Hi Lesley, Thanks for answering so promptly. Gets a little confusing, doesn't it. Took me a while to get the significance of your message. Thank you very much for that. I now know that the Mary on the Lord Melville was her daughter. Thanks again, Sylvia. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lesley Uebel Sent: Saturday, 4 June 2011 12:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PJ] Frances BROWN and Thomas SHAW Hi Syklvia According to the 1828 NSW Census Mary Browne arrived free on the Lord Melville and was living with Thomas Shaw and his wife Francis. In 1828 her age was 15 yo Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 4/06/2011 12:04 PM, Norman Mitchell wrote: > Hi everyone, > > > > I'm back on the list after quite a long absence, and this time researching > ancestors Frances BROWN, who arrived in Sydney aboard the "Lord Melville" in > 1817, sentenced to 7 years; and the man she married in 1820 -Thomas SHAW, > who arrived in Sydney aboard the "General Hewett" in 1814, sentenced to > life. > > Frances BROWN was sentenced to 7 years on April 25, 1815, and the departure > date for the "Lord Melville" was August 1816. > > She brought a child with her. On the embarkation documents, Lord Melville, > there are two female convicts by the name of Brown....Frances, and Susan > Brown....and there are two children listed with the surname of Brown..James > Brown and Mary Brown, so I can't tell which of the two children belongs to > our Frances Brown. > > Our line of descent comes from Thomas and Frances's son Thomas SHAW born > June 1820 in Parramatta, and Susannah HUGHES born 1822 in Sydney. > > Is there any other member of the list with any connection to Frances BROWN > or Thomas SHAW. We would welcome any further information on them and their > other descendants. We don't even know what they were sentenced for. > > > > Hoping for help, > > Sylvia > ---------------------- 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 Sylvia I typed in error, Francis instead of Frances.... sorry about that. What is confusing is that Susan (Susanna) Brown per Lord Melville also married a Thomas Shaw - although this Thomas arrived on the Indefatigable in 1815. In the 1828 NSW Census Susan gives her name as Mary. I cannot find that other child you mentioned in the 1828 NSW Census, although there was a death of a James Brown (Infant) in 1826 I not sure if it is him Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 4/06/2011 2:04 PM, Norman Mitchell wrote: > while to get the > significance of your message. Thank you ve