Jan, Based on the information you supplied, from the IGI I think this could be your man. RICHARD DUNN Male Christening: 22 JAN 1774 North Frodingham, Yorkshire, England Parents: Father: RICHARD DUNN North Frodingham is close to Withernwick and Swine and not too far from Cottingham. I have family connections in all these places. You could possibly find that this is the same Dunn family that Sandy is asking about, as Brandesburton is also very near. Best wishes, Graham > From: jangmc@bigpond.com> To: eng-east-yorks@rootsweb.com> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:36:29 +1030> Subject: Re: [ENG-EAST-YORKS] DUNN surname from East Riding, Yorkshire> > I too am interested in the DUNN name in ERY.> > All I have is a Richard DUNN "of Cottingham", who in 1797 was convicted of> sheep stealing and sentenced to death in the York Assizes. The death> sentence was later commuted to transportation to New South Wales for Life. I> have a copy of the Court record and know a fair bit about his life in NSW,> where he seems to have made good, but am finding it hard to trace his past> life. From convict records he was born around 1772, but I don't know where.> > I currently have on loan the LDS Cottingham parish register film. From the> IGI and the bits I have searched so far, DUNN does not seem to be a common> name in Cottingham, with only the baptism of a Rebecca DUNN, to parents> Richard and Mary DUNN, Jan 21, 1797.> > The only other Cottingham DUNN on the IGI is a John DUNN, mother Mary DUNN,> no father named, bap 21 Aug 1779...this could be a brother to Richard, who> named his first son in NSW, John. I will check this entry on the film, which> presumably will say if he was illegitimate.> > There is also a marriage of a Mary CROSIER to Richard DUNN, 13 April 1796,> in Cottingham, which is possibly his marriage. > > Rebecca DUNN was buried in Cottingham, on Nov 8, 1807, and the parish> register records her parents as "Richard DUNN and Mary SPENCELY". By this> time Richard was in NSW and the 7 years which have to pass before> presumption of death had passed, so it is possible that Mary born CROSIER> then DUNN had married a SPENCELY. I can't find such a marriage....of course> she may not have married again, or she may have been a different Mary> entirely. > > This is all I have on his origins. Other information is that it was a Mr W> Garton of Langthorpe in the Parish of Swine who charged Richard with> stealing his sheep from the Parish of Withernwick. > > His occupation was a wheelwright...would he have done an apprenticeship, and> if so are there records?> > Does any DUNN researcher from around this area have him in their tree, or> can anyone suggest where I go next?....I will continue to go through the> Cottingham register, especially for a death of a Mary DUNN/CROSIER/SPENCELY.> > Thank you for any info or suggestions...I will be in Yorkshire in April/May,> so can research on the spot.> > Jan> South Australia> > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-EAST-YORKS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message