Francis July 1796 Passenger List
Philip Gidley King stated the Schooner Francis departed Norfolk Island on 13 Jul 1796 on her return to Port Jackson; King was apprehensive she would have a tedious passage from the heavy gales at West that may be expected at this time of the year.
All passengers were removed off the stores on 9 Jul 1796 for the voyage to Sydney per schooner Francis:
John Arnold: Surgeon (arrived Norfolk Island April 1796)
Bryant John: convict per late Endeavour Shipwreck NZ, pardon for service and giving such evidence of a daring burglary recommended by King as promise on 15 Sep 1796; later sent back to Norfolk Island per HMS Reliance 1799 on a colonial sentence.
Owen Cavenaugh: Seaman Settler of late HMS Sirius. Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers
Mary Darling: wife of Owen Cavenaugh: arrived Norfolk Island HMS Sirius Mar 1790 Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers
Charles Darling: Born 1788 Port Jackson, son of Mary Darling, arrived Norfolk Island HMS Sirius Mar 1790. HMS Sirius Babies and Love Children
Grace Darling: born Sep 1794 Norfolk Island, daughter of Owen and Mary Cavenaugh Norfolk Island Seaman Settlers
George Johnston: Military (arrived Norfolk Island Feb 1796; had been on Norfolk Island prior): HMAT Supply Norfolk Island March 1790 ebook
Nicholas Murry: convict who arrived on Norfolk Island per Pitt 1792
William Osborne: convict per late Endeavour Shipwreck NZ
Samuel Pearson: convict who arrived on Norfolk Island stowaway on the Admiral Barrington 1792
Philip Gidley King wrote that Captain Johnston having repeated an application for permission to return to Port Jackson, as he found the heat of the climate did not agree with the liver, a complaint he was much subject to, and the surgeon, having given it as his opinion that a change of air would be necessary for the reestablishment of his health, I gave that officer leave to return to Port Jackson, informing Governor Hunter of my reasons, and requesting that another captain may be sent here in his place, as soon as the service would admit of it. (Journal of Philip Gidley King 1791 – 1796, NLA, MS 70: 293)
David Collins in Sydney wrote: In the night of the 29th (Jul 1796), the Francis schooner returned from Norfolk Island, having been absent five weeks and three days. From her we learned, that the criminal court of judicature had been assembled, and one man, a convict, had suffered death, being convicted of a most daring burglary, which he and two others his accomplices effected with some circumstances of cruelty. The accomplices were sentenced to hard labour on Phillip Island for a certain term of years. See James Tucker Norfolk Island Hangman for more details
