Thomas Eddington

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Richard Lord on 26th February 2025

Thomas Headington/Heddington/Eddington came from Bray in Berkshire. He was sentenced to 7 years' transportation at Abingdon on 4 July 1785 for having 'broke open a bureau at Bray, and stealing thereout about £6 or £7 in cash in a bag, and also a wooden dish with a great many halfpence and farthings, amongst which was a remarkable crooked farthing, and two large silver spoons'. He was sent to the Ceres hulk in 1786 at the age of 18, and delivered to the Alexander at Woolwich on 6 Jan. 1787, sailing with the First Fleet under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip to Botany Bay. When his name was listed upon landing there, it was written down as Eddington, and he was always known by this name afterwards, although surprisingly his headstone on Norfolk Island spells the name as Headington. All his descendants have been called Eddington. Thomas Headington was on the Alexander, a transport of 452 tons which carried 195 male convicts, with Duncan Sinclair master and William Balmain surgeon. Captain Arthur Phillip was on HMS Sirius, and there were 9 other ships. 6 ships were transports, 3 were storeships, and Sirius and Supply were naval vessels. The ships assembled at Spithead on 17 March 1787 and they left on 13th May. (Thomas Headington had been on board since 6 Jan.) On 3rd June they reached Teneriffe, 4th Aug Rio, and 13th Oct. Table Bay, where they stayed a month. From here, Phillip went on ahead in the Supply, accompanied by the Alexander, Scarborough and Friendship, arriving in Botany Bay on 18th and 19th Jan. 1788. The other ships caught up, and arrived a day later. The voyage had taken 8 months and 1 week to complete. The voyage was fairly well documented. Surgeon General John White, although not on the Alexander himself, mentioned it many times. When the ships travelled together, a surgeon would move from one to another if he were needed and the weather was good. White first visited the Alexander at Spithead, as he had been told that many of the convicts 'had a malignant disease of a most dangerous kind'. He found 'several in bed with slight inflammatory complaints', and found that others stayed in bed as they did not have enough clothes, and the weather was cold. They had also been fed on salt provisions instead of fresh, and White said that when he promised to have these two matters fixed, he saw 'several of them put on such clothes as they had, and look a little cheerful.' However the Alexander probably had the worst health record - 16 men died before sailing, and 5 more before Teneriffe. Much of the new illness on the voyage was scurvy and dysentery, the scurvy being cured by the long stay at the Cape with fresh provisions. There was a plot between the prisoners and some of the seamen on the Alexander, which was given away by a convict informer. Some seamen had provided the convicts with an iron crowbar and other tools to enable them to break out and escape at the Cape. The ringleader was removed to the Sirius, where he was kept in irons, and some of the seamen exchanged for some from the Sirius. Also mentioned on the trip out were a seaman lost overboard, several good catches of fish in the tropics, and a long run of very windy cold weather after leaving Rio, so that the convicts were constantly wet and cold. BOTANY BAY TO PORT JACKSON. Within a couple of days of arriving in Botany Bay, a party took a ship's boat to look at Port Jackson, as the land round Botany Bay was sandy, poor and swampy, and fresh water was hard to find. Four days later the move began to Port Jackson, the two main points in favour being water, and also the fact that ships could get quite close to the shore in Farm Cove. Some convicts were immediately sent ashore to start clearing the ground, and another group was sent fishing. The cattle were landed, the hospital tents set up and quickly filled by scurvy and dysentery patients, and seeds were sown as soon as possible. Five of their precious sheep were killed by lightning at the beginning of February and from the beginning it was a constant battle to provide food for the settlement. No supply ships arrived for over 2 years. Then the Sirius was wrecked at Norfolk Island (March 1790), and Phillip was forced to send the Supply to Batavia for food. NORFOLK ISLAND. Thomas Headington was on the Sirius on the voyage when that disaster took place. Fortunately the convicts had been taken off the day before the ship sank. Norfolk