Dear Trevor and list, Sorry about my posting to list main message must have gone elsewhere.After info about David Penfold who came to Australia as a convict on the Bengal Merchant in 1836 ,Listed on ship as David Pinfold.Spent time in Maitland area where he and Frances Bennett had first two children under the names of Ruth Rebett and Lucy Bett.The rest of the children were christened Penfold .Also one called Naomi died soon after birth.in the Maitland area.They had 13 children altogether, before they married in September 1874 in Sydney and after, some were born in Queensland.He was convicted in SuffolkQuarter Session 27th June 1836 and sent out here for life for horse stealing.He married under Penfold,came out here under the name Pinfold ,but when he died in 1890,he was buried as David Penfold Rebett. Most of the time here he worked as a hairdresser and lived in the Newtown area of Sydney. Would really like to know who he was in England or where he came from,anyone h! elp with this. Hoping for a connection or clue, Regards Wendy Heaslip.