Susannah Hunt

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iain Frazier on 14th May 2026

Family connections for Susannah (Hunt) are: HUNT Susannah (???) was born about 1749. She married firstly John (Hunt). She was tried for stealing 8yards muslin of William (Notcutt) at Ipswich Suffolk on 17 3 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW 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 was sent to Norfolk Island on SURPRISE on 7 8 1790. She married secondly Wiliam (Mitchell) on 5 11 1791 or on 17 3 1790 on Norfolk Island (not shown in Smees records or records of group ceremenoy (1791) on Norfolk Island. She was appointed teacher of a small class of girls by Governor (King) in 1793/4 at the orphanage; she was also supported by the Society for Propagation of the Gospel. She became mistress of the orphanage about 1796, but was not well regarded in 1800-she was mentioned by the Governor as having behaved ill, but cannot be replaced as the other teacher was in gaol for debt. She is recorded as sentence expired off stores in February 1805 on Norfolk Island. She was complained of in her teaching job in 1806. She left Norfolk Island w/husband & 3children as part of the first evacuation on 26 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Tasmania, arriving on 17 1 1808: to New Town Argyle. She moved with her husband to Macquarie St Hobart about 1823, allowing Robert (Blinkworth) to farm their property. She was an emancipist when she died on 28 11 1814 age66 & was buried. as (Mitchell nee Hunt), at St Davids CofE Hobart. [This Webste shows she died on 26 12 1814 age about65 & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart]>>> [Some details taken from this Website] >>>Susannah (???/Hunt) was the only prisoner awaiting orders for transportation at Ipswich Gaol when "the court appointed 2Justices of the Peace to select a person to convey her from the gaol keeper at Ipswich & place her on the ship LADY JULIANA & for her to be landed at Botany Bay." "She was received on board LADY JULIANA, hired Transport from the Keeper of His Majesties Gaol for the County of Suffolk-the bodies(sic) of one female prisoner under sentence of transportation that are to be victualled, clothed regulated as re instructions sent." "The agent was to be paid 40lb from the Town Clerk, with the understanding that, should she return to Great Britain or Ireland before her sentence expired, part of the payment would be forfeited by the agent" William (Mitchell) was born about 1754/9, possibly in Fort George Scotland. He arrived in NSW in January 1788 as botswains mate/quarter master of First Fleet ship HMS SIRIUS. He continued on to Norfolk Island on HMS SIRIUS arriving on 7 8 1790sic. HMS SIRIUS became wrecked on reef near Kingston Pier Slaughter Bay & he chose to stay as a settler. In 1791 he was granted 60acres plot no.46 Great Cascade Stream near Phillipsburg on east side of the island which he partly cleared while working as a constable. In 1794 he was appointed head of the Orphan School where his wife worked. In 1802 he procured another adjacent 60acres plot no45 from William (Hambley) & later sold it piecemeal. He is recorded in February 1805 with his wife & no children as settler/landowner on 108acres with 2storey shingled house a mill house & 2outhouses. He left Norfolk Island w/wife & 3children on 26 12 1807 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 HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Tasmania, arriving on 17 1 1808; he was granted 103acres at New Town Argyle. It is possible that he was the William (Mitchell) who was nearly drowned in a tragic accident on River Derwent on 15 4 1808. He moved with his wife to Macquarie St Hobart about 1823 as an invalid, allowing his foster son in law Robert (Blinkworth) to operate his farm. At some point he is said to have mortgaged his Macquarie St house to Mr Richard (Brownlow), who had been a lodger, to relieve a debt owed by his foster son in law George (Robley) to (Brownlow) & a caveat placed on the mortgage entrusting the property to Robert Lathrop (Murray) as trustee for his adopted daughter Ann (Robley)-such was the generosity of William (Mitchell) who died a poor man. He died on 13 6 1827 age73 & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart cemetery.>>> [In 1836 a claim was made by Robert Lathrop (Murray) for grant of the Macquarie St house, which was upheld against a claim by Mr Richard (Brownlow)-with the requirement that he take care of Ann (Robley) who was living in wretched circumstances.] >>>William (Mitchell) was described as "a man whose whole attention seemed occupied in promoting the real interest of those he had the honor to command'. William (Mitchell) & Susannah (Hunt) cared for at least 3children, including: 1.Ann (Adams) was born on 11 5 1797 on Norfolk Island. She was placed in Mrs (Mitchell)s care at the government orphanage by her father in 1801 & was baptised on 30 5 1802 age5 w/Maria on Norfolk Island. She was returned later to her father & later again she was returned to Mrs (Mitchell). She left Norfolk Island with Mr & Mrs (Mitchell) as part of the first evacuation on 26 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Tasmania, arriving on 17 1 1808: to New Town Argyle. She married (birth date given as 1795) George (Robley (age given as27)) on 10 10 1815 at St Davids CofE Hobart-no children were produced. Her foster-father placed a caveat entrusting the property at Macquarie St Hobart to Robert Lathrop (Murray) as trustee for his adopted daughter Ann. In 1836 she was living at Macquarie St Hobart Town when a caveat was placed on it by Richard (Brownlow), who had been a lodger, to secure the property for himself-he was unsuccessful-the property remained with her & a succession of trustees maintained that status for her & she received 40lb per annum; ie.??? (Kevill) in 1838, George (Robertson) & Thomas (McDonald) late 1840s, John (Fisher see (Robley MATILDA 1791)) in 1850, Mary Ann (McDougall) & later Mr (Westbrok). She died on 20 4 1878 age86 at General Hospital Hobart. ..Details of Ann (Adams)s birth family are shown in entry for William (Merritt ACTIVE 1791) on this Website. ..George Seymoure (Robley) was born about 1793 & baptised on 16 8 1795 at Port Jackson. He arrived on Norfolk Island with his parents about 1802. He went to Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) with his parents. He was granted 53acres next to his father at Strangford/Bagdad/Jerico & tendered meat to His Majestys Stores. Debts he incurred were reliecved by his wifes foster father William (Mitchell). He died <1836 age<40. ..Details of George Seymoure (Robley)s family are given in entry for John (Robley SCARBOROUGH 1790) on this Website. .. 2.Maria (Adams) was born on 5 9 1798 on Norfolk Island, She was placed in Mrs (Mithell)s care at the government orphanage by her father in 1801 & was baptised on 30 5 1802 age3 w/Ann on Norfolk Island. She was returned later to her father & later again she was returned to Mrs (Mitchell). She left Norfolk Island with Mr & Mrs (Mitchell) as part of the first evacuation on 26 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Tasmania, arriving in 1808: to New Town Argyle. She married perhaps firstly (age recorded as 18) Robert (Blinkworth age recorded as 20) on 21 2 1817 at St Davids CofE Hobart & produced perhaps 1child.>>> ..Details of Maria (Adams)s birth family are shown in entry for William (Merritt ACTIVE 1791) on this Website. ..Robert (Blinkworth) was born in 1797. He may have travelled with his mother to Risdon Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) in November 1803 on DART. He is recorded on 18 2 1804 on stores at Hobart. He is recorded as off stores with 1child at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. He took over the running of 'Mitchells Farm' New Town for his wifes foster father. On 15 3 1817 the public was advised not to graze stock on his 'Mitchells Farm'. The Government took over the farm in 1822. He died on 15 12 1832 age about35. ..Details of Robert (Blinkworth)s family are given in entry for John (Blinkworth PITT 1792) on this Website. .. >>>[Noted a (Mary (Adams born in the colony) is recorded as marrying (perhaps secondly) Richard Buckingham (Tyndall) on 2 5 1828 at Christ Church Newcastle.] .[Richard Buckingham (Tyndall) arrived in Australia in 1816 on FANNY.] .[Richard Buckingham (Tyndall) may not have been a convict. ] .. 3.??? (???)-possibly also an orphan. He/she left Norfolk Island with Mr & Mrs (Mitchell) as part of the first evacuation on 26 12 1807 on HMS PORPOISE to Derwent Tasmania, arriving in 1808: to New Town Argyle. 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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Natalie Lonsdale on 28th January 2022

