Deaths 1796 NSW & Norfolk Island
Early Australian Colonial History
Research and Indexed by Historian Cathy Dunn

Location

Surname

First Name

Burial

Notes

Sydney

ALFORD

Richard

15 Jun 1796

Convict Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

ALLAIN

Margaret

12 Dec 1796

ALLEIN Convict. possible Margarte Allen Bellona 1793

Parramatta

BATTERSBY

Richard

17 Mar 1796

Richard Battersea arr. Convict Active 1791

Sydney

BAXTER

John

9 Mar 1796

Convict

Norfolk Island

BEAZLEY

Francis

1 Oct 1796

Fa: John McCARTHY Marine 1788 Mo: Ann BEARDSLEY Convict 1788

Parramatta

BERGAN

William

13 Jun 1796

Convict

Norfolk Island

BOLTON

Elizabeth

1 Oct 1796

HERBERT Infant

Sydney

BOYLE

Hugh

21 Mar 1796

Convict possible Marquis Cornwallis

Norfolk Island

BRABYN

Mary

29 Apr 1796

Soldiers wife arr. Marquis Cornwallis

Sydney

BREWER

Henry

10 Jul 1796

Collins: He came out with Governor Phillip as his clerk, and on our landing was appointed to act as provost-marshal in the room of the person appointed by the crown, Mr. Alexander, who never came out. Mr. Brewer afterwards received his Majesty's commission appointing him to the vacancy. Australian Dictionary of Biography

Norfolk Island

BRYAN

Patrick

1 Jul 1796

Convict Sugar Cane 1793

Parramatta

BRYAN

Peter

26 Mar 1796

Convict Sugar Cane 1793

Liberty Plains

CAESER

John

15 Feb 1796

Convict Alexander 1788, Caesar was shot by John Wimbow at Liberty Plains (Strathfield) and died after being carried to Thomas Rose's hut. Australian Dictionary of Biography

Norfolk Island

CAFFREY

Mary

1796

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

CANE

Mary

20 Mar 1796

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

CARR

Daniel

2 Nov 1796

Soldier Matilda 1791

Sydney

CARTER

Elizabeth

14 Aug 1796

Convict Surprize 1790

Norfolk Island

CARTER

John

1 Jan 1796

Infant b. 10 Jul 1792 Norfolk Island Mo: Convict Margaret Cater Lady Juliana 1790 some records show 1795 as death year

Norfolk Island

CARTER

Margaret

1796

d. about 1796 Convict Lady Juliana 1790, possible with John Asher on Norfolk Island

Sydney

CARVER

Joseph

5 Jun 1796

Settler. Convict Alexander 1788

Norfolk Island

CHRISTMAS

Susannah

1 Oct 1796

b. 11 June 1796 Norfolk Island. Fa: Thomas Crowder Convict Alexander 1788. Mo: Mary Christmas Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

COATES

David

13 Oct 1796

Convict

Parramatta

COGHLAN

Nicholas

29 Mar 1796

Convict

Sydney

COLEMAN

John

3 Mar 1796

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Norfolk Island

COLLINS

William

10 Jul 1796

d. 10 Jul 1796 Queenborough, Norfolk Island Convict Neptune 1790, m Ann Stockwell 1791 she died Norfolk Island 1804

Parramatta

COOKSEYS

Mary

16 Jun 1796

Infant

Parramatta

COSSLAN

Nicholas

May/Jun 1796

Parramatta

COURTNAL

Edward

2 Feb 1796

COURTNELL Convict Matilda 1791

Norfolk Island

CROSS

Mary

25 Jul 1796

Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Norfolk Island

CROSSLEY

Mary

1 Nov 1796

Sydney

CUBIT

Enoch

11 Dec 1796

Infant

Norfolk Island

DEAVERS

William

29 Jul 1796

Convict Matilda 1791

Norfolk Island

DINAH

Unknown

14 Mar 1796

Lascar

Parramatta

DORY

James

18 Nov 1796

DERRY Executed Convict Salamander 1791

Sydney

DOWLING

Unknown

8 Aug 1796

Convict

Sydney

DOWNING

John

17 Oct 1796

Soldier, William & Ann 1791

Parramatta

DOYLE

Thomas

10 Dec 1796

Convict Executed

Sydney

EADES

Joseph

24 Jan 1796

Drowned Sydney 23 Jan 1796, Private NSW Corps Surprize 1790

Sydney

EVANS

John

6 May 1796

Convict.

