Hi Ione, >From the information found by Bob, Thomas WRIGHT and Elizabeth FITZGERALD were the parents of your Sarah. Found on the Convict Stockade website - ELIZABETH FITZGERALD - born about 1760, tried at the Old Bailey on 13 December 1786 for stealing a cotton gown, sentenced to transportation for seven years, and a First Fleeter who arrived on "Lady Penryn" in 1788. Sent to Norfolk Island aboard "Sirius" on 4 March 1790, and returned to Port Jackson onboard "Kitty" in 1793. She is shown as a widow from the parish of St Giles in the Field in London. Their daughter, Sarah Jane WRIGHT was born in 1798. Elizabeth FITZGERALD's trial - http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t17861213-106-defend939&div=t17861213-106#highlight http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=s17861213-1-person1470&div=s17861213-1#highlight I found this biography for Elizabeth FITZGERALD, which answers a lot of questions - http://www.fellowshipfirstfleeters.org.au/elizabeth_wilkinson.htm Cheers Trish Nowra NSW > According to this site online, Sarah was born to Thomas and Elizabeth > Wright > in NSW on 28 Aug 1798, and christened on 21 July 1799 at Parramatta. > You may be still able to contact the source of that info, Sue Duggan, > who's > email is stated on the site, albeit 11 yrs old. > Bob > Sarah Wright married Joseph Berry at Wesleyan church, Launceston on 05 Sep > 1836. > Can anyone help with finding her earlier history please. > Ione Bakes