Dianne Cheesewright wrote: > At last a black sheep! > From original sources I have the following: > William CHEESEWRIGHT, born London circa 1813, waterman , was tried and convicted of larceny at the Central Criminal Court on 18 September 1837. > A single man, aged 24,who could both read and write ,he was sentenced to 7 years and to be transported. > He was received at the hulk "Justicia" , berthed at Woolwich, on 5 October 1837. > From there he travelled to New South Wales on the ship "Earl Grey" surviving the journey and arriving there in New South Wales in 1838. > Where please, do I look to find out what happened to him? As he was ony transported for 7 years, he would have been able to return to the UK once his sentence was served and he had his Ticket of Leave. He would have had to have either work his passage back or pay for it himself so whether he did return or not would be another matter. You should be able to find your man on www.parishregister.com/watermen_and_lightermen.html -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/

Dianne, Have you tried this rootsweb list aus-convicts@rootsweb.com They seem to know all about most of the NSW convicts. Jan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@gmail.com> To: <middlesex_county_uk@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:30 PM Subject: Re: [MDX] Transported in 1838, What happened next? > Dianne Cheesewright wrote: >> At last a black sheep! >> From original sources I have the following: >> William CHEESEWRIGHT, born London circa 1813, waterman , was tried and convicted of larceny at the Central Criminal Court on 18 September 1837. >> A single man, aged 24,who could both read and write ,he was sentenced to 7 years and to be transported. >> He was received at the hulk "Justicia" , berthed at Woolwich, on 5 October 1837. >> From there he travelled to New South Wales on the ship "Earl Grey" surviving the journey and arriving there in New South Wales in 1838. >> Where please, do I look to find out what happened to him? > > As he was ony transported for 7 years, he would have been able to > return to the UK once his sentence was served and he had his Ticket of > Leave. He would have had to have either work his passage back or pay > for it himself so whether he did return or not would be another matter. > > You should be able to find your man on > www.parishregister.com/watermen_and_lightermen.html > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/ > ************************************** > Send your List messages using **PLAIN TEXT** and always **TRIM AWAY** superfluous old messages in replies. > > List Admin can be contacted at: Middlesex_County_UK-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDDLESEX_COUNTY_UK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >