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John Norris was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 28th Feb 1800 and arriving 20th Nov 1800 with 305 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 262 |
| 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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John Norris was 22 years old in 1798 when he was convicted - he was 5'8" tall, brown hair, fair complexion grey eyes. Transported for 'Felony and Burglary. 12/2/1854: John Norris died at Parramatta, aged 84, and was buried at St. John's cemetery, Parramatta. There is no record of his burial in the records for St. John's Church, a memorial there records his birth as 1769. 17/2/1854 Sydney Morning Herald: DIED. At Parramatta, on Sunday, the 12th instant, Mr. John Norris, stonemason, a very old and respected inhabitant of that town ; aged 84.
Convict Index, 1791-1873. Anne Griffith, per Elizabeth 1818, Certificate of Freedom, 3 Apr 1832. 32/0280. Wife of John Norris, per “Royal Admiral” 1800 (as stated on her CF.) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. John Norris, age 50, C.P. Royal Admiral, 1800, Life, protestant, Stonemason, Parramatta district. Has 12 acres of land, all cleared. Has 4 horses and 15 cattle. Ann Norris, age 45, G.S. Elizabeth, 1817, 14 years, protestant.
Nicholas McCann Jnr was the stonemason employed to build the third oldest church in Australia, St Anne's Ryde. My First Fleet ancestors Joseph Hatton and Ann Colpitts are buried in the church graveyard. When researching my MEd thesis (1976), I located the original papers related to the building of St Anne's. Paul Coghlan Allambie Heights 02 94522088
Married Eleanor Fitzgerald 2 Jan 1804 in Parramatta. Married by Rev Samuel Marsden. Eleanor (Ellen) arrived on the Atlas 1 7 Jul 1802 from Ireland sentenced to 7 years. Her daughter Mary Fitzgerald was also transported for 7 years on the Atlas 1.
John Norris was sent to Parramatta,where in 1804 he married Eleanor Fitzgerald,probably the sister of Mary Fitzgerald as they arrived on the same ship in 1802.He is noted in the Colonial papers as being paid for the building or repair of many works in early Parramatta. He nurtured Mary and Peter McCann's son Nicholas his nephew and taught him his trade. Eleanor died c.1815. John remarried Margaret Rooburn,daughter of Margaret McAdle[convict],a widow and free, who'd followed her mother to the colony.His was a life sentence but he was given his Ticket-o-leave in 1813,and formal permission to marry in 1820.