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? >