trial.
In the Tithe Book of Toomaline (Townland) Doon Co. Limerick 1826 - titles there was a Margaret Dwyer title holder at Toomaline in 1826."
My grandmother was Mamie Levenia Dwyer who married Harry Rayner and she was the daughter of Philip Dwyer and Isabella Mary Moore. This is my connection to John Dwyer of Appin. I can tell you more about his properties in Appin.
Janette Childs