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New South Wales Royal Veterans

GenTree Australia has traced all the New South Wales Royal Veterans that were posted to Tasmania 1826 - 1831. This information has been compiled into small booklets for each soldier and can be purchased from GenTree at http://www.gentreeaustralia.com.au/

Below is a list of names of the NSW Royal Veterans that have been identified so far.


SurnameGiven NameDOBNative PlacePosting
AllenJosephc. 1780Shewenham, BeekshireTasmania
AndersonWilliam
Baskill / BoskillJamesc. 1794Mansfield, NottinghamTasmania
BaxterGeorgeunknownSibsey, Licolnshire
BaxterJohnc. 1788St. Trings, Stirlingshire
BaylissWilliam JosephunknownStafford
BellWilliam
BellWilliam
BennettCharlesc. 1794Derby, DerbyshireTasmania
BignallAndrew
BilsonJosephc. 1791Derby, DerbyshireTasmania
BlimstoneBenjamin
BloreJoseph
BlundenBenjamin
BoydThomasunknownKillarny, Kerry
BradshawFrededrickc. 1795Barnet, Herefordshire
BrindleyJamesc. 1788Arnold, NottinghamshireTasmania
Brown / BrowneJohnc. 1789Clapham, Yorkshire
BrowneJohnc. 1785Whitechapel, London
BurnettJohn
BurnipJamesc. 1775Wissingham, NorthumberlandTasmania
BurnsWilliamc. 1800Tasmania
CadbyGeorgec. 1804Manchester, Lancashire
CadleyGeorge
Cameron James
CarsonJohn Benjamin
CarsonSimonc. 1785Longford. LongfordTasmania
CarterAmbrosec. 1787Shoreditch, London & Middlesex
CarterJamesc. 1778Castletown, Lancashire
CartwrightThomasunknownSevenoaks, Kent
ChalonerJohnc. 1787Seaton, Cheshire
ChapmanJames
CheaterWilliam
ClearyWilliamc. 1796CorkTasmania
CloseWilliam
CollinsStephenc. 1795Tasmania
ComptonJamesc. 1779Warton, WorcestershireTasmania
ConroyThomasc. 1790Ballynacholig, Galway
ConroyThomasc. 1792Ballynacholig, Galway
Cook /CookeWilliamc. 1789Blunham, Bedfordshire
CoonanPeterc. Tasmania
CostelloJosephc. 1785Waterford, WaterfordTasmania
Coulston/ CoulsonSamuelc. 1795Elton, NorthamptonshireTasmania
CunninghamPatrickc. 1794Castle Willan, DownTasmania
CurranJohn Buryc. 1789Dublin
D'ArcyJohnTasmania
D'Arey / D'ArcyJohnc. 1807LimerickTasmania
DawsonJohnc. 1783Antrim, Antrim
DigneyJohnc. 1791Artrea, LondonderryTasmania
Donaldson Alexanderc. 1798Baroney, LancashireTasmania
DugganMichaelc. 1790Kilmore, Mayo
DumaresqHenry
EganWilliamc. 1789Tasmania
ElliottJohn
EllisJohnc. 1795Halifax, Yorkshire
EvansDanielc. 1791Landsadden, Carmarthen
EvansThomas
EvansThomasc. 1787Kingston, Herefordshire
Faurit / FauntCharlesc. 1780Mullingar, Westmeath
FergusonJohn
FinnWilliamc. 1799Dublin
FlanaganWilliamc. 1789Dublin
FosterThomasc. 1791Lancashire
FotheringhamFrazerc. 1787St. Andrews, Fife
FoyerWalter
Frazer / FraserJohnc. 1798Wooller, NorthumberlandTasmania
FullamLawrencec. 1792Dublin
FullertonAlexanderc. 1784Campbelltown, ArgyllshireTasmania
GibsonAndrew
Gibzan / Gillzan / GilzenJohnc. 1786Unknown
GillanJohn
Grills / GrilesJohnc. 1782Liskeard, Cornwall
GrimesEdward
Grimston / GrimstoneJohnc. 1802Bantry, Cork
Gulledge / Golledge /ThomasunknownGibralter
HallWilliam
HartHenry
HeathWilliamc. 1797Vobeerheen
HeelingJohnc. 1777Montrath, Leix
HeyburnJohnc. 1792Clones, MonaghanTasmania
HillWilliamc. 1784Glasgow, LanarkshireTasmania
HoggRobertc. 1791Edinburgh, Midlothian
HollidayWilliamc. 1773Bradford, YorkshireTasmania
HolliwellThomas
HomerThomasc. 1783Tasmania
HopkinsWilliam
Horrill / HorrellJohnc. 1788Launceston, CornwallTasmania
HowardMatthewc. 1781Norwich, NorfolkTasmania
HughesArthurc. 1783Maguires Bridge, Fermanagh
HughesJohnunknownArmagh, Armagh
HughesThomasc. 1791Kilmore, ArmaghTasmania
HuntWilliamc. 1783Tasmania
Irwin / IrvineJohnc. 1795South Mins, London & Middlesex Tasmania
JamesHenryunknownGloucester, Gloucestershire
JamesJosephc. 1797Appleside, Somerset
