A Convict Marriage At Windsor, August 1835. A certificate…
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A Convict Marriage At Windsor, August 1835. A certificate recording the marriage of Edward Mitchell (aged 35?) to Elizabeth Coverly (aged 20) at the Presbyterian Church at Portland Head in New South Wales. The document has been completed by the the chaplain, signed with an 'x' by each of the parties and witnessed two others. Edward Mitchell was born in Norfolk and was transported for 'stealing a coat valued at 25 shillings'. At the time Edward was 20 years old, 5'4' tall, brown hair, hazel eyes, fair complexion. He was assigned to W. Bailey in 1823 and later, to John Single at Penrith. Mitchell absconded from John Single and was recaptured in March 1824, sentenced to 25 lashes and to be sent to Emu Plains Convict Farm. In October 1826 he was granted 40 acres at Kurrajong. By 1833 he was living with Elizabeth Coverly/Lord, her step-father was James Lord, Edward and Elizabeth had 2 children before their marriage and had another 10 children afterwards. Edward died at Kurrajong, NSW in 1859. Elizabeth Coverly had been born in 1815 at Parramatta, she outlived her first husband by 20 years and her second, James Overton, by a year, passing away in 1879.

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