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A convict’s story in the colony of New South Wales

In Hardcover and 250 pages, this book is a collection of the available research and stories of our convict ancestors, Joseph Jones, per Hadlow (1) 1818 and his wife, Mary Ahern, per Palambam 1831, from Cork.

From Joseph’s conviction at the Old Bailey in London and his transportation to Port Jackson (Sydney, Australia), the book tells his story - his convict assignments, his move to the Hunter Valley where he chose Mary from a marriage parade, their life and times, and their return with their family to Sydney – with the known stories of their descendants.

The book includes detailed Family Trees, surname-indexed, photographs and images of relevant documents, such as Joseph’s Petitions, Tickets of Leave and Conditional Pardon – over 200 images.

This book is a great legacy for descendants, their children and grandchildren – and a valuable starting point for future researchers in the family, to build on current knowledge and hopefully track down more of those missing descendants, in the years to come.

Over the generations, the Jones descendants married into these surnames: PIT(T)HOUSE, GAFFEY, BAILEY, HAMPSON, MERRYMENT, CALLAWAY, SWANN, WEYMOUTH, LUKE, TRINDER, FORMSTON, BARRY, GRIFFITH, DONOVAN, GOODYER, WALLIS, FRYER, MOORE, McPHAIL, SHORT, SPARKS, DUNKERLEY, WYATT, CHAMBERLAIN, BUTTEL, JEFFRIESS, BRENNEKE, LESLIE, DALE, MULHOLLAND, BISHTON . And more into later generations.