Love and Land: Female Landholders Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 ebook

Love and Land: Female Landholders Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 not only contains details on the various landholdings of females on Norfolk Island but includes their arrivals, departures and details on their different relationships, and life after leaving Norfolk Island.

The research methodology for Love and Land: Female Landholders Norfolk Island 1788 – 1814 included the collating and cross referencing of all the primary records relating to land ownership, grants and leases, dwellings and land sizes and usage on Norfolk Island featuring women in addition to their husbands and defacto partners.

This resulted surprising with a list of 33 women owning land and/or being land tenants at one stage or another during the Island’s settlement 1788 – 1814. The 33 females owning land and/or being land tenants at one stage or another during the Island’s settlement 1788 – 1814 were:

• • Mary Barrisford
  • Elizabeth Bradshaw
  • Martha Burchett/Burkett
  • Rebecca Chipman
  • Sarah Clayton
  • Deborah Davis
  • Margaret Dawson
  • Elizabeth Douglas
  • Elizabeth Gregory
  • Amelia Harding
  • Ann Harper
  • Elizabeth Hippesley
  • Rachel Hoddy
  • Catherine Hyland
  • Margaret Jones
  • Catherine Kearney
  • Elizabeth Lee
  • Elizabeth Lowe
  • Sarah Manning
  • Hannah Matthews
  • Elizabeth Nichols
  • Mary Potter
  • Mary Proctor
  • Hannah Ronay
  • Ann Shuttleworth
  • Elizabeth Stringer
  • Catherine Sullivan
  • Elizabeth Thackery
  • Elizabeth Thomas
  • Elizabeth Thompson
  • Mary Tuck
  • Mary Watkins
  • Rachel Watkins