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Daniel Stanfield and Alice Harmsworth
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| Daniel Stanfield information from HMS Sirius Museum, Norfolk Island. |
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| Daniel Stanfield information from HMS Sirius Museum, Norfolk Island. |
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| Daniel Stanfield's name was on the First Fleet Wall at HMS Sirius Museum, Norfolk Island. |
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| Alice Harmsworth's information from HMS Sirius Museum. Alice married Daniel Stanfield 15 October 1791. |
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| Thomas Harmswoth's information in HMS Sirius Museum. Thomas died soon after arriving in Sydney Cove, leaving Alice a Widow with 2 young children. |
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| Thomas & Alice Harmsworth with children Ann, Thomas & John. |
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| Daughter Ann Harmsworth married Private Samuel Marsden 19 January 1800. |
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| Son John Harmsworth was born at sea 1 December 1787 before arriving Sydney Cove January 1788. |
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| Son Thomas Harmsworth died 25 February 1788, just a month after arriving Port Jackson. |
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| First Fleet Wall with model of Sirius in HMS Sirius Museum, Norfolk Island. |
Daniel Stanfield & Alice Harmsworth & family
Thomas Harmsworth was a Marine. Thomas Harmsworth and Alice Mansfield married on 25 January 1780 in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England. Thomas and Alice Harmsworth left England on 13 May 1787 on “Prince of Wales” which carried 1 male convict and 49 female convicts. Travelling with them was their 6 year old daughter Ann Harmsworth (1782-1828) and 4 year old son Thomas Harmsworth (1784-1788). Thomas junior died 25 February 1788, soon after arriving.
Alice gave birth to John Harmsworth on 1 December 1787 en route in Atlantic Ocean before arriving in Sydney 22 January 1788. John died 21 September 1860 in Clarence Plains. John is believed to be the last of the "First Fleeters" to die.
Thomas Harmsworth, the Marine, died 30 April 1788 in Sydney, leaving Alice with 2 young children (Ann & John).
Their daughter, Ann Harmsworth born 1782 in Hertford, England and died 30 July 1828 in Liverpool, England married Samuel Marsden born 16 September 1769 in Guissley, Yorkshire, England and died 24 February 1830 in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, on 19 January 1800 in Windsor, Sydney. Samuel Marsden was a “Free Settler” who arrived on “Surprize” in 1790 as a “Second Fleeter”. Samuel was assigned to NSW Corps and transferred to Norfolk Island February 1793 on “Kitty”. They had 4 children.
Meanwhile, Rachel Early, a "First Fleet"convict had arrived on "Prince of Wales" in January 1788. On 1 June 1788 in Sydney Cove, Rachel married John Price, another convict who had arrived on "Alexander". They went to Norfolk Island on "Golden Grove" in October 1788. They had no children. Rachel Early was born 23 April 1769 in Lambourne, Berkshire, England and died 29 April 1842 in Kangaroo Point, Tasmania. Rachel and Samuel Marsden married and had 3 children, Elizabeth (1794), Ann (1796) and Catherine Marsden. Samuel was living with Ann Harmsworth on Norfolk Island by 1798 and married Ann in 1800. Rachel and her 3 daughters were relocated to Van Diemen's Land on "City of Edinburgh" on 3 September 1808.
Corporal Daniel Stanfield was born 1766 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England and died 2 February 1826 in Hobart. Daniel arrived on "Supply" on 22 January 1788. Daniel Stanfield married Alice (Mansfield) Harmsworth on 15 October 1791 in St Phillip’s Church, Sydney. Alice was born 6 November 1754 in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England and died 8 October 1830 in Green Point, Hobart, Tasmania. Together they had 2 children in Sydney (Daniel & Thomas) before going to Norfolk Island, where they had another 4 children (James, William (born Sydney Cove), Sarah & Mary Ann).
Alice gave birth to John Harmsworth on 1 December 1787 en route in Atlantic Ocean before arriving in Sydney 22 January 1788. John died 21 September 1860 in Clarence Plains. John is believed to be the last of the "First Fleeters" to die.
