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    1. [PJ] Henry Foss -Fortune
    2. 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

    10/28/2011 02:24:12