Dear Bettye,   Thank you for your response.  Although (as far as I know) William Cozens is not part of my tree, I think that it is interesting to be able to trace peoples lives.  I had a look in the Prison Hulks data base and as you can see from below he was there for about a year.  The last item "how disposed of" is very feint and I think that it says "bol", which perhaps could be "bill of lading"?   UK, PRISON HULK REGISTERS AND LETTER BOOKS, 1802-1849 Name:  William Cozens Age:     24 Date Received:30 Aug 1834 Ship:     Fortitude Place Moored:  Chatham Date Convicted:            19 Jul 1834 Place Convicted:           Haverford West, Pembrokeshire   How disposed of- “b o l” 7th May 1835 Assuming that William was sent to Australia, he may not have arrived; - died during the voyage.   Megan ________________________________ From: LC & BJ Kirkwood <[email protected]> To: Megan Roberts <[email protected]>; Dyfdd List <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, 20 July 2012, 2:22 Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Criminal Cousens?! Dear Megan, There is a Thomas Cousens aged 35 on the "Countess of Harcourt"...the next entry is for the same vessel and the year shown is 1827...he was sent to Patricks Plains, New South Wales, and his master was R. Scott.  It does not show where he was tried, or his origin.....this is from the General Return of Convicts in New South Wales 1837.....and is the only entry shown for the various surname spellings......so  William Cozens shown below apparently did not come to this State. Bettye Kirkwood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Megan Roberts" <[email protected]> To: "Dyfdd List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 3:43 AM Subject: [Dyfed] Pembrokeshire Criminal Cousens?! > I know that there are other Cousens researchers on the list and I thought that they might be interested in the following (I was looking for a record of Thomas Couzens about 1860 but did not find it, although I suspect the one charged with cattle stealing in 1837 is him): > > England& Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 (Trials in Pembrokeshire) > > MARGARET COZENS > Date of Trial Jul 1827 > Charge & Sentence Larceny / Acquittal > > WILLIAM COZENS > Age 24 > Date of Trial Summer 1834 > Charge & sentence ??? cutting and ????? with intent / Death commuted to transportation 14 years > > MARTHA COZENS > Age 49 > Date of Trial 7 Jan 1835 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Imprisonment – one month > > JAMES COUSENS > Age 27 > Date of Trial 8 Apr 1835 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Acquittal > > THOMAS COZENS > Age 27 > Date of Trial 4 Mar 1837 > Charge & sentence Cattle stealing / No Bill > > THOMAS COZENS > Age 60 > Date of Trial 30 Jun 1840 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Imprisonment – one month > > ELIZABETH COUSINS > Age 35 > Date of Trial 29 Jun 1847 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Acquittal > > RACHEL COZENS > Date of Trial 1 Jul 1851 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Acquittal > > ElizabethCozens > Date of Trial 29 Jun 1852 > Charge & sentence Larceny / Imprisonment 20 days > > > The records are on Ancestry > > Megan > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message