Anastatia

In September, charges were brought by deputy sheriff Philip Wright against Anastatia, Edward, Alice, and Bridget Berrigan and Walter Barron for "violently" assaulting him at Renews on 16 August as he tried to execute the writ of possession.

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Regina v. Anastatia Berrigan et al. 3 September 1838

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(Anastatia was sick and unable to attend this particular hearing at Ferryland; her bond was sworn before the resident justice of the peace at Renews, Alan Goodridge.)

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Edward, and the ever-present matriarch, Anastatia.

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There were variations in the members of the Berrigan family involved in each case, but Bridget and Alice were involved in two of the three incidents, while the family matriarch, Anastatia, was present every time.

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There is no surviving record of an 1839 hearing, but on 31 December 1842, Anastatia, Bridget, and Alice Berrigan were again before the court, along with William Berrigan, to face charges of assaulting yet another deputy sheriff, John Stephenson.

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At St. Mary's on 27 October 1837, Anastatia Goff and Mary Daley were tried by jury for an assault and battery of Mary White of Salmonier the previous May.

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‘Anastatia, you are no stranger to the state of this young man’s affections.

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Note 134: PANL, GN 5/4/C/1, Ferryland, box 1, Regina v. Anastatia Berrigan et al., 3 and 20 September 1838. back

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Anastatia was identified in the records as the wife of Thomas Berrigan Sr.; the relationship of the other Berrigan women was not explained, but they were likely daughters, sisters, or relatives by marriage.

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