Elizabeth BOUGHTON

[PrueM]

Aha - and thus the Lumber Yard question is answered    Thanks, LoganH!

[PrueM]

More about the Lumber Yard as a mustering point:

"Although the British government paid for the women to migrate, it made no provision for them to find suitable work or accomodation on their arrival in the colony. Unlike convict women, who were disembarked at 8 a.m., these free immigrants were disembarked in the middle of the day. In Sydney, the only area suitable as a reception site was the lumber yard where convicts worked. This yard was fenced, thus keeping the women in and the men out. Temporary accomodation there was primitive, with plain benches provided for sleeping. Governor Bourke was apparently unaware that as well as scullery maids and dairymaids there were women such as governesses who were not used to sleeping on hard beds. "  http://home.vicnet.net.au/~pioneers/pppg5bq.htm

[LoganH]

Nice work Prue.
Elizabeth came to the Colony via the Female Emigrant Society.
Their advertisement.
http://www.rootschat.com/links/09zz/

[buttercup]

Hi,
May I ask how you came to know Elizabeth Boughton (Broughton) came to be on the ship "Layton"?

Elizabeth is my 3xgt grandmother who married George Smith, a convict, in Sutton Forrest.
I have only just started researching this branch of the family, and George is my first convict that I have found. I

Elizabeth is listed Elizabeth Sarah Broughton on one of her daughter's marriage certificate (my 2x gt grandmother) and my gt grandfather carries Boughton as his middle name.

I know that she came free, and was 21 when she married George, although her maiden name is listed as Broughton in the parish register.

Any insight into how you came to find her on any shipping list would be appreciated, as I have not found a document that states when she arrived in Australia.
Thanks.

[haney]

Hi buttercup
  Are you descended from Charles Broughton SMITH??  I have done a lot of research on the family back to Tasmanian convicts Mary Britcliffe and James Greer.

  I am unable to find DNA matches to any of the "SMITHS" however I still try and help the "actual" descendants where I can.

   I think I have some notes also on Elizabeth's sister Sarah who was in Victoria??  Kind regards Dianna

[buttercup]

No, definitely not. There were no family in Tasmania. Elizabeth married George Smith and they had resided in the gunning Dalton Yass area for the rest of their lives. Their children married members of the Brown family who were prominent Wesleyan Methodists in the area, which is why. We know a fair bit about that side of the family and family movements. There is no family lore stating we had ancestors in Tasmania.

Jen