Island had been settled almost immediately from Port Jackson, with Philip Gidley King as first commandant, as two things grew better there than in NSW - tall pine trees, which it was hoped could be used for ships' masts and spars, and flax, for making clothes and sails. Its greatest disadvantage was lack of a safe harbour, and sometimes ships had to stand off for days at a time. King arrived there in March 1788, with a party of 22 others, including 9 male and 6 female convicts. He found the soil fertile, but unfortunately the crops they planted were destroyed by weevils and grubs. Food was short well into the second year of the settlement, and more and more convicts were being sent from Port Jackson, as King had sent such good reports to Phillip of the progress being made. In March 1790 there were 150 people on the Island, after the wreck of the Sirius this figure jumped to 498, and in Nov. 1791 there were 1008. Starvation was only avoided just after the Sirius sank by the discovery of the petrels on Mt Pitt. Norfolk Island records of July 1791 show Thomas Eddington as supporting 3 on a Sydney Town one-acre lot, having cleared 52 rods and felled 26 rods of timber (a rod was 5.5 yds i.e 4 rods = 1 cricket pitch). He also had a half-share in a sow. In November 1791 he may have married Elizabeth Thompson. There is no record of the marriage, but about 100 couples were married that day, taking advantage of a visit by Rev. Richard Johnson. By July 1792 he was leasing Lot 59, of 12 acres, 11 of which were ploughable, and he had 5 under cultivation by Oct. 1793. In June 1794 Thomas Headington was living with Elizabeth Thompson and one child, he was listed in the 1796 muster, and died on 13 Jan. 1798 at the age of 40. His two children were Margaret, born in 1792, and John (c.1796). Dates and ages are a great problem with these early records. Working backwards, if Thomas Eddington were 40 when he died, he would have been born in 1758. His age was given as 18 on the Ceres in 1786, in which case he would have been born in 1768. Mollie Gillen, in her book The Founders of Australia, says he may have been the son of Richard and Elizabeth Heddington who was baptised at Bray on 30 Oct. 1763. I have personally seen his grave at Norfolk Island. It is the oldest grave in existence on the Island.

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iain Frazier on 5th May 2024

Family connections for Thomas (Eddington) are: EDDINGTON Thomas (Eddington) was born about 1758or68 & became a farmer. He arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship ALEXANDER. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 17 3 1790. He married Elizabeth (Thompson her first marriage) on 5 11 1791 in group ceremony on Norfolk Island. He became a farmer in 1792 with 12acres in 1796 & emancipist; he is recorded with plots no.50 & 59 of 12acres each east of Mt Pitt near Phillipsburg. He was recorded in 1794 as having been a farmer prior to arriving on Norfolk Island. He died on 13 1 1798 age40 as an emancipist on Norfolk Island. Thomas (Eddington) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-this entry added by me. Elizabeth (Thom/pson/Tamsin) was born about 1739or46, maybe in Ireland. She was tried for stealing cloth on 19 7 1788, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW from Newcastle upon Tyne 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 arrived on Norfolk Island on 7 8 1791. She was listed with her daughter on Norfolk Island in 1792 Victualling Report. She left Norfolk Island on 15 5 1807 to Hobart with her children.>>> [Some information taken from this Website] Thomas (Eddington) & Elizabeth (Thompson) produced 2children: 1.Margaret (Eddington) was born on 10/16 11 1792 on Norfolk Island; she was listed with her mother in 1792 Victualling Report. She had a first relationship (1of4) at age14 with John (Piper his third relationship) captain & produced 1child in 1806-who was brought up in family of John (Piper). She left Norfolk Island on 15 5 1807 to Hobart with her mother.