Elizabeth Cole

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iain Frazier on 22nd December 2024

Family connections for Elizabeth (Cole) are: Some amendments added Jun 2025. COLE Elizabeth (Cole) was born about 1758/60. She was tried for burglary & stealing a womans gown from William (Cox) at Exeter Devonshire Assizes, sentenced to 7years, embarked on First Fleet ship CHARLOTTE, transferred to FRIENDSHIP at Rio de Janeiro as one of the disruptive women on board, & transferred again to PRINCE OF WALES at Cape of Good Hope & arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a journey of 8months. She had a first relationship (1of4) with William (Ellis) at Port Jackson. She was sent to Norfolk Island on HMS SIRIUS, arriving on 13 3 1790 (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay), with William Ellis >>> [Some details taken from this Website] William (Ellis) arrived in NSW as a marine on 2 11 1788 after a voyage of 7.5months on First Fleet ship FRIENDSHIP. He went to Norfolk Island arriving on 13 3 1790, possibly on HMS SIRIUS (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay), with Elizabeth (Cole). He apparantly enlisted in NSW Corps on 24 3 1791 as a private. He died on 27 12 1792.[Elizabeth (Cole) & William (Ellis) produced 1child: 1.Thomas (Ellis/Cole) was born in 1789 & christened on 9 8 1789 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He went to Norfolk Island with his mother on HMS SIRIUS arriving on 6/13 3 1790 (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay). He was recorded as a government apprentice on Norfolk Island in February 1805. He went to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with his mother as part of the first evacuation on 3 9 1808 on first CITY OF EDINBURGH, arriving on 3 10 1808; to 40acres at New Town/Glenorchy. He married Mary Ann (Donovan) on 15 11 1814 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He was recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. He lived on his grant of Snake Island near Bruny Island. He died on 14 12 1842 age about53. ..Mary Ann (Donavan) was born in 1797 in Cork co.Ireland. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 2 7 1811 after a voyage of 7months on PROVIDENCE. Noted a Mary (Cole) with 3children is recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. She lived at Snake Island near Bruny Island. She died in 1878 age about about81.] ..Details of Mary Ann (Donovan)s family are given in entry for Margaret (Donavan PROVIDENCE 1811) on this Website. ..Thomas (Cole) & Mary Ann (Donovan) produced maybe 13children: ..1a.Noted a William (Cole) is recorded as born in January 1813 & died on 12 9 1813 age8m & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney-no parents given. ..1.Margaret Elizabeth (Cole) was born on 27 10 1815 & baptised on 26 11 1815 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She was recorded as off stores with her mother on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. She possibly married Robert (Bridle) on 14 2 1833 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool & produced 11children. She died on 26 6 1873 age58 at Sydney.] ..Robert (Bridle) was born on 17 2 1790 at Chard Somerset. He was charged w/1other for breaking entering & stealing, on 2 4 1817, watches etc of Woolf Josep (Castor) of Spitalfields at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW on 5 4 1818 after a voyage of 6months on BATAVIA. He died on 14 2 1853 age62 at Liverpool. ..[All details taken from this Website] ..Details of Robert (Bridle)s family are given in entry for Robert (Bridle BATAVIA 1818) on this Website. .. ..2.Amelia (Cole) was born on 21 3 1818 & baptised on 15 7 1818 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She was recorded as off stores with her mother on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. ..3.Thomas (Cole) was born on 11 10 1820 & baptised on 8 11 1820 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He was recorded as off stores with his mother on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. ..4-13 ??? (Cole). .. >>>Elizabeth (Cole) was sent to Norfolk Island on HMS SIRIUS on 6 3 1790 arriving on 13 3 1790. She had a second (2of4) relationship with James (Tucker perhaps his second relationship) on Norfolk Island & produced 4children. She was Free by Servitude by 1795. She left James (Tucker) in 1796.>>> James (Tucker/Tuker) was born about 1757. He was tried for stealing, on 16 8 1788, silver tea spoon etc of John (Carter) at Old Bailey on 10 9 1788, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & hulk DUNKIRK from May 1789 at Plymouth & arrived in NSW on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate; he was perhaps Catholic. He was sent to Norfolk Island arriving in August 1791. In 1796 he was tried w/2others for robbery of a miller & wife & was Pardoned on condition that he become hangman for the island for Life. He is recorded in February 1805 as Free by Servitude hangman on Norfolk Island. He died as emancipist on 3 12 1807 age50 father of perhaps 4children on Norfolk Island. [Some details taken from this Website; & noted a John (Tucker) born about 1726 was also held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived on NEPTUNE-he died on 25 9 1816 age90 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta=a relative?] .. >>>Elizabeth (Cole) had a third (3of4) relationship with Richard Cornelius (Burrows) who joined him in 1796, produced 4children & later married on 25 2 1810 at St Davids CofE Hobart. Richard Cornelius (Burrows) was born on 13 6 1767 & became a farmer. He was tried w/1other for stealing a sheep of Thomas (Shortland) & Samuel (Hartford) of Rothwell Northamptonshire at Northampton Assizes on 17 7 1787, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years, held on hulk LION at Portsmouth from June 1788 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE (or SCARBOROUGH): a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He was sent to Norfolk Island on 4 7 1791 arriving in September 1791, where he was soon sentenced to 50lashes on 11 10 1791 for repeatedly absenting himself from work. In 1800 he purchased 60acres which he sold most of in 1802. He was Free by Servitude by 1803. He was recorded in February 1805 as landholder sentence expired off stores. In 1807 he farmed 8acres & was employed by the government. He still had those 8acres when he went to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the first evacuation (for which volunteers apparantly had been called with appropriate compensation offerred & for which he may have tried to decline as some successful farmers were asked to stay) with his family of wife & 4children on 3 9 1808 on CITY OF EDINBURGH; arriving on 3 10 1808; to 40acres later granted at New Town/Glenorchy. He was recorded in 1809 as farming 16acres at New Town. He died on 27 2 1818 age50 by drowning while ferrying 12persons (1survived) on his boat near Black Snake on the Derwent River & was buried on 10 3 1818 age59sic at St Davids CofE Hobart. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Noted an Elizabeth (Coles) had a relationship with William (Harvey) soldier. She died on 31 1 1821 age about63 mother of maybe 13children & was buried with her husband at St Davids CofE Hobart. [..William (Harvey) arrived as a soldier with 73rd Regiment in 1810.] [..Elizabeth (Coles) & William (Harvey) produced maybe 4children:] [..1.Susannah (Harvey) was born in 1811 & baptised on 15 7 1811 at St Davids CofE Hobart. ] [..2.William (Harvey) was born in 1811 also & baptised on 10 7 1811sic at St Davids CofE Hobart.] [Noted: [..3?.an Elizabeth (Harvey) is recorded as born in 1813 in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).] [..4?.an Emiline (Harvey) is recorded as born in 1819 in Van Diemens Land (Tasmania).] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'

