Hi, I found the following marriage on Boyds marriage index, maybe a longshot.   James Mead Margaret Foster 1802 Manchester, Lancashire.     --- On Sun, 31/7/11, Sharon <[email protected]> wrote: From: Sharon <[email protected]> Subject: [Ess] Surname MEAD To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, 31 July, 2011, 7:09 Hi Folks, I am a newbie to your list and thought I would post my interest for this county in case anyone has a connection or could offer some help. I am looking for a Samuel MEAD/E born abt 1810 possibly of Burntwood or Brentwood.  He is the son of James Mead and Margaret (surname unknown).  Unfortunately what I know of him is not a lot except that he was sentenced at Chelmsford in 1831 for stealing some geese and he was transported to NSW, Australia for 7 years.  He later married and died here.  On won records it is stated that he was from Brentwood but when I ordered the film in I could not find him.  Then recently I found his obituary in one of the papers for NSW and it states he was from Burntwood.  Could SKS please have a look in the Parish Registers for Burntwood to see if he is recorded with his parents and any siblings.  Unfortunately I don’t know when and where the parents married so I have hit a brick wall with this one.  It has taken me 21 years to get this much on him. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Regards Sharon Kirby Rockhampton, Qld, Australia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- 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