Around 24,000 women convicts were transported to Australia, with some 12,500 sent to Van Diemen’s Land of which 78 have been identified as coming from Cornwall, England. General details for Cornish convicts are attached. Transportation ceased to Van Diemen’s Land in 1853. A brief profile on each Cornish V.D.L. convict, including their lives after arrival, […]
Tag: Convicts
GOODYER: John Eli & Susannah Sarah (nee Chapman)
John (1823 – 1908) a convict and farmer – Susannah (1827 – 1908) a mother and mid-wife John and Susannah were my g.g.g. grandparents and though now separated by generations of ancestors still hold a special place and connection in our family. This is due to them having reared our grandmother Rose who lived with […]
William Pritchard Weston (1804-1888)
Settler Farmer, Churchman, Artist, Justice of the Peace, Anti-transportationist, Municipal Councillor and Tasmanian Premier. When William Pritchard Weston, the son of John Weston a surgeon of London, left England in 1823 aboard the “Adrian”, he was 19 years of age and was carrying a letter of recommendation from a friend at the Colonial Office, London […]
John Alexander Herbert & Hannah Bolton (alias Ann Moor)
John Herbert was the fifth person listed for Australia First Fleet – Scarborough. Hannah Bolton was on the Second Fleet – Lady Juliana. Children (all born on Norfolk Island) Charlotte b. 1792 d. after 1805 Elizabeth b. 1794 d. 1794 Norfolk Island James b. 1795 d. 1858 Longford Jemima b. 1797 d. Probably Tasmania Elizabeth […]
Lieutenant George Briscoe Skardon RN (1786-1850)
Ship’s Officer RN, Settler Farmer, Magistrate, Justice of the Peace and Churchman. On the 10 April 1826, George Briscoe Skardon, at the age of 40 years, received a location of 2,000 acres at Norfolk Plains about five miles west from Longford, Tasmania and three miles east from the later township of Bishopsbourne, with the area […]
Bishopsbourne: William Webb & Family
The family had a strong connection with Bishopsbourne and were involved with erecting buildings, the establishment and operating the Bush Inn hotel, farming and the postal service. The patriarch of the family was William Webb who was born on 20 December 1792 at Nether-Stowey, Somerset, England. He married Ann Maria Webber (1789-1860) on 30 June […]
John Alexander Herbert: First Fleet Convict – London to Sydney
Early Years Information on John’s early years is currently limited. He was born in a house at Shoe Lane (behind St. Andrew’s Church near Long Lane), District of Smithfield, Town of Holborn, County of London early in 1767. Long Lane is near Central London, nearby being the Smithfield Markets, the Old Bailey Courts, St. Andrew’s Church […]
Francis French & John Badcock Families
175 Years in Australia (2006) As the Francis French family and John Badcock came ashore at Hobart Town, Van Diemen’s Land on the 23 August 1831, they probably felt their former home at Pelynt, Cornwall was a world away, for life at the settlement was very different. Fluttering from the masts of the whaling boats […]