>>> ..John (Piper) son of Hugh (Piper) & Sarah (Chambers) was born on 20 4 1773 at Maybole Ayrshire Scotland. He enlisted in NSW Corps on 20 4 1791 in United Kingdom as an ensign & arrived in NSW as an ensign on 14 2 1792 after a voyage of 8months on PITT. In 1793 he volunteered/was posted to Norfolk Island as lieutenant; while here he was granted 100acres at Petersham Hill. He had many relationships. He gained the rank of Lieutenant on 6 5 1795 & in 1796 he was in Sydney where he was granted 60 acres at Parramatta on 1 5 1797 after which he returned to United Kingdom. He returned to Parramatta NSW in 1799 where he leased 3acres 135rods at Parramatta on 24 10 1799. In 1800 he gained the rank of Captain. ('People & Their Families' has him arriving in NI in 1801.) In 1801 he seconded Mr John (McArthur) for duel with Mr John (Paterson). He was court martialled in 1802. He was sent again to Norfolk Island as 2nd in command in 1803 where he gained the rank of acting Commandant in August 1804 serving until April 1810. He died on 8 6 1851 age78 father of perhaps 19children at Westbourne/Sydney & was buried at Presbyterian Bathurst. ..Details of John (Piper)s family & relationships are given in entry for James (Shears SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website. .. >>>Margaret (Eddington) had a second relationship (2of4) in 1808 age16 with Lieutenant Governor David (Collins) & produced 2children.>>> ..David (Collins) was born in 1756. He married firstly in Nova Scotia Canada while serving with British forces; they returned to England. He arrived in NSW as an officer in 1788 on First fleet ship HMS SIRIUS; he became deputy judge advocate. He had a second (2of4) relationship with Ann (Yates her third relationship). He returned to England & his wife, on 25 10 1796 on BRITANNIA from Port Jackson, on 25 10 1796 on BRITANNIA from Port Jackson, arriving at Liverpool on 28 6 1797. He left UK on 27 4 1803 & arrived back in Australia (Antipodes) in 1803 on HMS CALCUTTA with supply ship OCEAN from England as Marine Lieutenant Colonel to establish settlement at Port Phillip (pow Victoria) arriving on 4/7 10 1803 after a voyage of 5.5months; he would have camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay, found area unsuitable & moved to the Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 13 12 1803, naming Hobart Town in February 1804. In 1807 he was Lieutenant Governor. He had other relationships. He died on 24/8 3 180 father of 5known children & was buried in Hobart on the spot intended for a church, and St David's CofE Cathedral now bears his name. ..Details of David (Collins)s family are given BELOW. .. A quote attributable to Governor (Bligh) reads: "a very principal private reason exists also-for not stopping at Lt Colonel David (Collins) house- was the sight of him walking with his kept woman (a poor low creature) arm-in-arm about town & bringing her almost daily to his office adjoining the house, directly in view of my daughter." Such was the situation in the colony including Norfolk Island, where all women seemed to be fair game, particularly to the military/NSW Corps; where the number of wives to be victualled at the barracks was capped; where the youngest girls were concubined; where the soldiers were banned from fraternising with single & married women alike; where the women turned around & fraternised with the soldiers. .. >>>Margaret (Eddington) then married thirdly (3of4) George (Watts) emancipist on 9 5 1811 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced 1child.>>> ..George (Watts) was born about 1785 & became a labourer. He was tried for grand larceny at Gloucester Assizes on 9 3 1803, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 8 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on COROMANDEL. He was sent to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) in August 1804 on LADY BARLOW. He was Free by Servitude by 1812. In 1813 he was sentenced to 7years for stealing promissory notes of John (Ingle) of Hobart; he was sent to Penal Settlement at Newcastle about October 1813, from which he had absconded with others before 18 11 1813. He was returned to Van Diemens Land by 1816; where he again broke out & became a bushranger. He was then wounded by fellow bushranger William (Howe) & later recaptured & sent to trial in Sydney. He died on 14 12 1817 age32 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Margaret (Eddington) had a fourth marriage with Charles (Connelly) emancipist on 17 1 1819 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced 1child. She died in December 1822 age30 mother of maybe 5children. ..Charles (Connelly) was born about 1887. He was tried probably at Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW on 12 7 1806 after a voyage of 6months on FORTUNE. He was Free by Servitude by 1819. