Arrived as a convict on the First Fleet of 1788.
Son of James Herbert and Elizabeth Herbert.
Tried and convicted on April 21, 1784 at Old Bailey Criminal Court for stealing a silk handkerchief valued at one shilling. Sentenced to 7 years and sent to Australia on the"Scarborough". In 1790, he was one of the convicts sent to Norfolk Island on the "Sirius". He was alloted ground, and by 1794, he was selling grain to the stores. He was also appointed as a constable.
Took as his wife Hannah Bolton (aka Hannah Moor), circa 1795, on Norfolk Island. To this relationship she brought one surviving daughter, Elizabeth Bolton. While some Anglican marriages were performed on Norfolk, no marriage records survive.
Together they were the parents of James Herbert, Jemima (Herbert) Flaherty, Elizabeth Herbert, and Ann Noble Foveaux Herbert.
On Feb. 18, 1813 with two his children, James and Elizabeth, he boarded the "Minstrel" at Norfolk Island. arriving at Port Dalrymple.
The exact location of his grave at the cemetery is unknown. A memoral dedicated to John Alexander Herbert and Hannah Bolton on Australia Day, 2010 was placed inside the plot of one of their heirs.
Son of James Herbert and Elizabeth Herbert.
Tried and convicted on April 21, 1784 at Old Bailey Criminal Court for stealing a silk handkerchief valued at one shilling. Sentenced to 7 years and sent to Australia on the"Scarborough". In 1790, he was one of the convicts sent to Norfolk Island on the "Sirius". He was alloted ground, and by 1794, he was selling grain to the stores. He was also appointed as a constable.
Took as his wife Hannah Bolton (aka Hannah Moor), circa 1795, on Norfolk Island. To this relationship she brought one surviving daughter, Elizabeth Bolton. While some Anglican marriages were performed on Norfolk, no marriage records survive.
Together they were the parents of James Herbert, Jemima (Herbert) Flaherty, Elizabeth Herbert, and Ann Noble Foveaux Herbert.
On Feb. 18, 1813 with two his children, James and Elizabeth, he boarded the "Minstrel" at Norfolk Island. arriving at Port Dalrymple.
The exact location of his grave at the cemetery is unknown. A memoral dedicated to John Alexander Herbert and Hannah Bolton on Australia Day, 2010 was placed inside the plot of one of their heirs.
Arrived as a convict on the First Fleet of 1788.
Son of James Herbert and Elizabeth Herbert.
Tried and convicted on April 21, 1784 at Old Bailey Criminal Court for stealing a silk handkerchief valued at one shilling. Sentenced to 7 years and sent to Australia on the"Scarborough". In 1790, he was one of the convicts sent to Norfolk Island on the "Sirius". He was alloted ground, and by 1794, he was selling grain to the stores. He was also appointed as a constable.
Took as his wife Hannah Bolton (aka Hannah Moor), circa 1795, on Norfolk Island. To this relationship she brought one surviving daughter, Elizabeth Bolton. While some Anglican marriages were performed on Norfolk, no marriage records survive.
Together they were the parents of James Herbert, Jemima (Herbert) Flaherty, Elizabeth Herbert, and Ann Noble Foveaux Herbert.
On Feb. 18, 1813 with two his children, James and Elizabeth, he boarded the "Minstrel" at Norfolk Island. arriving at Port Dalrymple.
The exact location of his grave at the cemetery is unknown. A memoral dedicated to John Alexander Herbert and Hannah Bolton on Australia Day, 2010 was placed inside the plot of one of their heirs.
Son of James Herbert and Elizabeth Herbert.
Tried and convicted on April 21, 1784 at Old Bailey Criminal Court for stealing a silk handkerchief valued at one shilling. Sentenced to 7 years and sent to Australia on the"Scarborough". In 1790, he was one of the convicts sent to Norfolk Island on the "Sirius". He was alloted ground, and by 1794, he was selling grain to the stores. He was also appointed as a constable.
Took as his wife Hannah Bolton (aka Hannah Moor), circa 1795, on Norfolk Island. To this relationship she brought one surviving daughter, Elizabeth Bolton. While some Anglican marriages were performed on Norfolk, no marriage records survive.
Together they were the parents of James Herbert, Jemima (Herbert) Flaherty, Elizabeth Herbert, and Ann Noble Foveaux Herbert.
On Feb. 18, 1813 with two his children, James and Elizabeth, he boarded the "Minstrel" at Norfolk Island. arriving at Port Dalrymple.
The exact location of his grave at the cemetery is unknown. A memoral dedicated to John Alexander Herbert and Hannah Bolton on Australia Day, 2010 was placed inside the plot of one of their heirs.
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