Hello Bredna Some one else told me he was in the 1837 muster and working for the government at Parramtta. I wonder what he did at Govt house but if he did he must have been well respected. Can you tell me anything about his wife at all please On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 6:16 PM, Brenda <brenda1945@fsmail.net> wrote: > Meg Austin wrote: > > <I think I may have a convict becase he married in 1838 in NSW. His name is > John Sleep. Can anyone tell me anything about him.> > > Hi Meg, > > I couldn't find John SLEEP on the 1837 muster, but a British Home Office > report, of convicts who arrived NSW 1828-1832, records that your fellow was > employed at Government House, Parramatta > > AJCP film reel no.70, ref HO10/ piece 29 > > No. 9253, name John Sleep, age 27, ship Claudine, sentence Life, religion > Protestant, employment Govt House, residence Parramatta > > Good luck > Brenda > Adelaide > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Our ancestor Thomas Collison convict was working for the government at Parramatta about that time as a tailor untill he bucked the system again. We found it on one of his many reports. Kath > Hello Bredna > > Some one else told me he was in the 1837 muster and working for the > government at Parramtta. I wonder what he did at Govt house but if he did > he must have been well respected. Can you tell me anything about his wife > at > all please >