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toni walker on 30th September 2016

Actual crime was theft of 9 pairs of men's worsted stockings, in company wth another female. There were actually two Elizabeth Coles with the First Fleet, the other of which was married to a male convict early on arrival and then selected for transport to Norfolk Island in March 1788. She then was known by her married name on subsequent victualling lists giving the impression of only one Elizabeth Cole in the settlement.

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Rachel Loosemore on 4th November 2013

Elizabeth arrived in Australia on the "Prince of Wales" (transferred twice during the voyage) on 20 January 1788 at Botany Bay and on 26 January 1788 the whole First Fleet anchored at Sydney Cove in Port Jackson and Captain Arthur Phillip raised the British flag on shore. Her arrival date is not 22 May 1788.

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Rachel Loosemore on 7th March 2013

Crime details: (a) Com'd 15 September by James Carrington C'l for Breaking & Entering a Dwelling house. (b) For feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of William Cox between 10 and 11 in the forenoon no person being therein and stealing thereout one womans stuff Gown val. 7s. and other goods val. 5l. 9s. the property of Jane Cox Spr. Left Plymouth on the First Fleet ship "Charlotte", moved to the "Friendship" at Rio de Janeiro, moved to "Prince of Wales" at Cape of Good Hope to Australia. She was sent to Norfolk Island on the "Sirius", 6 March 1790. Spent 18 years there then when the colony disbanded was sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). She had a relationship with William Ellis, Marine, at Port Jackson and had son Thomas Cole, christened 9 August 1789. She had a relationship with James Tucker (Second Fleet convict) on Norfolk Island and had two daughters with him, Sarah (b.7 Sept 1793 - d 20 Dec 1793) and Maria (b. 27 Dec 1795 - d. May 1858). She had three children by Richard Cornelius Burrows (Second Fleet convict) on Norfolk Island.. Richard Cornelius Burrows jnr (b. 13 June 1798 - d. 12 Sept 1878), Ann Burrows (b. 8 May 1800 - d. after 1840) and John Burrows (b. 7 March 1803 - d. 5 Sept 1859). She married Richard in Hobart, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 25 February 1810. Elizabeth died in Hobart on 31 January 1821 and is buried in St David's Cemetery.