Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Samuel Bamfield was transported on the Baring, departing 30th Nov 1818 and arriving 26th Jun 1819 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 130 |
| 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
"Samuel Banfield/Bamfield is my 4x Great grandfather"
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Convict Notes
SAMUEL BAMFIELD, JOHN SHEEN, Theft > grand larceny, 9th September 1818. 1334. SAMUEL BAMFIELD and JOHN SHEEN were indicted for stealing, on the 25th of July , two pair of sheets, value 1l. 10s. the goods of James Henry Leigh . ANN HIGHAM . I am housemaid to Mr. James Henry Leigh, who lives in Portman-square . On the 25th of July, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, I saw the prisoners in the kitchen-passage, which communicates with the area. They were dressed like sweeps, and had a black sack with them. They ran away when they saw me, leaving the sack on the area steps. I pursued, but lost sight of them. A soldier stopped them. I found two pair of my master's sheets in the sack, which I had put in the housekeeper's room just before. WILLIAM POTTER . I am a corporal in the Guards. I went in pursuit of the prisoners, and saw them at the corner of Portman-street, just by the prosecutor's house. They ran up Bryanston-street. I stopped Bamfield in the Park, he got through some broken rails there; I told him he was my prisoner, and must go with me; he said he would not; I found a pair of silk stockings on him, and took him back. Higham said they were the two. I never lost sight of them. WILLIAM MASON . I am a servant in Chapel-court, King-street, I saw Potter pursuing the prisoners. I took Sheen in Seymour-place. He threw a latch key away. Higham said he was one of them. (Property produced and sworn to.) BAMFIELD'S Defence. I found the stockings in the Park. SHEEN'S Defence. I saw him find them. BAMFIELD - GUILTY . Aged 16. SHEEN - GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years . Fourth Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. -------------------------------------------------- Convict Application to Marry. Samuel Bamfield, per Baring 2, 7 years, Bond; and Alicia Leeson, per Forth 2, age 23, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 28 Dec 1831, Campbell Town, Revd. T. Reddall. Convict Index, 1791-1873. Alicia Leeson, Forth 1830, Certificate of Freedom, 17 Sep 1836, 36/0921. Wife of Samuel Bamfield, per Baring 1819, fbs, (as stated on her CF)