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Transportation
William (Junior) Beet 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 39 (21) |
| 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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Convict Notes
Family connections for William (Beet) are: BEET William (Beet/Beat) was born about 1789. He was tried for highway robbery w/1other at Warwick Assizes on 27 9 1809, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held on hulk at Portsmouth & arrived in NSW on 29 9 1811 after a voyage of 5 months on ADMIRAL GAMBIER. He was Free by Servitude when he married Sarah (Shean/Watson) on 26 2 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Watson) was born about 1781. She was tried at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 6 1815 after a voyage of 6months on NORTHAMPTON. [Some details taken from this Website] [Noted a William (Best ADMIRAL GAMBIER 1811) is recorded as having a relationship with Catherine (Brumby). [William (Best) is not found on this Website] [William (Best) & Catherine (Brumby) produced 1child:] [1.Maria (Best) was born in 1823 & baptised on 30 3 1823 at St Marys RC Sydney.] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
At Warwick assizes, which closed on Friday, the following prisoners received sentence of death:— Patrick Wickham, aged 21, for highway robbery and shooting, near Warwick; William Beet, 21, and Wm. Smith, for a highway robbery; Edward Priest, 26, for a burglary in the house of Guy Knowles, in this town; James Price, 15, for forgery, in this town; John Roberts, 18, Benjamin Ball, 17, for robbing a dwelling house at Tamworth; Wm. Buttons, alias Wm. Johnson, alias Wm. Yarmouth, 23, for returning from transportation; Mary Wolley, 53, and Ann Smallbrook, 43, for stealing yards printed cotton the property of John Wynn, of this town; and Susannah Grant, 64, for having in her possession, in this town, an edger for marking money.—Patrick Wickham and Susannah Grant are left for execution; all the others his lordship reprieved before he left the town. Oxford University and City Herald, 12 Aug 1809. -------------------------------------------------- Portsmouth Hulks. HO-9-8-3. One of nine arrived from Warwick 29 July 1809. William Beat, age 20, Highway Robbery, tried at Warwick 29 July 1809, NSW Life, Sent on the Admiral Gambier, 10 March 1811. ----------------------------------------------------