Sydney

EVANS

Katherine

26 Oct 1796

Convict. Murder by her Husband

Norfolk Island

EVANS

Joseph

1796

Convict Scarborough 1790

Sydney

FARRELL

Matthew

14 Jun 1796

Convict Pitt 1792. Collins: Matthew Farrel, who (with Richard Sutton, the Newgate Bully) assaulted the watch on the night of the 17th of March last, having in the course of that contest received a wound on the temple which proved incurable, and occasioned his death some time after, the watchmen were now brought forward to account for the death of the deceased. This they did very satisfactorily, and were discharged.

Executed

FINLOW

John

8 Aug 1796

Hang for murder, Convict Friendship 1788, Collins: John Fenlow was tried for the wilful murder of his servant, David Lane. This charge was fully made out, and the prisoner received sentence to die. Fenlow, being tried on the Saturday, was executed on the following Monday. His body being delivered to the surgeons for dissection pursuant to his sentence, a stone was found in his gall bladder, of the size of a lark's egg. This unhappy man was remarkable for an extreme irascibility of temper: might it not have been occasioned by the torment that such a substance must produce in so irritable a situation? He however, the night before his execution, confessed that the murder which he committed was premeditated

Parramatta

FISHBURN

Andrew

23 Jul 1796

m Sarah Donnelly 24 May 1794 Sydney Collins: a private in the New South Wales corps, but formerly belonging to the marine detachment serving in this country, who had been very useful as a carpenter in the settlement

Parramatta

FLEMON

George

25 Jan 1796

Sydney

FORSYTH

William

23 Jan 1796

Norfolk Island

GALE

William

1 Jun 1796

Infant Collier/Collins. Mo: Elizabeth Gale Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

GERRALD

Joseph

16 Mar 1796

He was buried in the garden of a little spot of ground which he had purchased at Farm Cove. Mr. F. Palmer, we understood, had written his epitaph at large. Arr Convict Sovereign 1795. Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sydney

GILES

Thomas

11 Mar 1796

Infant

Sydney

HALL

Ann

16 Sept 1796

Convict Indispensable 1796

Norfolk Island

HAMBLY

Mary

18 Jun 1796

Convict Mary Springham Lady Penrhyn 1788, HMS Sirius to Norfolk Island 13 Mar 1790, m William HAMBLY 5 Nov 1791 Norfolk Island who arr. as a carpenters mate on the Sirius 1788

Sydney

HEMMINGS

Edward

6 Aug 1796

Private NSW Surprize 1790

Parramatta

HOBSELL

Thomas

30 Jan 1796

Sydney

HOLTON

Thomas

21 Apr 1796

Thomas Holton (Holtham Hoult, Holt) Private NSW Corps

Sydney

HOLTON

Thomas

15 May 1796

Son of Private Thomas Holton NSW Corps

Sydney

HORN

John

3 Apr 1796

Convict

Sydney

HUDSON

Ann

12 Aug 1796

b 14 Aug 1791 Sydney Fa: Richard of NSW Corps Mo: Mary

Sydney

HUDSON

Richard

7 Mar 1796

Sergeant Major NSW Corps. d. 6 Mar 1796 from severe dysentery. arr. Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

HUMPHRIES

Edward

13 Mar 1796

b. 16 Nov 1793 Sydney Fa: Edward. Convict Scarborough 1788 d 1804 Sydney Mo: Mary Williams Convict Neptune 1790 d 1805 Sydney

