Hi Wal Also both have entries on ADB online at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/ Grahame On 24/02/2009, at 4:42 PM, Gary Luke wrote: > At 04:09 PM 24/02/2009, you wrote: > > Wal > > Esther Abrahams on the First Fleet was sentenced to 7 years > transportation at the Old Bailey on 30th August 1786 for stealing a > length of black lace. She was Johnson's defacto wife from the time of > their arrival although they weren't married until 1814. The daughter > Rosannah was born on 18 March 1887 in Newgate prison. She sometimes > used the surname Julian. Esther's marriage also used Julian as her > own surname. > > How are you related to her? > > > Gary >