Esther Ferres, nee Chancellor (c1784-1865), 
my great-great-great-grandmother, was the first of my direct ancestors to migrate to Australia – at the tender age of 64.
This makes her both the first of my ‘boat people’ and the oldest!
Esther was one of 278 “assisted” immigrants on the barque “Cornwall” which sailed from Plymouth on 28th April 1848 and arrived in Port Phillip on the 11th August 1848. Continue reading “52 Ancestors #1 Esther Chancellor”