Edward Redmond [Convict "Minerva" 1800]

Edward REDMOND was born c1766

Edward was sentenced to transportation for life following the 1798 rebellion in Ireland. He arrived in Sydney Cove in January 1800 on "Minerva"

Edward had a relationship with Winifred DOWLING (they married in 1811) and they had the following children

• Mary 1807
• Sarah 1809
• another child (on the 1814 census) Edward also raised Mary's son Jean DURIAULT who changed his name to REDMOND

Edward died in 1840 and was buried in Devonshire Street cemetery on 24/1/1840

LINKS

• http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/redmond-edward-2581
• http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/convictDetails.php?convi...
• https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_royal_admiral_1800.htm

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Transported for life following the rebellion in Ireland in 1798.Edward Redmond was convicted, in King's County in April '99 and arrived in New South Wales in the Minerva January 1800. With a conditional pardon in 1803 he set up in business in Sydney. In January 1808 he signed the address expressing confidence in Governor William Bligh, The address also asked for freedom to trade and trial by jury to the free colonists of New South Wales. In 1809 the Rum Rebellion 'government' allowed a wine and spirit licence and 135 acres at Botany. Governor Lachlan Macquarie authorised, in 1813, his absolute pardon.

Edward Redmond married Winifred Duriault, [born Dowling] on 15 October 1811. A former convict [Atlas 1802] from County Kildare Her infant son, John Duriault took the Redmond name after Winifred married Edward Redmond. Winifred and Edward Redmond had two daughters, Mary and Sarah.

Edward and Winifred Redmond became prosperous and respectable.

Active in Sydney Business

Following the early public house venture, in 1815 Redmond, in partnership with Patrick Cullen, leased the tolls between Sydney and Parramatta. In 1816 he was one of the original shareholders in the Bank of New South Wales. In 1819 he joined with the colony businessmen to petition the British to reduce restrictions on goods carried to the colony in convict ships. In May 1822 the family lived in hotel “Harp and Crown” at the Rocks..

To his widow and children Edward left houses at Windsor and Liverpool, and in Essen Lane, Prince Street and on Brickfield Hill, Sydney.

A prominent Catholic

Early Catholic services were begun in temporary buildings on Redmond's premises. A member of the committee to build a permanent Roman Catholic Church in Sydney.

Farmer and Grazier

During the 1820s he extended his activities as a landowner, though suffering from drought and depression in 1827-28. To his widow and children he left farms at Bathurst, Bingham, Annandale and on the Hawkesbury River [previously the property of Andrew Thompson “Killarney”] .

Edward died on Wednesday, 22nd January 1840 at his home Brickfield Hill, in his 78th year, The brief obituary said "Mr. Edward Redmond, one of the oldest Colonists, universally and deservedly respected."

The Australian Dictionary of Biography said “He had risen from convict status to the ranks of respectability, and made a contribution to the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church in Australia.”