Another question! Fred and Eileen, The Mark Westall b ca. 1703-1707 in Wiltshire, is that the husband of Sarah ? and the father to Richard, Sarah, Charity, and Mary, all in Wiltshire all in the 1730's. Were there any other children in this marriage and if so what were dates of birth? >From the dialogue on the list I believe that this is where Eileen's family ties with yours Fred, but before I do any merging I would like you two to concur that I am not going off on some crazy tangent again. J If that is so it means that Fred's, Eileen's and Christine's families are one big Westall group. This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you all for your help and we are making great headway in this venture. Bob E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) Database version: 5.10780e http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/

AS far as I can see YES we are all one happy family Christine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Westall" <bobatbmw@cox.net> To: <WESTALL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 5:21 AM Subject: [WESTALL] Mark Westall b ca. 1705 > Another question! > > > > Fred and Eileen, > > > > The Mark Westall b ca. 1703-1707 in Wiltshire, is that the husband of > Sarah > ? and the father to Richard, Sarah, Charity, and Mary, all in Wiltshire > all > in the 1730's. Were there any other children in this marriage and if so > what were dates of birth? > > > >>From the dialogue on the list I believe that this is where Eileen's family > ties with yours Fred, but before I do any merging I would like you two to > concur that I am not going off on some crazy tangent again. J > > > > If that is so it means that Fred's, Eileen's and Christine's families are > one big Westall group. This is absolutely fantastic. Thank you all for > your help and we are making great headway in this venture. > > > > Bob > > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (5.5.1.322) > Database version: 5.10780e > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Eileen, I know Australian's are VERY pleased when they find convicts in the family. It's a bit like us poms feel when we find we are related to Diana (which I'm not, by the way!). William Westall was transported to NSW for his part in the Berkshire 'Swing' Riots. He was arrested in Kintbury and convicted at Reading Assizes on 27 Dec 1830. He got a Life sentence (one of four that day I believe). He sailed on the Prison Hulk, Eleanor from Portsmouth on 15 Feb 1831 and was finally freed on 9 Nov 1837 after serving just 7 years. It's not clear what happened after that but he was 20 at the time of his deportation which would give him a dob of about 1810. The only William Westall I can't account for was the son of Thomas Westall (b.1770) and Sarah Bray (b.1766). William was baptised on 16 Nov 1806 in Baydon which makes him a bit old - but possibly still our wayward lad. This would make him my 3rd cousin 5 times removed. There are a couple of other possible candidates, but this is the only one I can't account for after 1830. Hope this helps. William Westall ARA was the brother of Richard Westall RA the famous painter (who also taught Queen Victoria to paint in watercolour). William was on the pioneering Flinders expedition to map Australia and he painted the first landscape pictures of the continent. There is even a Mount Westall named after him situated on the north-eastern side of Shoalwater Bay in Queensland. I'm told it's a very remote place but if we design a special Westall flag do you think you could please pop up there to plant it? ... just kidding! ^_^ Fred -------------------------------------------------- From: "J & E Armstrong" <ellmay1@bigpond.com> Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 2:51 AM To: <westall@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [WESTALL] Mark Westall b ca. 1705 > Bob > I have Sarah b 1733, Charity b 1738 and Mary b 1740 as Appleford sisters > of > Jane Appleford married to Richard Westall b 1730. > I wish there weren't so many duplications of christian names in large > Westall families. > Whilst I am here I have two transported Westalls to offer.... 1 William > Westall aboard the "Eleanor" in 1831 to Sydney and also Richard Westall > in > 1835 aboard the "Lord William Bentwick" to Tasmania. > Both committed crimes associated with the farmworkers riots in that era.. > I have not been able to locate family for them , or Henry Westall either. > Henry doesn't feature in muJohn Appleford Westall family. > > Eileen > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WESTALL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >