Elizabeth Lock

Level 75

iain Frazier on 17th December 2024

Fanily connections for Elizabeth (Lock) are: LOCK Elizabeth (Lock) was born about 1762. She arrived in NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship LADY PENRHYN. She married firstly Richard (Morgan) his first marriage) on 30 3 1788 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced perhaps 2children. She went to Norfolk Island, arriving on 13 3 1790or7 8 1790.>>> Elizabeth (Lock) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. Richard (Morgan) was born about 1761 & became a farmer. He was tried for stealing from a dwelling house & assaulting John Trevillian Ceely (Trevillian) at Gloucester in 1788, sentenced to 7years in Africa. He actually arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 12 1788 after a voyage of 12months on First Fleet ship ALEXANDER. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 17 3 1790. He had a second relationship with Catherine (Clark). He was recorded as being a farmer before 1794. He was Free by Servitude by 1796 & had 10acres (plot no.80 on soutwest of the island) on Norfolk Island in 1796. He was recorded as settler from convict overseer of sawyers Free by Servitude on Norfolk Island in February 1805 & was quite successful supplying the government. He moved to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with his family on 6 10 1806 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 SURPRISE; settled on grant at Kangaroo Point. He was recorded as off stores in Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. He produced perhaps 9children in his lifetime. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Elizabeth (Lock) had a second relationship while estranged/separated with Thomas (Scully). She produced perhaps 2children in her lifetime. Thomas (Scully) arrived in Australia as a marine with the First Fleet. He was discharged from the marines in Sydney in October 1791 & sent to Norfolk Island perhaps as a soldier on 26 10 1791, arriving on 4 11 1791. He is recorded on Norfolk Island as having been a poulterer in his life before 1794. 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'