Denis Benjamin Kirwan, 17901851 (aged 61 years)

Name
Denis Benjamin /Kirwan/
Given names
Denis Benjamin
Surname
Kirwan
Birth
between 1790 and 1794
Immigration
Text:

Denis Benjamin Kirwan
Age on arrival: 33
Calling/trade: Farmer
Born: 1793
Native place: Carlow
Sentence: Life
Ship: Marquis of Hastings (1) [1826]
Remarks:
Spouse: m 1818 Windsor Jesica Turnbull (d 1882)
Died: 1851 Sackville Reach
References (See Primary Sources)
Convict indents: Various
Hawkesbury Pioneer Register: p109

Text:

KIRWAN, Dennis. Per "Hayeston", 1816
1816 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3173; 4/1849 p.57)
1816 May 10 Arrived safe per "Hayeston" from Calcutta (Reel 6018; 4/3521 p.67)
KIRWAN, Dennis. Per "Marquis of Hastings"
1825 Nov To be granted a conditional pardon (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 pp.48, 76)

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 16 Mar 1816 p. 2
Text:

SHIP NEWS.- On Wednesday the brig Nautilus Capt. Edwards, came to anchor in the Cove.
Same day arrived from Bengal the Hasten, Captain Off, with wheat, spirits, sugar &c, she left the Pilot the latter end of November.

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 11 May 1816 p. 2
Text:

SHIP NEWS...
Remain in the harbour, the ships...Hayston...

Text:

13 Mar 1816
vessel Hayeston
Dennis Kirwan, convicted at Fort William March 15, 1814,
sentence life
native place Carlow
Occupation carpenter
fair pale complexion, light brown hair and hazel eyes

Religious marriage
Address: St Matthews
Text:

Name: Jessica Turnbull
Spouse Name: Dennis B Kirwin
Marriage Date: 1818
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Windsor, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1818
Volume Number: V A

Citation details: Return of marriages within the districts of Hawkesbury for the quarter ending 31 Dec 1818
Text:

Dennis Benjamin Kirwan, convict, Hastings, 25
Jessica Turnbull, free, 18
Married 16 Nov 1818 by banns

Census
Text:

Kirwan, Denis, 35, ticket of leave, M. Hastings, 1815, life, Protestant, farmer, Portland Head
Kirwan, Jessie, 28, came free, Coromandel, 1804, Protestant
Kirwan, William, 10, born in the colony
Kirwan, Elizabeth, 8, born in the colony
Kirwan, Matilda, 5, born in the colony
Kirwan, Diana, 3, born in the colony
Kirwan, Anne, 2, born in the colony

Death
Burial
Text:

Buried at St Thomas cemetery:

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
DENIS BENJAMIN KIRWAN
DIED OCT 15 1851
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO
ANGELINA KIRWAN
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED MAY 21 1864
AGED 20 YEAR
GO HOME MY FRIENDS DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE TILL CHRIST APPEARS
MY TIME WAS COME MY GRAVE YOU SEE
THEREFORE PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME.
THOUGH SICKNESS SORE LONG TIME BORE
PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN,
TILL GOD THOUGHT TO CALL ME
AND EASE ME OF MY PAIN.
ALSO
JESSICA KIRWAN
DIED APRIL 1ST 1882
AGED 82 YEARS.
Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense,
To walk this dangerous road:
And if our souls are hurried hence,
May they be found with God.
[Footstone]
D.B.K.
1851
A.K.
1864
J.K.
1882

Family with Jessica Turnbull
himself
17901851
Birth: between 1790 and 1794Carlow, Ireland
Death: October 15, 1851New South Wales, Australia
wife
18001882
Birth: July 20, 1800 49 35 England, United Kingdom
Death: April 1, 1882Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage Religious marriageNovember 16, 1818Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
14 months
son
18191904
Birth: 1819 29 18 New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 6, 1904Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
18201846
Birth: 1820 30 19 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 21, 1846Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18221894
Birth: 1822 32 21 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1894Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18241914
Birth: 1824 34 23 Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1914Marrickville, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
1826
Birth: 1826 36 25 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
son
18281877
Birth: 1828 38 27 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 14, 1877Hamilton River, Queensland, Australia
3 years
daughter
18301867
Birth: 1830 40 29 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 20, 1867Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
1832
Birth: 1832 42 31 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
3 years
daughter
18341879
Birth: 1834 44 33 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1879Waterloo, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
18361841
Birth: December 5, 1836 46 36 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: August 20, 1841
3 years
daughter
18391918
Birth: 1839 49 38 Pitt Town, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1918Woollahra, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
daughter
1841
Birth: 1841 51 40 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
4 years
daughter
18441864
Birth: July 18, 1844 54 43 Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Death: May 1864Sackville Reach, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Text:

