Seeking information please on Chauncey Sheldon born 1786 served in the patriot war in 1837 and 1838.he was captured and sentenced to be shot but he fast talked his way out of that and was sentenced to hard labour for life at Van Diemans Land he was pardoned in 1844 and returned to America in 1846 Chauncey had been married to Lucy Whiting , but she died in 1832 please contact Sally on [email protected]

G'day, if you search the Rootsweb archives, there was some correspondence a while back on this group. One transportee published his memoirs. It may have references to your ancestor. Don't recall the details, but this has been discussed before. Peter THOMAS Darwin, Australia <[email protected]> -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, 22 April 2002 20:34 To: [email protected] Subject: [TAS-CONVICTS] Chauncey Sheldon Seeking information please on Chauncey Sheldon born 1786 served in the patriot war in 1837 and 1838.he was captured and sentenced to be shot but he fast talked his way out of that and was sentenced to hard labour for life at Van Diemans Land he was pardoned in 1844 and returned to America in 1846 Chauncey had been married to Lucy Whiting , but she died in 1832 please contact Sally on [email protected]