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Edward Fisher was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 134 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Family connections for Edward (Fisher) are: FISHER Edward (Fisher) was born about 1753 & became a labourer. He was tried w/4others for stealing sacks of hempen etc of Hugh (Evans) of Sedgeley Staffordshire at Stafford/Oxford circuit Summer Assizes on 30 7 1788, 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 in 1791 on MARY ANN. He married Elizabeth (Gregory) on 26 7 1801. He left Norfolk Island with his family on 25 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent arriving on 17 1 1808; he was granted 85acres at Sandy Bay. In 1824 he was granted 200acres more at Oatlands. He died on 23 8 1838 age85 at Sandy Bay Tasmania; he left his farm to his wife to be divided to his children after her death. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth (Gregory) was born about 1777 perhaps in Hertfordshire. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 3 6 1790 after a voyage of 12months on Fleet ship LADY JULIANA & then was taken to Norfolk Island on SURPRISE, arriving on 7 8 1790. She is recorded as with her parents off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. [She is recorded as leaving Norfolk Island with her parents on ESTRAMINA to Derwent on 15 5 1808 in ref:'Forgoytten...']. She died on 11 7 1842 age65 at Sandy Bay Tasmania; the farm was divided to her children. Details of Elizabeth (Gregory)s family are given in entry for Thomas (Gregory NEPTUNE 1790) 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'
The following information is available from the Indictment in the Oxfordshire Circuit Assizes records (Assizes 5/108), "Edward Fisher late of the Parish of Sedgeley, Staffs, labourer, with Thomas Baker, James Haden, Danial Aston and James Dodd, tried at the Summer Assizes 28 George Ill (1788) for feloniously stealing two hempen sacks, value 3/-, and 275 pounds weight of hops, value $20, goods of Hugh Evans' of the Parish of Sedgley on 12" February 28 George III." Indictments, Oxfordshire, Summer 1788, The National Archives, England, ASSI 5/108/44, accessed 18 June 2022.
Link to article by Stephen Mulcahy, Tasmanian Family History Society, Inc. https://www.tasfhs.org/Stories/7.php
Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 4 Aug 1788. Last week at Stafford assize, …. E. Fisher, … for various felonies and burglaries were ordered to be transported for seven years;
Digitised Indent for ship Matilda. Edward Fisher, tried at Stafford, 30 July 1788, 7 years.