2. Jeremiah Harrington-2 (Jeremiah Harrington-1)[4]. He was born 1812 in Dromleena, Fanlobbus Parish, Co. Cork, Ireland. He died on 22 Apr 1865 in Wellington, NZ.
Jeremiah, had served with the 65th Regiment (Royal Tigers) for 16 years - in Ireland, West Indies, Canada and England - before arriving with his wife Margaret at the Bay of Islands on 4 January 1847. He obtained his discharge from the Regiment in 1848 and settled his family in Wellington. His discharge reads as follows:
Regimental Number 849
Rank at Discharge Private
First Name Jeremiah
Surname Harrington
Birthplace Dummanday (?Dunmanway)
Trade on enlistment Butcher
Date of enlistment 25 January 1831
Place of Discharge Wellington
Date of Discharge 17 April 1848
Type of Discharge Discharged (no details)
Ship sailed on to NZ Sir Robert Peel
His enlistment details, on 25 January 1831 at 19 years of age, state that he was 5'5" in height and his previous occupation was a butcher. He received the sum of &2.10.0 which was the third part of the bounty paid to the recruit on final approval.
After his enlistment he was stationed at Kinsale, Ireland until 3 November 1831 when the Company marched to Cork - a 20 Mile march taking one day. After a couple of days rest they marched from Cork to Buttevant, 29 Miles away which took 2 days. The men were stationed there until December 1832 and during this time Jeremiah spent 30 days in the hospital.
In January 1833 the Regiment was back in Kinsale and on April 3 they embarked for Barbados, West Indies, and stationed there until September 1834. During this time Jeremiah was often off sick and spent 12 days in the hospital.
A move to St Vincent was made in October 1834 and Jeremiah was stationed at Georgetown. He spent 9 days in hospital and was sick for 17 days up to December 1837. On the 10 until the 23rd of November he was in prison in the Guard Room for a military offence. As a result his liquor money was forfeited for 6 months.
The Regiment was ordered to leave the West Indies, at 24 hours notice to proceed to Canada to quell the French/Canadian rebellion. They embarked on the Flagship "Cornwallis" on 8 December 1837 and arrived at Halifax on 2 January 1838. The change was most trying to the men as they had left intense tropical heat for the rigours of the Canadian winter. The men were given extra 5/- allowance for winter clothing,
The regiment remained in Canada from January 1838 until September 1841 and were stationed at Fredericton, La Prairie, Isle Aus Noix, Kingston and Prescott and during this time Jeremiah spent 29 days in hospital.
The Regiment was back in England in October 1841 stationed at Plymouth. In July 1842 it was ordered to Manchester and Jeremiah was stationed at Stockport, Bury and Bolton between then and December 1843. During this time he spent 58 more days in hospital and from January 1 - Jan 27 1843 he had 58 days furlough. It is possible that during this time he married Margaret Belford, but no trace has been found of the marriage or of the birth of their daughter Mary Ann who was born in England in 1843/1844.
In January 1844 the Regiment was back in Ireland at Mullingar and in July of that year Jeremiah was stationed at Hawick in Scotland where he remained until March 1846. On May 1846 the men were back at the Chatham Depot where various detachment of the regiment were to form guards on Convict ships bound for Australia.
From the 1st of May until the 30th of June, Jeremiah is listed as 'sick' and spent 6 days in hospital. About this time there was as outbreak of measles at Chatham. On the 1st of July he was back ' on duty' and on 15 September 1846 he and his family embarked for New South Wales on the freight ship ' Sir Robert Peel' which left Gravesend on 19 Sept under the command of Lt Colonel Gold. On board were 16 sergeants, 45 rank and file, and 51 women and 75 children.
On their arrival in Sydney it was learnt that the advance guard and headquarters of the Regiment had been sent across to New Zealand in response of an urgent request by Governor Grey who need soldiers to help quell the Hone Heke rebellion. Colonel Gold picked up the remainder of the Regiment and sailed for NZ via Hobart, arriving in Auckland on 4 January 1847. On 9 January they proceeded to the Bay of Islands on board the ship ' Driver'
The 65th Regiment arrived in three detachments. The third, under the command of Lt.-Col. Gold, mainly wives and children, on 4th January 1847, at Auckland. Due to a measles outbreak among the children at Chatham, then the Depot of the 65th, no married soldiers had been allowed to travel out from England on the Java; they followed later on the Sir Robert Peel. Commanded by Lt.-Col. C.E. Gold, and later by Col. A.F.W. Wyatt, "New Zealand" worn on battle honours. Jeremiah and Margaret were with this detachment, which included 51 women and 79 children.
Jeremiah was stationed at Waipu and his son James was baptised in the Paihia Anglican Church on 27 March 1847. The family remained in the Bay of Islands until March 1848 when they moved to Wellington where Jeremiah obtained his discharge on 17 April 1848 with a gratuity of &18.5.0.
(There was reportedly a strong respect and chivalrous, almost friendly behaviour between the 65th
Regiment and the Maori. No such respect existed for some other units, e.g. the 70th being taunted to "Go back to India". The Forest Rangers were particularly disliked, probably due to their use of guerrilla tactics, which offended the Maori warrior code.
