Yes, Jamjar is spot on.
I was expecting this thread to have moved over to the Australia board, where it would catch the eyes there of the regulars.
Anyways, here's some info I have typed up. The following is somewhat dis-jointed, I apologise, but I am rushing. There’s a deal more I can type up, but I have no spare moments.
I am basically eliminating the two girls you have under consideration who arrived on the Broxbornebury. Sorry
I have already shown that the Sarah BLADES who married George SMITH is NOT your lass.
Parramatta New South Wales, AustraliaMany of
St John’s Church of England parish registers for Baptisms, Marriages, Burials have been digitised and uploaded to Ancestry.
This marriage basically eliminates the convicted lass. A marriage at St Johns C of E Parramatta.
No. 464
William SHERRIES, free, aged 33, of the Parish of St Johns, Parramatta and Sarah SMITH of the Parish of St John Parramatta by the Broxbornbury, aged 27 were married in this Church by Banns, this Sixth Day of April in the year One Thousand eight Hundred and fifteen, by Rev Samuel MARSDEN.
So of your three candidates, - there’s still Sarah LAKE.
Several Baptisms at St Johns C of E Parramatta
Susannah, daughter of George PALMER and Sarah LAKE, born 10 Sept 1809. Baptised 1 October 1809 by Rev Richard Jones, St Johns (C of E) Parramatta. (this baptism may have been indexed under PALMER ! )
Mary Ann, daughter of William SMITH & Sarah his wife was Born March 1815 and Christened May 14, 1815. Registered Same day by Samuel Marsden.
Census with a Sarah SMITH, her children, and a Thomas WEAVERS
NSW 1828 Census, Prospect
In the household of a Sarah SMITH, aged 38, who was Free by Servitude, and who had arrived per Aeolis 1809, under a sentence of 7 years were:
Son, John, 18 years, B.C. (born in the colony)
Daughter, Charlotte, 16 years, B.C.
Daughter, Mary Ann, 14 years, B.C.
Daughter, Elizabeth, 12 years, B.C.
Son, William, 5 years, B.C.
Son, James, 18 months, B.C.
AND
Thomas WEAVERS 32 years, Free by Servitude, arrived per Shipley 1816, 7 years, Labourer,
Thomas BRUCE, 51 years Free by Servitude, arrived per Baring, 1819, 7 years, Labourer,
ALL were Protestant.
NOTE,
no mention of Sarah’s husband, but Thomas WEAVERS was already working for Sarah. Sarah SMITH signed off on the Census document with her x mark. Earlier I typed up the marriage of Sarah and Thomas.
Eliminating Sarah BLADES
So the Sarah who married George SMITH in 1818 was NOT the Sarah who was transported under the sentence of Life. The Sarah who married George SMITH in 1818 was a widow with young children.
JM
27 May 1818, marriage C of E, Rev William Cowper
George SMITH, aged 38, a bachelor, of Sydney, a Shoemaker (he signed)
and
Sarah BLADES, aged 35, a widow, of Sydney (she made her X mark)
Witnesses William Brown (X mark)
Mary Tristram (signed)
JM
I think a Thomas WEAVERS married a Sarah SMITH 19 Sept 1833
and
I think a Thomas George, son of a Thomas and Sarah WEAVERS was born 28 Oct 1833 and baptised C of E 12 January 1834 by Rev Richard HILL. Thomas and Sarah were of Castlereagh St, Sydney. He a carter.
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCT-4BH marriage, look at the status
ADD so you are looking at Sydney, September 1833 and earlier for a Mrs Sarah SMITH. but as to when and where she was married to Mr Smith ?
JM
I wonder who married Thomas WEAVERS, per the Shipley ... ie who was that lass, Sarah SMITH ...
JM