The Richard Morgan mentioned below is Colleen McCullough's ancestor who is the subject of her novel Morgan's Run and in which she is very unflattering to my ancestor Thomas Restell Crowder. Artistic Licence I think it is called. When Richard left Norfolk Island he went to Van Dieman's Land. Ann Belmont Name Interests: Wells, Glidewell, Hoare (Kent); Wells (Birmingham, U.K.); Newport (Wiltshire); Pullen (Gloucestershire & Virginia); Moore (Scotland & Tasmania); Hake, Webber, Falaise, Ebdon (Channel Islands and Devon); Crowder, Christmas, Cowcher (London, Norfolk Island, VDL); Beaumont (Ireland and Tasmania); Hollow (Cornwall); Olsen (Norway) AKA Hall (South Australia) -----Original Message----- From: L Nichols [mailto:status22@tpg.com.au] Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2009 11:50 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] George Morgan convict & William Morgan Lorraine, I have the following information for you - I presume for the date of the grant that he is your William Morgan. A William Morgan received 3 grants, but whether this William is one person; two people or 3 people we have no way of telling. Because William's first 2 grants were at Concord, I tend to think that they are the one person. (a) 1794 - Book 1A - Grants by Franics Grose. No 154 William Morgan Feb. 20 Granted 25 acres in the district of Concord. Rent: 1/- per year commencing after 5 years. (b) 1795 - Book 1A - Grants by William Paterson No 456 William Morgan July 22 Granted 55 acres in the district of Concord. Rent 1/- per year commencing after 5 years. (c) William's name is also included in some sort of "missing land rants" - which I don't quite understand. He is listed as 1 of 17 who received a grant (or grants) of land "in common". Can't tell you much more than that. No George Morgan is listed. There is a Richard Morgan listed who had bought land from people who had been granted land on Norfolk Island. First mentioned as having bought someone's grant (or part thereof) in 1794 which he surrendered to the Govt. in exchange for land in Hobart. You might have to make a trip to the Land Titles Office in Macquarie Streeet, Sydney (St James Station end), to see where William's grants were. I don't know if that information is also held by State Records, Kingswood which would obviously be a lot easier for you to get to. Reference: Land Grants 1788-1809. a record of registered grants and leases in NSW: VDL and Norfolk Island. Published by the Australian Documents Library circa 1982. Joan Nichols