Parramatta

HYNES

James

19 Feb 1796

Settler

Sydney

INWOOD

Philip

3 Apr 1796

Convict Surprize 1790

Parramatta

JOHNSON

George

Jan/Feb 1796

Possible Death

Sydney

JONES

David

28 Apr 1796

Sergeant Major NSW Corps Admiral Barrington 1791

Sydney

JORDAN

Samuel

24 May 1796

Convict Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

KENT

John Hunter

20 May 1796

b. 3 Nov 1795 Sydney Fa: William Mo: Eliza

Sydney

LACY

John

24 Jan 1796

Killed by Natives. Convict Neptune 1790

Hawkesbury

LANE

David

4 Jul 1796

Collins: the settler's servant who was killed at the Hawkesbury; beside the seaman belonging to the Indispensable who was shot. John Fenlow was tried for the wilful murder of his servant, David Lane. This charge was fully made out, and the prisoner received sentence to die. Convict Queen 1791

Sydney

LAWLER

John

30 Nov 1796

LAWLOR Convict Queen 1791 d. 29 Nov 1796. Collins: executed pursuant to the sentence of the court. At Sydney, Francis Morgan, for wilful murder, with Martin McEwen (a soldier) and John Lawler (a convict), for robbing the public stores

Mulgrave Place

LAWRELL

John

23 Feb 1796

LAUREL Convict Scarborough 1788, Settler at time of death

Sydney

LAYCOCK

Louisa

28 May 1796

Infant Fa: Mark Turner Convict Scarborough 1788 d.1802 Mo: Carolina Laycock

Norfolk Island

LEE

George

28 Jun 1796

Convict Admiral Barrington

Sydney

MASSEY

William

29 Jul 1796

Convict Surprize 1790

Sydney

McANILTY

Unknown

10 Dec 1796

Parramatta

McCARTY

Charles

3 Feb 1796

d. 1 Feb 1796. Private NSW Corps Second Fleet, buried St Johns Parramatta

Sydney

McCORMIC

William

26 Feb 1796

Convict

Sydney

McEWIN

Martin

30 Nov 1796

McKEWIN, McEWEN. Soldier. Collins: Soldier executed pursuant to the sentence of the court. At Sydney Francis Morgan, for wilful murder, with Martin McEwen (a soldier) and John Lawler (a convict), for robbing the public stores

Parramatta

McNALLY

Matthew

9 Dec 1796

Convict Executed

Sydney

McNAMEE

John

13 Apr 1796

McNAMARA Convict

Parramatta

MILES

Dinah

18 Aug 1796

MIELLS Convict Pitt 1792

Executed

MOBBS

Samuel

11 Mar 1796

Executed at Sydney Convict Matilda 1791

Norfolk Island

MOHAIR

Denis

2 Aug 1796

Convict Queen 1791

Sydney

MORGAN

Francis

30 Nov 1796

Collins: Executed pursuant to the sentence of the court. At Sydney, Francis Morgan, for wilful murder, with Martin McEwen (a soldier) and John Lawler (a convict), for robbing the public stores. Convict arr. 1793, executed after bashing a man to death in Sydney on 18 Oct 1796 at Fort Denison

Norfolk Island

OAKLEY

Mary

27 Aug 1796

Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Norfolk Island

O'BRIEN

Patrick

Jul 1796

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796 aka BRIEN

Sydney

PARDON

Elizabeth

26 Feb 1796

Soldiers Wife. Elizabeth MOODY Convict Lady Juliana 1790, m Joseph Prattern 24 December 1790 St Phillips Sydney. Joseph PRATTERN - PARTON - BARTON. He married as PARTON, he died 1797

Norfolk Island

PETERS

James

7 Mar 1796

Convict Neptune 1791

Norfolk Island

PETTITT

John

25 Jun 1796

PETIT Convict Scarborough 1788

Sydney

PIERCE

Matthew

21 Dec 1796

Infant

Norfolk Island

PLACE

John

6 May 1796

Convict Salamander 1791

Norfolk Island

POOR

Ann

25 Mar 1796

POWER POWELL Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

QUIN

John

1 Sep 1796

QUINN Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

QUINN

Phillip

28 Jul 1796

Convict possible Boddingtons 1793

Sydney

RADFORD

John

26 May 1796

BADFORD REDFORD Convict Neptune 1790. Speared by Natives. m. Martha Bennett Convict 4 Dec 1791 Parramatta

Sydney

RAVEN

Simon

16 Oct 1796

Murdered on Sydney's North Shore or Port Denison Convict Matilda 1791

Norfolk Island

RAYMOND

George

3 Jun 1796

Convict Scarborough 1788

Sydney

SAVILLE

Sarah

5 Jun 1796

b. At Sea Indispensable 1796 29 Mar 1796 bap: 10 May 1796. Fa: Edward Mo: Elizabeth

