The ship James Pattinson of London 513 tons owner T Ward & co, made two voyages to NSW with convicts; Sailed Dublin 2/10/1829 arrived NSW 20/01/1830 Joseph Grote master 200 convicts, all male,1 death on passage. Sailed Sheerness 16/07/1837 Arrived NSW 25/10/1837 Jas Cromarty master, 270 convicts, all male, no deaths. Such ships sometimes carried free settlers or government employees and their families. NSW newspapers seem the most likely source for passenger details via www.nla.gov.au/ndp Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: <dneilson@nexicom.net> To: <MARINERS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2011 2:24 AM Subject: [MAR] Crew lists for the James Paterson circa 1835 to 1840 > Evening all, > > A friend is looking to see if he can find information on the following > person: > > "William McDonald born in Scotland about 1806 and went to Australia as > a "Mate" about the end of the 1830's. His future wife Mary Casey born > about 1820 in Tipperary Ireland was a passenger on the ship he was > crewing. Family legends has it that the ship was the James Paterson" > > Does anyone have any ideas where to start looking > > Thanks in advance > > Dave Neilson > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MARINERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message