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- Researcher (Brian O'Neill)
- Researcher (Ken Tainton)
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- Researcher (Jacky Irons)
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Biographies
Patrick McNamara
Born about 1787 in Kilkenny, Ireland.
Married to Eleanor Murphy (born about 1780 in Kilkenny, Ireland). Father of Margaret (1807 - 1866)
Mary (1806 - ?), Catherine (1814 - 1896), Andrew (1817 - 1894), Elizabeth (1819 - 1895).
09 April 1823: Patrick McNamara and two accomplices were found guilty of both assault and conspiracy to rob Thomas Gorman at Woollengrange on the 30th August 1822. All three were sentenced to death, but later Patrick’s sentence was commuted to transportation to New South Wales. Patrick’s occupation was listed as Soldier/Coal Miner/Militia man.
Patrick spent the months awaiting transportation on the prison hulk ‘Surprize’ moored at Cork in the south of Ireland.
Patrick McNamara left Cork on board the ‘Isabella 1 (3)’ in August 1823.
Patrick McNamara was among 7 ringleaders accused of plotting an attempted mutiny during the voyage and spent the last half in irons with no deck liberty.
16 December 1823: The ‘Isabella (3)’ arrived at Port Jackson New South Wales. Patrick McNamara was sent to Newcastle and assigned to Vicars Jacob who had land grants on the Hunter River.
Patrick McNamara’s wife and five children migrated form Ireland to New South Wales in 1828 years later as free persons.
1828, 1830, 1831: Patrick had Tickets of Exemption from Government labour – Allowed to reside with his wife, Eleanor.
1830's: Patrick was implicated in the murder of John McIntyre but was found to be innocent.
1840: Patrick McNamara was given a Conditional Pardon (No. 221).
1851: Patrick McNamara, died 26 September 1851, aged 64 in Maitland New South Wales. An inquest was held into the cause of his death and was reported in the Maitland Mercury Wed 1 Oct 1851. The jury returned a verdict of death from natural causes, accelerated by frequent acts of intemperance.
27 September 1851: Patrick was buried in the Roman Catholic section of the East Maitland cemetery. The exact location of his grave is unknown.
Patrick McNamara was the father of Margaret McNamara. Mary McNamara, Catherine McNamara, Andrew McNamara and Elizabeth McNamara.
Catherine married George Barton, a convict overseer, assigned to a nearby Hunter River land grant of Sir John Eales.
Submitted by Researcher (Ken Tainton) on 4 April 2019
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