SALAMANDER PROJECT

Second Edition - available now!

CONVICTS OF THE THIRD FLEET

The book was launched at the Salamander Community Centre on April 1, 2006

Price: $25.00 plus $10.00 postage and handling in Australia

Copies are available from:

The Secretary
Tomaree Family History Group Nelson Bay NSW Inc.
18 Lynne Crescent, CORLETTE, NSW. 2315

In 2004 members of the Tomaree Family History Group commenced a research project on the ship SALAMANDER which transported convicts to New South Wales in 1791 as part of the Third Fleet. Salamander Bay in Port Stephens is named after the ship and provided the impetus for the group to undertake the project. The research is now presented in the book “The Crimes and Lives of Convicts arriving in Sydney on the Salamander 1791” which was published in April 2006.

The SALAMANDER departed Plymouth in March 1791 with 160 convicts and 12 soldiers of the New South Wales Corps and arrived in Port Jackson in August of that year, 147 days later. Five convicts died during the voyage. After a brief lay over in Sydney the SALAMANDER sailed for Norfolk Island where the majority of her convicts disembarked to serve their sentences.

The SALAMANDER had originally been built as a whaling ship and after she had discharged her transportation duties, she embarked on the first European whaling voyage in Australian waters. Early in 1792 she became the first European vessel to enter and chart Port Stephens. Salamander Bay is today named in honour of this historic event.

The histories of most convicts commence with their trials in Britain and follow their lives in Sydney, on Norfolk Island and in Van Diemen’s Land. Some convicts have left a wealth of records and their histories are well documented while others died in obscurity. The book records convicts who, having served their sentences, acquired land grants and became successful settlers and in some instance, prominent citizens. Some individuals enlisted in the military or became constables, while others ended their days as labourers, paupers or in the insane asylum. Several of the soldiers from the Salamander also became settlers in New South Wales and their histories are also presented. Where spouses of convicts or soldiers were identified, their histories were also researched and included in the book.

The book is fully referenced and contains a comprehensive index of the names of over 800 convicts, soldiers, their spouses or other related individuals identified in New South Wales, on Norfolk Island or in Van Diemen’s Land during the research. An index of references to over 100 ships documented during the research is also included. Genealogy of the first and second generations of convicts and soldiers descendents is included where identified. The book provides a comprehensive summary of publicly available information and is an excellent reference source for researchers who are undertaking more detailed work.

The First Edition of the book was released in April 2006 and has since sold out. A wealth of feedback and additional information was subsequently received from other researchers or convict descendents and this information has been incorporated into the Second Edition which was released in November 2006. Additional information is welcome and will be included in subsequent editions. 

  

