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From: Paul Kitson and Lynne Gillam <>
Subject: William Saltmarsh
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 20:19:28 +1000

I notice that a number of listers have an interest in William Saltmarsh.
This is all I have but would appreciate confirmation and additional
information and happy to share anything further that I might discover.
Regards, Lynne

Name:William SALTMARSH
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Birth:abt 1772

Spouses
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1:Mary BUTLER
Birth:abt 1772London? ENG
Death:aft Nov 1812
Unmarried:
Children:William (1792-)


Notes for William SALTMARSH
Sentenced at Kingston to 7 years transportation.

Convict of First Fleet, per ‘Alexander’. To Norfolk Island aboard the
‘Surprize’ on 1 Aug 1790, along with Mary Butler.

Four months before Mary gave birth to their son, William was sentenced
to 100 lashes for theft and was ordered to work in the gaol gang for an
indefinite period. He left Norfolk Island on the ‘Pitt’ a month later,
on 8 May 1792, for Bengal and never returned.


Sources
1. Alma Ranson, The Jordans of the Three Isles, Paper Beach, Tasmania, A
Ranson, 1993, p 7.
2. "Convicts to Australia,"
http://carmen.murdoch.edu.au/community/dps/convicts/shipsTAS.html,
October 1998.
3. Barbara Jordan, information provided on Saltmarsh and Jordan families

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