Hi Lindsay,

Very encouraging!

Thank you for making contact. I have seen your name pop-up a few times in e-mails and postings. I understand you have done a lot of research into Cragg/Craig. I would like to share what I have written so far (ie 1859-1883) to see if you can fill in any other blanks. Do you have an e-mail address?

My website covers Cragg 1770-1859
http://www.users.on.net/~woolwash/craggidx.html

and this is where the fascinating John Cragg information you have just provided may help me. I have searched for almost 20 years.

I did a quick search on John Cragg and the Hillsborough

Crime: -
Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 7 years
Convicts embarked – 300 male convicts
Convicts relanded while still in English waters - 0
Convicts who died on the voyage – 95 (Typhoid outbreak)
Sailed from Gravesend, England in October 1798

More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_%28ship%29

which includes a link to the diary.

I will make contact with Elizabeth as well if that is ok with you.

Regards,

David Cragg.