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Transportation
Samuel Clift was transported on the Neptune, departing 30th Nov 1817 and arriving 5th May 1818 with 169 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 416 |
| 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
1828 Census Index. Samuel Clift, age 29, T.L. Neptune, 1818, 14 years, protestant. Farmer, Wallis Plains district. Holds 60 acres of land, 26 of which are cleared, and 18 cultivated. Has 2 horses and 160 cattle. Anne Clift, age 24, Came free, protestant. Children: Elizabeth Clift, aged 6, B.C. (born in colony). William Clift, age 4. Joseph Clift, age 2. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Index. Samuel Clift, per Neptune, 1818, Ticket of Leave, 26/243. District, Hunters River; Born, Birm 1893; Trade, Team driver; Tried, Northampt 1817. Samuel Clift, per Neptune, 1818, Certificate of Freedom, 15 Jul 1831. 31/0704. TL 243/2377. -------------------------------------------------- IN THE GOODS OF PETER DUFF, DECEASED. NOTICE is hereby given, that Probate of the last Will and Testament of Peter Duff, late of Jerry's Plains, in the County of Northumberland, in the Colony of New South Wales, Farmer and Grazier, deceased, has been granted to Samuel Cliff, of Wallis Plains, in the District of Hunter's River. DAVID POOLE, Proctor. Sydney Gazette, 22 Sep 1829. ---------------------------------------------------- Death. At his residence, West Maitland, on the 19th July, Mr. Samuel Clift, aged 71 years ; deeply regretted by his family and friends. Maitland Mercury, 22 Jul 1862. -------------------------------------------------- DEATHS. On 31st ultimo, at her late residence, East Maitland, after a short illness, Ann, relict of the late Samuel Clift, Esq., of West Maitland; aged 65 years. Maitland Mercury, 4 Jan 1868. ---------------------------------------------------- At Weires's Creek, Liverpool Plains, on the 19th October, in the 67th year of his age, Mr. James Duff, brother of Mrs. John Eckford and Mrs. Samuel Clift, of East Maitland, and an old and respected resident of Jerry's Plains for upwards of 40 years, leaving a wife and six children to mourn their loss, and deeply regretted by a numerous circle of relatives and friends. Maitland Mercury, 6 Nov 1866. ----------------------------------------------------- It appears that Samuel's wife Ann was the brother of James Duff, so her maiden name was most likely Duff. This explains the reason why Probate of Peter Duff's will was granted to Samuel Clift.
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