Phillip Gidley King.
King, who had been 2nd Lieutenant in HMS Sirius, had been informed by Captain Arthur Phillip while on the voyage to New South Wales that he would be Commandant of Norfolk Island. It was a good choice as he was a kindly young man who did his best for the people in his care. He was to leave the island in 1796 and later became Governor of New South Wales.

James Cunningham.
I have no information on James Cunningham except that on the 6th August 1788 while on their way out to the Supply on her return journey to Norfolk Island the boat he was in was swamped and he lost his life by drowning along with three others.

Thomas Jamison.
Thomas Jamison, a surgeon from the Sirius later became Acting Surgeon General in New South Wales after having been the longest serving surgeon on Norfolk Island in the First Settlement.

John Turnpenny Altree.
John Turnpenny Altree the other surgeon, had worked on the Lady Penhryn on the voyage to New South Wales and later returned to England.

Roger Morely.
Roger Morely or Morley, a seaman from the Sirius was the weaver specially chosen, who King had hoped would be able to help start up the flax industry. At first King could not identify the flax which Captain Cook had said grew so plentifully here. However, he commented upon the "long kind of iris" growing everywhere. Eventually he realised that the "iris" was the New Zealand Phormium tenax type pf flax which was so different from the European flax that Morely had no idea how to prepare it. He went back to England in 1791.

William Westbrook.
William Westbrook chosen by King for his skills as a sawyer and he was also drowned along with James Cunningham, John Williams and another seaman from the Supply. He lost his life on the 6th August 1788.

Charles Herritage.
Charles Herritage a marine from the Sirius, received a grant of land as a settler but sold it later and left the island in 1793, probably to return to England.

John Batchelor.
John Batchelor marine, had the dubious honour of being the first person to receive punishment on Norfolk Island. He earned 3 dozen lashes for stealing rum from King's tent on the 17th April, and on the 15th June 1788 he lost his life in a boating accident. His body was not washed ashore until a week later and was buried near the flagstaff.

John Williams.
John Williams was a convict who also lost his life in that boating accident on the 6th August 1788.

Charles McClellan.
Charles McClellan (or McLaughlin) the youngest of the party was convicted at 14 years of age. He had obviously started his life of crime at a very early age, and indeed, he continued it. He received punishment of three dozen lashes as early as the 20th of April for stealing rum from the surgeons tent, again in May another three dozen lashes for seditious and threatening words, "If there were more convicts here, they would not submit to having their salt provisions stopped when a quantity of fish were caught". Young Charles was well on the way to becoming an incorrigible little rogue but he soon found that Major Ross, Commandant relieving for King in 1790-91, was a lot tougher. for stealing eggs on 15th May, Ross sent him to stay on tiny Nepean Island, just off Kingston, for six weeks on short rations with two other thieves. Luckily they were brought back on the 12th June. He seems to have left the colony not long after. One wonders what happened to him.

Nathaniel Lucas.
Nathaniel Lucas was convicted of stealing clothing from his neighbour, at the Old Bailey in July 1784. He was sentenced to seven years transportation and sailed in the Scarborough in 1787 as part of the First Fleet. He was described as a asset to the first settlement at Norfolk Island. He was a hard worker and gave no trouble. He married and settled down on his grant of land with Olivia Gascoigne (or Gaskin) a convict girl also among the first arrivals. She bore him thirteen children and they now have many descendants. They had a very tragic accident in August 1792 when a tree fell on the house and killed their twin daughters as well as injuring Olivia who was nursing William the baby at the time. The family later returned to Port Jackson.

Edward Garth.
At the Old Bailey Edward Garth was sentenced to hang for his crime of stealing two live cows valued at £17. Luckily the sentence was reduced to seven years transportation allowing him to ultimately continue his dairying interests at Hobart Town.  . Garth was another hard worker, and did well for himself and his convict wife, Susannah Gough whom he married in 1795. They had a grant of land and stayed on the island until 1807 when, with others being evacuated, they went to Van Diemen's Land. They also have many descendants.

John and Noah Mortimore.
John and Noah Mortimore were tried jointly with Edward Westlake for stealing sheep and some mutton. John, aged about 55, was the father of Noah. They and Westlake, who was in his early thirties, farmed successfully on Norfolk Island and all left for Van Diemen's Land in 1808.

