Daniel Murphy (abt. 1805)

Born about 1805 in Fermanagh, Ireland

Convicts After the Third Fleet 1792-1868

Biography

Daniel Murphy was born in Ireland.

Daniel Murphy was a convict after the Third Fleet.

Daniel MURPHY.^[1]

Daniel Murphy is one of a group of Australian convicts involved one of the most well known events in Fermanagh Ireland's history being the most serious sectarian clash of its time, in the the year of Catholic Emancipation 1829. The Macken Fight occurred on 14th July 1829.

Transported to New South Wales, Australia on the Hercules II in 1830. Sentenced to 14 years for murder. He was single at the time of transportation, aged 25, previous occupations included ploughman, reaper and sawyer. Native Place Fermanagh.

Daniel is mentioned in a letter from Thomas Montgomery to his wife in 1840, described as doing well.

Daniel was granted a Certificate of Freedom on 23 MAR 1846. A Certificate of Freedom was a government issued document given to a convict in one of the Australian penal colonies at the end of the convict's sentence. This stated that the ex convict had been restored "to all the rights and privileges of free subjects" effectively now a free person and could seek out employment or leave the colony. Certificates of Freedom were introduced in 1810 and were generally granted to convicts, upon application to the Governor, who had served their 7, 10, or 14 year sentence.

It is unclear whether Terence remained in Australia or left the county. Generally Certificates of Freedom were often restricted with an exclusion of not being able to return to the UK or Ireland. I have not yet sighted a copy of the certificate to check this.

Sources

1. ↑ Murphy-6164 was created by Veronica Williams through the import of Hercules II 1830 - Macken Fight_2.ged on Sep 18, 2014. Note - Whilst I have removed myself as profile manager for this person, it has only been due to watchlist considerations. Please do not hesitate to contact Veronica Williams should you wish to collaborate on this profile.

• Peter Mayberry, Irish Convicts to NSW, http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/convicts.htm, February, 2014.

• http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/axhsk5/macken.htm

• New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Ancestry.com, State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 1156; Item: [X32]. Record for Daniel Murphy.

• New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Ancestry.com, State Archives NSW. Record for Daniel Murphy.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_of_freedom