How could I locate the on board muster for the Florentia (1) 1828 for a convict Michael Coughlan. Also Iindent states assigned to William Bucknell on the Alleyn River. I have details of this property and no record of Michael being there so I am assuming he arrived. Next mention of him is a court case in Sydney 1835 where it mentions him as an absconder from Wollombi Bridge Party. Found not guilty in the court case but held in custody as an absconder. Sent to Newcastle Gaol then Maitland Gaol for disposal. As I live in WA it is a lttle difficult to get to NSW State Archives to view and copy these documents. No further mention of him until his ticket of leave in 1837. Is it possible to find out details of the period he was with Bucknell or are those records lost. Great northern Road Project can not help me with Wollombi Bridge Party and I am having trouble finding anything out about it. Can anybody assist with suggestions to chase up these leads? Rob Coughlan

Hello Rob I have a Coughlan married into my Crabtree family in Ireland - her name was also spelled Cawlin. Just in case this may be an avenue of approach for you. Best wishes Nadine Ireland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Coughlan" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, June 19, 2011 5:49 AM Subject: [PJ] musters > How could I locate the on board muster for the Florentia (1) 1828 for a > convict Michael Coughlan. Also Iindent states assigned to William > Bucknell > on the Alleyn River. I have details of this property and no record of > Michael being there so I am assuming he arrived. Next mention of him is a > court case in Sydney 1835 where it mentions him as an absconder from > Wollombi Bridge Party. Found not guilty in the court case but held in > custody as an absconder. Sent to Newcastle Gaol then Maitland Gaol for > disposal. As I live in WA it is a lttle difficult to get to NSW State > Archives to view and copy these documents. No further mention of him > until > his ticket of leave in 1837. Is it possible to find out details of the > period he was with Bucknell or are those records lost. Great northern > Road > Project can not help me with Wollombi Bridge Party and I am having trouble > finding anything out about it. Can anybody assist with suggestions to > chase > up these leads? Rob Coughlan > > > ---------------------- > To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Rob When we refer to the Indent we mean often the muster taken on board on arrival. These are the microfiche available in many libraries. If you noted to whom Michael was assigned then you looked at the muster taken on board when he arrived. The 1828 NSW Census (taken end 1828) Michael was still employed by W. W. Bucknell at Elms Hall, Patersons Plains - he is listed as Caughlan. After a quick check of the 1837 General Return of Convicts, I cannot find Michael under either of those spellings - and by rights he should be listed as he did not receive his CP until 1840 Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 19/06/2011 2:49 PM, Rob Coughlan wrote: > How could I locate the on board muster for the Florentia (1) 1828 for a > convict Michael Coughlan. Also Iindent states assigned to William Bucknell > on the Alleyn River. I have details of this property and no record of > Michael being there so I am assuming he arrived. Next mention of him is a > court case in Sydney 1835 where it mentions him as an absconder from > Wollombi Bridge Party. Found not guilty in the court case but held in > custody as an absconder. Sent to Newcastle Gaol then Maitland Gaol for > disposal. As I live in WA it is a lttle difficult to get to NSW State > Archives to view and copy these documents. No further mention of him until > his ticket of leave in 1837. Is it possible to find out details of the > period he was with Bucknell or are those records lost. Great northern Road > Project can not help me with Wollombi Bridge Party and I am having trouble > finding anything out about it. Can anybody assist with suggestions to chase > up these leads? Rob Coughlan > >