Colonial Sentences to Norfolk Island 1789 – 1807

Norfolk Island was also a place of banishment for colonial sentences of secondary transportation and hard labour issued by authorities in NSW, namely the Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Criminal Court), Judge Advocate’s Bench of Magistrates (Bench), Court of Enquires regarding the various Irish rebellions, and Colonial Pardons from sentences of death. Some 70 individuals were sent to Norfolk Island with from a colonial sentence 1789 to 1807. They include:

ASHFORD, William:  NSW Corps Pitt 1792, died Norfolk Island  estimated 1797-1801
CARR, John: NSW Corps, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
COLLINS, George: Died 1804 Norfolk Island
EDWARDS, James: Convict Pitt 1792, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
FISHER, Hannah: Convict Pitt 1792, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
HAYES, Michael:  Convict Friendship 1800, married Elizabeth Huffnell/Baker who arrived on Norfolk Island per HMS Sirius 1790. HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children
INGRAM, Benjamin: died 1795 Norfolk Island
JILLETT, Robert: Convict Hillsborough 1799,  Lady Nelson Norfolk Island to Hobart Feb 1808
KEMPENNY, George: Convict Admiral Barrington 1791, Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
MATTHEWS, Robert: Convict Coromandel 1804 Closure of Norfolk Island 1814
MULLINS, Henry: Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
PALMER, Thomas, Convict Salamander 1791, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
SLATER, William: Convict, Active 1791, Estramina: Norfolk Island to Hobart May 1808
WILLIAMS, William: Convict Ganges 1797, The Inhabitants of Norfolk Island: Late 1808 – 1814
WRAY, Harriett: Convict Royal Admiral 1792, died 1807 Norfolk Island
WRIGHT, Henry: Marine Pte, Prince of Wales 1788, HM Supply to Norfolk Island March 1789 ebook