James Lewis

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. http://www.easystreetretreat.com.au/australianroyalty where it is noted:
James Lewis, one of 298 convicts transported on the ship 'Hilsborough', October 1798.
Alias Druce
Sentence details: Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 25 October 1797.
Vessel: Hilsborough.
Date of Departure: October 1798.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales.
He was killed by natives while on an expedition to find cedar timber for Simeon Lord. At the time of his death he was in charge of convicts in the employ of Lord.

James married Catherine Conway on 20 Apr 1807 in Van Diemans Land, Australia. (Catherine Conway was born on 12 Feb 1783 in Luxulyan, Cornwall England ¹⁰⁰⁷ and died in 1886 in Newcastle, NSW Australia ⁵³¹.)