Rodney, Do you share my interest in the Whale family in Wiltshire? Max Lay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Whale" <clargo@tinyworld.co.uk> To: <ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 8:46 AM Subject: Re: [ENG-WILTSHIRE] [ENG-WIL] BILLETT IN WILTSHIRE - Roll Call > Hello Everybody, > > In answer to the query from Bruce I have looked at a newspaper index > website > and it appears that on Monday 26th September, 1825, George and Edward > Billett were taken from Fisherton Jail, which is in Salisbury, to > Portsmouth > where they were put on the hulk Leviathan. > They had originally been sentenced to death for stealing a mare but the > sentence was commuted to transportation for life. > The two men were brothers and it appears they were from North Wraxall in > Somerset. > I hope this information is of assistance. > Rod Whale, Andover, Hampshire. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bruce Johnston [mailto:brucejohnston@optusnet.com.au] > Sent: 29 August 2006 07:19 > To: ENG-WILTSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ENG-WIL] BILLETT IN WILTSHIRE - Roll Call > > > > > > > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ENG-WILTSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message