In 1843 he was a steamboat builder at Nine Elms, Vauxhall, London, England. They had a total of 5 children christened at St. Mary, Battersea, London, England between 1839 and 1847. They emigrated to the United States, leaving London on the ship Charles Walton and arriving in New York on 7 September 1849 when Fleming was 39, ®312 Emma, 33, Emma, 5, Anna, 7 and Sarah, 3. They were in Chicago in 1849 with six children. On 1 June 1850 they lived in the Third Ward of Chicago, Illinois. Fleming was a 39 year old shipwright and lived with Mrs. Fleming Revell, 36, Anna, 9, Emma, 7, Sarah, 3, Fleming H. 9 months, Mrs. Short, 60, and Jas. Rawson, 35, all born in England. ®310, ®1They were French Huguenots. ®8

Samuel Hewett, born on 7 December 1797, founded the Short Blue Fleet (England's biggest fishing fleet) based in Barking, and using smacks out of Barking and east coast ports.