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Jane Chapman (?–?)

Jane Chapman, accompanied her parents, Thomas Chapman, corporal of marines, mother Jane, and sibling Elizabeth, to New South Wales aboard the Charlotte as part of the First Fleet. The whole family returned to England aboard the Gorgon in December 1791, arriving at Portsmouth on 21 June 1792.

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'Chapman, Jane (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/chapman-jane-29946/text37084, accessed 28 March 2024.

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