LIST OF SALAMANDER CONVICTS

LIST OF SALAMANDER SOLDIERS

ALLEN, JAMES BAKER, JAMES ALLEN, JOHN (Jones. John – James. John – Allen. James – Jones. James – James. James) BAKER, THOMAS ANDREWS, JOSEPH CLYDE THOMAS ATKINS, JOSEPH CROSS, ROBERT BARNEY, JOSEPH FRYER, CHARLES BATES, JOSEPH FRYER, RICHARD BEECRAFT, FELIX GILBERT, RICHARD BELBIN, JAMES (Belvin. James – Bebbin. James – Beadle. James) HORTLE, JAMES BELFORT, JACOB (Balfort. Belford. Belfoard.) HAVEN, EDWARD BELLOW, GEORGE (Bellew.)   BENSON, JAMES   BLOWER, JAMES (Blore. Blow.)   BRISTOL, JOSEPH   BROUGHTON, JOHN (Bougham.)   BRYAN, DANIEL (Brian. Brien. Bryant.)   BUCK, HENRY   BURGAN, WILLIAM (Burgin. Bergin. Bergon. Bergen.)   BURN, BARTHOLOMEW (Burne.)   CARPENTER, JAMES   CASSADAY, THOMAS (Cassiday. Cassith. Cassaly.)   CLAY, WILLIAM   COCK, FRANCIS (Cox.)    COLEMAN, RICHARD   CONAWAY, JOSEPH (Connoway. Connaway.)   COOPER, CHARLES   COX, ROBERT   COZENS, SAMUEL   CROFTS, SAMUEL (Craft. Croft. Crafts.)   CROSS, THOMAS   CURRY, JOHN (Williams.)   DAVIS, WILLIAM (Davies.)   DAW, WILLIAM   DELANEY, JOHN (Delany. Bellamy.)   DERRY, THOMAS   DERRY, WILLIAM   DULTON, JOSEPH (Dalton.)   DUNCOMBE, WILLIAM   DUTTON, HENRY   DYERS, JAMES (Dyer. Dyus. Dyas. Dyers. John)   EARL, JOHN (Earle. Robert)   EVANS, DAVID   EVATT, THOMAS   FENWELL, ROBERT (Henwell. Fenvell. Ffenwell. Fennell. Lyndsay. Lyndsey.)   FLANNAGAN, PATRICK   FORSYTH, JOHN (Forsith.)   FOSSETT, ROBERT   FOSSETT, WILLIAM   FRANCIS, JOB (Francis. Joseph)   FRY, GEORGE FRYER, VALENTINE (Fryar. Ffryer. Tryer.) GALLOWAY, TIMOTHY GILLETT, JOHN GOSS, JOHN GRACE, JOHN (Grave.) GRANT, GEORGE (Grant. Gabriel) GREAVES, BENJAMIN (Graves.) GREENBANK, THOMAS HALLUM, ROBERT (Hallan.) HARDY, JOHN HARPER, WILLIAM HARRIGAN, TEAGUE (Harrigan. Edward) HARRIS, JOHN HARVEY, WILLIAM HAYNES, RICHARD (Haines. Hanes.) HEPWORTH, JOHN HOLDWAY, JOHN HOLLIS, WILLIAM (Hallis. Wevster.) HOLYOAK, THOMAS HOMER, THOMAS HOWARD, JOHN HUCKLES, THOMAS HYAMS, THOMAS (Hyam.) JACKSON, HENRY JARVIS, JOHN (Jarvie. Jarvis. Edward) JEWLIN, WILLIAM JOHNSON, THOMAS JONES, JAMES JONES, JOHN JONES, THOMAS JONES, THOMAS JONES, THOMAS (Huxley, Thomas) JONES, WILLIAM JONES, WILLIAM  JONES, WILLIAM JOSEPH, WILLIAM KING, JOHN LEWIS, DAVID LEWIS, EDWARD LOVELL, GEORGE (Gypsy George. – Lovel. George – Gorosey. George) LYNCH, WILLIAM McGEE, THOMAS (M’Gee.) MARSHALL, JOHN MILLS, BENJAMIN MINCE, WILLIAM MITCHELL, WILLIAM MOORE, JOHN MORDECAI, JOSEPH (Mordecai. Jonas) MURPHY, GEORGE MURPHY, JAMES MURPHY, THOMAS NASH, GEORGE NEWTON, JAMES NICHOLSON, JOHN NOLT, WILLIAM (Nott.) OWENS, JOHN (Owen.) PALMER, THOMAS PARKES, THOMAS PARSONS, WILLIAM PATE, BENJAMIN (Plate. Peate.) PETERS, JAMES PLACE, JOHN (Plate.) POWIS, THOMAS PRICE, SAMUEL (Johnson. Samuel) PRITCHETT, WILLIAM (Pritchard.) RANSOM, THOMAS (Ransome. Ranson.) RICHARDS, JOHN RICHARDS, WILLIAM ROBERTS, RICHARD RUSSELL, JACOB (Russel.) RUSSELL, JOHN SAVAGE, WILLIAM SCOTT, WALTER SHADWICK, GEORGE (Shadrack.) SHIRLEY, JAMES (Shipley.) SHORT, ROGER SKILLING, STEPHEN SKINNER, RICHARD SLATER, ROBERT (Slatter. Sclater.) SMITH, THOMAS SOLOMONS, SIMON SPOONER, JAMES (Spencer.) STANYARD, SAMUEL STEELE, JOHN (Steel. Stelle. Stule.) STEVENS, THOMAS STEVENSON, THOMAS (Stephenson.) STRICKLAND, WILLIAM TANNER, WILLIAM TAYLOR, JOHN TIREY, JAMES (Tierney. Tyrie. Tyre.) TREE, SAMUEL (Free. – Free. Israel – Frear. Samuel) TUCK, THOMAS WALLACE, GEORGE WARD, THOMAS WATTS, THOMAS PARDOE WELCH, EDWARD WELSTEAD, JOSEPH WESTON, JAMES WESTON, STAINER (Staner – Steiner) WILBOW, JAMES (Wilboe. Wilbo. Wilbrow. Wilbra. Wymbowe. Wylbow.) WILLAN, EDWARD (Williams.) WILSON, GEORGE WOOD, THOMAS WOOLERTON, THOMAS (Woollerton.) WRIGHT, SAMUEL