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Joseph Elliott was transported on the Friendship, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 21st Jan 1788 with 107 passengers.
This convict ship, being 274 tons and 75 feet long was one of the light weight ships in the fllet and was skippered by Master Francis Walton. Built in Scarborough in 1784, she carried 76 male and 21 female convicts. During her return voyage to England her crew came down with scurvy and with insufficient crew to man her, she was scuttled in the straights of Macassar. The survivors were transferred to the Alexander.
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Family connections for Joseph (Elliott) are: TRIMBY/ELLIOTT Joseph (Trimby aka Elliott) son of Richard (Trimby) & Christian (Elliott) was born about 1767 at Horningsham Wiltshire & became a gardener. He was tried as Joseph (Elliott) for theft of tobacco pouch at Bristol city Quarter Sessions Gloucestershire on 27 11 1784, sentenced to 7years, held on hulk DUNKIRK & arrived in NSW as a convict on 21 1 1788 after a voyage of 8months on FRIENDSHIP. He was sentenced on 25 5 1790 to 300lashes for stealing potatos of Richard (Johnson) & lost flour ration for 6months & was chained to 2convicts for 6months. He was sentenced in December 1790 to another 100lashes (73 received) for shirking work.>>> [Some information taken from this Website] [Noted a Joseph (Elliott FRIENDSHIP) is recorded as arriving on Norfolk Island on 17 3 1790; & in February 1805 as Free by Servitude landowner off stores] >>>Joseph (Trimby aka Elliott) married Elizabeth (Seiney) in November 1791 in group ceremony on Norfolk Island (according to her entry on this Website-although the wedding is not listed in a document referring to this event); he is recorded also in Norfolk Island references as arriving on Norfolk Island in 1793. The Norfolk Island references record their marriage in 1794-but not shown in Smees records. He was recorded with a land grant on 30 12 1796-plot no.51 of 54acres east of Queensborough. He was moved with 2sons to Port Dalrymple Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the second evacuation on 20 1/18 2 1813 on HMS LADY NELSON, arriving on 1 3 1813. He was recorded at Port Dalrymple on 15 2 1813. In September 1813 he had been granted land. In 1818 he was convicted (as James so could this actually be his son) at Central Court of Criminal Jurisdiction & was to be sent to Port Macquarie NSW on HMS LADY NELSON. In 1819-22 he is recorded as (Trimley). On 8 1 1825 he was at Newcastle for his Ticket of Leave application. He died on 25 6 1836 age69 at Hunter NSW & was buried at Glebe cemetery East Maitland. .. Elizabeth (Seney/Siene/Seaney) was born about 1769. She was tried w/5others for stealing (on 24 9 1787) & receiving silver items of Mrs (Clutson) of Bristol Somersetshire (& giving some to her brother James (Seine)) at Bristol Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12months on LADY JULIANA-a ship with 228females who easily entertained the whole crew & also sailors at Teneriffe stopover; she was sent to Norfolk Island on SURPRISE arriving on 7 8 1790. Her name is recorded as (Seaney) on their marriage document. She died in 1798/9 (as did her son) age about29 & was buried on Norfolk Island-not shown in Smees records. [Some information taken from this Website] Joseph (Trimby aka Elliott) & Elizabeth (Seiney/Siene) produced 3children: boys 1.James (Trimby) was born on 28 4/8 5 1792 on Norfolk Island. He (age20) was moved with his father to Port Dalrymple Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the second evacuation on 20 1/18 2 1813 on HMS LADY NELSON, arriving on 1 3 1813. In 1818 he may have been convicted at Central Court of Criminal Jurisdiction & was to be sent to Port Macquarie NSW on HMS LADY NELSON. He died in 1828. 2.William Trimby) was born in June 1794. He died in 1798/9 (as did his mother) age about4 & was buried on Norfolk Island-not shown in Smees records. 3.Joseph (Trimby) was born on 3 4 1795 on Norfolk Island. He was moved with his father to Port Dalrymple Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) as part of the second evacuation on 20 1/18 2 1813 on HMS LADY NELSON, arriving on 1 3 1813. He had a relationship with Hannah (Trueman). He was recorded in 1827 as carpenter with Ticket of Leave & in 1830 as a farmer. ..Hannah (Trueman) arrived in NSW as a convict on 10 4 1817 after a voyage of 5.5months on MORLEY. She was Free by Servitude by 1826. ..Hannah (Trueman) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. ..Joseph (Trimbey) & Hannah (Trueman) produced at least 2children: ..1.James (Trimbey) was born on 28 4 1826 at Wallis Plains & baptised, as (Trimby/Tessinby-mother=(Trueman/Freeman)), on 23 3 1827 at Christ Church Newcastle-church not shown in mothers list. ..2.Mary (Trimbey) was born on 18 12 1829 at Maitland & baptised on 25 12 1830 at St Peters Anglican East Maitland. ...[Noted a Mary (Trimby) married John (Stevens)-see Thomas (Stevens SALAMANDER 1791) on this Website] 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'
Elizabeth Siene was sent to Norfolk Island on the Surprize in August 1790. She was living with Joseph Elliott by July 1791; they were married in a mass wedding ceremony on the island in November 1791 by Rev. Richard Johnson. Elizabeth’s last name is spelt as Seaney on that document.