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.John (Eddington) was born in 1796 on Norfolk Island. He moved to Hobart with his mother. He became proprietor of the Bird In Hand hotel at Hobart & was jockey on the horse Piper in 1816. On 2 10 1818 he was recorded as off stores at Hobart Town. .. >>>This Elizabeth (Thompson) is recorded off stores at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. She is noted as having a second marriage/relatioship with Thomas (Gregory his second). She died on 10 4 1839 age93 mother of perhaps 2children. Thomas (Gregory) married firstly Sarah (Clay) at Sheffield Yorkshire. He was tried at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. The family was sent to Norfolk Island on SURPRISE arriving on 7 8 1790. He had 60acres in 1796-plot no.72 on southwest side of Queensborough. He was recorded as Free by Servitude settler/landowner off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. He died in Tasmania according to the ref:'People of...' before 15 5 1808 father of perhaps 2children & after being sent to Port Macquarie. [Some details taken from this Website] Details of Thomas (Gregory)s family are given in entry for Thomas (Gregory NEPTUNE 1790) on this Website. COLLINS 1 Some amendments added Jul 2025. David (Collins) was born in 1756. He married firstly (1of4) Mary/Maria (Stuart) on 13 6 1777 at Church of St Paul Halifax, Nova Scotia while serving with British forces; they returned to England.>>> Mary/Maria (Stuart) became seriously ill & remained in England. She died at Plymouth Devonshire on 13 4 1830. David (Collins) & Mary/Maria (Stuart) produced 1child: 1.female (Collins) died in infancy. .. >>>David (Collins) arrived in NSW as an officer in 1788 on First Fleet ship HMS SIRIUS; he became deputy Judge Advocate for Port Jackson. He had a second (2of4) relationship with Ann (Yates her third relationship).>>> Ann (Yates/Yeates) was born about 1768. She arrived in NSW as a convict in 1788 also, on First Fleet ship LADY PENRHYN. She had a first (1of3) relationship with Joseph (Theakston). In March 1788 she was selected to join the first party of settlers to Norfolk Island, which she refused due to being 7months pregnant. She stayed in Port Jackson when David (Collins) & Joseph (Theakston) separately left for UK in 1796.>>> Ann (Yates) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. .. David (Collins) & Ann/Nancy (Yates) produced 2children: 1.Marianne Laetitia (Yates) was born on 13 11 1790 & baptised on 14 11 1791 age1 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She is recorded as visiting her father in Hobart Town about 1805. She married at age15 Samuel Rodman (Chace his second relationship) on 15 2 1806 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 23 7 1860 age69. ..Samuel Rodman (Chace) arrived in Australia in 1801 as ships Master of HARRIOTT. He had a first relationship with Sarah (Thomas) In 1808 he received property in Hobart previously owned by Matthew (Power) husband of David (Collins)s later concubine Hannah (Power). .. [Sarah (Thomas) arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 4 1800 after a voyage of 6months on SPEEDY. She may have had several relaionships.>>> .. [There were 2xSarah (Thomas)s transported on SPEEDY arriving in 1800.] [A.Sarah (Thomas) was born about 1762. She was tried for theft at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years & held at London Gaol Delivery. She was probably the one who had a relationship with Samuel Rodnman (Chase) & Robert (Jones).] [B.Sarah (Thomas) was born about 1784. She was tried for stealing a gown etc at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery. It was she who married Josiah (Cooper).] [Details of Sarah (Thomas)s family are shown in their entries on this Website.] .. ..Samuel Rodman (Chace) & Sarah (Thomas) produced 1child:] ..1.Elizabeth Sarah (Chace) was born on 11 11 1801 & baptised on 1 9 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney.] .. [..a Sarah (Thomas) is recorded as dying on 11 6 1828 age59 & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney-who does not precisely tally with either lady.] .. ..Marianne Laetitia (Collins/Yates) & Samuel Rodman (Chace) produced 6children: ..1.Marianne Laetitia (Chace) was born on 23 5 1807 & baptised on 1 9 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..2.Elizabeth (Chace) was born on 1 1 1810 & baptised on 4 2 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..3.George Reynolds (Chace) was born in 1812. He died on 20 7 1865 age about53. ..4.John Douglas (Chace) was born in 1815. He died on 7 1 1829 age about13. ..5.Samuel Rodman (Chace) was born in 1817. He died on 11 11 1880 age about63. ..6.Davis John (Chace) was born in 1819. .. [Noted an Ann Elizabeth (Chace/Chase) is recorded as born on 15 4 1819 & baptised on 20 6 1835 age16 at Anglican church Clarence Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) to William (Chace/Chase) & Sarah Sophia (???)] .. 