Born about 1790 Carlow Ireland

Text:

Born about 1794

Immigration
Text:

Denis Benjamin Kirwan
Age on arrival: 33
Calling/trade: Farmer
Born: 1793
Native place: Carlow
Sentence: Life
Ship: Marquis of Hastings (1) [1826]
Remarks:
Spouse: m 1818 Windsor Jesica Turnbull (d 1882)
Died: 1851 Sackville Reach
References (See Primary Sources)
Convict indents: Various
Hawkesbury Pioneer Register: p109

Text:

KIRWAN, Dennis. Per "Hayeston", 1816
1816 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3173; 4/1849 p.57)
1816 May 10 Arrived safe per "Hayeston" from Calcutta (Reel 6018; 4/3521 p.67)
KIRWAN, Dennis. Per "Marquis of Hastings"
1825 Nov To be granted a conditional pardon (Fiche 3292; 4/6974.1 pp.48, 76)

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 16 Mar 1816 p. 2
Text:

SHIP NEWS.- On Wednesday the brig Nautilus Capt. Edwards, came to anchor in the Cove.
Same day arrived from Bengal the Hasten, Captain Off, with wheat, spirits, sugar &c, she left the Pilot the latter end of November.

Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sat 11 May 1816 p. 2
Text:

SHIP NEWS...
Remain in the harbour, the ships...Hayston...

Text:

13 Mar 1816
vessel Hayeston
Dennis Kirwan, convicted at Fort William March 15, 1814,
sentence life
native place Carlow
Occupation carpenter
fair pale complexion, light brown hair and hazel eyes

Religious marriage
Text:

Name: Jessica Turnbull
Spouse Name: Dennis B Kirwin
Marriage Date: 1818
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Windsor, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1818
Volume Number: V A

Citation details: Return of marriages within the districts of Hawkesbury for the quarter ending 31 Dec 1818
Text:

Dennis Benjamin Kirwan, convict, Hastings, 25
Jessica Turnbull, free, 18
Married 16 Nov 1818 by banns

Census
Text:

Kirwan, Denis, 35, ticket of leave, M. Hastings, 1815, life, Protestant, farmer, Portland Head
Kirwan, Jessie, 28, came free, Coromandel, 1804, Protestant
Kirwan, William, 10, born in the colony
Kirwan, Elizabeth, 8, born in the colony
Kirwan, Matilda, 5, born in the colony
Kirwan, Diana, 3, born in the colony
Kirwan, Anne, 2, born in the colony

Death
Text:

Age 57

Burial
Text:

Buried at St Thomas cemetery:

SACRED
TO
THE MEMORY
OF
DENIS BENJAMIN KIRWAN
DIED OCT 15 1851
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO
ANGELINA KIRWAN
DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE
DIED MAY 21 1864
AGED 20 YEAR
GO HOME MY FRIENDS DRY UP YOUR TEARS
I MUST LIE HERE TILL CHRIST APPEARS
MY TIME WAS COME MY GRAVE YOU SEE
THEREFORE PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME.
THOUGH SICKNESS SORE LONG TIME BORE
PHYSICIANS WERE IN VAIN,
TILL GOD THOUGHT TO CALL ME
AND EASE ME OF MY PAIN.
ALSO
JESSICA KIRWAN
DIED APRIL 1ST 1882
AGED 82 YEARS.
Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense,
To walk this dangerous road:
And if our souls are hurried hence,
May they be found with God.
[Footstone]
D.B.K.
1851
A.K.
1864
J.K.
1882