Russell, Were there any Smiths on the Lord Melville either 1816 or 1830?? My g gpa was born around 1830 in Sydney according to his certs but no parents known. A family story said there were convicts as his parents or gran parents. A baby was born onboard ship on arrival in Sydney Cove to convict parents. O, sorry, his name was Charles Sylvester Smith. Cheers. Annie. > Russell <russellkel@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Karen, > > Mary spent over two years in gaol awaiting transportation. > Captain Wetherell's embarkation list of 18 July 1816 (the ship sailed on > > 29 August - not 15 September as Bateson records) lists these children of > > Mary's: > > Sarah Bevatt > Mary Bevatt > Joseph Bevatt > Isabella Bevatt > > The last two had the remark 'twins'. I can find no record of Sarah after > > arrival, but doing some numbers based on the muster of John Gill, 46th > Regiment to Macquarie and a letter despatched to Earl Bathurst by the > Gov, I have concluded that all children except one arrived safely. That > one was an infant boy. Three children were born on the voyage and 44 > came ashore in total. That number included "32 males and females" > children of convicts. Macquarie reported "44 children having arrived". > I have not confirmed Mary's marital staus on arrival but I would err > towards her being widowed or abandoned. > Many women (19 on the Lord Melville) came out with one or more children. > The Lord Melville has no extant ship or surgeon logs. > > Russell, > Brisbane > > > Karen Hodges wrote: > > >Hi Russell and list > > > >Thanks for your help. Unfortunately her marriage record to Joe doesn't > >state her martial status so she may or may not have been born a Gager. > > > >I am going through my research notes verifying what I have. I know > >others have recorded she was a widow when she arrived and that is why > >she brought her children with her. I thought I had a copy of the > >shipping record but I don't. Just some notes on the ship and on Mary. > >Amongst the notes I have written > >Lord Melville page 183 Mary Bevatt 4 children. Can someone confirm > >that Mary was listed with 4 children? 3 did marry in Australia but one > >is missing called Sarah. Some have suggested she may have died on the > >voyage but wouldn't this be recorded somewhere? > > > >The fact that her children came out with her, did this require any > >paper work? Or if children were allow to come out with female convicts > >was this restricted to say women who were widowed, single parents? > > > > I do have noted in 1822 land and stock muster of NSW that her > >occupation is Single. Does single confirm she was a widow or could it > >mean her Husband may still be alive; just not in Australia? > > > >Thank you > > > >Karen > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Cheers. Anne from Cairns, Aus.