2.George Reyolds-sic (Yates) was born on 28 4 1794 & baptised on 23 6 1794 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. This Website indicates he became a midshipman. He died in December 1796 age about19m. .. .. >>>David (Collins) returned to England to his wife, on 25 10 1796 on BRITANNIA from Port Jackson, arriving at Liverpool on 28 6 1797. In this year (1797) he wrote 'An Account of the English Colony in NSW'. He left UK on 27 4 1803 & arrived back in Australia (Antipodes) in 1803 on HMS CALCUTTA with supply ship OCEAN from England as Marine Lieutenant Colonel to establish settlement at Port Phillip (now Victoria) arriving on 4/7 10 1803 after a voyage of 5.5months; he would have camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay. He had a third (3of4) relationship during the voyage with Hannah (Power wife of convict Matthew (Power)) whom he openly took into his cabin and also provided Matthew with good accommodation and the run of the ship - but not his wife. (On this voyage was William (Collins) midshipman, perhaps his nephew.) He determined that Port Phillip was not suitable as a settlement & organised William (Collins) to undertake journey to Port Jackson to advise the Governor; intelligence which the Governor had previously ascertained but been unable to communicate in time. He left Port Phillip on 27 1 1804 on OCEAN accompanied by HMS LADY NELSON & arrived at Risdon Derwent Tasmania on 15 2 1804, where he organised the establishment of a new settlement-Hobart Town at Sullivans Cove in February 1804. He maintained Hannah (Power) as his mistress at Hobart Town & provided her husband with special supplies of meat and in 1804 obtained an early free pardon for him. He built a house for Matthew (Power). His daughter Marianne is recorded as visiting him in Hobart Town about 1805; he had dinner parties with his illegitimate daughter, his mistress Hannah (Power), the vicar and Matthew (Power) all together. In 1807 he was Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemens Land. In 1808 he arranged for Hannah & Matthew (Power) to leave Hobart while transferring their property to his son in law Samuel (Chac/se). >>> .. Hannah (???/Powers) married Matthew (Power). She was tried with her husband for uttering forged notes at Kent Assizes & acquitted. She arrived in Australia at Port Phillip (now Victoria) with her husband on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on HMS CALCUTTA with supply ship OCEAN; (an expedition that settled in Tasmania). During the voyage captain David (Collins) openly took Hannah into his cabin and provided Matthew with good accommodation and the run of the ship - but not his wife. She camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay, before being moved to the Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 13 12 1803 on HMS LADY NELSON to Risdon Derwent arriving on 15 2 1804, and to Hobart Town in February 1804. She was maintained by David (Collins) as his mistress in Hobart Town while her husband was given special privileges; at this time she regularly saw her husband- she attended socialite parties with her husband, defacto & his extended family. Matthew (Power) was tried with his wife for uttering forged notes at Kent Assizes, sentenced to 14years & arrived in Australia at Port Phillip (now Victoria) as a convict with his wife on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on HMS CALCUTTA with supply ship OCEAN; (an expedition that settled in Tasmania). During the voyage captain David (Collins) openly took his wife into his cabin and he was provided with good accommodation and the run of the ship - but not his wife. He camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay before being moved to the Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with his wife on 13 12 1803 on HMS LADY NELSON arriving on 15 2 1804. His wife continued to be maintained by David (Collins) as his mistress; he receiving special supplies of meat and, in 1804, an early free pardon for him - although he had only served 2years of a 14year sentence. In 1805 he was leased acreage at a nominal rent, and then was granted 50acres of prime land. At this time he regularly saw his wife- he attended socialite parties with his wife, cuckold & his extended family. A house was