Zachariah Shaw ^{79,852,882,883,884,887,888,1764}

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The following research courtesy of Jordan Gregory:

Zachariah Shaw and the 1798 Irish Rebellion

From Antrim and Down in '98: the lives of Henry Joy M'Cracken, James Hope, William Putnam M'Cabe, Rev. James Porter, Henry Munro

…I was sorry to hear, by Mr. Zachariah Shaw, who called here a few weeks ago, that his brother Jonas was recovering very slowly. I hope, however, before this time that he is perfectly well.*
(Signed) "Mary Ann M'Cracken"

*Jonas Shaw never recovered from the effects of being flogged, but lingered for a few months. He was a Quaker, and remarkably mild. He was flogged at the prevot in Dublin Castle, by Lord Kingsborough's orders. - R.R.M.

From The United Irishmen: their lives and times

It is in vain, utterly futile and fruitless, to deny the constant use of torture in 1797 and 1798, in the Riding House, Marlborough Street, under the direction of John Claudius Beresford, and in the Prevot Prison in the Royal Barracks, then governed by Major Sandys, brother-in-law of Mr. Secretary Cooke (Lord Castlereagh's chief official in the secretary's office); occasionally, too, in the Royal Exchange, and in the small vacant space adjoining the entrance to the Upper Castle Yard, immediately behind the offices of Lord Castlereagh, and having on the opposite side the back part of the Exchange, where, under the very windows of Lord Castlereagh's office, the triangles were set up for fastening the wretches to, who were flogged, tortured even to death.

There two remarkable executions took place. A young Dominican clergyman named Bush, and a Quaker named Shaw, were scourged, by the command and under the eyes of Lord Kingsborough, and with such severity that the latter is said to have died from the effects of his punishment.

From Robert Emmet and the Rebellion of 1798 (p120)

A final decision seems to have been taken on 4 November 1798, 'the great night of deliberation'. On that occasion 'Holt's party' came together off Thomas Street, McMahon's officers met at O'Hara's home, 32 West New Row, Thomas Street, while Zachariah Shaw's group assembled at the Elephant Inn on Eustace Street.

From my personal correspondence with Ruan O'Donnell, Senior Lecturer in History, University of Limerick, Ireland
[Zachariah] Shaw was mixing with the top tier Dublin City United Irishmen and viewed as one of its leaders.



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Tried Dublin February 1834. Forging stamps. Given a life sentence. He was aged 62, a Quaker. His occupation was Wholesale Hosier. He arrived on "Royal Admiral 3" which departed Dublin 27 September 1834 and arrived Sydney 22 January 1835.
His wife Julia and seven children were also on board. All listed as Catholics. There were 203 male Irish convicts transported on the Royal Admiral

Zachariah was tried together with ROBERT CLAYTON 42, engraver of Dublin and his son THOMAS CLAYTON 17, engraver. Concerned in the forgery of stamps and having pleaded guilty to the charge, on the condition of being free in the Colony, all were accordingly transported for life.
Zachariah was granted a Ticket of Exemption on arrival.

Stamp Office, Dublin, Ireland. 23 September 1834. Letter to New South Wales Governor.
British Government ordered Fifty Pounds to SHAW and CLAYTON families as as outfit for voyage on "Royal Admiral" and further One Hundred Pounds should be paid to them on arrival in the Colony.

Downing Street. 29 September 1834.
Major General Bourke. Grant upon arrival in the Colony a Ticket of Leave or such other permission as will enable them to proceed with their families to any part of the Colony which they may prefer, but, in granting them this privilege. especial care must be taken that the parties do not under any circumstances leave the Colony.

Ticket of Exemption. 29 January 1835.
Principal Superintendent of Convicts Office. 30 January 1835.
Disembarked today and have for the present taken up their abode in the north end of Prince St. Sydney.
Ticket of Exemption enclosed in your communication of the 29th inst. were delivered to them on board.

6 February 1835.
Received from ALEXANDER MACLEAY esq. Colonial Secretary, the sum of Fifty Pounds Sterling as directed by the Irish Government. Signed ZAC SHAW.

The Government initially did not have an airtight case against CLAYTON (the Etcher & Forger), so Julia Kavanagh testified against him. She and her seven children were then allowed to come to Australia. Both families were given 25 pounds in gold sovereigns and cabin accommodation aborad the "Royal Admiral" which arrived in Sydney on 22 Jan 1835. Both families were then given a further 50 pounds and Tickets of Exemption.
However, they were all banned from returning to England or Ireland.
In an ironice conclusion, Zach became an Overseer of Convicts (possibly in Carters Barracks) and Robert CLAYTON was the Artist & Engraver for the first postage stamps issued in New South Wales on 1 Jan 1850.

Extract from 'The Empire' newspaper of 24 March 1852:
ASSAULT.-Henry Breasley appeared to answer the complainf of Thomas Finley, for assaulting him on the I6th instant. The parties have been on very bad terms for a considerable length of time, and the complainant produced, a pole or broomstick, with which the defendant, had cut his head. The defendant produced a witness named Zachariah Shaw, who deposed that his daughter was the defendant's wife, and that the complaintant's wife had commenced the disturbance, being boisterous in the extreme. The defendant was convicted, and fined in tho penalty of £2, and ,4s. 6d. costs, in default to be imprisoned during fourteen days.

(Before the Police Magistrate and Alderman Egan.)

  Research Notes:

Death information yet to be confirmed

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Wholesale hosier, 1829, Dublin, County Of Dublin, Ireland. ¹⁷⁶⁴

• Court, 15 Nov 1829, Ireland. ⁸⁸⁴

• Convict Conviction Record, 1834, Sylvania, NSW, Australia.

• Transported, 22 Jan 1835, Ireland To Sydney. ¹⁷⁶⁵

• Occupation, 31 Mar 1845, House Of Corrections, Carters Barracks, Sydney, NSW, Australia. ¹⁷⁶⁶

• Newspaper Article: The Empire, 24 Mar 1852, Sylvania, NSW, Australia. ⁸⁸⁸

Zachariah married Julia Anne Kavanagh on 23 Sep 1820 in St Mary Parish, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland ⁸⁸².^,883 (Julia Anne Kavanagh was born circa 1801 in Kilcock, County Kildare, Ireland, died in 1847 in NSW, Australia and was buried on 22 Jun 1847 in Moreton Bay, NSW, Australia.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Licence, 1820, Dublin, County Of Dublin, Ireland. ⁸⁸⁴

• Registered Marriage, 1820, Dublin, County Of Dublin, Ireland. ⁸⁸³

• Registered Marriage, 1820, Ireland. ⁸⁸⁹

• Registered Marriage, 23 Sep 1820, St Mary Parish, Dublin, Leinster, Ireland. ⁸⁸²