Thank you Lesley for your prompt reply regarding William Blake per Minerva. I have 2 references for William BLAKE taken from the film of the Indent of the Minerva, both gave different details of age, origin, trial date and sentence, so I thought they were for 2 separate convicts. Refs - 1. film 625 page 371 shows Wm Blake, Co.Tipperary, August 1798, 7 years 2. film 625 page 359 shows Wm Blake, 23, wool comber, Co.Tyrone August 1799, life, plus the comment - Discharged 14 th May1799. Would this comment refer to a Pardon? Do you know whether the second entry is in error and should refer to another transport perhaps? many thanks, Marje > Hi Marje, > > I can only find one William Blake who arrived on the Minerva in 1800. > > Regards > Lesley Uebel > mailto:ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > CLAIM A CONVICT > http://users.bigpond.net.au/convicts/index.html > > > Hello Lesley and Listers, > > I am researching convict William BLAKE and hope that someone will be able to > help me please. > > There are 3 convicts of that name who were early arrivals in the colony and > I > am having some difficulty in eliminating the ones who do not fit into the > family story. > The information I have found is from the Indents,Musters,Col. Sec. papers, > Irish Convicts to Australia -Peter Mayberry site and BMD. > They are - > > 1.William Blake, 29, County Wexford, Ireland, a rebel, had been sentenced to > death, commuted to Life as a transported convict, per "Sugar Cane"17th > September, 1792, became a self employed shoemaker and shopkeeper in Sydney, > granted > a CP . > I think this fellow acted as a juror on several inquests - Col Sec papers. > He may have had a relationship in 1801 with Eleanor Allicot > > 2. William Blake, 23, a wool comber of County Tyrone, Ireland was sentenced > to 7 years transportation in August 1799, arrived per "Minerva" 11th January > 1800, became free by servitude and was listed as a labourer for Thomas > Prosser > in the 1814 Muster. ( Comment on the indent- Discharged 14 May 1799) ? > 3. Wm Blake (2) per Minerva 1800, from Tipperary Ireland, tried Aug. 1798, 7 > > yrs > One of these men was granted land at Kissing Point. > The William Blake I am researching married in 1807 to Harriott Edwards, Snipped