James Smith [Free Settler "Lady Penrhyn" 1788]

James SMITH arrived in Sydney Cove on 26/1/1788 on "Lady Penrhyn"

There are differing reports on whether he paid his passage or was a stowaway.

Within 3 weeks of landing, James was appointed as the colony's "Peace Officer" which he held till 1789

James returned to England on "Gorgon" on 18/12/1791

LINKS

• https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/doomed-to-be-bad-the-ben...
• https://firstfleetfellowship.org.au/stories/richard-johnson/
• http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/firstfleet.htm
• http://thedirton.therocks.com/2012/06/
• http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/storie4.html
• http://thedirton.therocks.com/2012/06/
• http://www.historyaustralia.org.au/twconvic/1452
• http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/ship_ladypen.htm
• http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/firstfleet.htm
• http://www.australian-english-genealogy.com/ladypenrhyn.html