Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Jehu Say was transported on the Portsea, departing 24th Jul 1838 and arriving 18th Dec 1838 with 240 passengers.
Portsea (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 304 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Jehu's christening took place at St Nicholas' Church, North Bradley, just south of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, on 12th July, 1818. For stealing what family history says was a 'fob-watch', Jehu was sentenced to fourteen years' transportation to NSW after being found guilty at the Wiltshire Assizes held at Devizes on 15th July, 1837. He started his sentence in the Prison-Hulk 'Leviathon' in Portsmouth Harbour. Jehu completed his full sentence, lastly working for a master north of Bathurst, NSW. On 28th October, 1852, Jehu, aged 34, married Elizabeth McCudden, aged 17, at St Leonard's Church, North Shore, now replaced by the beautiful St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney on the same site. My paternal Grandfather, Jehu Joseph [Joe] Say, was the tenth of their thirteen children. Jehu and Elizabeth lived at Wattle Flat near Sofala, north of Bathurst. He was a publican with her McCudden brothers, farmed and searched for gold. Jehu died at Limekilns on 8th June, 1878, aged 59. 'Debilitas', weakening of the body, is given as the cause of death. His resilient widow took her dependent children across country to Cumnock as the Limekilns area lost people as gold ran out. There she became what is said to be the first woman to become a Postmistress in NSW and had a fine reputation as an acomplished midwife. Elizabeth died on 4th April, 1911. The girl who had arrived from Loughgall, Co. Armagh, Ireland, aged six, with her parents Francis and Eliza, on the 'Herald' in 1841, was now 76 and is buried in the Catholic section of Cumnock Cemetery. The history of the Say and McCudden Families in Australia is very well-told in Elaine Egan's "Beyond The Seas", published at Bradys Gully Rd, North Gosford NSW in 2004.
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