Paul Milkins was convicted of theft and sentenced to death. He was then reprieved by the King, sentenced to 21 years hard labour and transported from Somerset, England in 1824 on the Princess Charlotte to Van Diemens Land, now Tasmania.
Here he married Jane Walsh and three children were born in Van Diemens Land, Elizabeth, William and Nicholas. A fourth child James was born in Victoria, Australia.
Milkins was a fairly rare surname in Australia, at least up until
Paul's children started their families, William had at least four
children and James eleven. Elizabeth died very young having been
smothered by her mother accidentally whilst sleeping. There was an
inquest which delivered a verdict of accidental death. I have not
found anything about Nicholas having married or where he went. There has been a variation in the surname, Milikins, which started with George, a son of James.
Evangeline Milkins (My great great grandmother)was born around 1862 at Bungaree,
Victoria to William Milkins and his wife Ellen Laythorne. Evangeline married Abraham Lawson on 6 March 1880 at Daylesford, Victoria and had about ten children..