Honora Sullivan

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iain Frazier on 24th March 2026

Family connections for Honora (Sullivan) are: SULLIVAN A family of (Sullivan)s: 1.Catherine (Sullivan) seems to have been born about 1775. She arrived in NSW as a convict with Eleanor & Honora on 11 2 1796 after a voyage of 6months on MARQUIS CORNWALLIS & arrived on Norfolk Island on 13 2 1796sic-accordingng to Ref:'People...'-with Eleanor & Honora (as a family). She arrived on Norfolk Island on 13 2 1796. She had a first relationshipn with Samuel (Day his third relationship) & produced 2children.>>> ..Catherine (Sullivan) does not have an entry on this Website as yet: added by me. ..Samuel (Day) was born about 1767. He was tried for theft of warp yarn at Gloucester Gloucestershire on 23 3 1785, sentenced to death reprieved to 14years, held on the hulk CENSOR on Thames River Woolwich London & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 11 1787 after a voyage of 6.5months on First Fleet ship ALEXANDER. He married firstly (1of3) Mary (Bishop) on 2 11 1788 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was sent to Norfolk Island on SURPRISE, arriving on 7 8 1790. He had a second (2of3) relationship with Mary (Bolton her first relationship) & was recorded with her in 1794. He was recorded in February 1805 Free by Servitude sawyer sentence expired on stores on Norfolk Island. He left Norfolk Island with his family (Ref:'People...' shows 3children/Ref:'Exiled..." shows 2children/Ref:'Forgotten...' shows 2children with differences in names) as part of the second evacuation on 20/28 1 1813 on HMS LADY NELSON to Port Dalrymple Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), arriving on 1 3 1813. He was appointed constable at Port Dalrymple on 30 5 1818. He may have died on 8 5 1849 age about52 father of 8children mainly girls.>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] >>>.a Samuel Day) was recorded in May 1827 as destitute (age79?) in Launceston, without property or relatives, with his his wife Mary (age69?). He was recorded at his death, at the colonial hospital, as exceeding 100years.] .. >>>Catherine (Sullivan) had a second relationship with Henry (Dutton) with whom she produced 8children- & later married him-or maybe not, no mention found. She is recorded as off stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805 She had 16acres when she left Norfolk Island with 3children as part of the first evacuation (for which volunteers apparantly had been called with appropriate compensation offerred & for which she may have tried to decline as some successful farmers were asked to stay) on 13 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA-on board were Honora (Sullivan) & her family) (from Ref:'People...'-arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808. She married Henry (Dutton) at St Davids CofE Hobart before 1820-no mention found in Smees records. She produced 10known children in her lifetime. ..Henry (Dutton) arrived in NSW on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship SALAMANDER. He was sent to Norfolk Island, arriving in September 1791. He was recorded as a convict labourer on Norfolk Island in February 1805. He left Norfolk Island, separately from Catherine, as part of the first evacuation on 13 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808. He was recorded as off stores at Hobart town on 2 10 1818. ..Henry (Dutton) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. ..Details of Henry (Dutton)s family are given in entry for Henry (Dutton SALAMANDER 1791) on this Website. .. 2.Eleanor (Sullivan)/???) arrived in NSW as a convict with Catherine & Honora on 11 2 1796 after a voyage of 6months on MARQUIS CORNWALLIS & arrived on Norfolk Island on 13 2 1796sic-accordingng to Ref:'People...'-with Catherine & Honora (as a family). She left Norfolk Island as part of the first evacuation on 13 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808. She was with ??? (Smithwick) in 1700s & married Arthur (Smithwick) on 9 9 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..Eleanor (Sullivan) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me ..Arthur (Smithwick) ..Eleanor (Sullivan) & Arthur (Smithwick) produced a child: ..1.Mary (Smithwick) was born on 15 10 1799 & baptised on 25 5 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. .. 3.Honoria (Sullivan) arrived in NSW as a convict with Catherine & Eleanor on 11 2 1796 after a voyage of 6months on MARQUIS CORNWALLIS & arrived on Norfolk Island on 13 2 1796sic-accordingng to Ref:'People...'-with Catherine & Eleanor (as a family). She left Norfolk Island as part of the first evacuation on 13 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808. She married William (Merritt/Merriott aka Adams) on 14 3 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta-or recorded there-she produced 2children. She left Norfolk Island on 15 5 1808 (according to Ref:'People...' but not mentioned on any ship in Norfolk Island Refs), at the time of the first evacuation & possibly went to Derwent (Tasmania).>>> CCONVICTdone ..William (Merritt/Merriott aka Adams) was born about 1769. He was said to have been wounded in His Majesties service at sieges of Gibraltar. He was tried probably at Old Bailey in 1790, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship ACTIVE. He was sent to Norfolk Island, possibly on ADMIRAL BARRINGTON arriving on 2 4 1791. In 1801 he became shocked by the society on Norfolk Island & decided to go to sea on whaler GENERAL BOYDA, leaving his daughters in care of Mrs (Mitchell) a respectable school mistress. He returned to Norfolk Island after 2months, where he was charged with stealing money, pleaded not guilty, but was imprisoned for 11months. He apparantly retook custody of his daughters & later purchased a farm from William (Mitchell). He is recorded as convict sentence expired labourer Free by Servitude off stores in February 1805 on Norfolk Island. He later sold his farm-he returned the daughters to Mrs (Mitchell). He attempted to go to sea again, on FAVOURITE, but was detained & charged with incest of late wifes child (age10 & unidentifiable)- he was sentenced to 500lashes (received 225) & 4years in prison. He was placed on Phillip Island, south of Norfolk Island, about 1806 as he refused to work- a place providing no shelter or food-a gaoler brought food once a month by row boat. He could converse in English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese & Minorcan. His story was advised to Governor (Bligh) in a petition from Phillip Island dated 6 10 1806. He left Norfolk Island on 3 9 1808 (according to Ref:'People...' but not mentioned on any ship in Norfolk Island Refs), at the time of the first evacuation & possibly went to Derwent (Tasmania). ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Honoria (Sullivan) apparantly married secondly Matthew (Wood his second marriage). She left Norfolk Island, as Nora, with her new husband & 2children (on board was Catherine (Sullivan) & children) (from Ref:'People...') on 15 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808; at the time of the first evacuation-to New Norfolk. She produced 2known children in her lifetime. ..Matthew (Wood) was born about 1837. He was tried for larceny at York Assizes West Riding Yorkshire, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6.5months on Fleet ship MATILDA or ATLANTIC. He was sent to Norfolk Island. He had a first short term relationship with Catherine (Lewis her second relationship) (from Ref:'People...')-mentioned again just below when he married her. He is recorded in 1796 with 60acres Plot no.43 at Phillipsburg on west of the island. He had purchased 7acres by 1805 & was recorded as a farmer. He left Norfolk Island with his wife 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 15 5 1808 on ESTRAMINA, arriving at Derwent Tasmania on 5 6 1808; to New Norfolk where he became a farmer. He purchased 30acres in New Norfolk on 20 9 1813. He married Catherine (Williams/Sponsford) on 22 4 1812 at New Norfolk-recorded at St Davids CofE Hobart. He died on 10 2 1819 age84 by vicious murder by beating, witnessed by his wife who was also beaten, at Back River New Norfolk; he was buried at St Davids CofE Hobart. ..[Some details taken from this Website] Noted a Cornelius (Sullivan) was also recorded on Norfolk Island. 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'