25 May 1790 Sydney: Joseph Elliott alias Trimby was accused of stealing one and a quarter pounds of potatoes valued at 2 pence halfpenny from Mr Richard Johnson on Tuesday 18 May. Joseph pleaded guilty and said in his defence that he had been hard all day and was very hungry. He was sentenced to receive 300 lashes on bare back with the cat of nine tails - to have his ration of flour stopped for 6 months and to be chained for the same space of time to Coffin and Bayliss, two public delinquents employed at work on the roads.
From Colonial Secretary Index: 30 Dec 1796 On list of all grants & leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3267; 9/2731 p.78) 15 Feb 1813 On list of persons given certificates for stock, wheat & maize, furniture and equipment turned over to the Government (Reel 6020; 4/6977A p.6) 15 Feb 1813 On list of persons whose stock have been received by the Government & who are entitled to payment in kind at Port Dalrymple (Reel 6020; 4/6977A p.32) 30 Apr 1813 His petition returned to Port Dalrymple (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.219) Sep 1813 In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land [Sep 1813] (Fiche 3262; 4/438 p.89) 1818 Convicted at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction in 1818 30 Jun 1818 On return of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson"; listed as James (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.291) 1819-22 On list of persons owing quit rents in Van Diemen's Land; for land at Port Dalrymple; listed as Trimley (Fiche 3270; X19 p.44) 1825 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3236; 4/1870 pp.81-81b) 4 Jan 1825 Formerly of Norfolk Island and Port Dalrymple. Application for indulgence 12 April 1825 Recommendation of indulgence; appears as James (Reel 6068; 4/1812 pp.4, 41) 8 Jan 1825 Employed by the Government at Newcastle; testimony as to his character for a ticket of leave (Reel 6027; 4/1716.2 pp.334-5)
Birth: 11 Jun 1764 • Horningsham, Wiltshire, England Father: Richard Trimby Mother: Christian Elliott Trial: 24 Nov 1784 • Bristol City Quarter Sessions, Gloucestershire Sentence: 7 years for stealing 1 tobacco pouch. Marriage: Elizabeth Siene and Joseph Elliott were described as married in Jun 1794 with one child, living at Norfolk Island. They were probably married by the Rev. Richard Johnson when he briefly visited the island in 1791, with no record of the ceremony surviving. Son James born 28 April 1792 • Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia Son Joseph born 3 Apr 1795 • Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia Departed Norfolk Island with 2 sons to Van Diemens Land aboard the ship Lady Nelson 20 Jan 1813. Death: 25 Jun 1836 • Hunter, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Glebe Cemetery 25 Jun 1836 • East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Joseph Elliott/Trimby was tried at Bristol, Gloucestershire on 24 November 1784 for stealing a tobacco pouch. He was sentenced to transportation for 7 years and left England on the Friendship aged about 20 at that time (May 1787). His occupation was listed as gardener. He died in 1836. Report from Dunkirk hulk was “tolerably decent and orderly”.On 25 May 1790 ordered to receive 300 lashes for stealing one and a quarter pounds of potatoes, and in December 1790 he was sentenced to 100 lashes for shirking his work, but could only bear 73