Hi Minuet, For some reason I am inclined to think she married Thomas Leathead and perhaps she changed Elizabeth's name to Catherine ??? As I mentioned earlier the fact that Alice Briggs was born in 1843 when your Margaret was in Tassie is impossible. If Alice was born earlier than 1843, then Margaret would have given birth to Elizabeth, Henry and Alice between July 1839 and December 1841 - not impossible. If this is the case perhaps Thomas Briggs decided to keep "his" children with him and send Elizabeth (Catherine?) to Tassie with her mother. In answer to a few other questions. Not all of the convicts applied for their Certificate of Freedom when it was due and more men applied than did females. As live in Hobart then the NSW State Records can provide you with a copy of her Certificate of Freedom. I don't know if your Library has a copy of the post 1825 Colonial Sec. Index by Joan Reese, but that may be worth checking also. Have you followed through with the children of Thomas Briggs in NSW i.e. Alice and Henry ? or found the death of Thomas Briggs ? regards Lesley Uebel mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au CLAIM A CONVICT http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html -----Original Message----- From: aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Minuet Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 2:04 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] KENNY, BRIGGS & help pls Hi Lesley, >Margaret Kenny (age shown as 29 & 30) and John Berwick applied twice >to marry in >1836 at Maitland and this was approved, but no marriage resulted. They applied >through the Rev Rusden (C of E) Maitland. I had found 2 banns published and one application. These ages show Marg being born in 1806 as when she arrives at 24 in 1830. >Margaret Kenny (31yo) applied to marry Thomas Leathead (various spellings) in >1838 at Patrick Plains. Applied through Rev Hetherington (Presbyterian). A >marriage did result. Margaret is shown as being Free and that is not >correct as >she received her CoF in October 1839. Was this normal? If she was sentenced to 7 years in 1829 and didn't have any offences against her....? Again, 1806 birth fits.

Hi Lesley, My first thought was Elizabeth was Catherine too (esp as Catherine named her first Elizabeth LOL) but it appears Elizabeth stayed in NSW. According to the NSW indexes: In 1858 an Elizabeth LIGHTHEAD married Henry ROSE at Patricks Plains (she would have been 19). Elizabeth and Henry Rose have 11 children, the last one born in 1879. In 1879 an Elizabeth Rose dies, and her parents are listed as Thomas and Margaret. An At 05:20 PM 25/01/2009, you wrote: >Hi Minuet, > >For some reason I am inclined to think she married Thomas Leathead and perhaps >she changed Elizabeth's name to Catherine ??? >I don't know if your Library has a copy of the post 1825 Colonial >Sec. Index by >Joan Reese, but that may be worth checking also. I have quite a few Colonial Secretary's references and NSW Gov gazette references, but have yet to find how and where to look them up or what it's going to cost me. >Have you followed through with the children of Thomas Briggs in >NSW i.e. Alice >and Henry ? or found the death of Thomas Briggs ? I have looked but haven't noticed any that jump out as being definite possibilities. cheers Minuet