built for him by David (Collins who became Lieutenant Governor in 1807). In 1807 he had 2.5acres cultivated & stock. In 1808 he left Hobart with his wife, while his property was transferred to David (Collins)s son in law Samuel (Chas/ce). [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>David (Collins) had a fourth relationship with Margaret (Eddington age16 her second (2of4) relationship), also in 1808, directly after dispensing with Hannah (Power). He died on 24/8 3 1810 age56 father of 5known children & was buried in Hobart on the spot intended for a church, and St David's CofE Cathedral now bears his name. Margaret (Eddington) was born on 16 11 1792 on Norfolk Island; she was listed with her mother in 1792 Victualling Report. She had a first relationship (1of4) at age14 with John (Piper his third relationship) captain & produced 1child in 1806. She then married thirdly (3of4) George (Watts) emancipist on 9 5 1811 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She had a fourth marriage with Charles (Connelly) emancipist on 17 1 1819 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She died in December 1822 age30 mother of maybe 5children. Details of Margaret (Eddington)s family are given ABOVE. David (Collins) & Margaret (Eddington) produced 2children: 1.Eliza (Collins) was born on 17 12 1809 & baptised on 14 1 1810 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She died on 25 8 1869 age59. 2.John (Collins) was born 1810 & baptised on 14 1 1810 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He died on 28 5 1869 age about58. A quote attributable to Governor (Bligh) reads: "a very principal private reason exists also-for not stopping at Lt Colonel David (Collins) house- was the sight of him walking with his kept woman (a poor low creature) arm-in-arm about town & bringing her almost daily to his office adjoining the house, directly in view of my daughter." Such was the situation in the colony including Norfolk Island, where all women seemed to be fair game, particularly to the military/NSW Corps; where the number of wives to be victualled at the barracks was capped; where the youngest girls were concubined; where the soldiers were banned from fraternising with single & married women alike; where the women turned around & fraternised with the soldiers. COLLINS 2 Some amends added Jul 2025. William (Collins) (maybe nephew of David (Collins) Governor Tasmania on same voyage) was born about 1760 & became a naval officer. He arrived at Port Phillip on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on OCEAN (supply ship with HMS CALCUTTA) to undertake a seal fishing speculation; camping at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay (an expedition that settled in Tasmania). He undertook a voyage in an open boat from 6 11 1803, to report unsuitability of Port Phillip, from Port Phillip to Port Jackson. During the journey he encountered much bad weather & reacted with much sheltering in coastal bays & adherence to alcohol. He arrived at Port Jackson 0n 24 11 1803 on OCEAN which had overtaken the much bothered boat & provided passage; to find the intelligence had been known in the interim. On 2 4 1804 he was appointed Harbour Master at Hobart, from which he resigned in August 1804 to become a settler; he established the bay whaling industry on Derwent. He mastered the 250ton SOPHIA from 1804 to 1807 between Hobart & Sydney. He had a first relationship with Mary (Daniels her first relationship).>>> Mary (Daniels) was tried at Essex Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on EXPERIMENT. She married secondly John (Pilmire) on 9 8 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She produced 2known children in her lifetime.] [Some details taken from this Website] William (Collins) & Mary (Daniels) produced 2children: 1.Maria (Collins/Daniels) was born on 17 9 1805 in NSW & baptised on 17 11 1805 w/Sophia at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was provided for in Will of her father in 1819. 2.Sophia (Collins/Daniels) was born on 17 9 1805 also in NSW & baptised on 17 11 1805 w/Maria at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was provided for in Will of her father in 1819. She married firstly James Boyle (Edwards/Holland/Barnes) on 31 1 1822 at New Norfolk.