Lesley Thinking about this more since we spoke, and given that this a land grant and the reference in Tardif to emancipation of a Mary Fitzgerald, then I'm beginning to think that this is another Mary Fitzgerald, ie not Mary Wood who married Michael. After all, female convicts generally seemed to be identified by their maiden names. But then if both these women were born on NI, neither would be a convict anyway! Must be a simple explanation somewhere. Garry [email protected] wrote: > Subject: > > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D Digest Volume 02 : Issue 91 > > Today's Topics: > #1 [TAS-CONVICTS] Port Dalrymple, 180 ["The Gang" <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > To contact the AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-D list administrator, send mail to > [email protected] > > ______________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Port Dalrymple, 1809 land grants query. > Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:29:09 +1000 > From: "The Gang" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > > Hello list, > I have a question I am hoping someone can answer. > I am trying to track my ancestors: > Michael Fitzgerald. "Minerva" 1800. sentence: Life. > and Mary Wood. (I'm unsure if she was a convict or not) > Michael Fitzgerald & Mary Wood were married at Port Dalrymple 16 March 1811, and their children Maria and William were baptised the same day. > In 1809, a Mary Fitzgerald was granted 30 acres of land at PD. Michael Fitzgerald was also given a conditional pardon, and land grant the same year. > Now, presuming Mary Wood was living with Michael Fitzgerald ( as they had two children by 1811) could this be Mary Wood? Or is the Mary Fitzgerald likely to be another person? > To confuse me more, I have found birth records for: > Mary Fitzgerald born Feb 1791, Norfolk Island > & > Mary Wood, born Nov 1794, Norfolk Island. > In 1805, some convicts were sent from NI to VDL, a Michael Fitzgerald is listed among them. I am trying to determine if both Marys' were sent to VDL then also. > Can anyone advise if Mary Wood could have been listed on the land grant as "Fitzgerald", even though she was not yet legally married to Michael Fitzgerald? > with thanks, > Lesley Wilson.