Laura and others interested, Following up on my previous message about the Franks brothers who Thomas Knibbs was assigned to, they were Charles and John Franks. They also had a brother, Edward (jun). Edward (jun), Charles and their father, Edward are mentioned on the following site http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/indexes/grant_f.htm Edward (sen) was married to Harriet Eliza Lowther as mentioned on http://www.londonancestor.com/ri/339.htm A servant of one member of the Franks family was killed by aborigines in 1825 and John Franks and one of his servants, William Walker, were attacked by aborigines in 1828. Walker was killed. This information is on the pdf document http://www.historians.org.au/forumsupport/Casualties-VDL.PDF This gives some idea of the place that Thomas Knibbs came to just two years later. Aborigines killed a Captain Franks in Port Phillip (now Victoria) in 1833 http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/SubjectR.ascii This was Charles as shown on http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/Roy.ascii There is a book about early settlement in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) that has been digitised and made available on the WWW at http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/p00004.pdf A former servant of one of the Franks family is mentioned in this book as being a bushranger (the term used for an escaped convict who was at large and committing robberies and other crimes). The reference to this is at the end of the 8th page in chapter 10. This gives a really good idea of what Thomas Knibbs found when he arrived an actually mentions Green Ponds (now Kempton) Hope all of this is of interest David

David Thank you so much for all your help and research..... I appreciated you! Laura K ----- Original Message ----- From: "Boon, David G" <david.boon@education.tas.gov.au> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 11:58 PM Subject: RE: [K/NIBB/S] Thomas NIBBS Transported 14 years 1829 > Laura and others interested, > > Following up on my previous message about the Franks brothers who Thomas > Knibbs was assigned to, they were Charles and John Franks. They also had > a brother, Edward (jun). Edward (jun), Charles and their father, Edward > are mentioned on the following site > http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/indexes/grant_f.htm > > Edward (sen) was married to Harriet Eliza Lowther as mentioned on > http://www.londonancestor.com/ri/339.htm > > A servant of one member of the Franks family was killed by aborigines in > 1825 and John Franks and one of his servants, William Walker, were > attacked by aborigines in 1828. Walker was killed. This information is > on the pdf document > http://www.historians.org.au/forumsupport/Casualties-VDL.PDF This gives > some idea of the place that Thomas Knibbs came to just two years later. > > Aborigines killed a Captain Franks in Port Phillip (now Victoria) in > 1833 http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/SubjectR.ascii This > was Charles as shown on > http://www.utas.edu.au/library/info/collec/arch/Roy.ascii > > There is a book about early settlement in Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) > that has been digitised and made available on the WWW at > http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/ozlit/pdf/p00004.pdf A former servant > of one of the Franks family is mentioned in this book as being a > bushranger (the term used for an escaped convict who was at large and > committing robberies and other crimes). The reference to this is at the > end of the 8th page in chapter 10. This gives a really good idea of what > Thomas Knibbs found when he arrived an actually mentions Green Ponds > (now Kempton) > > Hope all of this is of interest > > David > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >