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Zacariah Ponsford 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 130 |
| 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 Zachariah (Ponsford) are: SPONSFORD Zachariah (Sponsford/Spoonsford/Ponsford) was born about 1742. He, as Zacariah (Ponsford), was convicted at Wells Lent Assizes Surrey on 28 7 1788, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship ATLANTIC. He was sent to Norfolk Island on FANCY, arriving on 4 7 1795. He was recorded in 1796 on plot. no.42 of 60 acres at Phillipsburg. He was an emancipist when he married firstly Catherine (Williams her third marriage) emancipist on 28 1 1804 on Norfolk Island. He was recorded in February 1805 as settler/landowner on Norfol Island. He left Norfolk Island on 9 11 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 LADY NELSON to Derwent Tasmania, arriving on 28 11 1807 & being recorded as renting land & being very industrious; to New Town/Glenorchy. On 20 9 1813 he was granted 30acres at New Town parish of Argyle. He also leased land at Pittwater. On 31 1 1817 he was a settler & charged with assaulting Dennis (Geary) at New Town with a musket with intent to kill. He was recorded on 2 10 1818 as off stores at Hobart town-Ref:'Forgotten...' shows him as arriving in Australia on ALBEMARLE (same Fleet).>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Catherine (Williams) was tried at Surrey Quarter Sessions in 1789, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE. She was sent to Norfolk Island. She had a first (1of3) short term relationship with Matthew (Wood his first relationship) (from Ref:'People...')-whom she later married. She had a second (2of3) relationship with Edward (Lewis) & produced 1child. She married Matthew (Wood) on 22 4 1812 at New Norfolk-recorded at St Davids CofE Hobart. She was almost beaten to death on 10 2 1819 at Back River New Norfolk by persons who beat her husband to death. In 1819 she received goods & effects from Will of her husband & renounced her claim to a William (Harry). She produced 1known child in her lifetime. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Zachariah (Sponsford/Spoonsford/Ponsford) married secondly Catherine (???/Loftus her second marriage) on 18 5 1820 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He is recorded as off stores on 2 10 1818 at Hobart town. He died on 8 10 1832 age97 at Coal River. Catherine (???/Loftus) was born about 1755. She may have married firstly ??? (Loftus) in Ireland. She was tried at Dublin city Ireland in September 1813, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 4 5 1814 after a voyage of 5months on CATHERINE. She was sent to Derwent Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) on KANGAROO on 24 5 1814. She was issued her Ticket of Leave in November 1824. She died 16 2 1832 at Coal River. [Some details taken from 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 Assizes for this County, which ended Wells on Wednesday last, six Prisoners were capitally convicted, viz. Zechariah Ponsford, from the Lent Assizes, the King’s Evidence not being then ready;... three were ordered to be transported for seven Years. Ponsford. Barnes, and Hunt, are reprieved for Years Transportation. Oxford Journal, 9 Aug 1788.