To
His Excellency General Ralph Darling
Govenor and Commander in Chief
The Petition of Eliza Onslow
That your excellencys Petitioner is a native of this
colony, and who, as well as her family, as is attested underneath, has
always borne an irreproachable character, has lately been married by
Banns, in the Church of St Phillips by the Rev Mr Cowper, to a prisoner
of the Crown – an industrious young man of the name of George Onslow,
who came by the ship Hindostan, in the year 1821, and who has since so
conducted himself as to obtain the approbation of his superiors of
every class in the colony.
Your Excelency’s Petitioner most humbly presumes to
solicit the indulgence heretofore usually granted in such cases, - that
of having her husband assigned to her off stores, and she shall as is
duty bound, ever pray
Eliza Onslow
Sydney 13 Feb 1826
We hereby certify that we know Wm Davis(Cuttler) an old inhabitant of
this colony, anf Father of Eliza, wife of George Onslow. He an honest
painstaking industrious character, and has always trained up his Family
to virtuous habits. His Daughter Eliza we believe to be worthy of the
indulgence she solicits
Thos Bates
Eliza Onslow Solicits the favour to be allowed a Government servant. I
am not aware of any irregularity in the conduct of Mrs Onslow, lately
married, or of her husband
Wliiam
Cowper