Hi Elaine Are you confusing the ships numbers ? I use those by Charles Bateson because the transports arrived in a few different colonies and the convicts moved between the different colonies eg from NSW to VDL and from VDL to NSW. The transport on which your Michael Minton arrived was the Prince Regent II (1) in 1821 and if you check the Indent it states it was the Prince Regent 2 as it was the second transport to arrive *with that name* although the Prince Regent I and Prince Regent II were different ships. The Prince Regent I (2) arrived in 1824 and the Indent states it was the Prince Regent 3 as it was the third ship to arrive with that name.... but it was not the same ship that arrived in 1821. . Prince Regent I (1) 27.1.1820 to PJ Prince Regent I (2) 15.7.1824 to PJ Prince Regent I (3) 27.9.1827 to PJ Prince Regent II (1) 9.1.1821 to PJ Prince Regent I (4) to VDL in 1830 Prince Regent II (20 to VDL in 1842 I don't know what Brent or Lyn supplied you with privately so it's a bit hard to comment on those There is no other Minton or Menton mentioned in any Muster or the 1828 NSW Census who arrived in 1824. 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 ELAINE LEONIE SWEET Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 9:45 PM To: mailing list Subject: [PJ] LOOKING FOR HELP AND ASSISTANCE IN MY SEARCH FOR MICHAEL MINTON Thank you to Brent, Lesley and Graham for responding to my email. First Brent, thank you I will followup on the information you have provided. I believe the birth registration for James is a child belonging to Michael Minton who arrived on the PrInce Regent 1 (2) or (3) on 15th July 1824. He was convicted in Dublin County in 1820, his crime being -having forged notes, he was aged 36 yrs. and his term was 14yrs This MM had 3 children to Rose Murray (John,James and Michael). I have found that there are many cases where information on the MM arriving1821 and the MM arriving 1824 have been combined and presented as one persons history; probably because there are several similarities eg. name' place and year of conviction. Lesley,I found the records on MM Prince Regent1 (2) or (3) 1824 at Kingswood on roll 2662. In the Melbourne State Library they only had the Microfiche. This MM was not mentioned on the list of convicts leaving the Prince Regent1 (2) at Port Jackson, however, he is mentioned on microfiche 658 Masters and Other Papers. Here they have him as Michael Menton. Prince Regent 1 (3) and the words Prince Regent 1 (2) hand written on the top of the microfiche.? I checked the microfiche re the list of names at the place of departure for the convicts on the prince Regent 1824 and there was no M Menton just M Minton so I thought it was safe to think that M Menton and M Minton are the same convict. However, it is the Michael Minton arriving in 1821 and indented to John Wylde that I am following. I hope I have got this right but I am more then happy to be corrected and I am open to any ideas. Regards Elaine