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Amos Barrett was transported on the George The Third, departing 12th Dec 1834 and arriving 12th Mar 1835 with 220 passengers.
Built at Deptford, England in 1810. 394 tons, 114 feet length, 28 feet 3 inches beam. Registered at the Port of London. George III, was wrecked on reefs at the south-eastern entrance to the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on 12 March 1835 near the end of a voyage from Woolwich to Hobart Town. 133 of 220 male convicts on board lost their lives, 81 survived, one being a 10yr old boy. Only five of the 88 crew, guards and their families were drowned. Firearms had been discharged to keep the convicts below decks while the latter were being evacuated.
George The Third (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 491 (247) |
| 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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He survived the wreck of George the Third on April 13, 1835 Extract of Home Office transportation registers (The National Archives microfilm HO11) Amos Barrett; Middlesex Gaol Deliv.y; 15-5-1834; Seven years; Saved
Amos Barrett was 19 years old on arrival in VDL – Amos survived the wreck of the George the 111 in which 131 souls perished. Amos was 5’1 ½” tall, pale complexion, dark brown hair, light grey eyes, brown mole left side of cheek, single. 1835: Public Works. 13/5/1841: COF 1848 Census: Lived in Argyle Street, Hobart, Free. 25/1/1852 and 1/6/1856: Made trips to Melbourne. 27/10/1863: Tried for the murder of John Davis whom he employed as a French polisher. They had an altercation about work – had been drinking – Amos struck him and he tumbled backwards, hit his head and died. Amos was acquitted. 25/9/1863 The Mercury, Hobart: MAN KILLED.-Yesterday afternoon shortly before 5 o'clock, a man named Amos Barrett, a cabinet maker, residing in Murray-street, and another man named Davis, a French polisher, who was in Barrett's employ, had a few words at the angle of Murray and Bathurst-streets, when Barrett struck a blow on the nose, it is said, with the back of his hand. Davis fell backwards and his head came into contact with the curbstone through which he sustained a most serious injury. Dr Carns was promptly in attendance, and ordered the man's removal to the Colonial Hospital, where he expired a few minutes after his arrival.Barrett was taken into custody by the police, pending the inquest on Davis. We understand that both men had been drinking together, and that Barrett had given Davis a half a crown shortly before the unfortunate affair took place. Acquitted. 5/4/1864: Tried for ‘Uttering’ – acquitted. Lived with Blanche Trevaile – wife of John Trevaile (who died in 1858, Hobart) for over 20 years, at 152 Murray Street, Hobart Town. 17/8/1883: Died Newtown Pauper Establishment – of Debility – aged 66. 20/8/1883: Buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Paupers section.
Born Stoke Ash, Suffolk, youngest son of James Barrett and Rebecca (nee Mayhew). Convicted at the Old Bailey http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18340515-54-defend577&div=t18340515-54#highlight http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18340515-54-person582&div=t18340515-54#highlight