Marine Private James Lee (.....1795.)
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Born :
Where Born :
Occupation : Marine
Date Arrived : 26January 1788
Ship Arrived on : " Scarborough
"
Rank attained : Private
Date of Enlistment :
Where Enlisted : Portsmouth
Date of Discharge : 8. April 1792
Where Discharged : Sydney
Enlisted R.N.S.W.Reg
: 9.
April 1792
Date of Discharge : 9. April 1795
Where Discharged : Sydney
Died : 25 December 1795
Where Died /
Buried : Norfolk
Island
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name : Sarah Smith
Born :
Where Born
Occupation :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Date Married :
1793
Where Married :
Norfolk Island.
Died :
1804
Where Died /
Buried :
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants:
- Area Settled :
- Mulgrave Park
-
- Children :
- William Lee settled in the Hawkesbury and Bathurst area married into
the Dargin Family (Royal; Admiral 1792)
History
& Achievements :
- James Lee enlisted as a member of the 35th
Portsmouth Company. He was stationed on board the ship
" Scarborough "
and it was on this ship he left England for Australia. He
recieved 100 lashes for insolence to a corporal in 1787.
Following his arrival he was attached to Captain James
Campbell's Company. He shared a grant at Mulgrave Park of
100 acres in 1795. He disappears from records following
his discharge from the Royal New South Wales Regiment .
Sarah stayed at Norfolk Island and was with Pantony
- Reference R.S.T & R.M
-
-Inventory of
Burials 1792-1820 City of Sydney
Historical Program
- Researched
Cathy Dunn
C/D
- References
- Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay Musters, Cemetery Records, Church
Records & General Muster Records, Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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