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Convict. Born circa 1768. Arrived in Van Diemen's Land on 7th June 1818 per Minerva. Coggins was granted 320 acres on 28th April 1829 at the Coal River. The condition "residence imposed" was noted.
Following a complaint made by Michael Maguire in January 1839, Hugh Coggins (and Thomas Coggins) had a letter written defending his actions. Coggins stated that he was granted land at Brandy Bottom in 1830, and that Maguire purchased a 100-acre grant which he selected at Brandy Bottom in 1836. Coggins continued:
"…for some time after he [Maguire] used to take his cart and Bullocks through Mr. Tolmey's land and our farm to his place, until he McGuire about two years since enclosed a paddock on his farm which stopped that Cart Way."1
Coggins stated that he and Tolmey had fenced their common boundary to meet the requirements of the "Fencing Act."2
In 1842 Coggins was living at Brandy Bottom in a wooden house which he owned. Coggins purchased a "house and premises" in Richmond from John Travers for £40 on 18th February 1842. The property was sold free of incumbrances, however, following the sale Travers mortgaged the property for £50. Coggins, who was illiterate, had John Rogers assist him in publishing a notice in the Colonial Times "cautioning the public" from negotiating the £40 payment.3 Coggins died on 10th December 1852 aged 85 years. He was buried in St. John's Cemetery, Richmond.
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1 AOT LSD 1/22 p.414.
2 Ibid.
3 Colonial Times, 19 April 1842, p.1, c.2.
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