Sarah Griggs junior, born May 30, 1793, in *Norfolk Island, daughter of John Townson and Sarah Griggs senior, both of England, got married aged 16, on March 4, 1811, at Saint Phillips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with Joseph Wright, aged 19, born February 11, 1792, in Sydney, son of Joseph Wright and Eleanor Gott. She had fourteen children: Ann Jane (Collins), Sarah, Joseph Garth, John, Janes, Eleanor Elizabeth, Thomas, Tonert and Eliza Wright. Many of her descendants live in Victoria.
As we can notice, Sarah Griggs junior, already had a daughter, Ann Jane, whose father was named as Nathaniel Collins, born July 28, 1765, in Westminster, London, England.
On March 28, 1825, at Launceston, **Van Diemans land, Ann Jane married at the age of 15, Thomas Fleming, who had served seven years for stealing a metal watch. He later built the Tunbridge Wells Inn.
Thomas's and Ann Jane's 14 children were as follows: Sarah Charlotte, Mary Ann, Thomas, Jane, Richard, Phoebe, Elizabeth, George, James, John, Charles Francis, Anne, Fanny, John Fleming
Ann Jane Fleming died aged 70, at Oatlands and her grave is shared by her husband's grave.
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Additional information.
*Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island served as a convict penal settlement until May 1855
**Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.
As we can notice, Sarah Griggs junior, already had a daughter, Ann Jane, whose father was named as Nathaniel Collins, born July 28, 1765, in Westminster, London, England.
On March 28, 1825, at Launceston, **Van Diemans land, Ann Jane married at the age of 15, Thomas Fleming, who had served seven years for stealing a metal watch. He later built the Tunbridge Wells Inn.
Thomas's and Ann Jane's 14 children were as follows: Sarah Charlotte, Mary Ann, Thomas, Jane, Richard, Phoebe, Elizabeth, George, James, John, Charles Francis, Anne, Fanny, John Fleming
Ann Jane Fleming died aged 70, at Oatlands and her grave is shared by her husband's grave.
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Additional information.
*Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island served as a convict penal settlement until May 1855
**Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.
Sarah Griggs junior, born May 30, 1793, in *Norfolk Island, daughter of John Townson and Sarah Griggs senior, both of England, got married aged 16, on March 4, 1811, at Saint Phillips Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, with Joseph Wright, aged 19, born February 11, 1792, in Sydney, son of Joseph Wright and Eleanor Gott. She had fourteen children: Ann Jane (Collins), Sarah, Joseph Garth, John, Janes, Eleanor Elizabeth, Thomas, Tonert and Eliza Wright. Many of her descendants live in Victoria.
As we can notice, Sarah Griggs junior, already had a daughter, Ann Jane, whose father was named as Nathaniel Collins, born July 28, 1765, in Westminster, London, England.
On March 28, 1825, at Launceston, **Van Diemans land, Ann Jane married at the age of 15, Thomas Fleming, who had served seven years for stealing a metal watch. He later built the Tunbridge Wells Inn.
Thomas's and Ann Jane's 14 children were as follows: Sarah Charlotte, Mary Ann, Thomas, Jane, Richard, Phoebe, Elizabeth, George, James, John, Charles Francis, Anne, Fanny, John Fleming
Ann Jane Fleming died aged 70, at Oatlands and her grave is shared by her husband's grave.
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Additional information.
*Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island served as a convict penal settlement until May 1855
**Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.
As we can notice, Sarah Griggs junior, already had a daughter, Ann Jane, whose father was named as Nathaniel Collins, born July 28, 1765, in Westminster, London, England.
On March 28, 1825, at Launceston, **Van Diemans land, Ann Jane married at the age of 15, Thomas Fleming, who had served seven years for stealing a metal watch. He later built the Tunbridge Wells Inn.
Thomas's and Ann Jane's 14 children were as follows: Sarah Charlotte, Mary Ann, Thomas, Jane, Richard, Phoebe, Elizabeth, George, James, John, Charles Francis, Anne, Fanny, John Fleming
Ann Jane Fleming died aged 70, at Oatlands and her grave is shared by her husband's grave.
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Additional information.
*Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island served as a convict penal settlement until May 1855
**Van Diemen's Land was the original name used by most Europeans for the island of Tasmania, now part of Australia. The Dutch explorer Abel Tasman was the first European to land on the shores of Tasmania. Landing at Blackman's Bay and later having the Dutch flag flown at North Bay, Tasman named the island Anthoonij van Diemenslandt in honour of Anthony van Diemen, the Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies who had sent Tasman on his voyage of discovery in 1642.
Inscription
Sacred
to the Memory of
THOMAS FLEMING
who departed this life
25th. March 1870
Aged 72 years
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Also
ANN JANE
the Relict of the above
Died 29th. August 1880
Aged 70 year
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