Hi Sue, That is very, very interesting :-) Margaret and Marcellas has already had one child, William Henry DAY, b 28 Oct 1826 in Parramatta. Could Margaret perhaps have returned to him for a time - or had some continuing relationship with him, as the father of her eldest son?.Was there some question about the paternity of her last two children, so that they were christened simply in her name? (The BLINMAN children have the mother's name as Margaret DAY, in the records - not simply as Margaret). All *kinds* of fascinating possibilities ... and, did Charles leave her out of his Will, because she had returned to her legal husband? Marcellas DAY certainly waited until 1851, before marrying Mary TAPPER, by which stage he was aged 49 ... had he been living with Margaret for at least part of the intervening years? Cheers, Lesley (In cool, changeable Melbourne) > Tried in the Quarter Sessions in LIVERPOOL NSW, 2nd January 1827 for Petit > Larceny Sentenced to 7 Years in Moreton Bay. > He returned to Sydney 4th July 1832 > > <snip> >