A Battle against the odds, Chapter 12, part 8

A transcription of the NSW family history book A Battle against the odds, Chapter 12, part 8
This part deals with what we know of the final years of former convicts, John and Mary Smith in NSW

...........................

1828 Census

 
As well as identifying that John and Mary are indeed the ones who arrived on "Sir Wm Bensley" and "Elizabeth" respectively, the Census lists the five children and the fact that they owned "five head of cattle". Children born up to 1828 were:
Margaret 9, John 6, mary 5, Henry 3, and James 2.
Obituary Notice – Sydney Morning Herald 18th June 1868
"On Monday, the 15th instant at her residence, Box Hill, Windsor Road, Mary relict of the late John Smith, aged 69 years."

Postscript

 
Banished from their native lands John and Mary found each other in this new Colony 12,000 miles from the country that had disowned them.
Surely the spark of life they passed on to their descendants burns more strongly today as we pay tribute to their memory.

By Hilda and Eric Lukeman
Currumbin, Queensland, 1986.

...........................

This is the end of the main section about John and Mary written by Hilda and Eric Lukeman in 1986. However more is to follow from other sources regarding the trial of John Smith at the Old Bailey in 1816.

To be continued...