Hi Katrina There were probably a number of convicts sent to Newcastle at that time and certainly a number from March - December in 1816. Have you checked the particular State Records reel as noted below. I cannot find the crime he committed in the Sydney Gazette, but perhaps another convict who left on the same day may be mentioned in the Sydney Gazette. The name Foss may not have been captured when digitised but another may have been FOSS, Henry. Per "Fortune", 1806 1816 Oct 30 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.239) Lady Nelson 1816 Mar 8-Dec 31 Lists of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle on (Reel 6004, 4/3493 pp.394, 395, 407, 452, 474, 490; Reel 6005, 4/3495 pp.89, 115, 134, 157, 239, 293, 390, 421) Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: [email protected] On 28/10/2011 7:24 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Henry FOSS arrived as a convict on the Fortune in January 1806 after being > found guilty of being in possession of > forged bank notes from the Bank Of England,He was sentenced to 14 years > transportation.His wife Ann FOSS alias HAYNES was convicted > of uttering a bank of England Bank note and arrived on the ship William > Pitt. > In October 1816 Henry FOSS is on a list of Prisoner's to be sent to > Newcastle on the Brig Lady Nelson. He was sentenced to 3 years. > While Henry was in Newcastle his wife married Benjamin SMITH using her > alias"HAYNES"on 28 Sept 1818. Henry FOSS wrote in his Will that > his wife was a bigamist and that she had married and was living with > Benjamin SMITH. Henry was back in Sydney in March 1819 as he was > charged with forcible entry and stealing from Benjamin SMITH, Henry FOSS > died 19 April 1819 in Sydney aged 57. > Can anyone please help me find out what Henry FOSS would have done to be > sentenced to 3 years in Newcastle? > Thank you, > Katrina >