Patrick Feagan (also known as Patrick Fagan), a labourer, was found guilty in July 1826 at Lancaster, of stealing silver spoons from a house. Sentenced to 7 years transportation he arrived at Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) aboard the Andromeda in February 1827. He was described as being 4 feet 11 inches tall, with light brown hair, and was pickpotted.
Feagan spent most of his first months in a chain gang for various indiscretions such as breaking down the paling of Mr Baker's garden and for gambling. In December 1827 he was sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing money from a house.
Feagan was sentenced to 25 lashes on 24 March 1828 for being idle and ???? For stealing from William Biggins he received 50 lashes on 9 May 1828 and was recommended to be immediately removed to Macquarie Harbour. He was ordered 25 lashes on 16 May 1828 for feigning sickness. He received 25 lashes for throwing a stone at James Hawley and wounding him on 11 August 1828. For breaking into the sawyer's hut and stealing a piece of ? and ? of bread on 6 May 1830 he was sentenced to 12 days solitary confinement on bread and water.
With four other men Feagan escaped from Macquarie Harbour on 3 September 1830. Once their provisions were exhausted, the men resorted to killing, and eating, each other. Only two — Edward Broughton and Matthew McAlboy — survived. They surrendered to authorities and were executed. Feagan was the third to be killed and cannibalised by the escaped convicts.
'Feagan, Patrick (c. 1812–1830)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/feagan-patrick-31471/text38926, accessed 12 November 2024.
c.
1812
Liverpool,
Merseyside,
England
1830
(aged ~ 18)
Tasmania,
Australia
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Crime: theft (house)
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Lancashire
Trial Date: July 1826
(1826)