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Descendants of those who arrived with the First Fleet in 1788 with Captain Arthur Phillip

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Laurence Richards and Family

December 5, 2017 by Cheryl Timbury

Private Marine Laurence Richards from Tiverton Devon, and his pregnant wife Mary, boarded the Prince of Wales for their voyage to Sydney Cove.  Son Samuel was born on 9 October 1787 five days out from the ship’s arrival at the Cape of Good Hope. At Port Jackson, Richards was amongst a number of Marines who served in the detachment of Captain John Shea.  In 1791 he decided to become a settler, sailing to Norfolk Island by Atlantic in October 1791 with Mary, Samuel and a second son Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Children of Marines, Marines, Privates, Stories

Munday Family

August 9, 2017 by Cheryl Timbury

John Munday was a private marine in the 18th (Plymouth) Company who came to New South Wales on the First Fleet, bringing with him his wife Ann and son Edward. John was a cloth worker from Berkeley, Gloucestershire, before joining the Marine Corps at Plymouth. It is uncertain which ship the family sailed on to New South Wales, suggestions being the Sirius or Alexander.  At Port Jackson John served in the company of Captain Shea. Ann Munday had a daughter Elizabeth at Port Jackson, Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Children of Marines, Marines, Wives of Marines

Chapman Family

August 1, 2016 by Cheryl Timbury

Robert Ross was Major of a detachment of four companies of marines that sailed on the First Fleet ships.  Marines aboard the Prince of Wales were 2 lieutenants, 3 sergeants, 2 corporals, 1 drummer, 24 privates, some accompanied with wives and children. Private Marine Thomas Chapman was attached to the 60th (Plymouth Company).  On 17 August 1787, Sergeant of Marines James Scott also on Prince of Wales wrote, Private Thomas Chapman was promoted to Corporal to stand in for one who had lost his Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Children of Marines, Marines, Officers, Wives of Marines

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