>>> ..James Boyle (Edwards/Holland/Barnes) was born on 21 8 1799 (Smees records-Ref:'People...' shows 21 8 1791) & baptised on 7 9 1801 (mothers wedding day) age2 on Norfolk Island. He was recorded as being taken off stores in November 1802. He was recorded as off stores on Norfolk island in February 1805. He left the island with his parents in 1808 as part of the first evacuation on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), arriving on 17 1 1808; to land at New Norfolk Derwent Valley. He is recorded as James (Holland) off stores in Hobart Town on 2 10 1818 & was contracting meat to the Government in December 1818. He had been granted 33acres at New Norfolk & was contracting meat to the Government in December 1822. [Noted Smee records his death as 11 7 1805 age5.] In July 1826 he was convicted of stealing pine boards, on 17 5 1826, at Hobart Supreme Court in July 1826, sentenced to 7years & sent to Maria Island; he became a constable while there & was in trouble again for stealing shoes-reciving 25lashes & being dismissed as constable. He is also recorded as stealing (from William (Foyle) in May 1834). He produced perhaps 1child in his lifetime. [Noted Smee records his death as 11 7 1805 age6 on Norfolk Island - as does the book 'People Of NI'; perhaps related to George (Holland.]] ..Detais of James Boyle (Edwards/Holland/Barnes) family are given in entry for John (Barnes ATLANTIC 1791) on this Website. .. >>>Sophia (Daniels) cohabited secondly with James (Triffitt) senior after her husband was taken to Maria Island in 1826, & produced 3children. She died on 13 4 1857 age52/57 at New Norfolk Tasmania. ..James (Triffett) was born (8th of 10children) about 1769 & was christened on 11 6 1769 at Whixley York & became a farmer. He was tried for stealing rum & a corkscrew, at Beverley races, at Beverley Quarter Sessions Yorkshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MATILDA; he was sent to Norfolk Island. He is recorded as arriving on Norfolk Island on 7 8 1790. He had a first relationship with Mary (Higgins/Harrold nee Whiston her second known relationship) from about 1794 whom he later married. [Noted that a John [James?] (Triffett) had 31.5acres-lot no.107 nortwest of Queensbotough-in 1796. He is recorded as a constable Free by Servitude settler on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. He left Norfolk Island with his family on 3 9 1808 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 CITY OF EDINBURGH to Derwent Tasmania; arriving on 2 10 1808: he & his sons were granted allottments at Back River New Norfolk/Derwent Valley. He married Mary (Higgins) on 22 4 1812 in Tasmania. He was robbed at New Norfolk by bushrangers in 1815. He is recorded as off stores at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. He bought land in 1829, which he sold in 1837. He died on 2 4 1853 age83 father of perhaps 6children of old age & infirmity. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Details of James (Triffitt) senior's family are given in entry for James (Triffett MATILDA 1791) on this Website. .. >>>William (Collins) married secondly Charity (Hobbs) on 8 10 1808 at St Davids CofE Hobart Town. He sailed to Calcutta in 1819 on DUKE OF WELLINGTON as agent for Palmer & Co. He died about 1819 age about59 in India of cholera father of perhaps 7children; his Will provided for his wife & children Sophia & William Henry. Charity (Hobbs) was born about 1790. She arrived in Port Phillip (now Victoria) free on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on OCEAN (supply ship with HMS CALCUTTA) (an expedition that settled in Tasmania); he would have camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay. She went on HMS LADY NELSON on 13 12 1803 to Risdon Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) arriving on 15 2 1804. She received proceeds of her husbands Will in 1819. Details of Charity (Hobbs) family are given in entry for Robert (Hobbs ACTIVE 1791) on this Website. William (Collins) & Charity (Hobbs) produced 4children: 1.William Henry (Collins) was born in 1809 & baptised on 3 12 1809 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He received proceeds of his fathers Will in 1819. 2.Louisa (Collins) was born in 1813 & baptised on 23 7 1813 at St Davids CofE Hobart. 3.James (Collins) was born on 19 11 1815 & baptised on 14 12 1815 at St Davids CofE Hobart. 4.Charles Edward (Collins) was born on 12 9 1817 & baptised on 21 9 1817 at St Davids CofE Hobart. .. Noted a William (Collins) is recorded as marrying Alice (???) & producing 1child: 1.William (Collins) was born 21 11 1820 & baptised on 1 1 1821 at St Johns CofE Launceston, although this birth seems not to relate to our William (Collins) here. 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'