Deaths 1798 NSW & Norfolk Island
Early Australian Colonial History
Research and Indexed by Historian Cathy Dunn

Location

Surname

First Name

Burial Date

Notes

Sydney

ADAMS

William

4 Feb 1798

Soldier. d. Sydney Cove. William Adams, Convict Pardon in 1793 on condition he joined the NSW Corps. Married Mary Chatterton Convict Mary Ann 1791, 22 Oct 1791 Sydney. William Arr: Convict Scarborough 1790

Parramatta

APOSTLE

John

Mar 1798

Convict Matilda 1791

Sydney

BERRY

Patrick

28 Mar 1798

Soldier

Sydney

BIGGERS

George

6 Mar 1798

George BIGGER b. 16 Jun 1794 Sydney, Bap: Jun 1794 Fa: Thomas BIGGER Mo: Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Sydney

BIGGS

Sarah

9 Sep 1798

Infant

Sydney

BLANDFORD

William

21 Dec 1798

Convict Barwell 1798

Parramatta

BOWERMAN

Francis

25 Feb 1798

Speared by natives. Convict Atlantic 1791

Parramatta

BROWN

Mary

9 Apr 1798

Convict

Sydney

CLEMMONS

Henry

3 May 1798

CLEMENS Soldier. Henry Clemmons Private - Royal Marines 54th Plymouth Company Lady Penrhyn 1788

Parramatta

COLLINS

Joseph

26 Mar 1798

Convict

Parramatta

COOKE

Charlotte

26 Mar 1798

Convict Lady Penrhyn 1788

Sydney

CRAWFORD

John

24 May 1798

Convict Surprise 1790

Sydney

DAVIS

James

23 Dec 1798

Sydney

DILLON

John David

26 May 1798

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

EDWARDS

Edward

1 Nov 1798

Convict

Sydney

EVANS

Edward

7 Aug 1798

Convict Royal Admiral 1792

Sydney

FILLIS

Henry

9 Dec 1798

Infant

Sydney

FLANNIGAN

Mary

17 Mar 1798

FLANAGAN Convict Mary Ann 1791

Sydney

FOOT

James

7 Feb 1798

FOOTE Infant

Sydney

GILLES

Henry

9 Dec 1798

GILLIES Infant

Sydney

GOLDER

Matthew

25 Mar 1798

Infant

Sydney

GOLDER

Henry

2 May 1798

Infant

Sydney

GOODMAN

Thomas

30 Jul 1798

On 4 Aug 1798 Priscilla Loveridge was committed for further exam on suspicion of murdering her infant son (Thomas Goodman) "by administering a certain Quantity of Spirituous Liquor". There was no evidence to incriminate her, however Priscilla was imprisoned for one month in the goal for keeping a riotous and disorderly house and concealing suspected wrongdoers in it. SRNSW COD 76 (1798). His mother Priscilla was a Convict Royal Admiral 1792. Born 7 Oct 1796 Sydney Cove as Thomas Loveridge. Baptised 28 May 1797 St Phillips Sydney. Fa. Thomas Goodman. Mo. Priscilla Loveridge

Sydney

GORDON

George

8 Jan 1798

Infant

Sydney

GRANGER

Elenor

9 Nov 1798

Convict

Sydney

GRANGERS

James

6 Feb 1798

Convict

Sydney

GREEN

John

19 Sep 1798

Convict

Sydney

HALEY

Ann

30 Oct 1798

Infant

Sydney

HAMILTON

Gavin

20 Jun 1798

Mariner East India. Departed this life 20 Jun 1798, Commander of the late ship Sydney Cove. Buried Old Sydney Burial ground with headstone. Removed to Rookwood Cemetery, No. 685 Section A, Church of England, beside the beside the Old Sydney Burial Ground memorial. SRNSW Probate: NRS 2665/391/10 Sept 1798

Parramatta

HARRIS

Sarah

26 Mar 1798

Convict

Sydney

HAYCOCK

John

31 Jul 1798

Soldier Surprise 1790

Norfolk Island

HEADINGTON

Thomas

13 Jan 1798

HEDDINGTON. EDDINGTON Convict Alexander 1788, Headstone d 13 Jan 1798 age 40 years

