Image 1. Charlotte Bishop ~ NIVB Entry. (bottom row, name on record is a faint Mary Davis) New South Wales Commissariat: Norfolk Island Victualling Book, 1792-1796, 1796. p76a.
It was the practice to record children under their mother's surname, and in this case, whilst incommunicado with the father, reasonable to assume that the child remained unnamed until Thomas could contribute to the choice, upon arrival in Nov 1791. Thomas' ship of arrival in the colony in 1788 was the "Charlotte".
Image 2. Extract shows ... Transcription of text in document: Time of Entry (into VB) : 9 July 1791 From whence (means of arrival) : Born (on NI) Name: Mary Davis (mother's name, faint) Ration entitlement (upon departure, Kitty, March 1793) : ½
It was the practice to record children under their mother's surname, and in this case, whilst incommunicado with the father, reasonable to assume that the child remained unnamed until Thomas could contribute to the choice, upon arrival in Nov 1791. Thomas' ship of arrival in the colony in 1788 was the "Charlotte".
Image 2. Extract shows ... Transcription of text in document: Time of Entry (into VB) : 9 July 1791 From whence (means of arrival) : Born (on NI) Name: Mary Davis (mother's name, faint) Ration entitlement (upon departure, Kitty, March 1793) : ½
The mystery destination after our bucket list trip down the Putty Rd was the land grant atop Bowen Mountain farmed in the 1830s,1840s and 1850s by Gail's 5 × great grandmother, Charlotte Shrimpton (neé Bishop). The grant was formally ratified after Charlotte's death, by son Richard Shrimpton (Jnr), who in 1858 applied for the property title in confirmation of the family's possessive occupancy. The title was initially issued in error in the name of Richard's older brother Edward, but corrected at Richard's request. The property was soon after sold to George Meares Countess Bowen, after whom the locality was named, when the family moved west to larger pastures at Eugowra, near Orange, in abt 1860.