Deaths 1797 NSW & Norfolk Island
Early Australian Colonial History
Research and Indexed by Historian Cathy Dunn

Location

Surname

First Name

Burial

Date

Sydney

BAILEY

Catherine

14 Feb 1797

Infant, Katherine

Dawes Point, Sydney Cove

BAUGHAN

John

25 Feb 1797

Overseer of Carpenters. Convict Friendship 1788. m. Mary Cleaver 17 Feb 1788 Sydney

Sydney

BOSWARD

John

20 Sep 1797

Soldier Private NSW Corps Neptune 1790

Parramatta

BRASIL

Sarah

17 Sep 1797

Convict

Braygrove Field of Mars

BRAY

John

5 Oct 1797

Private NSW Corps arr. Neptune 1790. Born Ireland. Enlisted England Private 30 Jun 1789 married Mary Devine they had 5 children, Mary remarried after Johns death to Joseph Llewellyn

Sydney

BRIAN

Barney

10 Jul 1797

Barnaby BRYON Soldier, ex convict enlisted May 1791

Sydney

BRIAN

Patrick

2 Jun 1797

Convict

Sydney

BRISCO

Mary Martin

22 Nov 1797

Infant

Sydney

BROCK

John Lanigan

7 Jul 1797

Ensign NSW Corps. d. 6 July 1797, buried with military honours, headstone at Old Sydney Burial Ground. Arr Britannia 1790, some records gives his name as John Linigor BIRCH

Sydney

BROOKS

Jane

8 Jan 1797

Convict Lady Juliana 1790, went to Norfolk Island Aug 1790 returned Feb 1796 on the Reliance

Sydney

BUCK

Phillip

13 Nov 1797

Convict Drowned 11 Nov 1797. Mutch Index: BIRCH

Sydney

BUTTERFIELD

John

20 Apr 1797

Convict Pitt 1792

Parramatta

CAFFREY

James

11 Jun 1797

Convict

Sydney

CARNEY

Patrick

2 Jun 1797

Convict

Parramatta

CARR

Patrick

17 Apr 1797

Convict

Sydney

CARTER

James

6 Mar 1797

Soldiers Child

Sydney

CAUBE

William

11 Jul 1797

Parramatta

COGHLAN

Hugh

28 Oct 1797

Convict

Sydney

COLLEY

Ann

17 Nov 1797

Infant b. 25 June 1796 Bap: 16 Jul 1797 St Phillips Sydney d. Sydney Cove Fa: Thomas Colley Convict Royal Admiral 1792 Mo: Ann Wilson Convict Indispensable 1796.

Sydney

CORDELL

James

21 Feb 1797

Infant

Sydney

CORNHILL

Henry

10 Jun 1797

Convict

Unknown

COULSON

John

Dec 1797

Private NSW Corps. Collins: On the morning of Christmas Day, the governor was informed that two seamen belonging to the Reliance had discovered the (murdered) body of a soldier (who had been for two days missing from the look-out post on the South Head, where he was on duty).

Sydney

COWEN

Peter

7 Jun 1797

Convict COWER

Concord

CREW

William

26 Dec 1797

Convict Albemarle 1791

Sydney

DAWSON

Ann

4 Sep 1797

Convict Surprise 1794

Sydney

DAY

William

11 Nov 1797

Infant

Parramatta

EDWARDS

Elizabeth

28 Dec 1797

Sydney

EVANS

George

15 Feb 1797

Convict

Parramatta

FISHBURN

Mark

17 Jul 1797

Convict

Sydney

FISHER

Sarah

20 Feb 1797

Convict Indispensable 1796

Parramatta

FITZGERALD

Edward

27 Oct 1797

Convict

Sydney

FOWKES

William

30 Apr 1797

Convict Royal Admiral 1792

Parramatta

FOWLS

Child

31 May 1797

Ann FOY - FOWLS child. Arr Lady Penrhyn 1788 Free, child of Convict

Sydney

FRITRILL

Theophilus

10 Mar 1797

Infant FEUTRILL Fa: Theophilis FEUTRILL NSW Corp Neptune 1790. Mo: Ann SHORT Convict Kitty 1792. d. Soldiers Wife Mar 1797 Sydney. m. 21 June 1795 Sydney

