John Hingerty of Templemore (?)
John Hingerty of Templemore (?)
On 13th February 1841 the Jane Gifford arrived in Sydney.
On board was John Hingerty, my great great grandfather.
What do we know about John and his life before arriving in Sydney?
The shipping records for his arrival on the Jane Gifford in 1841 tell us:
* A Bounty Immigrant, brought to Australia by John Marshall, who was the agent for the UK government Immigration Committee.
* Farm servant.
* 28 years of age i.e a birth year of 1813
* A native of Templemore, Tipperary, Ireland.
* The son of Eizabeth (no father mentioned)
* On the same ship as Margaret Hingerty of Toomevara, Tipperary, Ireland. Daughter of William Hingerty and Mary Quinlan. Margaret was later followed to Australia by 2 sisters and a brother, all of whom are listed as being from Toomevara with parents William Hingerty and Mary Quinlan.
Did Margaret and John know each other? Did they plan to travel together? Or was it simply a case that the Immigration Agent John Marshall (or his sub agents) visited their towns and they each signed up quite separately?
Margaret and John didn't seem to stay together or support each other once they arrived in Australia. Margaret stays in Sydney and John moves to a rural area. Did circumstances keep them apart or were they never particularly close to each other?
We do not know how quickly John moved from Sydney out to the rural areas. All we do know is that four years after his arrival, on 5 May 1845 John Hingerty married Isabella McDonald at Goulburn, a rural town in NSW.
No parents are listed on the marriage record for bride or groom. Nor are birth places noted.
On the Baptism records for two of his children Kate 1846, and William 1855, John's occupation is listed as labourer.
In 1856 John Hingerty bought land in the Yass River area.
When his son Thomas Joseph Hingerty was born in 1868, John's occupation was listed as farmer and, as the Informant, John self reported his age as 60 years old i.e birth year of 1808.
John died at Rosegreen, Temora, New South Wales on 14th Aug 1889. His son John Alexander Hingerty was the Informant. John Alexander reported his father's occupation as farmer and grazier and his age as 84 years i.e birth year of 1805. His parents were listed as John Hingerty farmer and Ann Moony.
Consistent with his death certificate, on his headstone in Temora cemetery, John's age at death was listed as 84 and his obituary reported his birthplace as Tipperary and his birth year as 1805.
(See John Hingerty on my Ancestry tree for further details and copies of records.)
So, are there any records of John Hingerty back in Ireland?
A search for John Hingerty (and variants) in the existing Baptism records for Templemore Parish in Tipperary (1807-1821) found no reference to John Hingerty.
A search of existing marriage (1809-1820) and baptism (1807- 1821) records for Templemore Parish in Tipperary found no reference to any Hingerty (or variants).
Pat and William Hingerty, Templemore, Ireland
Eliza and Elizabeth Hingerty, Modreeny, Ireland
John and James Hingerty, Modreeeny, Ireland
The location of Townfields Modreeny is significant because in the Tithe Applotment records for 1823 both a John Hingerty and a James Hingerty are each renting different plots of land in Townfields Modreeny. (see blog post for 9 July 2021)
Is Elizabeth (and or Eliza) related to James and/or John also living in Townfields, Modreeny years previously?
More Questions
Remember 'my' John Hingerty's mother is listed as Elizabeth on the shipping records and his father is listed as John on his death certificate...was 'my' John originally from Townfields and later moved to Templemore prior to leaving for Australia? But then why is his mother listed as Ann on his death record and why does he move so far away from home before emigrating to Australia -Townfields and Templemore are an 8 hours walk apart?
Further, in 1826 there is a John Hingerty listed in the Tithe Applotment records as leasing land in Kilfithmone/Barnane-ely. This is a very short walk to Templemore. Is this John Hingerty the father of 'my' John? If so, where does this leave Elizabeth?
The John Hingerty listed in the Tithe Applotment lists (1826, 1831, 1836) as leasing land at Barnane-ely/Kilfithmore is a likely candidate to be 'our' John or his father given the proximity of Barnane to Templemore.
There is also a Thomas Mooney listed on the same Tithe Applotment record as leasing land in the same Townland, giving credence to the notion that John (senior) married Anne Mooney.
No Hingerty is listed as leasing land in that area in the Griffiths Valuations of the mid 1850s, even though some of John's neighbours continue to be listed in the Griffith's Valuation indicating that they stayed farming in the area.
The shipping record for 'our' John indicates that his father is dead before he sails for Sydney in 1841. Is that the reason John Hingerty (senior) does not appear in the Griffiths Valuation and maybe the reason for 'our' John to emigrate?
Too many questions, so few records and thus no definitive answers.
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