Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Ames was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 5th Oct 1816 with 156 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 261 (132) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
Claims
No one has claimed Robert Ames yet.
Photos
No photos have been added for Robert Ames.
Convict Notes
RETRANSPORTED PER 'ASIA' 1825. 21/7/1815 Cambridge Chronicle and Journal Cambridgeshire, England: ESSEX ASSIZES Robert Flowry Ames, for stealing some port wine, the property of Mr. John Woodruffe, of Little Oakley. Robert Ames/Hames was transported on the Elizabeth 1816. His wife Esther 'came free' and was also on board. Colonial Secretary Papers: AMES, Esther. Came free per "Elizabeth", 1816 1823 Jul 7; 1824 Mar 19: Of Market Street. On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D pp.11, 13) 1825 Apr 30: Request by her husband Robert to be assigned to her (Reel 6063; 4/1786 p.60) 31/1/1820: CP AMES, Robert Flower. Per "Elizabeth", 1816 and "Asia", Apr 1825 1821: Servant of Thomas Wylde, Clerk of the Peace. Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3206; 4/1862 p.6) 1822: On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.71) 1822 Mar 31-Sep 30: On lists of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3296; X53 pp.1, 13, 25) 1822 Feb 5: Re George Taylor being assigned to him (Reel 6054; 4/1759 p.11) 1825 Jan 20: Doughold Leach his assigned servant in 1822 and 1823; listed as Eames (Reel 6063; 4/1785 p.48) 1825 Apr 30: Request to be assigned to his wife Esther (Reel 6063; 4/1786 p.60) 1825 May 7: On list of convicts transported to Port Macquarie per "Mermaid" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.518-9) 1825 May 7: In Sydney Gaol. Petition to be taken off the Stores; as Eames (Fiche 3245; 4/1873 p.50) 13/2/1823 Sydney Gazette: ROBERT AMES, Wife, and two Children, being about to leave the Colony, request all Claims to be presented; and all Persons indebted, are desired to settle their Accounts forthwith. AGAIN TRANSPORTED - FOR LIFE: arrived in NSW per 'Asia' 29/4/1825. 19/3/1824 Cambridge Chronicle and Journal Cambridgeshire, England: ESSEX ASSIZES Robert Flower Ames, for a burglary tbe dwellinghouse of Ann Hempson, of Ramsey 23/4/1824 London Courier and Evening Gazette London, England: Robert Flower Ames had before been transported to the same Colony. 22/8/1831 Sydney Herald: Robert Hames alias Ames, was indicted for a burglary, in the dwelling house of Wm. Burnett, at Bonrail, Port Stephens, on the 29th December. The prisoner was found guilty of stealing, and sentenced to be worked in irons for three years Daughter, Elizabeth Ann Ames - born 1/1/1821 Sydney. 28/1/1839: She married Thomas Jones, she was 19 he was 28. 7/6/1860: She was a widow and married Thomas Field, widower of Bandon, Lachlan River. No death date found for Robert or Esther Ames or Hames.
Esther Ames wife of convict Robert Ames arrived free on the Elizabeth