JarvisWilliamc. 1794Leicester, LeicestershireTasmania
JduisUnknown
JohnstonSamuelc. 1781Tetnal, StaffordshireTasmania
JonesThomas
JordanJamesc. 1795Tonkyland, CarlowTasmania
Kelley / KelleyJamesc. 1791Darnick, DumfriesshireTasmania
KellyJohnc. 1787Aughnamellen, Monoghan
KenderickWilliam
KennedyAlexanderc. 1781Kilmiley, Inverness
KenworthyJohnc. 1781Oldham, LancashireTasmania
KerriganJamesc. 1798Bornacovla, LongfordTasmania
KingArthur
KingabyCharles
KingabyJames
Kirkwood Johnc. 1791Lauder, East LothianTasmania
KirsonJohn
KonesUnknown
LaymanGeorgec. 1777Ashburton, DevonshireTasmania
LeeAnthonyc. 1780Fordun, KincardineshireTasmania
LeeWilliamc. 1779Ewell, SurreyTasmania
LeesThomas
LeonardThomasc. 1795Killeton, RosocommonTasmania
Managan / MorganPatrickc. 1779Ballingarry, LimerickTasmania
MattonRichard
McCaffertyJohnc. 1785Cunningham, DonegalTasmania
MCCartyMorris
McConnellJamesc. 1787Ayre. Ayrshire
McConnellRichard
McConnellThomasc. 1789Kilmore, Gronagh
McCormackJames
McCoy / McKayWilliamc. 1790Caldon, InvernessshireTasmania
McGannJames
McIntyrePatrick
McKayDaniel
McKayMurdochc. 1788Farr, Sutherland
McMahonPatrickc. 1790Limerick
McNairJamesc. 1781Gateshead, Durham
McPheeDaniel
McPheeLuke
McPhersonLindsayc.1790Tasmania
McStravickJohnc. 1789Glasgow, Lanarkshire
MeanyStephenc. 1786LimerickTasmania
MerewickJoseph
MitchellJames
MitchellJames
MoltenEdward
MooreThomasunknownDublin
MundyEdwardTasmania
MurphySamuelc. 1794Balinagovick, Down
NairnDavidc. 1781Edinburgh, Midlothian
NashJohnc. 1781Castle, SomersetTasmania
NormanLeonard
NormanSamuel
NorthSamuel
O'BrienThomasc. 1784Galway, Galway
O'DonaldHughunknownSligo, Sligo
OrchardJohnc. 1792Walcot, SomersetTasmania
PageWilliamc. 1801Wilmington, SussexTasmania
PantonJamesc. 1789Fordyce, BanffshireTasmania
PearsonWilliamc. 1787Stamford, Lincolnshire
PeggDavid
PeggJamesc. 1794Litchfield, Staffordshire
PercivalGeorge
PerkinsWilliamc. 1779Attlebury, Northamptonshire
PhippsWilliamc. 1792Kilfree, Sligo
PickupJohnc. 1738Bolton
PoultonJohnc. Tasmania
PraguallWilliam
PreavatGeorge
QuinnPatrickunknownSligo, Sligo
Quinn / Quinne / QuinThomasc. 1801Ardagh, LongfordTasmania
ReillyJohnc. 1785St. Mary's, Westmeath
RhallChristopher
RobinsonJohnc. 1787St. Giles, London & Middlesex
RodwellThomas
RossRoderick
RowleyJamesc. 1790Aughnamellen, MonoghanTasmania
ScottWilliamc. 1786Blackburn, Lancashire
ShepherdJohn
ShepherdLynn David
ShieldsJohnc. 1801Glasgow, Lanarkshire
ShireBenjaminc. 1797Chelsea, London & MiddlesexTasmania
SkerrerWilliamc. 1793Shipley, YorkshireTasmania
SmithJohnc. 1790Northampton, NorthamtonshireTasmania
SmithJohn
SnapeJosephc. 1793Ince, Lancashire
Staples Johnc. 1793Bath, Somerset
StewartCharlesc. 1789Walthamstow, EssexTasmania
Story / StoreyJohnc. 1796Birmingham, WarwickshireTasmania
StringerThomasc. 1788Bristol, Somerset
SugdenWilliam Johnson
SullivanWilliamc. 1787Shandon, CorkTasmania
TauntCharles
TaylorWilliamc. 1796Ledbury, Herefordshire
ThaeRichard
ThompsonJohnc. 1786LumsburyTasmania
ThompsonJohn
TierneyEdwardTasmania
ToplessBenjaminc. 1785Rigley, StaffordshireTasmania
TraversRobertTasmania
TrotterJamesc. 1778Castle Rickard, MeathTasmania
TurnerJohnc. 1785St. James, London & Middlesex
WalkerJamesc. 1786Godminster, HuntingdonTasmania
WalshAugustasc. 1788Cork, CorkTasmania
WalshThomasc. 1791Barrigown, Cork
WarnerJonathan
WaughJohnc. 1786Tivetdale, RoxburghshireTasmania
White MartinTasmania
WhiteacreStephen
WhiteheadJohnc. 1783Manchester, Lancashire
WilkinsonJohnunknownAugherdeaney, Down
Wills / WellsJohnc. 1785Tysbrook, Warwickshire
WilsonWilliamc. 1793Rathen, Banfshire
WinterbottomJamesc. 1791Preston, Lancashire
Wright Gilbert
Wright ThomasUnknownClapham, Surrey