Thomas Hill

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iain Frazier on 8th April 2026

Family connections for Thomas (Hill) are: HILL Thomas (Hil) was tried at Southwark Borough Quarter Sessions Surrey on 18 2 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship WILLIAM AND ANN. He was sent to Norfolk Island on NEPTUNE (the ATLANTIC-same Fleet as WILLIAM & ANN-is also mentioned) arriving on 4 11 1791. He semmingly had a relationship with Elizabeth/Beth (Thomas her second (2of3) relationship. He left Norfolk Island on 9 2 1796. perhaps on RELIANCE. [Some details taken from 3entries for Thomas (Hill) & 2entries for Elizabeth (Thomas) on this Website] Elizabeth/Beth (Thomas), daughter of Robert (Thomas) & Jane (???) sister John, Robert & Mary, was born on 30 7 1769 at Llanddoget Denbighshire Wales & grew up in parish Balla Wales. She became housemaid for Hon. Richard (Jones) Esq. at Llay near Gresford Wales from about August 1785 to August 1786, when she moved to Chipping Lancashire. In 1786 she was tried for stealing a white apron etc of Ann (Freeman) of Aughton Ormskirk Lancashire at Wigan October Quarter Sessions on 11 1 1787 (she had also recently stolen a woollen cloak from Ann (Freeman) of Ormskirk), sentenced to 3months hard labour and a whipping at the Rogues Post in the House of Corrections at Preston. She was gaoled 3times for theft & was tried for stealing a printed cotton gown, on 25 12 1786, of Jennifer (Sturzacker) of Chipping Lancashire, on 24 8 1796, at Borough of Wigan (perhaps Preston) Lancaster Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years, held at Lancaster Castle Gaol near Preston then Portsmouth Hampshire (in a hulk?) & arrived in Botany Bay NSW as a convict on 22 1 1788 after a voyage of 9months on First Fleet ship PRINCE OF WALES. She married firstly (1of3) William (Connelly) on 19 10 1788 at St Phillips CofE Sydney Cove. She & her husband were sent to Norfolk Island on 6 3 1790 on HMS SIRIUS, arriving on 13 3 1790 (the date of its sinking on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay). On 5 2 1791 she received 5 2month old pigs from Government Stores, as did her husband. On 26 10 1791 she was issued more pigs. She associated with Elizabeth (Thomas her third relationship), produced 5children & later married later married. She continued to work her land after her husband left. She was Free by Servitude by 1796. She is recorded in February 1805 as sentence expired on stores on Norfolk Island. She had 14,5acres when she left Norfolk Island with 5of her children as part of the first evacuation on 15 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA (her spouse James (Waterson) was also on the ship), arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808; to a grant at Clarence Plains. She married James (Waterson) on 30 4 1812 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She is recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart Town. She died on 28 7 1835 age65/8 at Hollow Tree mother of perhaps 12children mostly boys & was buried at St Matthews church Rokeby. [Some details taken from this Website; where there are 2entries with slightly different information-viz: her birth in 1766/7-being tried at Preston-a marriage in 1812-producing 5children-her death in 1766/7 age65] Thomas (Hill) & Elizabeth/Beth (Thomas) produced 2children:] 1.Mary (Hill) was born on 28/29 1 1794 on Norfolk Island. She was later recorded as Mary (Thomas/Waterson). [Noted an Ann (Hill) is recorded as off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805]. She, as (Thomas/Waterson), left Norfolk Island with her mother as part of the first evacuation on 15 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808: to Clarence Plains. As Mary (Hill-Thomas) she married at age14 John (McCoy) on 31 10 1808 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced perhaps 7children. ..John (McCoy) was born about 1774. He arrived in NSW as a convict in 1792 on PITT. He was Free by Servitude by 1810. ..John (McCoy) is not shown on this Website, although John (Mackay) is.---John (Mackay) was tried at Perth Court of Justiciary Scotland, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 2 1792 after a voyage of 8.5months on PITT; much fever & attempts to escape from the ship resulted in deaths of convicts-of the 450convicts on board only 29 were alive at muster in May 1792 (or perhaps only this many could be mustered). John (McCoy) added to this Website by me. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. 2.Eliza/beth (Hill) was born on 13 8 1796 on Norfolk Island. She died in 1796 age<3m & was buried on Norfolk Island. CCONVICTnot foundLOOKED Noted also: a Thomas (Hill) is recorded as tried at Limerick Ireland in 1799 & sentenced to 7years. He was recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart town in Ref:'Forgotten...'. Thomas (Hill) does not have an entry on this Website as yet. 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'

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 3rd February 2025

** SHIP; ADMIRAL BARRINGTON ** New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents Name Thomas Hill Date of Conviction 18 Feb 1789 Place of Conviction Southwark Vessel Admiral Barrington Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 16 Oct 1791 New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents ** NOTE; A X has been placed over his name, this could mean he died on voyage or shortly on arrival 1792 - Possible DEATH Record - Australia, Death Index Name Thomas Hill. Death Date; 1792, Parramatta, Australia Volume Number V 1792542 2a 1792 - New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Burials Name Thomas Hill. Burial; 20 Feb 1792