Hello again Michael, Your James left Tasmania and went to Sydney. Family & given name Ship of Departure Date of Departure Port of Departure Where Bound Ship to the Colony Status References Paton James Thomas Lord 18 Oct 1847 Launceston Sydney Katherine Stewart Forbes Free by servitude POL459/1/2 p114 Lorraine Standfield. ----- Original Message ----- From: CandROverson To: lanark@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 8:28 AM Subject: Re: [Lanark] Transportation: James PATON Hi Michael I have found some information about your James Paton. His convict ship, the Katherine Stewart Forbes, sailed from London on 21 February 1832 and arrived in Tasmania (probably Hobart) on 16 July. When he arrived in Tasmania he was assigned to "public work". Convicts were assigned to various tasks - the worst being the road or chain gangs. They could be assigned to work for free Tasmanians. I don't know quite what "Public work" would involve but James was presumably not fit enough to do anything involving hard physical labour. He is described as a "cripple".