Thanks Lesley and Jan. I've been playing around with census indexes and found in the 1851 census a Jonathan Rawlins, widower, aged 67, of 'no profession' and 'partly' deaf or blind, living in Marylebone, Middlesex. His stated place of birth is 'Sidney Cove'. This makes his approximate date of birth 1784, so I'd wondered if he was born in the first few years of the colony, incorrect about his date of birth, or perhaps fanciful, though 'Sydney Cove' is a fairly specific place to state birth (most state simply Sydney). There's nothing in the NSW BDM that seems close. cheers, matt ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:12:09 +0900 > From: "Jan" <boris52@iprimus.com.au> > Subject: Re: [PJ] RAWLINS first fleet > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Message-ID: <004901c99187$73e1a530$5ba4ef90$@com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > I have checked the index of a book I have on the children of the first > fleet. > There is no Rawlins mentioned. > The closest name would be a Lawson/Rossen/Rawson. > > Regards > Jan D > > -- Matthew D. Hall Washington, DC cell: +1 410 733 9444 home: +1 202 370 6431