Thomas Harmsworth, the Marine, died 30 April 1788 in Sydney, leaving Alice with 2 young children (Ann & John).
Their daughter, Ann Harmsworth born 1782 in Hertford, England and died 30 July 1828 in Liverpool, England married Samuel Marsden born 16 September 1769 in Guissley, Yorkshire, England and died 24 February 1830 in Liverpool, Sydney, Australia, on 19 January 1800 in Windsor, Sydney. Samuel Marsden was a “Free Settler” who arrived on “Surprize” in 1790 as a “Second Fleeter”. Samuel was assigned to NSW Corps and transferred to Norfolk Island February 1793 on “Kitty”. They had 4 children.
Meanwhile, Rachel Early, a "First Fleet"convict had arrived on "Prince of Wales" in January 1788. On 1 June 1788 in Sydney Cove, Rachel married John Price, another convict who had arrived on "Alexander". They went to Norfolk Island on "Golden Grove" in October 1788. They had no children. Rachel Early was born 23 April 1769 in Lambourne, Berkshire, England and died 29 April 1842 in Kangaroo Point, Tasmania. Rachel and Samuel Marsden married and had 3 children, Elizabeth (1794), Ann (1796) and Catherine Marsden. Samuel was living with Ann Harmsworth on Norfolk Island by 1798 and married Ann in 1800. Rachel and her 3 daughters were relocated to Van Diemen's Land on "City of Edinburgh" on 3 September 1808.
Corporal Daniel Stanfield was born 1766 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England and died 2 February 1826 in Hobart. Daniel arrived on "Supply" on 22 January 1788. Daniel Stanfield married Alice (Mansfield) Harmsworth on 15 October 1791 in St Phillip’s Church, Sydney. Alice was born 6 November 1754 in Barkway, Hertfordshire, England and died 8 October 1830 in Green Point, Hobart, Tasmania. Together they had 2 children in Sydney (Daniel & Thomas) before going to Norfolk Island, where they had another 4 children (James, William (born Sydney Cove), Sarah & Mary Ann).
In 1794 Daniel was discharged from the Marines and sworn in as Constable and started to farm. “Settler’s Blocks on Norfolk Island 1796” records that Daniel Stanfield had 60 acres (Parcel No.1) and 60 acres (Parcel No.2).
Daniel & Alice Stanfield were resettled, leaving Norfolk Island on “City of Edinburgh” on 3 September 1808 and arriving Van Diemen’s Land 2 October 1808. Their names are on the Memorial in St David’s Park, including Maria Kimberly. Daniel Stanfield was given 310 acres (Parcel No.10) in Bridgewater. Son Thomas Stanfield was given 54 acres (Parcel No.11) at Strangford. Another son William Stanfield was given 52 acres (Parcel No.12) at Strangford.
Daniel & Alice Stanfield were resettled, leaving Norfolk Island on “City of Edinburgh” on 3 September 1808 and arriving Van Diemen’s Land 2 October 1808. Their names are on the Memorial in St David’s Park, including Maria Kimberly. Daniel Stanfield was given 310 acres (Parcel No.10) in Bridgewater. Son Thomas Stanfield was given 54 acres (Parcel No.11) at Strangford. Another son William Stanfield was given 52 acres (Parcel No.12) at Strangford.
One of their sons Daniel Harmsworth Stanfield (1790-1856) married Maria Kimberly (1792-1851) on 17 October 1808 at the age of 16 years and 2 weeks after arriving from Norfolk Island with their parents. They had 11 children in Tasmania. Maria Kimberly was born on Norfolk Island to “First Fleeter” Convict parents Edward Kimberly and Mary Cavenaugh. Daniel was given 50 acres (Parcel No.1) and 160 acres (Parcel No.) at Clarence Plains.
A son of Daniel & Maria Stanfield, Daniel Stanfield (1829-1902) married Elizabeth Sarah “Betsy” Morrisby (1830-1909) on 12 August 1852. Betsy Stanfield was the daughter of Elizabeth Mack, the orphan child that became a Ward to Rev. Robert Knopwood (the 1st Chaplain to Van Diemen’s Land).
