Royal Navy Settlers
Robert Watson was quarter master and sail maker on HMS Sirius and is reputed to have been one of the first to set foot on Australian soil. He settled on Norfolk Island in 1790 but returned to Sydney Cove in 1793. In 1805, Watson settled on his land grant at South Head of Sydney harbour which became known as Watsons's Bay. He built a storehouse, was made a boatswain of the dockyard and in 1811 was appointed senior pilot and two years later became harbour master.. In 1816 he was dismissed for stealing canvas but appointed superintendant of the south head light house inNovember 1818. He died on 1 November 1819 possibly survived by two sons and a daughterRobert Webb was a seaman on HMS Sirius and sailed with the first settlers to Norfolk island where he lived with Elizabeth Henderson. He returned to Sydney Cove in 1791 and married Henderson. They settled at Parramatta and shared a land grant with his brother, Thomas.
Thomas Webb was a seaman on HMS Sirius and accompanied the first settlers to Norfolk Island. He wen to England in 1791 and returned with a wife and a still rather than agricultural equipment. He settled with his brother on their land grants at Parramatta. He later moved to Mulgrave Place where he was killed by aboriginies in March 1795.
James Wilson was a seaman ion HMS Sirius. On 24 May 1789, his daughter Mary Ann was baptised. The mother was Elizabeth Wainwright.
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