Sydney

SCOTNEY

Charles

25 Jul 1796

SCOLLNEY SCOTTNEY Soldier Marquis of Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

SEAMON

Dennis

23 Feb 1796

Convict

Norfolk Island

SKINNER

Richard

10 Jul 1796

Convict Salamander 1791

Sydney

SKIRVING

William

19 Mar 1796

Collins: dysentery was the apparent cause of his death, but his heart was broken. In the hope of receiving remittances from England, which might enable him to proceed with spirit and success in farming, of which he appeared to have a thorough knowledge, he had purchased from different persons, who had ground to sell, about one hundred acres of land adjacent to the town of Sydney. He soon found that a farm near the sea-coast was of no great value. His attention and his efforts to cultivate the ground were of no avail. Remittances he received none; he contracted some little debts, and found himself neglected by that party for whom he had sacrificed the dearest connexions in life, a wife and family; and finally yielded to the pressure of this accumulated weight. Australian Dictionary of Biography

Sydney

SMITH

James

5 Jul 1796

Convict

Sydney

SMITH

John

8 Jul 1796

Sailor

Sydney

SMITH

Rhoda

8 May 1796

Infant

Parramatta

STIRLING

John

2 Feb 1796

STERLING, STERLIN, convict Surprize 1794

Sydney

SULLIVAN

Bernard

7 Jan 1796

Surgeon mate of the Supply

Sydney

SULLIVAN

Daniel

30 Oct 1796

Soldier Sugar Cane 1793

Parramatta

SULLIVAN

John

10 Mar 1796

Shot in the act of robbery

Sydney

SUTTON

Thomas

23 Jul 1796

Convict Admiral Barrington 1791

Sydney

SWEENEY

Michael

28 May 1796

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

TURVILLE

Benison

2 Jan 1796

Carpenter of the Arthur

Sydney

WALL

Moses

7 Feb 1796

Infant

Sydney

WATSON

Mary

11 Jan 1796

Soldiers Wife, Charles Watson NSW Corps Surprize 1790

Sydney

WATSON

Ann

26 Mar 1796

Infant

Parramatta

WHELAN

Mary

20 Jan 1796

Convict

Sydney

WHITFIELD

Elizabeth

25 Apr 1796

Infant

Parramatta

WIER

Thomas

18 May 1796

Convict

Sydney

WILLAN

James

23 Apr 1796

Infant

Norfolk Island

WILLIAMS

John

9 May 1796

Convict

Sydney

WILLIAMS

Thomas

21 Jul 1796

Crushed to death by a wheel of timber carriage going over his head

Sydney

WILLIAMS

Mary

26 Mar 1796

Convict

Sydney

WILLIAMS

Elizabeth

21 Sep 1796

Settlers Wife, Murdered, Convict Elizabeth Young Mary Ann 1791, m. 11 Sep 1791 Robert Williams. Elizabeth died 19 Sep 1796

Norfolk Island

WOOD

George

29 Apr 1796

Convict Alexander 1788

Sydney

YOUNG

Ann

15 Mar 1796

Infant

 
References & Links
In accordance with traditional laws often followed by Indigenous communities in Australia the mentioning of and photographs of deceased people may offend. Please note on this page there is mention of Aboriginal people who are deceased.
All Sydney deaths, are burials at the Old Sydney Sydney ground unless noted
Cobley, John, Sydney Cove 1793-1795: the spread of settlement, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1983.
Cobley, John, Sydney Cove 1795-1800: the second governor, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1986.
Collins, David. An account of the English colony in New South Wales: RAHS, Sydney, 1975.
Thomas D. Mutch Index, Mitchell Library Sydney CY377 - 378.
St Phillips Church parish Register Sydney
1/102nd Regiment (NSW Corps)
Web link
Early Probate Records, NSW State Records:
Web link
Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition
First Fleet online (UOW)
Old Sydney Burial Ground
Norfolk Island Cemetery
NSW Death records
Early Australian Colonial History
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