For example, as described in The York and Lancaster Regiment, Vol 1, p 112, when pickets from the 65th went into the bush at night, they would identify themselves to the Maori and ask them if there would be fighting that night. If the reply was something like "Not tonight - too wet and cold; we’d better get some sleep. Good night, Hickety Pip." both sides would honour the agreement. If there was going to be an attack, they would be given warning, then be expected to fight like any other regiment.
On other occasions, during a lull in fighting, there would be a temporary truce and the Maori and men would exchange food and tobacco and the Maori would point out where they had carefully buried and neatly fenced off, the bodies of 65th men.
On another occasion, when the 65th led an assault on a pa, a Maori shouted out for the Regiment to lie down, because they wanted to fire at the following regiments. The request was ignored.)
In 1849 the family were living in Te Aro, Wellington and Jeremiah worked as a labourer. A son Jeremiah had been born and the elder son James had died. In 1850 they had moved to Tinakori Road and in 1851-1852 they lived in Bolton Street where another son was born, also called James and was baptised in the St Marys Cathedral on 13 Feb 1852. The cathedral was destroyed by fire in 1898 and the site is now occupied by the Basilica of Sacred Heart.
On 8 July 1852 Margaret was conditionally baptised and received in the church by Bishop Philip Viard and also baptised on the same day was her daughter Mary Ann aged 8.
By 1853 the family had moved once more and were living at Lutton place(this street no longer exists). Jeremiah was employed as a butcher and a daughter Margaret was born in October.
Alexander born in 1857 was baptised in the Chapel of the Nativity which stood on the site now occupied by the St Mary of the Angels. He was baptised by father O'Reily OFM Cap who built the chapel in 1844 and was the only priest in Wellington until Bishop Viard arrived in 1850.
The next move for the family was to Willis Street and further additions to the family were john in 1859, William 1861 and Edward in 1863 were all baptised at St Marys. There is no record of the baptism of the youngest child, Helen Carol, and it is presumed that she was born in 1865, the same year that her father died.
Jeremiah died suddenly on 22 April 1865 . Margaret and her family remained in Willis Street and she took in washing to support them. In 1869 she gave her consent to the marriage of her daughter Margaret to Anthony Martin.
On 31 Jan 1879 Margaret Harrington died of TB and on 2 Feb was buried in the Bolton Street Cemetery.
OBITUARY
Printed in the 'Wellington Independent" on 25 April 1865.
SUDDEN DEATH - An inquest was held at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon in the White Swan Hotel on the body of a man named Jerry Harrington who died that morning at his cottage in Willis Street. The deceased had been suffering for some time past from an affectation of the heart, but latterly had not been heard to complain until the evening of Friday when he appeared to be in great difficulty in breathing. Toward morning he was to all appearances much recovered and no fatal termination to his attack was anticipated until very shortly before 4 o'clock when, after a severe paroxysm, he expired. The verdict of the inquest was ' died by the visitation of God by natural causes'. The unfortunate deceased was a time-expired soldier of the 65th Regiment; he had eked out his pension by doing stray jobs about the merchant offices in Parish Street, and was very well known about Te Aro Flat as “Old Jerry". He leaves a widow and a large family of young children totally unprovided for; but we hope they will find that good Samaritans, of whom there are a good number in the town, will not leave them in their great destitution.
Margaret Belford [14]. She was born 1830. She died on 31 Jan 1879 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
. Margaret was born about 1830. She was christened on 8 Jul 1852 in St Marys Cathedral, Wellington. She died on 31 Jan 1870 in Res Willis St, Wellington. She was buried on 2 Feb 1870 in Bolton St Cem, Wellington.
Jeremiah Harrington and Margaret Belford. They were married 1843 in England. They had 11 children.
i. Mary Ann Harrington [15]. She was born 1844 in England.
ii. James Harrington [16]. He was born Mar 1847 in Whatapu, Paihia NZ.
iii. Jeremiah Harrington [17]. He was born 1848 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 16 Jul 1925 in New Zealand.
iv. James Harrington [18]. He was born Dec 1851 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 07 May 1919.
v. Margaret Harrington [19]. She was born Oct 1853 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 23 Jun 1921.
vi. Kate (Catherine) Harrington [20]. She was born on 04 Aug 1855 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 18 Aug 1934 in Hunterville, Rangitikei, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.
vii. Alexnder Marie Harrington [21]. She was born 1857 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 23 Nov 1939.
viii. John Harrington [22]. He was born on 07 Jun 1859 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 05 May 1930.
ix. William Harrington [23]. He was born on 23 Mar 1861 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 27 Aug 1888 in Kairanga, Palmerston North, NZ.
x. Edward Harrington [24]. He was born on 12 Nov 1863 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. He died on 19 Jan 1943 in Huntersville, NZ.
xi. Helen Carol Harrington [25]. She was born 1867 in Wellington, Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. She died on 25 Feb 1938.
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