From: Peter STRAUSS [mailto:p.strauss@iinet.net.au] Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2014 4:12 PM To: (AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com) Subject: SARAH LYNCH[EY]-HEXHAM 1840's From: Peter STRAUSS [mailto:p.strauss@iinet.net.au] Sent: Tuesday, 16 December 2014 4:11 PM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley-request@rootsweb.com Subject: SARAH LYNCH[EY]-HEXHAM 1840's One of my brick walls is the fate of my GGG grandmother's daughter who accompanied the convict Sarah Lynchey from the Isle of Man arriving on the Mary III in 1835. This child, also most likely named Sarah, is recorded along with a brother and a sister, my GG grandmother Mary Ann, on the convict indent simply as two daughters and a son accompanying their convict mother. I have found a possible candidate who in 1845 was working for a Mrs. Dacre on Kennington Farm at Hexham. The Dacres moved to New Zealand about 1850 although I have found no record of Sarah accompanying them. This Sarah had been at the Sydney Orphan School before being apprenticed to Mr Badgery who appears to have allowed her to be taken to the Bay of Islands where she was abused, in a manner that we would at the very least call child molestation today. When she was returned to Sydney she was sent to the School of Industry until she until she went into Mrs. Dacre's service. As with many in Ireland with the name "Lynchey" Sarah became known as "Lynch". Long winded I know but any help with information or pointers will be very much appreciated. Peter Melbourne