John Martin [Convict "Scarborough" "Alexander" 1788]

One of the convict men of African descent who arrived on the first fleet http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~johnrandall2/

John MARTIN was born c1755 (1828 census) in Barbados. John was on Negro origins.

John is thought to a runaway American slave who joined Lord Dunmore's "Ethopian Regiment" during the American Revolution of 1775. John went to England after the revolution.

On the 3/7/1782 he was convicted of theft (clothes) and sentenced to 7 years transportation. Initially he was to be sent to Africa but was eventually sent to Australia. He arrived in Botany Bay on 26/1/1788 on "Scarborough"

John married Ann TOY on 26/8/1792 at Parramatta.

John had a relationship with Mary RANDALL (they married on 20/7/1812 Parramatta) and they had 11 children.

• John 1807
• Sophia 1809
• Frances "Fanny" 1811
• henry 1813
• Hannah 1815
• Richard 1819
• Frederick 1821
• Mary Ann 1822
• Amelia Wait 1827
• Harriet 1830
• Nicholas 1832

John died 21/12/1837 at Field of Mars - his age was given as 88 (would give birth as 1749)

• http://australianroyalty.net.au/individual.php?pid=I51247&ged=purne...
  
• https://www.ourfamilypast.com/article/topic/5360/main-story-john-ma...
  
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