Elizabeth Mary Mack (1808-1830) married Henry Morrisby (1803-1856) on 20 October 1824 and died during childbirth while having Betsy on 19 October 1830. Elizabeth Mack was orphaned because her mother died just 2 months after she had given birth to Elizabeth on 23 August 1808. Henry Morrisby was the son of James Morrisby, the Convict. Daniel & Betsy Stanfield are buried at St Matthew’s Anglican Cemetery, Rokeby, Tasmania, also Rev Knopwood, & Elizabeth Mack.
Grace Smith was the daughter of George Smith (1778-1858), a Royal
Marine who came with Governor Collins and Grace Morrisby (1797-1827), the daughter of James Morrisby (1756-1839) & Ann (Lavender) Brooks (1762-1813). Grace
Morrisby was only 13 when she married George Smith but died at 31 years after
having 8 children.
Daniel Stanfield (1766-1826)
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967
Daniel Stanfield (d.1826), marine
and settler, was reputed to have come from an English naval family. He arrived
at Port Jackson with the First Fleet as a private in the marines. He was
promoted corporal and on 15 October 1791 at St Philip's married Alice, widow of
Thomas Harmsworth who had died at Sydney in 1788. In less than a month
Stanfield was on duty at Norfolk Island. By 1794 he was discharged from the
marines, sworn in as a constable, had begun to farm at Little Cascade and
received two goats from Lieutenant-Governor Philip Gidley King, who described
him as a deserving settler. In March Stanfield was robbed and with other islanders
petitioned Lieutenant-Governor Francis Grose for restoration of the arms of
which they had been deprived by government order. Stanfield also talked of
enlisting in the New South Wales Corps, and in November he sailed in the
Daedalus for Port Jackson. Next October he returned to Norfolk Island in the
Supply with his wife, four children and the promise of a sixty-acre (24 ha)
land grant. By 1804 he had five children, 30 sheep, and of his 120 acres (48
ha), 35 (14 ha) were under cultivation.
When the evacuation of Norfolk Island
was planned, Governor King suggested that Stanfield with his children should
remain and encouraged him by offering additional land from expired leases on
the island. However keen and determined, Stanfield did not find life easy; he sailed
with his family in the City of Edinburgh and arrived at Hobart Town in October
1808. Next month he took up land at Green Point near Bridgewater and built a
weatherboard house which he valued at more than £2000 and which stood for over
a century. There Stanfield's industry and enthusiasm brought him better results
than in Norfolk Island: by February 1825 he had been granted 1200 acres (486
ha) in widely separated areas, had purchased 890 (360 ha) more and claimed to
have 1000 cattle, 800 sheep, 10 horses, a flour-mill and other capital. His
only grievances were that Michael Howe had raided his stock-yard and other
bushrangers had plundered his properties, though he was sometimes compensated
for these deprivations by more land. In 1826 he was summoned to Hobart to give
evidence against the receivers of goods stolen from him, but he died there
suddenly on 4 February, leaving 'a very numerous and opulent family'.
His eldest son Daniel Stanfield was baptized on 25 April 1790 at St Philip's, Sydney. He inherited a full
measure of his father's energy and acquisitiveness, and a great deal of
property. But he was not entirely reliant on his father. By 1825 he could claim
450 cattle, 600 sheep, 7 horses and other capital. His land grants included 410
acres (166 ha) from Governor Lachlan Macquarie, 300 (121 ha) from Governor Sir
Thomas Brisbane, and 300 (121 ha) from Lieutenant-Governor (Sir) George Arthur,
and he had bought 830 acres (336 ha) at Green Lagoon. His brothers also had
land and stock and in 1827 the land commissioners reported that the Stanfields,
'a large Clan altogether, have had immense Herds of Wild Cattle roaming all
over this quarter of the Island, finding themselves limited, they have driven
off many hundreds to the Sea Coast.
Stanfield improved his properties
and became well known as a stock-breeder. In 1828 he was one of the first in
Van Diemen's Land to export apples to Britain; one specimen was a foot in
diameter, but the shipment did not carry well. Like his father he had trouble
with bushrangers and by 1825 had been to Sydney twice to give evidence at the
trials of some culprits. Again like his father he had a large family: in Hobart
in January 1816 he married Maria Kimberley (d.1851), the daughter of a
transported convict; according to one report, they had eight children by 1831.
