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Hi from Down Under, Were you at the Chester Assizes on 23MAR1833? George WEBB b Stockport Cheshire 1805 was convicted of housebreaking and sailed on the "AURORA", free passage to NSW, as a transportee for life. Sydney of 3NOV1833 looked a little depressing to George and his fellow travellers but he soon settled down on the farm at Seven Hills under indent to Wm. Grose. After Wm's untimely death George remained on indent to the Widow Grose, nee Mary Ann Bates of Bermondsey London ( The Grose family had arrived on the "Westmoreland" as Free Settlers earlier in 1833). George and Mary Ann were married in Goulburn in 1842. Their descendants, of which I am a GGGrandson, now number about 3500 odd at last count. The OZ connection is well documented and accounted for, however, some doubt remains re "George the Convicts'" UK family. We Aussies believe that the forebears could be as follows: George c1770 & Jane m c1804 - George c1746 m Mary Wild (Weld) Apr 1768 Mobberley Cheshire - Samuel & Eleonor Hewett dates unk. 1881 Census does not help as there is no real link to George & Jane. Stockport, Mobberley and Nantwich as locations for the Webb Clan are of no great help either. Help required from any & all who may have an interest in this convict son of Cheshire who did so much to help the populate or perish axiom of early Australia. All relatives gratefully accepted into our ever-expanding family. Many thanks for any assistance.