I am curious to know what does "bad blood" mean? Beverly -----Original Message----- From: Laurie Knibbs [mailto:LKNIBBS@HVC.RR.COM] Sent: April 30, 2004 5:16 PM To: KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Thomas NIBBS Transported 14 years 1829 Alan OMG!! You are the BEST...I've heard about this "Thomas"...NOW I know where the "Bad BLOOD" in Dave's family is coming from..... Thanks! Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jackari2@aol.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 6:28 AM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Thomas NIBBS Transported 14 years 1829 > David > > Small world. Listen out Laura! > > Aha I see now. I did have a duplicate conjectured entry for the Thomas > KNIBBS I mentioned who died at Paramatta in 1856. It was the transportation of > seven years in 1824 that threw me - I don't know from where I obtained that but > now I think it must be wrong. > > The family in Balscott appear in the records as KNIBB. Job was the third > child. By my reckoning, Thomas is in fact a brother of the George who married > Hannah, parents of Eugene who we've just been talking about! > > Here's a description: Ht 5' 9 1/2" Complexion: Sallow Hair: Brown Eyes: > Blue > > He received another sentence of seven years presumably for a misdemeanour out > there. Doubtless he mended his ways because in 1835 he was 'promoted' to the > position of Constable per a webiste I found which indeed mentions the ship > Mary as the one upon which he was transported. > > Presumably he left Tasmania for NSW at some point in time. > > bfn > > Alan > > > > I also found record of Emma Knibbs born in Balscott, Oxfordshire on 21 > > March 1824 and Linda Knibbs born in Balscott on 16 Sept 1825. Their > > parents were Thomas and Mary. I wonder if they might be two of the three > > children of the Thomas transported in 1829 mentioned in my previous > > message? > > > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237