He died on 28 March 1856.
Select Bibliography
•Historical Records of New South
Wales, vol 2
•Historical Records of Australia
series 1, vol 5, series 3, vols 2, 3
•Philip Gidley King papers (State
Library of New South Wales)
•Colonial Times (Hobart), 3 July
1829
•Tasmanian Mail, 17 Oct 1908
•CSO 1/288/6887, 1/289/6899
(Archives Office of Tasmania).
Citation details
'Stanfield, Daniel (1766–1826)',
Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian
National University,
http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/stanfield-daniel-2690/text3763, published first
in hardcopy 1967, accessed online 16 October 2017.
Birth 3 August 1766 Peterborough,
Northamptonshire, England
Death 4 February 1826 Hobart,
Tasmania, Australia
Cultural Heritage •English
Passenger Ship •Supply (1788)
Occupation •defence forces
personnel (British) •farmer •flour miller •grazier (unspecified) •landowner
•police officer
Key Events - First Fleet (1788)
Maps •Map of the Settlements on and
near the Derwent River, Van Diemen's Land 1819, G W Evans
•Settlers' Blocks on Norfolk
Island 1796
Workplaces •Police Force (NSW)
Extract from First Fleeter Fellowship:
DANIEL STANFIELD : ALICE HARMSWORTH
Marine and settler, Daniel
Stanfield is reputed to have come from an English naval family. He arrived with the First Fleet at Port
Jackson as a private in the marines.
Promoted to corporal, he married Alice, widow of Thomas Harmsworth, on
the 15 October 1791 at St Phillip’s Church, Sydney. In less than a month he was on duty at
Norfolk Island. In 1794 he was
discharged from the marines and sworn in as constable and started to farm. Stanfield talked of enlisting in the NSW
corps and in November 1794 he sailed in the Daedalus for Port Jackson. The following October he returned to Norfolk
Island in the Supply with his wife, four children, 30 sheep and 35 acres of his
120 acres under cultivation.
When the evacuation of Norfolk
Island was planned, Governor King requested Stanfield to remain and encouraged
him by offering additional land.
However, keen and determined, Stanfield did not find life easy, and he
sailed with his family in the City of Edinburgh, arriving in Hobart Town in
October 1808. Over the preceding years,
he acquired large acreage at Clarence Plains Melville and Lennox.
Daniel Stanfield age was listed
as 61 when he was buried at St David’s Hobart.
His wife Alice survived him to October 1830. Stanfield’s headstone bore the verse: A
wife’s a feather and a child a rod. An
honest man’s the noblest work of God.
Hence how the Stanfield and Morrisby and Kimberly families were related!
Settler Lots on Norfolk Island 1796.
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| Daniel Stanfield - Parcel No.1, 60 acres. |
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| Daniel Stanfield - Parcel No.2, 60 acres. |
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| We walked onto Daniel Stanfield's land via Simons Water. |
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| Darren, Joy, Robyn and Adrian walk onto the Stanfield property (Parcel 1&2). Today known as Simons Water. |
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| Darren & Fiona walking on Stanield's land. |
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| The Olney family, 6 generations later ponder what it would have been like in 1790. |
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| View from Daniel & Alice Stanfield's property on Norfolk Island. What a heartbreak it would have been to leave in 3 September 1808. |
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| A tribute to the Pitcairn Norfolk Islanders on Stanfield's property. |
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| A Memorial to the First Fleeters and Norfolk Island Convicts in St David's Park, Hobart, Tamsania. Unveiled 1992. |
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| Daniel Stanfield, wife Alice Harmsworth with children - Daniel (with Maria Kimberly), Mary, Sarah, Thomas and William. The family were relocated to Van Diemen's Land on 2 Ocotober 1808 on "City of Edinburgh". |
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| Rachel Early, wife of Samuel Marsden and father of Ann, Catherine and Elizabeth Marsden. Samuel married Ann Harmsworth in 1800 in Sydney. |
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