Dear Listers My husband's 2nd great grandfather, JOSEPH HOLLINSHED, was tried at the Spring Assizes, Chester, 9 April 1929. The crime was horse stealing, he was sentenced to death, the sentence commuted to Transportation for 14 years. He was on the prison hulk "York" 27 May 1829. Was transported on the ship "Sarah" arriving Port Jackson NSW 7 Dec 1829. He apparently had a Petition for clemency, written by himself whilst in Chester Gaol, asking for a remission in sentence. This included a letter from his wife. Where would I obtain copies of the Petition and his wife's letter. Some details from his Convict Indent: Age: 27, Married, 4 male children. Trade or calling: Milks dairyman He married JANE POWELL 6 August 1845 at St Marys Church of England, West Maitland, New South Wales. Sixteen years after his arrival. He received his Certificate of Freedom in 1843. We have no details of his first wife or children. We have not found any record of his first wife and any children coming to Australia. We would love to trace the details of his life in England. Shirley Maitland District, New South Wales, Australia

Hello Shirley, The petition can be ordered from the National Archives. The papers are not digitised but you can request a quotation for the papers to be digitised or printed and sent to you: http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/Details?uri=C13024902 It says he is from Macclesfield. Joy ----Original message---- >From : pearl172@bigpond.com Date : 07/07/2014 - 13:23 (UTC) To : CHESHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject : [CHS] Joseph Hollinshed Dear Listers My husband's 2nd great grandfather, JOSEPH HOLLINSHED, was tried at the Spring Assizes, Chester, 9 April 1929. The crime was horse stealing, he was sentenced to death, the sentence commuted to Transportation for 14 years. He was on the prison hulk "York" 27 May 1829. Was transported on the ship "Sarah" arriving Port Jackson NSW 7 Dec 1829. He apparently had a Petition for clemency, written by himself whilst in Chester Gaol, asking for a remission in sentence. This included a letter from his wife. Where would I obtain copies of the Petition and his wife's letter. Some details from his Convict Indent: Age: 27, Married, 4 male children. Trade or calling: Milks dairyman He married JANE POWELL 6 August 1845 at St Marys Church of England, West Maitland, New South Wales. Sixteen years after his arrival. He received his Certificate of Freedom in 1843. We have no details of his first wife or children. We have not found any record of his first wife and any children coming to Australia. We would love to trace the details of his life in England. Shirley Maitland District, New South Wales, Australia ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CHESHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message