John Alexander Herbert (1767 - 1846)

Born 26 Apr 1767 in Holborn, London, England

Husband of Hannah (Bolton) Herbert — married about 1800 in Norfolk Island, Australia

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1846 at age 79 in Westbury, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

John Herbert was born in England.

John Herbert was a convict on the First Fleet.

Convict on First Fleet on the ship Scarborough. ^[1]

Name: John Alexander Herbert Birth Date: 26 Apr 1767 Birth Place: Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England Death Date: 19 Nov 1846 Death Place: Westbury, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia Cemetery: Westbury General Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Westbury, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia Has Bio?: Y URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem... Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. John Alexander Herbert BIRTH 26 Apr 1767 Holborn, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England DEATH 19 Nov 1846 (aged 79) Westbury, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia BURIAL Westbury General Cemetery Westbury, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia MEMORIAL ID 87352799 · View Source

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 memorial dedicated to John Alexander Herbert and Hannah Bolton on Australia Day, 2010 was placed inside the plot of one of their heirs. ^[2]

Research Notes

Youngest daughter, Ann Noble Rose formerly Foveaux (1801 - 1838) was adopted by Major Joseph Foveaux, then lieutenant-governor of Norfolk Island and Ann Sherwin nee Bennett his de facto wife. She was brought up in England by Foveaux and his future wife Mrs Ann Sherwin, married Samuel Rose at St Marylebone, Westminster, England on 20 May 1823, and died in Derbyshire in 1838.

Sources

1. ↑ http://firstfleet.uow.edu.au/details.aspx?surname=Herbert&gender=M&term=7&ship=Scarborough&age=&notes=&-recid=32963
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/87352799/john-alexander-herbert : accessed 18 May 2021), memorial page for John Alexander Herbert (26 Apr 1767–19 Nov 1846), Find a Grave Memorial ID 87352799, citing Westbury General Cemetery, Westbury, Meander Valley Council, Tasmania, Australia ; Maintained by Rebecca Ewing Peterson (contributor 46987065) Find A Grave: Memorial #87352799

See also:

• Herbert, John Alexander (1767–1846)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/herbert-john-alexander-27720/text35399, accessed 18 May 2021.