Joseph Simmons

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iain Frazier on 12th January 2026

Family connections for Joseph (Chipman) are: CHIPMAN Joseph (Simmons) was tried at Bedford Assizes Bedfordshire, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7.5months on COROMANDEL.>>> [These details taken from this Website] >>>Joseph (Simmons) may be the person recorded in Australia as Joseph Simmonds (Chipman), Joseph (Simmonds-Chipman) & (aka Simmonds). He was born about 1774. He was snnt to Norfolk Island. He left Norfolk Island to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island on CITY OF EDINBURGH with his family, arriving on 3 10 1808-to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. He was Free by Servitude by 1811. He died on 10 3 1816 age42 & was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart. >>>Joseph Simmonds (Chipman) had a relationship with Catherine (Byrne). Catherine (Byrne) arrived in NSW as a convict pn 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship NILE. She was sent to Norfolk Island, perhaps on SUGAR CANE. She, as (Burn), is recorded as on stores in February 1805 on Norfolk Island. She left Norfolk Island to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island on CITY OF EDINBURGH with her family, arriving on 3 10 1808-to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. She was Free by Servitude by 1811. [a Catherine (Byrne/Burn) is recorded as dying on 6 8 1815 age41 (therefore born about 1774; & a Catherine (Chipman) is recorded with 2children, all off stores, in Hobart town on 2 10 1818] Catherine (Byrne) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me; although a Mary (Byrne) is. Joseph Simmonds (Chipman) & Catherine (Byrne/Burn) produced maybe 7children: mostly boys 1.Joseph (Chipman) was born on 21 2/3 1803 & baptised on 24 7 1803 on Norfolk Island. He is recorded age<2yrs on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. He was listed with 45.5acres (strange, but perhaps in his name for legal reasons? the convict could not own property?) & went to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island (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 CITY OF EDINBURGH, arriving on 3 10 1808-but not listed i Ref:'People...'-to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. He died 18 10 1881 age78. ..Noted a Joseph (Chipman), born in Port Jackson), is recorded as off stores in Hobart town on 2 10 1818. .. 2.John (Chipman) was born in 1806 on Norfolk Island. He married Elizabeth (Grace-named as Elizabeth (Free) in Ref:'Forgotten...')-on 16 3 1829. He died on 14 1 1831 age about25 at Clarence Plains & was buried at St Matthews Rokeby. ..Elizabeth (Grace later Smith) was born in 1792 on Norfolk Island. She is recorded in February 1805 & 1807 with her mother on 50acres on Norfolk Island. She was taken by her mother to Clarence Plains near Launceston sometime after 1819. She died on 29 11 1829 age about37.] ..Details of Elizabeth (Grace)s family are given in entry for James (Grace FRIENDSHIP/SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website.. .. 3.Elizabeth (Burn/Chipman) was born on Norfolk Island. It may be she who is recorded as Elizabeth (Burn) age>2yrs on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. She was taken to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island on CITY OF EDINBURGH by her parents, arriving on 3 10 1808-to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. .. 4.Mary (Chipman) was born on Norfolk Island. It may be she who is recorded as Mary (Burn) age>2yrs on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805. She was taken to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island on CITY OF EDINBURGH by her parents, arriving on 3 10 1808-but not listed i Ref:'Forgotten...'-to? Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. .. 4a.a Michael (Burn) age>2yrs is recorded on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805; & a child Michael (Burn/Chipman) was taken to Derwent as part of the first evacuation of Norfolk Island on CITY OF EDINBURGH by his parents, arriving on 3 10 1808-to Clarence Plains/Roaches Bay. .. 5.Anthony (Chipman) was born in 1811 & baptised on 3 6 1811 w/Francis & William Michael at St Davids CofE Hobart. 6.Francis (Chipman) was born in 1811 & baptised on 3 6 1811 w/Anthony & William Michael at St Davids CofE Hobart. 7.William Michael (Chipman) was born in 1811 & baptised on 3 6 1811 w/Anthony & Francis at St Davids CofE Hobart. Reference 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'