I am looking for any infoemation on Henry Blake b. c1813-14 London area.
Henry Blake is listed as arriving in Port Jackson on 25/7/1831 on the ship Camden. He is believed to have applied for permission to marry Martha Lever in 1842, thus proving him to be a Convict. From information on “The Port Jackson Convicts Anthology” – CD by Lesley Uebel, Henry Blake was transported from England on 21/3/1831 and arrived 25/7/1831 aged 18, on the first voyage of the "Camden" from Lomdon. He was charged at Newgate on 26/9/1830 and given a 14 years sentence. His marriage application to Martha Lever is also listed on the same CD. He received his Ticket of Leave 40/1365.
Henry married Martha Lever on 26/12/1842 at St James Church, Melbourne, Victoira. They had 6 children that we know of:
John bapt. 1843 St James Church, Melbourne, Victoira
Charles bapt. 1845 St James Church, Melbourne, Victoira
Mary b. c1850 Melbourne - Birth not found m. George Price
William b. between 1851 & 1856 - Birth not found
Ann/Annie b. c1857 Flemington - Birth not found m. Alfred Johnson (1) Henry Hall (2)
Thomas b. 14/11/1858 Flemington

Martha was most likely a free settler arriving in Victoris in 1841. She died on the 6/2/1865 in a Melbourne Hospital. From the date of Matha's death I have not been able to find any trace of Henry or the 4 sons. In the 1880's Mary and Annie were in Kerang and Mulwala respectively and then both in Numurkah where Annie died in 1947. I don't know if Henry and the boys also moved to Northern Victoria.

Annie (1857) had the following children:
Frances Louisa Blake 1/12/1880 Hotham, Vic - Illigitimate (raised by her aunt Mary)
Thomas Alfred Johnson b. cNov. 1886 Mulwala, NSW
Christina Maud Johnson b. 1888 Mulwala, NSW
Alfred George Johnson b. 1890 Mulwala, NSW

Any information on the place of Henry's death or information about whether he re-married would be greatly appreciated. I would also love to know what happened to the 4 boys if possible as well.

Thank you for any help.
Diane
defect@lizzy.com.au

Hi

There is no such entry in my Port Jackson Convicts Anthology regarding permission to marry for this convict.

Hi, you must be Lesley. I got the information about Henry's application for marriage after my first post on AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS rootsweb. The information about the application for marriage came from Liz Walker. I've just been back to the post and realise that after her first message she must have emailed me direct. I had just come out of hospital at the time, so didn't realise and save the messages on my computer. I will have to get back to Liz and check the information again.
Henry was in Melbourne at the time of his marriage to Martha Lever. If he was the same Henry Blake that arrived on the Camden, he got his ticket of leave while working at Goulbourne River, which is in central Victoria.
Thank you for getting in touch with me to let me know that the application for marriage was not on the disc. I will have to find out where Liz got that information from. Do you know where I can look for Marriage applications and obtain copies?
Thanks for your help,
Diane

Hi Diane

Yes, it is Lesley.

Henry is not listed on my Port Jackson Convict Anthology so I am not aware where Liz may have found that information..... perhaps a lapse of concentration :) You can find the originals of the Perrmissions to Marry on microfishe at some large libraries.

Hi Lesley,
Thanks for that information. I live in country Victoria in Wodonga. They have a Family History centre in the Wodonga library, but it's not very big. I may have more luck across the river at the Albury library in NSW. Otherwise I will have to wait until my next trip to Melbourne.
I will get back to Liz tomorrow and find out where she got the information from.
Thanks again,
Diane

Hi Lesley,
I haven't heard back from Liz yet, but she may be at work still. I just found out today that Henry Blake & Martha Levers marriage was also registered in NSW. I only have the Victorian registration, which has very little information on it. I have applied for the NSW registration which will hopefully have more details. I have been told that even though Henry had his ticket of leave, he still had 2 more years on his sentence. If my Henry is the same person then his application to marry should be recorded on his NSW marriage registration.
Regards,
Diane