Joseph Jefferies (1767-1789) was an able seaman, aged 20, from Staten Island, America, when he arrived at Sydney aboard the Supply in January 1788 as part of the First Fleet. He died on 9 May 1789 and was buried the next day — probably at Sydney Cove.
* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), p 192
'Jefferies, Joseph (c. 1767–1789)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/jefferies-joseph-31362/text38811, accessed 1 September 2024.
c.
1767
Staten Island,
New York,
United States of America
9 May,
1789
(aged ~ 22)
Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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