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Transportation
William Barke was transported on the Admiral Gambier And Friends, departing 31st Mar 1811 and arriving 29th Sep 1811 with 300 passengers.
Admiral Gambier And Friends (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 31 (17) |
| 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 |
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National Archives. Hulk Records. H0-9-8_2 Portsmouth. Captivity Hulk? Page 11/51. Received ten Prisoners from Lincoln, 23 May 1810. William Barke, age 24, C. R. (Capital Respite), Tried Lincoln, 10 March 1810. NSW Life, Admiral Gambier.
... and William Barke, convicted of having robbed John Scott on the highway, were left by the Judge for execution, and they will undergo the awful sentence of the law, this day. Drakard’s Stamford News, 23 March 1810. Assizes. At Lincoln, ... William Barke, for robbing John Scott, of Ulceby, farmer, on the highway, and ... were all capitally convicted, and received sentence of death; Dickinson and Barke are left for execution; Oxford Journal, 31 March 1810. William Barke appears to have been reprieved at some point.
Colonial Secretary Index. BARK, William. Per "Admiral Gambier", 1811 1818 Nov 28 Recommendation for a ticket of leave by his master James Williamson (Fiche 3183; 4/1854 p.14) 28 Nov 1818. Recommendation for a ticket of leave by his master James Williamson. Parramatta, 28 Nov 1818. These are to certify the bearer, William Bark, a Prisoner for Life, tried at Lincoln March 1810, arrived in this Colony by the Ship Gambier, Captain Lindsay, was immediately taken off the Store by Mrs Williamson and has remained in my service ever since. He has behaved with honesty and sobriety during his service with me and I therefore recommend him for a Ticket of Leave. (Signed) James Williamson. This Petitioner having lived more than seven years in his Master’s service and behaved well during that period I beg to recommend him for a Ticket of leave. S. Marsden, Senior Chaplain.
CORRECTION All the above entries do NOT refer to this person. They refer to George Barke, who was a prisoner who arrived on the Somersetshire, in 1814. ------------------------------------------------------------------
George Barke and Joseph Knowles, were indicted for burglariously breaking, and entering the dwelling-house of John Price, at the toll-house on the Great Western-road, near Parramatta, on the night of the 29th of May, and taking therefrom upwards of £60 in notes and cash, a chest of tea, a quantity of soap and sugar, and all the wearing apparel that could be mustered. The prosecutor stated, that his house was entered at midnight by three men ; one of them, whom he positively swore to be the prisoner Knowles, brought him to the ground with two blows of a pistol or bludgeon, and forced him under the bed. The robbers then lighted two lamps to enable them to ransack the house, in which they continued upwards of an hour, occasionally threatening to blow the brains out of the first that would attempt to move. He, the witness, informed the Court, that the prisoner Knowles had much disfigured his face for the purpose of securing his features from recognition, but that his ingenuity had been unavailing, as he had no hesitation or doubt in swearing him to be one of the men. Joseph Warren, government servant to the foregoing witness, deposed, that he was alarmed about midnight by a voice at the gate, as if requiring in the usual way to obtain an entrance, and he accordingly went out, but could see no one; but, on his return, after having latched the door, in the act of securing the bolt, it was violently burst in by 3 men, 1 of whom felled him to the ground with two severe blows on the head, which were given, he positively affirmed again and again, by the prisoner Barke, who is a foreigner; and who had been in the habit, together with the prisoner Knowles, of occasionally frequenting the house; and thus the voice of Barke had became familiar to the witness, so well known in fact, to use the words of the man himself, he would have known his voice even if underground. The third man (the approver) seemed to be stationed as a guard ; and the witness said, that he had also been compelled to roll himself under the bedstead with his bleeding master. Mrs Price deposed, that the tall man (Knowles), to prevent her screams being heard, enveloped her in a blanket, threatening to commit murder if her cries ceased not. A poor little child, of only three years old, was told her brains would be blown out, if she also did not desist from giving alarm. The testimony of Mrs. Price, who is far advanced in pregnancy, portrayed the conduct of the robbers in the blackest and most abhorrent colouring. The poor woman begged to be allowed a petticoat to put on, when the prisoner Barke exclaimed, he would not leave an article of clothing in the house. Their manner was brutal in the extreme. Mrs. Price positively identified the prisoners at the bar to be two of the burglars. Dennis Donovan, an approver, confirmed the identity of the prisoners, acknowledging himself to have been the third man who had committed the robbery in company with the prisoners at the bar. Guilty. Remanded. Sydney Gazette, 14 Jan 1822. -------------------------------------------------- CRIMINAL COURT.—Friday.— The following prisoners received sentence of Death : … , George Barke, and Joseph Knowles. The Court adjourned sine die. Sydney Gazette, 21 Jun 1822. -------------------------------------------------- EXECUTION — On Friday last were executed, pursuant to their sentence, the following unfortunate men: ..., Joseph Knowles, and George Barke. Sydney Gazette, 12 July 1822.
5 July 1822 – Hanged at Sydney for burglary from John Price's residence at the Parramatta Toll-House