A detailed and informative essay describing the world Mary Wade was born into, and the background behind the First Fleet, contributed by Marjorie Morrow, a great, great granddaughter of Mary Wade.
Shirley Webb painted the Lady Juliana for the cover of 'Mary Wade to Us'. Shirley was a member of the original committee that created and published 'Mary Wade to Us', and is descended from Edward Harrigan.
This Elizabeth Margaret Spinks was the daughter of Robert Spinks 1852-1915 (son of Edward Spinks and Agnes Henry) and Elizabeth Reeve, not Robert John Spinks and Rosina Brooker.
Whilst the Spinks families were related Elizabeth Margaret Spinks was…