I have just been sent an old newspaper site which has provided me with some great information about my gg-grandfather. I knew he arrived in PJ c1836 as a soldier on board a convict ship. Now I have found the ship, thanks to an article re his death. Susan (3) arrived PJ 23 December 1837. I have searched but can't locate any details about the soldiers on the ship. Will I find mention of these men anywhere? There is a list of the convicts, but not the soldiers. Any help appreciated. Sandra S.

Susan, Try this site: http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/shipsthe28th.htm *"** **Susan** *<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/susan.htm> *"* * left Port of London on 23 Sept 1835 and arrived in Sydney on 12 Feb 1836 * *GREEN George*<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/greengeo.htm> *TIGHE Robert*<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/tighe.htm> *WINDRIDGE Samuel*<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/windridge.htm> *McDONNELL Christopher<http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/Christopher%20Mcdonnell.htm> * and *Australia's Red Coat Settlers* http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~garter1/ Cheers Ray On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 2:40 PM, Sandra Sangster <sandsang@hotmail.com>wrote: > > I have just been sent an old newspaper site which has provided me with > some great information about my gg-grandfather. > I knew he arrived in PJ c1836 as a soldier on board a convict ship. Now I > have found the ship, thanks to an article re his death. > > Susan (3) arrived PJ 23 December 1837. > > I have searched but can't locate any details about the soldiers on the > ship. Will I find mention of these men anywhere? There is a list of the > convicts, but not the soldiers. > > Any help appreciated. > > Sandra S. > > > > ---------------------- > 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 Sandra The Susan (3) actually carried convicts to VDL arriving on the 21 November 1837 - they were all offloaded in VDL. This same vessel then married about 11 convicts from VDL to PJ arriving 24 December 1837 - most of these men had been transported to VDL on other ships and the majority of them had been originally convicted in places such as Barbados and Trinidad. The newspaper of the time state that the crew were of the 80th Regiment. Regards Lesley Uebel http://www.claimaconvict.net/index.html CLAIM A CONVICT email: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au On 21/08/2013 2:40 PM, Sandra Sangster wrote: > > I have just been sent an old newspaper site which has provided me with some great information about my gg-grandfather. > I knew he arrived in PJ c1836 as a soldier on board a convict ship. Now I have found the ship, thanks to an article re his death. > > Susan (3) arrived PJ 23 December 1837. > > I have searched but can't locate any details about the soldiers on the ship. Will I find mention of these men anywhere? There is a list of the convicts, but not the soldiers. > > Any help appreciated. > > Sandra S. >