Susannah Holmes (1764-1825)

Vital Statistics

 * Sex : Female
 * Born: c1762-1765 at England
 * Died: 8 Nov 1825 at Windsor, N.S.W.

Pedigree
Susannah is the daughter of Eunice Brook (?-?) and Joshua Holmes (?-?).

Spouse(s)

 * Henry Kable (1763?-1846)

Offspring

 * Henry (17 Feb 1786-Death)
 * Diana (5 Dec 1788-Death)
 * Enoch (24 Apr 1791-Death)
 * James (19 Aug 1793-Death)
 * Susannah (23 Oct 1796-Death)
 * George Esto (28 Sep 1797-Death)
 * Eunice (30 May 1799-Death)
 * William Nathaniel (22 Mar 1801-Death)
 * John (12 Nov 1802-Death)
 * Charles Dickenson (5 Oct 1804-Death)
 * Edgar James(14 Aug 1808-Death)

Early Life
On 19 March 1784, at Thetford, Norfolk, Susannah was tried for burglary. She was sentenced to transportation for 14 years, and left England on the Friendship aged about 22 at that time (May 1787). She arrived with the First Fleet on 26 January 1788. Henry Kable married Susannah on 10 February 1788, in a group marriage of three couples, the first weddings in the colony. They had met in gaol and she had born his child, Henry, in gaol in 1786.

Contributors
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