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John Easty was a private soldier in the marines. His date of birth and death are not known. He arrived with the First Fleet on the ''Scarborough''<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>, the second largest vessel in the First Fleet<ref>{{cite web|title=Scarborough|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/s/scarborough183.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>.
John Easty was a private soldier in the marines. His date of birth and death are not known. Easty joined the marines no later than January 1794, and was appointed to Captain-Lieutenant Meredith's company on 4 November 1787<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He arrived with the First Fleet on the ''Scarborough''<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>, the second largest vessel in the First Fleet<ref>{{cite web|title=Scarborough|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/s/scarborough183.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>.


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Easty was the lowest ranking author of the surviving journals of the the First Fleet<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He describes events on the voyage and in the colony in simple, untutored English. Some of the journal is hearsay or was written later. He records occasions when he or other marines were disciplined for various offences<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>, such as being drunk on duty<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. In March 1788 he received a flogging for bringing a female convict into the camp<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. These relatively unexceptional offences did not prevent him from being assigned to different positions of responsibility soon after arriving<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. On another occasion he returned property stolen from a fellow marine by another, and gave evidence in the following court case<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>.
Easty joined the marines no later than January 1794. He was appointed to Captain-Lieutenant Meredith's company on 4 November 1787<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>.

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Easty was the lowest ranking author of the surviving journals of the the First Fleet<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He describes events on the voyage and in the colony in simple, untutored English. Some of the journal is hearsay or was written later. He records occasions when he or other marines were disciplined for various offences<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>, such as being drunk on duty<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>, or bringing a female convict into the camp, for which he received a flogging in March 1788<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. These relatively unexceptional offences did not prevent him from being assigned to different positions of responsibility soon after arriving<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. On another occasion he returned property stolen from a fellow marine by another, and gave evidence in the following court case<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.websterworld.com/websterworld/aust/j/johneasty013.html|work=Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>. In December 1790 he was a member of two punitive expeditions sent against the Aboriginals around Botany Bay<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>.


Easty returned to England on the ''Atlantic'' in December 1792, with the last detachment of marines to leave Sydney<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>; Arthur Philip also returned home on this voyage<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. Easty rejoined his division at Portsmouth in May 1793<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He left the marines and was employed by Waddington & Smith, grocers, in London in September 1794<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He petitioned the Admiralty for compensation promised for short rations in New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>
Easty returned to England on the ''Atlantic'' in December 1792, with the last detachment of marines to leave Sydney<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>; Arthur Philip also returned home on this voyage<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. Easty rejoined his division at Portsmouth in May 1793<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He left the marines and was employed by Waddington & Smith, grocers, in London in September 1794<ref>{{cite web|last=Richardson|first=G. D.|title=Easty, John (?–?)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/easty-john-2017/text2477|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>. He petitioned the Admiralty for compensation promised for short rations in New South Wales.<ref>{{cite web|title=John Easty|url=http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/discover_collections/history_nation/terra_australis/journals/easty/index.html|work=Discover Collections|publisher=State Library of New South Wales|accessdate=25 October 2013}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:18, 31 October 2013

John Easty was a private soldier in the marines. His date of birth and death are not known. Easty joined the marines no later than January 1794, and was appointed to Captain-Lieutenant Meredith's company on 4 November 1787[1]. He arrived with the First Fleet on the Scarborough[2], the second largest vessel in the First Fleet[3].

Easty was the lowest ranking author of the surviving journals of the the First Fleet[4]. He describes events on the voyage and in the colony in simple, untutored English. Some of the journal is hearsay or was written later. He records occasions when he or other marines were disciplined for various offences[5], such as being drunk on duty[6]. In March 1788 he received a flogging for bringing a female convict into the camp[7]. These relatively unexceptional offences did not prevent him from being assigned to different positions of responsibility soon after arriving[8]. On another occasion he returned property stolen from a fellow marine by another, and gave evidence in the following court case[9].

Easty returned to England on the Atlantic in December 1792, with the last detachment of marines to leave Sydney[10]; Arthur Philip also returned home on this voyage[11]. Easty rejoined his division at Portsmouth in May 1793[12]. He left the marines and was employed by Waddington & Smith, grocers, in London in September 1794[13]. He petitioned the Admiralty for compensation promised for short rations in New South Wales.[14]

A transcription of John Easty's journal was published in 1965.[15]

References

  1. ^ Richardson, G. D. "Easty, John (?–?)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  2. ^ "John Easty". Discover Collections. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Scarborough". Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  4. ^ "John Easty". Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  5. ^ "John Easty". Discover Collections. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  6. ^ "John Easty". Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  7. ^ Richardson, G. D. "Easty, John (?–?)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  8. ^ "John Easty". Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  9. ^ "John Easty". Webster's Encyclopedia of Australia. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  10. ^ Richardson, G. D. "Easty, John (?–?)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  11. ^ "John Easty". Discover Collections. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  12. ^ Richardson, G. D. "Easty, John (?–?)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  13. ^ Richardson, G. D. "Easty, John (?–?)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  14. ^ "John Easty". Discover Collections. State Library of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
  15. ^ Easty, John (1965). Memorandum of the transactions of a voyage from England to Botany Bay, 1787-1793 : a First Fleet journal. Sydney: Trustees of the Public Library of New South Wales in association with Angus and Robertson.
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