I am new to this List. It was suggested I post a query about a couple of my convicts. They are 1. Samuel Foster convicted at Warwick 3rd April, 1789 and sentenced to 7 years transportation, crime unknown. He was a baker and probably aged 19. He arrived on the Admiral Barrington . His early history in Australia is sketchy, but he did later become very affluent , had land grants and bought 160 acres at Castlereagh, also bought about 40 acres of Jack Palmer's land, which he renamed Fosterville. He seems to have been free to travel back and forth to England as he imported goods and sold them from his premises in O'Connel St in Sydney. He had permission to sell spirituous liquors, also. Served on juries. On one returning voyage in 1807, on the 'Sydney Cove' a female transport vessel owned by emancipists, he must have met, Ann Single . She is to become the mother of his only child , Mary born in 1809. He is recorded as being a Gentleman from Birmingham in the free passenger list for that vessel. He died in 18919 in Birmingham, where he had returned with Ann Single and his daughter Mary (known as Foster. Mary inherited most of his estate, although he left Ann single comfortable and left her son John Single a sum of money, and land.. John Single arrived in Australia on the Harriet in 1817, a free settler. I think he built Nepean House. 2. Elizabeth Hughes was convicted at the Warwick Assizes of stealing 150 l from Michael Green on 8. 8,1789 with 3 others (2 not taken) She and her accomplice were sentenced to 7 years transportation . She arrived on the' ' Mary Ann 'she was 16 years of age when sentenced. In 1795 she married Samuel Foster at St Phillips in Sydney with the Gov's permission. In April 1799 , Samuel Foster appears before the Bench accused by Elizabeth of mistreating and assaulting her, she seeks a separation Samuel is fined 50 pounds . In Samuel Foster's Will he leaves to his wife " Elizabeth, from who he has been separated upward of 17 years because of her adultery, 100 pounds as a dower. She is to receive nothing else. " .... I am interested to learn more about Elizabeth (Hughes) Foster. I have located her in Liverpool in the 1822 muster . Did she remarry, id she have children after 1799 How much is 150 l , which is what she and the others stole, in bills.... Many thanks for taking the time to read this post. Gloria

  Hello Gloria, Do you mean 160 acres at the Castlereagh near Penrith? I collect any-and- all info on that Castlereagh and would be very pleased to know where his 160 acres were there. Kind Regards   John Byrnes Woodside History and Heritage Services PO Box 121, BURWOOD 1805   ~~~~~~~~~~~~   ----- Original Message ----- From:aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com To: Cc: Sent:Thu, 25 Jul 2013 12:26:25 +1000 Subject:[PJ] Elizabeth Hughes I am new to this List. It was suggested I post a query about a couple of my convicts. They are 1. Samuel Foster convicted at Warwick 3rd April, 1789 and sentenced to 7 years transportation, crime unknown. He was a baker and probably aged 19. He arrived on the Admiral Barrington . His early history in Australia is sketchy, but he did later become very affluent , had land grants and bought 160 acres at Castlereagh, also bought about 40 acres of Jack Palmer's land, which he renamed Fosterville. He seems to have been free to travel back and forth to England as he imported goods and sold them from his premises in O'Connel St in Sydney. He had permission to sell spirituous liquors, also. Served on juries. On one returning voyage in 1807, on the 'Sydney Cove' a female transport vessel owned by emancipists, he must have met, Ann Single . She is to become the mother of his only child , Mary born in 1809. He is recorded as being a Gentleman from Birmingham in the free passenger list for that vessel. He died in 18919 in Birmingham, where he had returned with Ann Single and his daughter Mary (known as Foster. Mary inherited most of his estate, although he left Ann single comfortable and left her son John Single a sum of money, and land.. John Single arrived in Australia on the Harriet in 1817, a free settler. I think he built Nepean House. 2. Elizabeth Hughes was convicted at the Warwick Assizes of stealing 150 l from Michael Green on 8. 8,1789 with 3 others (2 not taken) She and her accomplice were sentenced to 7 years transportation . She arrived on the' ' Mary Ann 'she was 16 years of age when sentenced. In 1795 she married Samuel Foster at St Phillips in Sydney with the Gov's permission. In April 1799 , Samuel Foster appears before the Bench accused by Elizabeth of mistreating and assaulting her, she seeks a separation Samuel is fined 50 pounds . In Samuel Foster's Will he leaves to his wife " Elizabeth, from who he has been separated upward of 17 years because of her adultery, 100 pounds as a dower. She is to receive nothing else. " .... I am interested to learn more about Elizabeth (Hughes) Foster. I have located her in Liverpool in the 1822 muster . Did she remarry, id she have children after 1799 How much is 150 l , which is what she and the others stole, in bills.... Many thanks for taking the time to read this post. Gloria ---------------------- To send a message to the Port Jackson Convicts List, send an email to AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- 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

Hi Gloria, I don't know what happened to Elizabeth Hughes. I note that in a couple of the musters I have checked that she was living with a variety of men - have you checked the death records for her under the names of say, King and Mansfield? I did find her also in the 1822 General Muster (as you stated) but it is odd that she is listed as just Mrs Foster. The Musters generally used the name under which they arrived. One of the purposes of the musters was to keep track of the convicts and that is why the name used on arrival was used. You have asked what 150 l is. The l was probably one pound as in l = pound s = shilling d = pence Although 150 pounds would have been a lot of money in those days Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au On 25/07/2013 12:26 PM, Gloria wrote: > I am new to this List. > > It was suggested I post a query about a couple of my convicts. They are > > 1. Samuel Foster convicted at Warwick 3rd April, 1789 and sentenced > to 7 years transportation, crime unknown. He was a baker and probably aged > 19. He arrived on the Admiral Barrington . His early history in Australia is > sketchy, but he did later become very affluent , had land grants and bought > 160 acres at Castlereagh, also bought about 40 acres of Jack Palmer's land, > which he renamed Fosterville. He seems to have been free to travel back and > forth to England as he imported goods and sold them from his premises in > O'Connel St in Sydney. He had permission to sell spirituous liquors, also. > Served on juries. > > On one returning voyage in 1807, on the 'Sydney Cove' a female transport > vessel owned by emancipists, he must have met, Ann Single . She is to > become the mother of his only child , Mary born in 1809. He is recorded as > being a Gentleman from Birmingham in the free passenger list for that > vessel. He died in 18919 in Birmingham, where he had returned with Ann > Single and his daughter Mary (known as Foster. Mary inherited most of his > estate, although he left Ann single comfortable and left her son John Single > a sum of money, and land.. John Single arrived in Australia on the Harriet > in 1817, a free settler. I think he built Nepean House. > > 2. Elizabeth Hughes was convicted at the Warwick Assizes of > stealing 150 l from Michael Green on 8. 8,1789 with 3 others (2 not > taken) She and her accomplice were sentenced to 7 years transportation . > She arrived on the' ' Mary Ann 'she was 16 years of age when sentenced. In > 1795 she married Samuel Foster at St Phillips in Sydney with the Gov's > permission. In April 1799 , Samuel Foster appears before the Bench accused > by Elizabeth of mistreating and assaulting her, she seeks a separation > Samuel is fined 50 pounds . > > In Samuel Foster's Will he leaves to his wife " Elizabeth, from who he > has been separated upward of 17 years because of her adultery, 100 pounds as > a dower. She is to receive nothing else. " .... > > I am interested to learn more about Elizabeth (Hughes) Foster. I have > located her in Liverpool in the 1822 muster . > > Did she remarry, id she have children after 1799 > > How much is 150 l , which is what she and the others stole, in bills.... > > Many thanks for taking the time to read this post. > > Gloria >