Sydney

HILL

Mary

26 Jul 1798

Convict Lady Penrhyn 1788

Sydney

HOLMES

Eleanor

16 Aug 1798

Convict

Sydney

HOUSEHOLD

Mary

22 Dec 1798

Convict

Sydney

HOWE

Elenor

19 May 1798

Convict Marquis Cornwallis 1796

Sydney

INCH

George

15 Apr 1798

Infant

Sydney

JACKSON

Nancy

25 Aug 1798

Convict

Parramatta

JENKINS

Robert

28 Feb 1798

JENKINS: Convict Alexander 1788 aka BROWN, George. He was speared by Aborigines that were raiding his cornfields.

Sydney

KEMP

Edward Ward

10 Mar 1798

Infant

Parramatta

KENNEDY

Ann

11 Feb 1798

Drowned

Sydney

KENNOR

Patrick

9 Jan 1798

KENNER

Sydney

LEWIS

Thomas

4 Dec 1798

Soldier arr. 1791

Sydney

LINCH

Matthew

16 Sep 1798

Convict

Sydney

MATTONEY

Mary Theodzan

8 Jun 1798

MALONEY

Sydney

MAY

James

27 Oct 1798

Convict Surprise 1790

Sydney

McMANUS

James

15 Apr 1798

Settler. James McManus arr. Private - Royal Marines 59th Company HMS Sirius 1788

Parramatta

MILLER

George

10 Apr 1798

MILTON Executed

Sydney

MOXON

Thomas

9 Sep 1798

Infant

Sydney

PERRY

Edward

30 May 1798

Convict Barwell 1798

Sydney

PINCOCK

Mary

17 Apr 1798

Convict

Sydney

PORTER

William

25 Jan 1798

Drowned, Infant

Parramatta

REDMAN

Nicholas

18 Feb 1798

Speared by natives

Sydney

SADLER

John

20 Sep 1798

Infant

Parramatta

SEYMOUR

Ann

21 Apr 1798

Convict Ann DALY Convict Prince of Wales 1788, Married John SEYMOUR 21 April 1792

Sydney

SHERIDAN

Samuel

27 Apr 1798

Soldier, Albermarle 1791

Sydney

SMITH

John

4 Mar 1798

Soldier, Albermarle 1791

Sydney

SMITH

Richard

19 Mar 1798

Infant

Sydney

SMITH

Mary

8 Sept 1798

Convict

Sydney

SPITTS

Andrew

23 Feb 1798

Soldier, Ex Convict

Sydney

STAFFORD

Michael

4 Nov 1798

Convict Queen 1791

Sydney

STEELE

Edward

9 Aug 1798

SHULE Convict

Sydney

STEPHENSON

William

16 Dec 1798

d. 19 Dec 1798 Storekeeper Convict Atlantic 1791

Parramatta

STUARTS

Elizabeth

8 Feb 1798

Infant

Sydney

TOBASS

Peter

26 Jul 1798

Sailor

Sydney

TUNCKS

Abraham

19 Nov 1798

Infant JUNCHS. TUEURKS, TUNKS, TONKS

Sydney

TURNER

John

2 May 1798

Sydney

WALFORD

Thomas

23 Feb 1798

Convict Britannia 1791

Norfolk Island

WASS

Joseph

24 Feb 1798

Convict William & Ann

Sydney

WELCH

Patrick

5 Feb 1798

Soldier

Parramatta

WILLIAMS

Phoebe

10 Jan 1798

Convict Lady Juliana 1790

Sydney

WOOD

John

23 Apr 1798

Soldier

 

 

References & Links
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
Judge Advocates Office, William Balmain Esq. SRNSW COD 76 (1798), p.35
1/102nd Regiment (NSW Corps)
Web link
Early Probate Records, NSW State Records:
Web link
Bench of Magistrates cases, 1788-1820 NSW State Records:
Web link
First Fleet online (UOW)
Old Sydney Burial Ground
Norfolk Island Cemetery
NSW Death records
Early Australian Colonial History

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Early Colonial NSW and Norfolk Island Death Certificates
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NSW BDM transcriptions

 


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