Thanks Glenna, Seems like this family was always in trouble. Don At 08:17 PM 12/15/2010, you wrote: >Don, Peggy , Annis and Harold, etc. I started a e-mail this morn >and something >went wrong and my computer was off all day--finally, got it back on. Enjoyed >Don's story about John Ghent Pigg. I found another one about Sarah >Pigg. Sarah >Pigg was born 15 May 1772 in Bishops Storford, Hertfordshire, England D 15 >Nov. 1827 (55 years old) in Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales , >Australia. >Buried in St. Matthews Cenetery. Her parents were John Pigg b.1741 and Mary >Sheffield. At age 18, Sarah Pigg was arrested for stealing from >Mary Smith's >shop. She stole 14 yards of lace, 18 yards lace edging, 3 1/2 yards >muslin, 4 >pair stockings, 4 lace handkerchiefs, 1 shawl, 9 yards Irish linen, and one >muslin apron. She was tried on Hertfordshire, England on March 3, >1790---and >found guilty. She was sentenced to death by hanging. C an you believe, >DEATH BY HANGING FOR STEALING! Now on with the rest of the story, She >wasn't hanged, so in 1792, they decided they needed women in the >penal colony of >New South Wales--So she along with others had her sentence commuted to >"transportation beyond the seas for the term of her natural life" 12 months >later, she left Plymouth aboard the ship "Mary Anne"along with 2 other ships >Each ship held 200 convicts. They arrived in Sydney Cove on July 9, 1791 >After 3 1/2 years Sarah Pigg married Thomas Hoskisson at St. >Phillips Church in >Sydney by Rev. Johnson, the 1st chaplain of the Colony. Thomas was >sentenced >at Maidstone, Kent, England, and sentenced for 7 years. He was >aboard " William >Ann", part of the 3 ships that came with Sarah. They lived >together for some >time before being married. They lived along Hawkesbury River at Green Hills, >Windsor, and had 3 kids. Sarah was pardoned 27 July, 1798 by Gen. Hunter, >after recommendations by Rev. Richard Johnson. After Thomas was killed by >Aboriginals in 1799, Sarah was left with 3 young kids to raise and a farm to >run. In Nov 1799 she was granted 60 acres of land at Petersham >Hill--eventually sold it. In 1800 Sarah was pregnant by a convict named John >Embrey. She gave birth to a girl. No marriage was recorded On >July 4, 1803 >she M. Thomas Upton at Hawkesbury Inn . Thomas signed the register, and Rev. >Samuel Marsden officiated. They took up farming at Mc Hiller on a >gift deed of >25 acres on Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia >. Glenna >Goodwin > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ARIZARD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message