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Yes I have a well thumbed copy.

Harriet's daughter married married a Dunk(a Master Mariner) who is on my Grandpa's side but my Grandma was an Adams and they have fished in Hastings since the 17th century.

The fishing families tended to marry into other fishing families so my tree is full of connections to most of the well known names hence the well thumbed copy with lots of page markers!It is ironic that the fishing finished  for my direct line when Hastings needed builders to provide housing for all the ag. labs moving for work from the outlying districts and my Grandma never knew of her long connection.

Thanks again
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Clazy2000

Thanks Omega

It seems they moved about a lot, John & Martha married Fairlight 1793, some children born from 1797 Hollington. Jane & Delia married Guestling, William poss. married Hollington and Harriet in Hastings.At the same time their names change from Dabner to Dabney. No wonder I couldn't find them.

Thank you so much for your help
Clazy 2000

Thanks for that but I am afraid I've drawn a blank . Checked Sussex Marriages for a male Dabney marrying a Harriett    Have also checked All Saints/St.Clements burials for a male Dabney 1820 until her marriage in 1826.Unfortunately her status isn't given in her marriage to George.

It is not a name that is found widely in Sussex they seem to be clustered around Hastings eg. Fairlight, Guestling,Hastings and Ore. (Sussex Marriages) Drew a blank on Family Search as well.

Haven't given up on this possibility as other than a straightforward Hollington birth under the name Dabney, it's the only possibility.
Thanks again.
Clazy 2000

Hi Chris

Yes, my Nehemiah Gray on 1st Sept.1859 but if he is not listed under Convict Prison I don't know where he is buried.I will attach death cert.
 
It seems as though they used the term 'Invalid Convict Prison 'only to distinguish between it and the normal 'convict prison' where differentiation was needed.

 Although the fact that it was called 'Invalid Convict Establishment St.John's' on his death cert. would indicate that it was likely he was buried in St.John's Sub Castro'.

I wonder whether the National Archives records give details of deaths although I suspect they may just give numbers for statistical purposes.

That is really interesting though that the entries of the dead point so accurately to the uses of the prison.

Gill

Hi Toni/Chris

All of the records held by ESRO under the heading House of Correction relate to it from its initial coception and building 1792 ,the extensions,alterations,plans etc. to its sale and conveyance to the Commission for the Admiralty in 1854.

It seems after this we have to look to the National Archives which is logical as none of the local agencies were responsible for it after 1854. The convict gaols were funded by and run by central government and thus details of its running costs etc were made to central govt. in the form of quarterly returns etc. and it was included in reports along side the other national prisons such as Dartmoor,Millbank,Wakefield,Leicester etc. All of which are held by the National Archives.

TNA references found by Phil are qtrly returns of prisoners from Lewes Convict Prison. I have asked for an estimate for photocopying references to Nehemiah Gray but for people interested in what they say about the establishment they may be worth consulting. I was trying to keep the cost down as they are all over 150 pages in length.Well worth a look when visiting Kew though.

Gill