Hi Lister, My First Fleeters (to whom I am eternally grateful to grow up in this great land) are as follows: John Randall (I note a couple of other descendants already list him) was tried at Manchester 14 April, 1785 for stealing a silver watch chain, sailed on the Alexander arr. 26/1/1788. John Martin was tried at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, London on the 3rd of July 1782 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. He was send down under on the Alexander. Described as "a black", and "A sober industrious man". At the time of landing at Port Jackson he had technically only one year to serve. Thomas Acres/Akers Thomas Akers arrived at Port Jackson as a convict with the First Fleet on 26 January, 1788 aboard the Charlotte at 2.15p.m. His Crime: He was tried at Devon Lent Assizes, held at Exeter Castle on Monday 14/3/1785 before Beaumont Hotham Knt and Frances Buller, Esq. Crime & Sentence - "Thomas Acres & John Smith for feloniously assaulting John Squance in the Kings Highway. Feloniously putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life in the said highway and feloniously taking from his person and against his will in the said highway 10shillings his monies." GUILTY TO BE HANGED Notes: Born Devon England 1758, Died 4th June 1824, Cowpastures, Campbelltown Buried: St Peters Campbelltown as a Catholic Thomas Acres Public School at Ambervale was named in his honour and is built on his original land grant at Campbelltown. Notes on the "Charlotte" On Sunday 13th May, 1787 eleven small ships carrying about 1,500 people set sail from Portsmouth, England on an epic voyage of over 13,000 miles (20,900 k kilometres) and founded the nation of "Australia". On the afternoon of Friday, 18th January 1788, 252 days after leaving Portsmouth, the 70 feet long brig, H.M.S. Supply led the eleven ships of the First Fleet into Botany Bay, Australia. On Friday, 25th January, the H.M.S. Supply made history by being the first ship to sail into Port Jackson where she dropped anchor at Sydney Cove, (now Circular Quay) at 7 p.m. The following morning at day-break, Commander in Chief Arthur Phillip and his party went ashore and raised the Union Flag which marked the first settlement of Europeans in Australia. The other ten ships arrived in Sydney Cove late that afternoon, after experiencing difficulties in getting out of Botany Bay. Charlotte Convict Transport - 346 Tons (a) 335 (k), 105-ft. (32m.) long and 28-ft. (8.5m.) beam. When surveyed at Deptford Yard on 3 November 1786 measured 6'6' afore, amid and abaft and weighed 345 tons. Carried: Crew ± 30 + 45 others + 88 male and 20 female convicts. (183) (ref *) Lt. P. G King's Journal states 30 Seamen, 42 Marines, 86 Male and 20 Female Convicts. (178) Skippered by: Master Thomas Gilbert (qv) Built in 1784, A three masted fully square rigged with neither galleries or figurehead, whereabouts not known After her return to England she was sold to a Quebec merchant in 1818 and was lost off the coast of Newfoundlands in Nov. 1818. Have a happy Australia Day Everyone, Gayle

Hi Jan, my husband is also a decendant of JOHN MARTIN /MARY RANDALL their daughter HANNAH/PETER COUPS.....where was the op shop? thankyou for this snippet of info...will try to find a copy....cheers Lesley----- Original Message ----- From: janice morrissey<mailto:janmorr@tadaust.org.au> To: Gayle Clarke-Wood<mailto:gclarkew@optusnet.com.au> ; aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com<mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 10:34 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] First Fleeters Hi Gayle, A couple of months ago I came across a book ( in an op shop ) called "THE AUSTRALIAN MOSAIC AND 1788 DIARY " it has the stories of John Martin and John Randall and about their descendents that live at Ulmarra,on the Clarence River in N.S.W. The book was printed in 1987 may be you know of this book but I thought if you didn't it may be of interest to you. Happy Australia Day everyone. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle Clarke-Wood" <gclarkew@optusnet.com.au<mailto:gclarkew@optusnet.com.au>> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com<mailto:aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com>> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:26 AM Subject: [PJ] First Fleeters Hi Lister, My First Fleeters (to whom I am eternally grateful to grow up in this great land) are as follows: John Randall (I note a couple of other descendants already list him) was tried at Manchester 14 April, 1785 for stealing a silver watch chain, sailed on the Alexander arr. 26/1/1788. John Martin was tried at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, London on the 3rd of July 1782 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. He was send down under on the Alexander. Described as "a black", and "A sober industrious man". ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com<mailto:AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Gayle, A couple of months ago I came across a book ( in an op shop ) called "THE AUSTRALIAN MOSAIC AND 1788 DIARY " it has the stories of John Martin and John Randall and about their descendents that live at Ulmarra,on the Clarence River in N.S.W. The book was printed in 1987 may be you know of this book but I thought if you didn't it may be of interest to you. Happy Australia Day everyone. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gayle Clarke-Wood" <gclarkew@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 7:26 AM Subject: [PJ] First Fleeters Hi Lister, My First Fleeters (to whom I am eternally grateful to grow up in this great land) are as follows: John Randall (I note a couple of other descendants already list him) was tried at Manchester 14 April, 1785 for stealing a silver watch chain, sailed on the Alexander arr. 26/1/1788. John Martin was tried at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey, London on the 3rd of July 1782 for stealing clothing with a value of 39 shillings. He was send down under on the Alexander. Described as "a black", and "A sober industrious man". ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message