Dear All, Listers have been extremely helpful and have given me alot of information surrounding my direct ancestor but I am still unable to find and death certificate or any issue from his time as a convict in Australia. He went out on the Neva in 1833 and was granted a certiificate of freedom (1847 I think). He was born in 1808 in the Exeter area of Devon, England. His  UK children were brought up by their grandparents. Can anyone help? No- else seems to be tracing the Chasty's on the main UK websites (genes reunited., find my past), and I don't know if anyone in Australia is trying. I am suspicious he returned to the UK as part of his jewellers shop became the Kangaroo pub and descendants are named Sydney and Adelaide but I just cannot prove anything.  I have lots of newspaper articles which are very interesting but if I could find a family or death it would be more concrete. Patsy (Patricia Holdsworth)

More Chasty, William of Teignmouth. This clockmaker or watchmaker has 1 trade directory entry listed on this site. http://www.clockswatches.com/ Apparently he was an insolvent debtor- http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/DevonMisc/Insolvents1827.html >From the National Archives Kews: William Chasty, watch maker 4678 A/PO 2/98 1814 Contents: Now in Chulmleigh, he was born in Okehampton where his father belonged. This would be worth chasing up. You need an account with them - sometimes they email stuff - this is the web site address: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=027-4678a&cid=-1&Gsm=2012-06-18#-1 He was baptised in Church of England Chulmleigh Parish Devon. These are the records held and can be accessed here: http://www.devon.gov.uk CHULMLEIGH Births 1653-1953 Marriages 1653-1986 Deaths 1653-1989 There are many William Chasty on this register. http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/ Best wishes Nadine -----Original Message----- From: MARTIN HOLDSWORTH Sent: Monday, August 05, 2013 8:58 AM To: Uebel Subject: [PJ] William Heard/Herd/Hard Chasty Dear All, Listers have been extremely helpful and have given me alot of information surrounding my direct ancestor but I am still unable to find and death certificate or any issue from his time as a convict in Australia. He went out on the Neva in 1833 and was granted a certiificate of freedom (1847 I think). He was born in 1808 in the Exeter area of Devon, England. His UK children were brought up by their grandparents. Can anyone help? No- else seems to be tracing the Chasty's on the main UK websites (genes reunited., find my past), and I don't know if anyone in Australia is trying. I am suspicious he returned to the UK as part of his jewellers shop became the Kangaroo pub and descendants are named Sydney and Adelaide but I just cannot prove anything. I have lots of newspaper articles which are very interesting but if I could find a family or death it would be more concrete. Patsy (Patricia Holdsworth) ---------------------- 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