Ensign John Lanigan (Linigor) Brock
( Birch)
(c. ......1801 )
- Back To . .The New South
Wales Corps. ( Rum Corps. ) "Renamed 102nd Regiment.
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Soldier
Regimental Number :
Date arrival :
23 October 1790
Ship Arrived :
" Britannia "
Rank on Discharge :
Private
Date of Enlistment :
Where Enlisted : England
Enlistment Details: Free Purchase
Date of Discharge :
5 July 1797 died in Service
Where Discharged :
Sydney
Died
:
5 July 1797
Where Died / Buried
:
6 July 1797 Old Sydney Burial grounds C/D
Parents Names
:
Spouse's Name : MOORE,
Mary A (3)
Date Married :
1796 (3)
Where Married :
Sydney, St Phillip's, Church of England Ref Number: V1796344
3A Parish: (3)
Born :
Where Born :
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died :
Where Died / Buried :
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants
- Area Settled
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- Children :
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- History & Achievements :
The Ensigns Name Was (John Lanigan
Birch)
- The Deptford brig sailing this month for the coast of
Coromandel, the governor took the opportunity of transmitting to Admiral
Rainier, or the commander in chief of his Majesty's ships in the East
Indies, a list of the deserted convicts, and a description of the two boats
which had lately been taken from the colony. As it was, probably, the
intention of those people to steer along the coast of New South Wales to the
northward, until they should reach some of the Dutch settlements among the
Molucca islands, there was a possibility of their being picked up by some of
the King's cruisers; in the event of which, the governor forcibly urged
their being forwarded, by any opportunity which might offer, to his
government, there to be made an example that should, if possible, deter
others from making the like attempts.
- The widow of Ensign Brock's, who died in July last, availed herself
of this opportunity to get, with her family, partly on her way to England.
(1)
- Although the settlement had now been established within a month of
ten years, yet little had been added to the stock of natural history which
had been acquired in the first year or two of its infancy
(1)
- (2). Ensign Birch, of the New South
Wales corps, died on the 5th, and was buried with military honours. He
arrived in the Britannia (accounts of the month of July )
The error in names occurred in
Collins David Lieutenant Colonel (An Account of the English
Colony of N.S.W from its first Settlement in 1788 to August 1801 )
Published in the news Papers
Old Chum, ‘Old Sydney No.152’,
Truth, 9 October 1910.
Much of this article was reprinted in Old Chum, ‘Old Sydney
No.881’, Truth, 28
September 1924. Article includes transcriptions of headstones from
James Bonwich notes, history of old burial ground and other
cemeteries around Sydney. C/D
Reference R.S.T & R.M
-Inventory of
Burials 1792-1820 City of Sydney
Historical Program
Researched
Cathy Dunn
C/D
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- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
- The information is intended for
short Historical value only,
- E- mail address
- © Copyright B & M Chapman
(QLD) Australia
- (1) Collins David Lieutenant
Colonel Royal Marines (An Account of the English Colony of
N.S.W from its first Settlement in 1788 to August 1801 ) A . Strahan
Printers - street for T. Caldwell Jun. And W. Davis , The Strand 1802 Chapter
(V1) 6
- (2). Ibid Chapter (V) 5
- (3) . Australian Vital records Index
1788-1905 Disc 1
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