With Thomas Macqueen the other initial teacher on Norfolk Island was Sussanna Hunt, transported aboard the Lady Juliana in the Second Fleet. She was sent to Norfolk Island in August 1790. She was appointed by Lieutenant Governor King to teach the girls on Norfolk Island and like Macqueen, was also supported by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at a remuneration of 10 pounds a year. According to Flynn she lived with Norfolk settler and First Fleet seaman William Mitchell, who was later appointed as overseer of the Orphan School on the Island. In December 1807 Hunt, Mitchell and three adopted children sailed to Van Diemen’s Land where they took up farming at New Town. Sussanna Hunt died in 1814 and is buried in St. David’s Cemetery Hobart. Burkhardt, G. 2015. Convict and emancipist teachers. Dictionary of Educational History in Australia and New Zealand (DEHANZ), 16 July. Available: http//dehanz.net.au

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Eric Harry Daly on 6th January 2013

Susannah Hunt nee Barnes was sentenced to 7 years transportation for theft of 8 yards of muslin on 7 Mar 1789 at Ipswich Suffolk. Her maiden name was Barnes and she married John Hunt on the 22 Dec 1772 at Ipswich Suffolk. She married William Mitchell (a seaman stranded after the Sirius was wrecked) in Nov 1791 Norfolk Island. 1794 - Appointed as Second teacher at the school on Norfolk Island 1805 - Susannah became the first teacher in Van Diemens Land 26 December 1807 - William, Susannah and 3 children went to Van Diemens Land on the 'Porpoise'. William had been overseer at the Orphanage on Norfolk Island and Susannah had worked there as a teacher. The children they took to Van Diemens Land were adopted.Two of the adopted children were Ann Adams (b: 1797) and Maria Adams