Summary
Personal Information
Transportation
Samuel Baker was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | See Tasmanaian Ancestry, Volume 20 No.2,September 1999. |
Claims
"I can pinpoint his origins using DNA. (and probably know what Odken was) He has many descendants."
"Sam is my 4th great grandfather.Im related via Sam & Mary’s child Sarah Ann ."
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Convict Notes
... and Samuel Odkenbaker, for a Burglary in the Shop of Francis Millard, of Hockliffe. Northampton Mercury, 21 March 1789.
And Jenni Carder's information is taken either directly or indirectly from the Tasmanian Ancestry article I wrote nearly twenty years ago. I have since discovered more interesting details (Samuel Odkenbaker had a third property for example). The article is available on the web through the Tasmanian Family History website. It has also been lifted (but only once with authority) to various other sites.
Mary Brennan died on 27 Aug 1826. Her age was reported as 30 but I'd guess she was quite a bit older. Source is Rev. Youl's Burial Register for St John's, Launceston.
The following information on Samuel Odken Baker comes from Jenni Carder on: http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con307.htm Samuel Odken BAKER was tried on the 11 March 1789 at Bedfordshire, he was convicted of stealing handkerchiefs and stockings and was transported for life. He arrived in N.S.W. on the Matilda (3rd Fleet) on the 1st August 1791. Just 7 days later he was sent on the "Mary Ann" to Norfolk Island where he was to remain for almost 22 years. He was a sawyer on the island and in 1801 a son was born to Samuel and a convict by the name of Elizabeth Lewis. The child was baptisted William. The child died shortly after his birth. The relationship with Elizabeth was not a permanent one and when she had completed her sentence she returned to Port Jackson by 1809. Samuel was granted a pardon in 1813 and at the time was the holder of 15 acres of land with 14 pigs and a "small dwelling house". He was sent to Van Dieman's Land after the settlement on Norfolk Island was disbanded. He settled on 30 acres on the South Esk. He met Mary Brennan about 1814, she was a 26 year old convict from Ireland transported on the Catherine for 7 years. They had 3 daughters together. The eldest Mary Brennan Baker (Samuel and Mary Brennan never married) was born in 1816 and she was my GGGGrandmother. She married a free settler James East and together they had 10 children. Samuel died in Launceston at the age of 77 on 7th April 1841. Mary Brennan died at the age of 30 in 1821
Entered here as Samuel Odkenbaker, daft as it may sound. In VDL he became known as Samuel Odken Baker. Nearly all research for twenty years or more has disappointingly concentrated on what his name might be instead of the man he was. I believe that we will never know. The use of Samuel Oakenbaker from the printed index to the Matilda indents is undoubtedly a misreading.