?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Victualing+Order+for+Convict+James+Belbin's+wife+and+son+from+Lieutenant+Governor+Thomas+Davey%2C+29th+April+1814&rft.creator=Davey%2C+T&rft.subject=430100+Historical+Studies&rft.description=Victualing+order+for+James+Belbin's+second+wife+and+son+James%2C+from+Lieutenant+Governor+Thomas+Davey%2C+29th+April%2C+1814.+James+was+transported+to+N.S.W.+in+1791.+He+later+settled+on+Norfolk+Island+and+received+a+grant+of+land.+He+and+his+first+wife%2C+Ann+Meredith+had+six+daughters+and+a+son%2C+James%2C+between+1793+and+1803%2C+but+in+1805+his+wife+died+in+childbirth+and+one+of+his+six+year+old+twin+daughters+also+died.+In+1808+Belbin+and+his+children%2C+with+the+other+Norfolk+Islanders%2C+were+resettled+in+Van+Diemen's+Land%2C+receiving+supplies+from+the+Government+Stores.+He+was+twice+arrested+for+remaining+loyal+to+Governor+William+Bligh.+In+1811+he+went+to+London+to+petition+for+the+restoration+of+his+rights+as+a+Norfolk+Island+settler+and+was+granted+a+free+passage+back+to+Van+Diemen's+Land+in+1813%2C+land+at+Cambridge+and+Government+victuals+for+eighteen+months+for+himself%2C+son+James+and+his+new+second+wife.&rft.publisher=University+of+Tasmania+Library+Special+and+Rare+Materials+Collection&rft.date=1814&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.utas.edu.au%2F6468%2F1%2Frs90_2.pdf&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utas.edu.au%2Flibrary%2Fexhibitions%2Fquaker%2Findex.html&rft.identifier=Davey%2C+T+(1814)+Victualing+Order+for+Convict+James+Belbin's+wife+and+son+from+Lieutenant+Governor+Thomas+Davey%2C+29th+April+1814.+University+of+Tasmania+Library+Special+and+Rare+Materials+Collection%2C+Australia.+(Unpublished)&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.utas.edu.au%2F6468%2F