Captain
Michael
Fenton
J.P.
Born before [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Thomas Fenton, John Fenton, Michael Fenton MLC, Helen Fenton, Eleanor (Fenton) Nixon and Catherine (Fenton) Burn
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
In 1802 he appears in the Statistical Survey of the County of Sligo, along with possible relatives Abraham, John and William[1]
Sherriff of Silgo Ireland 1807 "1807: Charles Martin and Michael Fenton" [2]
His wife was Catherine Rea[3]
There were at least four children, according to his daughter and law Bessie Fenton's journal. Michael, Thomas and John. All Captains and Catherine who married David Burn of Ellangowan and Rotherwood in 1832. the brothers all seem to have come to Tasmania. John Fenton lost an eye to bushrangers while defending his home. The brothers were sometimes referred to as "The fighting Fentons" as they were all Captains.
In 1824 he presided over a discussion re the "propriety of the indiscriminate reading of the Bible" the "discussion was held in the Catholic chapel of Easky, on the 23rd and 24th November, under the chairmanship of Michael Fenton, Esq., of Castletown"[4]
In 9 Feb 1828 there is a "Letter from Michael Fenton, Castletown, Dromore West, [County Sligo], seeking legal advice on the compelling of witnesses to testify in an attempted abduction case" [5]
Sources
- ↑ Statistical Survey of the County of Sligo: With Observations on the Means of Improvement; Drawn Up in the Year 1801, for the Consideration, and Under the Direction of the Dublin Society, James M'Parlan Graisberry and Campbell, 1802, page 79
- ↑ High Sheriff of Sligo [1]
- ↑ Hidden histories: Political/Historical Perspectives of Sligo; Chapter 4 - West Sligo’s Threshers and Scutchers [2]
- ↑ The history of Sligo : town and county [3]
- ↑ The Registered Papers of the Chief Secretary's Office [4]
- From obitarary for son Michael Fenton : L. L. Robson, 'Fenton, Michael (1789–1874)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fenton-michael-2038/text2519, published first in hardcopy 1966, accessed online 15 January 2017. [5]
- Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command, Volume 17
By Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, page 113
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