Sydney

FRY

Ann

7 May 1797

Convict

Sydney

FUTRILL

Ann

19 Mar 1797

Soldiers Wife, maybe died from Child birth. m. 21 Jun 1795 Sydney Theophilis FEUTRILL, NSW Corp Neptune 1790. Ann SHORT Convict Kitty 1792.

Parramatta

GALVIN

Timothy

8 Apr 1797

Royal Admiral 1792

Parramatta

GARLAND

William

3 Jun 1797

Convict Atlantic 1791, speared by natives

Parramatta

GODSBY

Valentine

Jan 1797

Britannia 1791

Sydney

GOODALL

Margaret

9 Jul 1797

Infant b. Apr 1797 Sydney Fa William Corporal Royal Marines 6th Company Scarborough 1788

Mulgrave Place

GRAHAM

Eupham Elizabeth

27 Apr 1797

Convict Pitt 1792, Buried at St John's Parramatta Headstone

Sydney

GRANT

James

19 Feb 1797

Convict

Sydney

HANLY

Mary

5 Feb 1797

HANDY HANBY Convict

Sydney

HARTMAN

George

24 Feb 1797

Soldier

Sydney

HOLMES

William

19 Jun 1797

Convict. Scarborough 1788, first husband of Rebecca Davison they married 17 Feb 1788 Sydney Cove

Sydney

IKIN

Obediah (Jnr)

Jun 1797

d. 24 June 1797 Soldier Surprise 1790 also on board were his parents Obediah & Sarah Ikin

Sydney

INNIS

John

26 Dec 1797

INNES Sailor

Sydney

ISLE

Eleanor

16 Mar 1797

Infant

Sydney

JAMIESON

Margaret

25 May 1797

Infant

Sydney

JONES

John

14 Sep 1797

Convict

Parramatta

JONES

Sophia

14 Sep 1797

Convict Mary Ann 1791

Sydney

KELLEY

Hugh

30 Dec 1797

Soldier. KELLY

Sydney

KENNEDY

Judith

8 Feb 1797

Infant

Sydney

KENNEDY

Patrick

8 Jul 1797

Convict

Sydney

KENNEDY

William

27 Mar 1797

Infant b. 14 June 1795 Sydney Cove. Drowned at Parramatta 26 Mar 1797, Parents Donald & Ann Kennedy arrived Royal Admiral 1792

Parramatta

KILPACK

David

1 Dec 1797

d 30 Nov 1797, Convict Scarborough 1788, buried at St John's, Parramatta headstone

Parramatta

MALONE

Sarah

27 Feb 1797

Infant

Sydney

MARSHALL

John

17 Dec 1797

Soldier

Sydney

MARTIN

Charles

16 Oct 1797

Convict Neptune 1790, killed by John Morris. Charles m Sarah Gettins 12 Aug 1792 Parramatta.

Parramatta

MCCANN

Matthew

8 Apr 1797

Convict Queen 1791

Sydney

MITCHELL

Elizabeth

22 Oct 1797

Free

Parramatta

MOODY

Matthew

12 Sep 1797

Convict Royal Admiral 1792 Killed by a falling tree

Parramatta

MOULDS

Thomas

27 May 1797

Convict Pitt 1792

Parramatta

MURPHY

James

4 Jul 1797

Convict

Sydney

MURPHY

Ann

30 Nov 1797

Infant

Sydney

PALES

Elizabeth

20 Apr 1797

Infant

Sydney

PARDON

Joseph

5 Apr 1797

Soldier PRATTERN, PARTON enlisted 1793. Convict Neptune 1790

Sydney

PEAT

Elizabeth

11 Oct 1797

Infant b. 3 Sept 1797. Bap. 26 Sept 1797 St Phillips Sydney Cove. Fa: Charles Peat Mo: Johanna Mullins both first fleet convicts m. 22 Feb 1788 Sydney Cove

