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

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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

Rachel Early

September 2, 2017 by Cheryl Timbury

Variations of her surname on official records are Hurley, Earley, Harley, Arily.  Rachel was born on 23 April 1769 at Lambourne Berkshire England.  Her mothers’ name is given as Christian Early, no fathers’ name is recorded.  Rachel was unemployed of St Giles London, when she was tried at Reading on 24 July 1786 for stealing an ounce of tea, tabacco and sugar, 3 yards of silk ribband and a linen cap with a value of 3 Shillings, (30 cents today). Sentenced to 7 years Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Convicts, Female Convicts, Marines, Privates, Stories

Thomas Lucas

May 8, 2015 by Cheryl Timbury

was a private marine 23rd (Portsmouth) Company arriving at Port Jackson aboard Scarborough and there served in the company of Captain John Shea.  Thomas also worked in the colony as a glazier, being his former profession.  On 29 December 1791 a son by Ann Howard (Lady Juliana) was born and in December 1792 he enlisted in the NSW Corps and left for Norfolk Island.  In April 1797 he was discharged from the corps and received a grant of 60 acres.  On the Island he worked as a glazier and painter.  Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Descendants, European Conflict, Honouring 1914-1918, Marines, Privates, Returned Home

Daniel Stanfield : Alice Harmsworth

December 30, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

Marine and settler, Daniel Stanfield is reputed to have come from an English naval family.  He arrived with the First Fleet at Port Jackson as a private in the marines.  Promoted to corporal, he married Alice, widow of Thomas Harmsworth, on the 15 October 1791 at St Phillip’s Church, Sydney.  In less than a month he was on duty at Norfolk Island.  In 1794 he was discharged from the marines and sworn in as constable and started to farm.  Stanfield talked of enlisting in the NSW corps and in Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Descendants, Honouring 1914-1918, Marines, Military Awards, Privates, Returned Home, Wives

Thomas Chipp : Jane Langley

November 3, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

Thomas Chipp was a Private Marine 42nd (Plymouth) Company.  He arrived into Sydney Cove aboard the convict ship Friendship and served there in the detachment of Watkin Tench.  At the end of his marine service Thomas decided to become a settler and left Port Jackson on 26 October 1791 by Atlantic for Norfolk Island.  He settled on 60 acres at Cascade Stream, Phillipsburg.  He was selling grain to stores in 1794, when he was listed as married to Jane Langley with three children. Jane Langley Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Descendants, Female Convicts, Honouring 1914-1918, KIA, Marines, Privates

Daniel Stanfield : Alice Harmsworth : Edward Kimberley

September 4, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

Daniel Stanfield was a Private Marine, 55th (Portsmouth) Company.  He served at Port Jackson in the company of Captain James Campbell and was to have a well-documented history in the colony. Alice Harmsworth accompanied her husband Thomas, a Private Marine and their two children, arriving aboard the Prince of Wales.  On the 25 February 1788, a few weeks after arriving in Sydney Cove, Alice lost her son Thomas who had been born on the voyage followed by Thomas in the April.  Two years later Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Descendants, Honouring 1914-1918, KIA, Male Convicts, Marines, Privates, Returned Home, Wives

William Nash : Maria Haynes

July 30, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

William Nash was a Private Marine in the 58TH (Plymouth Company). He had served in 1784-86 on the Plymouth guard ship Bombay Castle, before embarking aboard Prince of Wales. William served at Port Jackson in the company of John Shea, Captain of the Marines. Maria Haynes / Nash accompanied William as his ‘common law wife, despite not being legally married to him at that time. As the baptismal record for their son William on 25 May 1788 indicate that she fell pregnant to William during the Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Descendants, European Conflict, Honouring 1914-1918, Marines, Nurses, Privates, Returned Home, Wives

Philip Gidley King

July 30, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

was born at Launceston Cornwall on 23 April 1758. He was commissioned lieutenant in the navy on 25 November 1778, having served in the East Indies and in American waters since 1770. In October 1786 he went on Sirius as 2nd lieutenant for the voyage to NSW. On arrival at Port Jackson King was appointed commandant of a group going to settle Norfolk Island. On the Island he formed an association with Ann Inett by whom he had two sons, Norfolk and Sydney. Both boys received a good education in Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Convicts, Descendants, European Conflict, Honouring 1914-1918, KIA, Nurses, Officers, Privates, Returned Home

Thomas Lucas : Zachary Clark

June 10, 2014 by Cheryl Timbury

On the First Fleet was Zachary Clark (sometimes Zacharia and sometimes Clarke).  He embarked on the Scarborough and transferred to the Alexander during the voyage. He was engaged by the agent who provisioned the First Fleet to represent that agent’s interests.  At Port Jackson he was made responsible for the weekly issue of provisions.  Later he went to Norfolk Island. Clark had a daughter named Ann who married Thomas Hibbins on Norfolk Island on 9 October 1803.  The previous wife of Hibbins Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Convicts, Descendants, Honouring 1914-1918, Marines, Non Commissioned Officers, Privates, Returned Home

John : Hannah Beresford

November 26, 2013 by Cheryl Timbury

The Berefords and Undine In December 2004, my husband Peter and I were very fortunate to be able to travel to Tasmania and stay in a bed and breakfast accommodation called Undine Colonial Accommodation.  This is just out of Hobart in the suburb of Glenorchy.                   The right side of Undine, which appears to be the single storey, had been built about 1817 by my ancestors John and Hannah Beresford.  The Continue Reading »

Filed Under: Marines, Privates, Stories, Wives

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