Hello Toni, Is this your Henry? If so, there are two more vessel names for you.Source: The London GazettePublication date: 17 April 1849                                 Issue: 20968Page: 1277 "WHEREAS Henry Skey, formerly of Wickwor, in the county of Gloucester, left England on the 3dday of October, in the year 1826, as second mate on boardthe East India merchant ship, The London, of London,commanded by Captain Fotheringham, and subsequentlyjoined a country trading vessel, called the Illustra Almada,at Bombay, in the East Indies, and has not been heard ofsince the year 1831, and if alive is supposed to be in theEast Indies. If any person will give information respectingthe said Henry Skey, if alive or if dead, when and wherebe died, or any information whatever respecting him toMr. John Harris, of No. 22, Argyll-street, Regent-street,in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, he will be rewarded. Regards,Adi   From: Toni Glasson via <mariners@rootsweb.com> To: "mariners@rootsweb.com" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 7:23 PM Subject: [MAR] Help please Hello allI am researching the family of Thomas and Fanny Skey of Gloucestershire, UK.  They had 10 sons, seven of whom were  definitely mariners......

Hi, in the Derby Mercury of 30th October 1783 , under the heading Bankrupts, Thomas Skey of Bristol, Cyder Merchant. To appear Nov 24, 25, and Dec 9th at the White Lion, in Broad St, Attornies Mr Thomas Morgan , in Bristol, and Mr Walter Hill , 15 Grays Inn , London. In the Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette , Thursday 13 July 1786 , At Upton on Severn , in his 27th year, Mr Thomas Skey, cyder merchant. A little earlier and a different Skey , Oxford Jounal February 1755, On Saturday last the Rev Mr Henry Skey of Tortworth, in Gloucestershire, was inducted to the Rectory of Cranford, in Mddx, by the Rt Hon Frederick Augustus , Earl of Berkeley . But these Skeys seem to be another branch of the family . Your Frederick Augustus Skey , is mentioned in the Bells London Life and Sporting Chronicle of 17th Nov 1839 , the report is titled Alleged starvation of convicts . At the Thames Police Office John Byron , master of a ship called the John Renwick , belonging to Messrs Godwin and Lee , chartered in the year 1838 to transport convicts to NSW was supplied with stores from HMs Victualling yard at Deptford. The charge against him was that he deducted a certain portion of the rations allowed him by Government for each convict and appropriated such deductions to his own use . Frederick Augustus Skey , second mate of the John Renwick was then sworn . To summarise the trick was to give out "one bucket of peas containing between 2 and 3 gallons , whereas the quantity afforded by Govt was from 9 - 10 gallons ," . There are also a couple of mentions of the Skeys of Wickwar in Glos in the National Archives regarding a school , ditto of Thornbury , Glos . -----Original Message----- From: Mme_N_Carmichael via Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:42 AM To: Toni Glasson ; mariners@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MAR] Help please Hello Toni, Is this your Henry? If so, there are two more vessel names for you.Source: The London GazettePublication date: 17 April 1849 Issue: 20968Page: 1277 "WHEREAS Henry Skey, formerly of Wickwor, in the county of Gloucester, left England on the 3dday of October, in the year 1826, as second mate on boardthe East India merchant ship, The London, of London,commanded by Captain Fotheringham, and subsequentlyjoined a country trading vessel, called the Illustra Almada,at Bombay, in the East Indies, and has not been heard ofsince the year 1831, and if alive is supposed to be in theEast Indies. If any person will give information respectingthe said Henry Skey, if alive or if dead, when and wherebe died, or any information whatever respecting him toMr. John Harris, of No. 22, Argyll-street, Regent-street,in the county of Middlesex, Solicitor, he will be rewarded. Regards,Adi From: Toni Glasson via <mariners@rootsweb.com> To: "mariners@rootsweb.com" <mariners@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 9, 2015 7:23 PM Subject: [MAR] Help please Hello allI am researching the family of Thomas and Fanny Skey of Gloucestershire, UK. They had 10 sons, seven of whom were definitely mariners...... ------------------------------- 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 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus