John STEAR of Stoke Fleming (between Kingswear and Slapton), was one of the passengers on the brig Conde Aranda sailing to Newfoundland in about 1770. Please see the following email from today's DEVON List. Any takers? Mike. ----- Original Message ----- From: "joy mceldowney" <pompey27@optusnet.com.au> To: <DEVON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:29 AM Subject: [DEV] Passenger List to Newfoundland > Hi Listers > > http://ngb.chebucto.org/Passenger/muster-rolls-dartmouth-england-1770.shtml > > This was sent to me by a very kind gentleman in Tassie who was trying to help me find an ancestor, but my guy was in the Royal Navy! I thought this might be of interest to the folk on the Devon List. Passengers on ships from England (mainly Devenport) to Newfoundland. > > Cheers > Joy > > > ==== DEVON Mailing List ==== > The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon > ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) > and > the Devon FHS ( http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ )

Mike, These muster rolls are basically employee records for a vessel, so John STEAR was probably a member of the crew. I think this must be his family, but I have no idea where he fits in to the great scheme of things. 1.10./1737/William/STEAR/Stoke Fleming, Devon/John STEAR/Joan/8 24.4./1740/John/STEAR/Stoke Fleming, Devon/John STEAR/Joan/8 26.1./1743/George/STEAR/Stoke Fleming, Devon/John STEAR/Joan/8 Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Steer" <msteer@ozemail.com.au> To: <STEER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 11:34 AM Subject: [STEER] John STEAR of Stoke Fleming, 1770 > John STEAR of Stoke Fleming (between Kingswear and Slapton), was one of > the > passengers on the brig Conde Aranda sailing to Newfoundland in about 1770. > Please see the following email from today's DEVON List. Any takers? Mike. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "joy mceldowney" <pompey27@optusnet.com.au> > To: <DEVON-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 9:29 AM > Subject: [DEV] Passenger List to Newfoundland > > >> Hi Listers >> >> > http://ngb.chebucto.org/Passenger/muster-rolls-dartmouth-england-1770.shtml >> >> This was sent to me by a very kind gentleman in Tassie who was trying to > help me find an ancestor, but my guy was in the Royal Navy! I thought this > might be of interest to the folk on the Devon List. Passengers on ships > from > England (mainly Devenport) to Newfoundland. >> >> Cheers >> Joy >> >> >> ==== DEVON Mailing List ==== >> The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >> ( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/ ) >> and >> the Devon FHS ( http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ ) > > > ==== STEER Mailing List ==== > Visit the STEER Family History Web Site > http://www.btinternet.com/~frances.steer/STEER/STEER_Home.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >