Hello Diane I'm a new member of SFHG and enjoying travelling to Sussex via the Web. I am looking for the family of my GGGrandfather John James Jacques/Jaques. He was transported to Tasmania in 1835 and arrived '36, aged 24. His Court Records show that he came from the Village of 'Durkin' or 'Dirkin'. His work is given as Paper Maker. Finding this village or similar in Sussex, would be very good start. Judy Jacques member 12602

I haven't heard of a Sussex place name caled Durkin, or similar. However, in "East Sussex Sentences of Transportation at Quarter Sessions 1790 to 1854" by Friends of ESRO, there appears the following entry: 1835, item 322, case heard in the Adjourned Epipany Sessions JACQUES, John, 23, papermaker, Alverstoke (Hants)/ Brighton, 7 years. So, it would appear from this that he had lived in both Alverstoke in Hampshire and also Brighton in Sussex. Best wishes Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG NO: 3323