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Anderson, John

Entry	65			Sex: M	Alias:
Born:	Abt 1760	at :	Devon, England
Bapt:		at:
Died:	Abt 1798	at:	Norfolk Island
Buried:		at:

Conviction Details

Status on Arrival:	Convict	Ship:	Charlotte - 1788
Crime:	Steal 1 handkerchief, Â£5/3/- & other goods from a dwelling	Sentence:	7 years
Tried at:	Exeter, Devon	Trial Date:	20 March 1786

Parent Details

Father:

Mother:

Physical Description

Literacy	Religion	Trade/Calling	Seaman
Visage	Build	Native Place
Complexion		Hair		Eyes	Height	'	"

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Partners

No of Marriages/Partners

No of Children

Entry	Partners Name	Marriage Date	Marriage Place	FGS
341	Bruce, Elizabeth	16 March 1788	St Phillip'sCofE, Sydney, NSW

NOTES:
24 July 1785 - committed to gaol at Exeter for house breaking. By the end of April 1786 he was on the 'Dunkirk' hulk.
4 October 1788 - Both John and his wife were sent to Norfolk Island on the 'Golden Grove'.
14 December 1789 - Received 200 lashes for robbing a garden
Anderson was initially working for John Altree and Thomas Webb at Ball's Bay, NI and by the end of 1791 he was a member of the night watch at Grenville Vale and. Off Stores by 3 March 1791 he was working for Owen Cavenaugh..
March 1793 - He was listed as living on 10 acres (12 acres by October that year). He and his wife had three children by mid-June 1794. He disappears from the records after 1796 and his wife later cohabited with Francis Flexmore, subsequently going to Van Diemens Land when the Norfolk Island settlement was closed down.

1)	Sat 08 of Sep., 2012 06:00 EST 1821 - Arrival of the convict ship 'Adamant' to Sydney
2)	Mon 10 of Sep., 2012 1824 - Penal Colony established at Redcliffe on Moreton Bay
3)	Wed 26 of Sep., 2012 06:00 EST 1791 - Arrival of the convict ship Active to Sydney Cove
4)	Thu 29 of Nov., 2012 07:00 EST 1849 - Arrival of the convict ship 'Adelaide' in Sydney, via Hobart
5)	Fri 18 of Jan., 2013 18 January 1788 - Arrival of the first ship of the First Fleet at Botany Bay
6)	Sat 26 of Jan., 2013 Australia Day - Anniversary of the declaration of the colony of New South Wales in 1788
7)	Wed 20 of Mar., 2013 07:00 EST 1852 - Arrival of the Aboukir convict transport
8)	Thu 04 of Apr., 2013 1816 - Arrival of the convict transport 'Alexander' to Sydney

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