Deborah Davis

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iain Frazier on 12th May 2026

Family connections for Deborah (Davis) are: DAVIS Deborah (Davis) was born about 1764/74. She was tried for theft of jewelery at Kent Assizes in 1788, sentenced to 7years (this Website suggests the sentence had been reduced) & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12months on Fleet ship LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover; she was sent to Norfolk Island on 7 8 1790 & became domestic servant to Governor (King). She had a first relationship (1of3) with William Neate (Chapman) from November 1791. She is recorded in June 1794 as a servant of the Lieutenant Governor w/1child. She was assigned a 9acre land grant (plot no.113) at Cascade Creek Phillipburgh on east side of the island in 1801 by William Neate (Chapman).>>> [Some information taken from this Website] William Neate (Chapman) appears to have arrived in Port Jackson NSW free on 21 9 1791 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship HMS GORGON, where he was impressed by the aboriginal Bennelong. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 4 1/11 1791 on ADMIRAL BARRINGTON under the guidance of Lieut Gov (Kimg) & commenced work as reader of the Sunday Services. It is suggested that Gov (King) took special interest in him & may have been related through families in England or even to (King)s wife. He became storekeeper at Phillipburgh. He moved to Sydney town in 1792. On 8 11 1793 he accompanied Gov (King)s voyage on BRITANNIA to New Zealand. He was appointed Gov (King)s Secretary about 1795. In 1796 he also worked as Superintendent, banker, merchant (dealing with ships-Captain Michael (Hogan MARQUIS CORNWALLIS). In 1796 he was ensured a 7year lease on the 9acre property where they both lived at Cascades Phillipburgh (plot no.113) on the east of the island by Gov. (King) before the Governors departure. He was storekeeper in 1798. He moved to Port Jackson in December 1800-assigning the 9acre land grant at Cascade Creek Phillipburgh to Deborah (Davis)-effective 1803. In April 1801 he was recorded still as Gov. Secretary & also local deputy Commissary & Gov. Secretary in 1804. In 1804 he was granted a 1300acre lease for 5years & another? in Evan in 1805. In 1821 the 9acre lease was cancelled. ... >>>Deborah (Davis) had a second (2of3) relationship with John (Herbert) his second (2of3) relationship).>>> John (Herbert) was born about 1772. He was tried at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4.5months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. He, as John Alexaner, had a first (1of3) relationship with Hannah (Bolton perhaps her second (2of3) relationship) whom he perhaps married in 1791 (a group ceremony was held in November 1791, at which they were not listed). He was Free by Servitude by 1799. [a John (Herbert) was recorded as settler/baker on stores on Norfolk Island in Fenruary 1805] He left Norfolk Island 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) on 25 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE, arriving in Hobart Town/Derwent on 17 1 1808 & married thirdly Elizabeth (Smith age14 her first marriage) on 15 5 1808 at St Davids CofE Hobart. His property included 50acres Strangford/Brighton & 30rods Elizabeth & Bathurst St Hobart. He died on 16 7 1821 age49 father of 6children & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart. [Some information taken from this Website] .. >>>Deborah (Davis) still owned 9.5acres when she moved to Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), with John (Broughton) & perhaps with a child, on 15 5 1808 as part of the first evacuation on ESTRAMINA, arriving on 5 6 1808. In 1809 she was living on 50acres at Clarence Plains with (her third relationship) John (Broughton) whom she later married, as an emancipist, on 7 3/5 1810 at St Davids CofE Hobart. In 1821 the 9acre lease was cancelled. She is recorded in 1822 w/her husband in Tasmania. She died in 1829 age65 mother of 3known children in Tasmania. John (Broughton) was born about 1764. He was tried in London in 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SALAMANDER; he arrived on Norfolk Island in September 1791. He is recorded as Free by Servitude sentence expired labourer off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. On 15 5 1808 he moved to Derwent 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 Deborah (Davis) & perhaps 1child on ESTRAMINA, arriving on 5 6 1808. He is recorded as off stores in Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. He is recorded in 1822 with his wife in Tasmania. John (Broughton) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. 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' Ryan RJ 'Land Grants 1788-1809 NSW VDL NI Flynn Michael 'Second Fleet-Britains Grim Armada of 1790' McClelland James: 'History of NSW 1788-1977 and First Fleet convicts Book1 'Nepean River Valley History Book5' 'Australian History and Convicts many Vols 1788-??' 'Convict Pioneer and Immigrant History Book9 Vol4' 'All Convicts 1788-93 Arriving Australia Book23' 'History of NSW 1728-1986 Book53'

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D Wong on 6th January 2013

1788: Reprieved to transportation for 7 years. August 1770: Sent to Norfolk Island from Port Jackson. November 1791:Associated with William Neate Chapman and cohabited with him from 1791. He was the storekeeper at Phillipburg, he was a personal friend of the King's, often staying in their household, where Deborah was employed as a domestic servant. June 1794: Recorded as a servant in the Lieutenant Governor's household. She was unmarried with one unidentified child. (this child may have died (on the passenger list of the "Estramina" to VDL in 1808 there was no child listed with her). 1801: William Neate Chapman, secretary to Governor King, transferred to Deborah a life interest in a land grant he had received on Norfolk Island. This grant was 9 acres a Phillipburgh, on Cascade Creek. May 1808: Left Norfolk Island on the "Estramina" to VDL. 1809: Listed as occupying a 50 acre land grant at Clarence Plains with John Broughton. (They married in 1810). 1819: John and Deborah were no longer listed as landholders but were both mentioned in the 1822 Muster.

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Eric Harry Daly on 5th January 2013

Deborah Davis convicted at Kent in 1788, aged 24, of stealing jewellery from a house. Died 1829 Tasmania. married John Broughton in 1810 Hobart