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
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 >