Sydney

PERKINS

Henry

Feb 1797

NSW Corps enlisted Jun 1792 Private d. 24 Feb 1797. Arr: Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

PHILLIPS

James

24 Feb 1797

Soldier

Sydney

POUNDER

Katherine

3 Apr 1797

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796 POWDEN

Sydney

PRICE

George

30 Sep 1797

Convict Pitt 1792

Parramatta

RICE

John

Aug 1797

Private John Rice Royal Marines 33rd (Plymouth) Company, HMS Sirius 1788. Married Ann Harper May 1795

Sydney

RICHARDS

Mary

13 Sep 1797

Convict

Sydney

ROBBS

James

17 Mar 1797

Soldier. ROBB arr. Mary Ann 1791

Sydney

RUDLETT

Cud

6 Jun 1797

Convict

Parramatta

RUE

John

12 Aug 1797

Convict

Sydney

SALMON

Jane

13 Jan 1797

Convict

Sydney

SALMON

Mary

24 Jan 1797

Infant

Parramatta

SCOTT

Ann

19 Apr 1797

Infant Ann Price b. 13 Mar 1795 Sydney, bap. 12 Apr 1795 St Phillips Sydney, daughter of John Price and Mary Scott of the Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

SCOTT

Ann

30 Mar 1797

d. Port Jackson Convict Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

SHARPLESS

George

15 Oct 1797

SHARLPES Convict Atlantic 1791

Parramatta

SHAYNASSA

Thomas

11 Jun 1797

SHUAGHENESSY Convict Britannia 1797

Parramatta

SHEAN

John

10 Jun 1797

Convict Ganges 1797

Sydney

SPENCER

Joseph

18 Jun 1797

Convict

Sydney

SPRIGE

Robert

20 Mar 1797

Convict Britannia 1791

Sydney

STEPHENS

Lydia

22 Sep 1797

Convict Bellona 1793

Sydney

STEWARD

Margaret

5 Nov 1797

Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

STOGDELL

Sophia

28 Jul 1797

STOCKDALE (St Phillips Church records). d. 25 Jul 1797. Coffin plate is inscribed Mrs. Mary Stogdell

Parramatta

STONE

Robert

6 May 1797

Infant

Sydney

THOMAS

John

25 Jul 1797

Convict Atlantic 1791

Sydney

WALL

Ruth

30 Jun 1797

Infant

Sydney

WALLACE

William

5 Jun 1797

WHOLLIS Convict

Sydney

WALTON

James

8 Jan 1797

Sydney

WELCH

Mary

28 Jan 1797

Infant

Sydney

WITMORE

Robert

3 Aug 1797

Infant

Sydney

WOOD

John

23 May 1797

Soldier, enlist 1793, exconvict

Sydney

WOOD

John

16 May 1797

Settler. killed by Natives. Scarborough 1790

Sydney

Ye-ra-ni-be

Dec 1797

Collins: was buried the day after his decease by the side of the public road, below the military barracks. He was placed by his friends upon a large piece of bark, and laid into a grave. Buried unknown

midway between Sydney and Parramatta

Unknown

Unknown

Dec 1797

Collins: On the eve of Christmas Day two young men, settlers on some land midway between Sydney and Parramatta, having been boasting of their respective abilities in drinking ... Their abilities, however, were not equal to their boasting; for one of them died upon the spot, and the life of the other was fast ebbing when he was taken up.

 

 

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
St Johns Church parish Register Parramatta
1/102nd Regiment (NSW Corps)
Web link
Early Probate Records, NSW State Records:
Web link
First Fleet online (UOW)
Old Sydney Burial Ground
Norfolk Island Cemetery
NSW Death records
Early Australian Colonial History
Submit your ancestors death records 1788 - 1810

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