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The Palatines, by Brian Roser, published March 1994 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 11 no. 1, article, pp.25-26) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14878] & The Keep [LIB/501263] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The Roser family were of German origin from the Palatine region of the Rhineland being named among 13,000 economic refugees settled in Britain and North America in the reign of Queen Anne.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 1, by Brian Roser, published March 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 1, article, pp.3-6) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/501165] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Priscilla Jones was the earliest woman in Van Diemen's land to have been sentenced in Sussex in 1812 and transported in 1814. Hannah Selby had passed forged notes and was convicted in 1821 and transported that year. Frances Coningsbury (née Previtt, alias Waddell) convicted in 1822 of stealing.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 2, by Brian Roser, published June 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 2, article, pp.49-52) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508809] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Harriet Brown was convicted in 1826 of larceny and awarded seven years transportation.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 3, by Brian Roser, published September 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 3, article, pp.106-108) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508810] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Caroline Hopper née Butterworth? was convicted of larceny in 1826 and a death sentence was recorded for her but this was commuted to Life and she sailed in 1827 to Van Diemen's Land. Sarah Bell saw the judge don his sepulchral black cap and heard him intone the death sentence for larceny. She was transported to Van Diemen's Land in 1828.

Some Sussex Women Who Strayed Part 4, by Brian Roser, published December 1996 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 12 no. 4, article, pp.150-151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14879] & The Keep [LIB/508811] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

Mary Ann Laing (or Ling) alias (née?) Ann Lowndes was convicted of larceny in 1827 and transported Australia where she continued to offend and spent in the next 19 years, 8 weeks if solitary confinement and 59 days in cells.

When Your Name is not Your Name, by Brian Roser, published June 1999 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 13 no. 6, article, pp.183-188) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14880] & The Keep [LIB/508821] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.

The author discusses the problem of transportees and there spouses left in England and remarriage after seven years. His great grandmother Charlotte Roser faced this situation.