Hello Leslie, Is this the same 'Susan' that carried free settlers from Ireland to NSW in late 1839, arriving February 1840? Dianne > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:38:44 +1000 > From: ckennedy@bigpond.net.au > To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PJ] Convict ship Susan > > 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. > > > > ---------------------- > 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