About this blog: it’s where I talk about Nicholas Delaney, United Irishman, transported convict, Sydney roadbuilder, NSW farmer, publican and ancestor. And…
About the book my mother and I wrote about Nicholas’s life and our descent from him, A Rebel Hand: Nicholas Delaney of 1798: From Ireland to Australia. Plus…
About extra topics and stories that won’t fit into our Nicholas Delaney website, like the mystery of Sarah Marshall or the adventures we had researching our ancestors. As well as…
About me, in case you’re interested: I’m Frances, Nicholas’s great-great-great granddaughter and novice blogger.
Hi Frances, Love your work. I wait each blog with great anticipation. My connection to Nicholas is through my great grand mother, Lucy Eliza Giblett and her Mother Jane Delaney, to Thomas and Lucy Delaney.
Warmest regards
Robert
Hi Robert,
Thanks for your kind words. It’s always great to ‘meet’ another Delaney cousin. I’ve just looked up Jane Delaney on our family tree. I’m descended from her younger brother Thomas (always called Tom). Her mother, Lucy Simpson, was the daughter of two convicts, as you probably know.
I always hope to find someone who knows what’s happened to the house Thomas and Lucy lived in, Moyne Farm. One day perhaps I will!