Matching family tree profiles for Nelson Sherwood, Free Settler "Premier" 1840
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About Nelson Sherwood, Free Settler "Premier" 1840
Published in "The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser" of Saturday 3 September 1853:
"One Pound Reward. STRAYED, from Armidale, about six weeks ago, a GREY HORSE, branded LL near shoulder, switch tail, about 17 bands high. Any person delivering the above Horse to Mr. Andrew Hume will receive the above reward. NELSON SHERWOOD. Armidale, 24th Aug., 1853. 2967"
and in the same publication of 27 September 1854:
"One Pound Reward. STRAYED, from Bourolong, New England, a BAY MARE, branded JD off neck, bald face, two hind feet white. Any person delivering the above Mare to Nelsou Sherwood, Malpas, or to Mr. John Gill, Tamworth, will receive the above reward. NELSON SHERWOOD Armidale, 20th Sept., 1854. 4416"
Nelson's family arrived in NSW on the "Premier" 1 July 1840.
His father Robert , son of a farmer, was a Cotton Weaver and of the Protestant religion.
Robert (39), his wife Bridget (35), and children Alice (25), WIlliam (19), Emily (17), Robert (16), Nelson (14), Joseph (10), Emily (6), and Margaret (4).
They were "Bounty Immigrants" to New South Wales from Monasterevan, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
However, there is a also document (attached to sister Emily's profile as a Source) which clearly describes her as the daughter of Robert and Bridget on board the same ship, but which describes Emily as a 17yo single woman, a Child's md. by occupation, and of the Protestant religion. It also says she is sister to Alice and William.
I believe this discrepancy has occurred as Emily would have been 16 years at embarkation, and therefore listed as a child (above as "6" years, not 16). Having turned 17 years en voyage, she is now entered on immigration in NSW as a single young woman, hence her own separate entry as for her older siblings, Alice and William. Therefore, I have made this Emily's main profile, while still putting a profile for an Emily that would have been 6 years old in 1840.
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Nelson Sherwood, Free Settler "Premier" 1840's Timeline
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Monasterevin, Leinster, Ireland
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