Edward Westlake.
Edward Westlake was jointly tried with John and Noah Mortimore for stealing sheep and mutton. He was in his thirties and left for Van Diemen's Land in 1808.

Richard Widdicombe.
Richard Widdicombe convict, left the island in 1793.

John Rice.
John Rice convict, a rope maker, also farmed successfully on his land grant.

Bowes Smyth, surgeon of Lady Penrhyn nominated six women for the founding party, whose behaviour on board has been least exceptional". One of the chosen, Ann Yeates, did not want to join the party and was allowed to remain at Port Jackson. The fact that she was 7 months pregnant at the time probably played a part in her decision. Presumably she was not disadvantaged by her choice as she later became the mistress of Judge-Advocate David Collins, bearing him two children, Marianne Laetitia and George Yates/Collins.

Ann Innet.
At the age of 31 years Ann Innet might be regarded as the matron of the group. She had come from the Parish of Grimley in the County of Worcester and was listed as a "Mantua maker" (i.e. dressmaker). She had been sentenced to hang after being judged guilty of breaking and entering with force and arms, and stealing a petticoat, two aprons, five handkerchiefs, a pair of shoes, a cap, gown, and stockings to a total value of eighteen shillings and sixpence. The sentence was reduced to seven years transportation.
She became King's mistress and the first child, Norfolk King, to be born on the island arrived 8th January 1789. They had another son, Sydney King, before both returned to Port Jackson in 1790.

Elizabeth Colley was 23 years and came from London. Her crime was also associated with clothing, although her 14-year sentence was for receiving stolen goods. It is believed she lived with the surgeon Thomas Jamison. She bore him several children and returned to England, probably with him, by 1801.

Elizabeth Lee was another Londoner of 25 years of age. By contrast her sentence of 7 years transportation seems remarkably light. She stole "thirty gallons of wine called red port value £10, twelve gallons of other wine, called Malmsey Madeira value £12, three gallons of white port value 20s, three gallons of Malmsey Madeira value 40s, three gallons of Claret value 40s, three gallons of raisin wine value 6s, three gallons of orange wine value 6s, three gallons of brandy value 36s, three gallons of rum value 36s, three gallons of Geneva value 20s, one gallon of arrack value 16s, four hundred and twenty-four glass bottles value £31/10/-, one hundredweight of tallow candles value 50s, two linen stocks value 4s, two pair stockings value 5s, one gold ring with garnets value 10s"
There may have been a belief that Elizabeth, who was in service as a cook, could hardly have committed this crime alone.
She gave no trouble on Norfolk Island and evidently worked hard. She left the island in April 1793.

Elizabeth Hipsley was also a Londoner aged 29 with an occupation given as needlework. She received 7 years transportation for stealing possessions of one William Fincham valued at £4/6/8.
On Norfolk Island Elizabeth Hispley (Hippesley) worked and behaved well. she married a marine settler and left the island with him in 1794.

Olive Gascoigne was 25 years of age and came from the Parish of Severn Stoke in the County of Worcester. She was in service and stole with force of arms £13/4/6  pence in coin and was sentenced to hang. Again her reprieve reduced the sentence to 7 years transportation. She settled down on Norfolk Island and married Nathaniel Lucas another convict from the Scarborough. The began what is now the largest family in Australia.

Susannah Gough appears to have been called Susan Garth in the First Fleet records which list her on Friendship . As such she was 25 years old when sent to Norfolk Island. Another Londoner, she received a seven year sentence for stealing nine guineas. An 1811 record at Hobart Town shows that Susan Gough's trial date corresponded with that of Susan Garth but the ship of arrival as Charlotte. It is possible that Susan Gough was chosen for Norfolk Island because of an earlier relationship with her future husband, Edward Garth, who was already in the founding party. When selecting his small group Lieutenant King had advised"...that if any partiality or reciprocal affection should take place between male and female convicts going there or after their arrival at Norfolk, they might marry, and that he had authorised the Surgeon Mr. Jameson (sic) to perform that office, and after a time the Clergyman would be sent there to remarry them."