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Transportation
Amos Crisp was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1815 and arriving 30th Jan 1816 with 221 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 237 (120) |
| 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
"Amos Crisp a friend of George Gray. George’s daughter Mary Gray married John Crisp."
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Convict Notes
Absconded. Crisp Amos, Ocean (l), 29, Suffolk, gardener, 5 feet 5 ½ inches, florid comp., brown hair, hazel eyes, charged with cattle stealing, from Hyde Park Barracks, since March, 1836. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 Aug 1847.
NSW 1828 Census Index. Amos Crisp, age 35, T.L. Ocean 1, 1815, Life, protestant, Settler, Residence, Lower Minto district, has 350 acres of land, 65 cleared and 50 cultivated, has 10 horses, and 75 horned cattle. With him, Elizabeth, aged 17, Amos, 15, who both came free on the ship Lord Melville in 1816. Other children, born in the colony, Frances, age 11, John, 9, Charles, 7 and Edward 5. ------------------------------------------------------------ Published in The Sydney Monitor, 28 Nov 1832: Statement of The Case of Amos Crisp, New South Wales. AMOS CRISP was a Convict transported to New South Wales, under such circumstances as to induce the then Governor (Macquarie) to grant him an exception from Government employment, and in fact to enjoy all the privileges of a free man, excepting the power of quitting the Colony. In this state he resided with his family on a farm, distant about twenty miles from the town of Sydney, supporting himself and them creditably. A portion of his farm-house, Crisp rented to a Gentleman, who hired it for the purpose of enjoying field sports, when a release from official duties would allow him the opportunity of indulging in those amusements. On the 17th June, 1829, about midnight, three Constables entered the house of Crisp, without any warrant or legal authority, but stated that they had received verbal instructions from Captain Rossi, the Police Magistrate at Sydney, to seach the premises. They accordingly went into every room, even that in which Crisp's daughter, a girl of seventeen years of age, was then sleeping, and insisted upon examining the bed in which she was lying. The Constables afterwards proceeded to the bed room, rented by the gentleman alluded to, who was then absent at Sydney;—they ransacked his trunk, carpet bag, and desk, and took various papers and memoranda therefrom. They then stated, that their object in making this search was to discover, whether or not a female Convict illegally at large, named New, was harboured in Crisp's house; and one of them remarked, that the papers he had taken plainly proved, in his opinion, that this woman had been there. The oath of that Constable (sworn the next day) declares, that "Crisp, on this, as also his daughter, positively denied that ever such a person had been in their house." Without further ceremony, however, the Constables took Crisp into custody and the subsequent measures adopted will be best explained by the subjoined extract from an Affidavit made by Crisp soon after his release from this unwarrantable apprehension:— "They, the said Constables, took this Deponent into custody and carried him prisoner the next morning before the Bench at Liverpool, by whom he was transmitted to the Bench at Sydney, where Deponent arrived on Thursday the 18th day of June, and was locked up in the watch-house; and Deponent further saith, that he was not charged with any offence whatever, or called before the Bench of Magistrates at Sydney—but on Saturday, the 20th day of June, the said Captain Rossi came to the watch-house, and ordered Deponent to be removed from thence, and to be confined in one of the solitary dungeons thereof—where Deponent remained until ten o'clock on Monday morning, the 22nd day of June following, when Deponent was removed on board the HULK, AND PUT IN DOUBLE IRONS, and so kept until the 23rd day of June, when Deponent was taken before the Executive Council; and after being examined respecting a Mrs. DICKSON residing at his house, he, Deponent, was discharged by order of the Council, and ordered to make the best of his way home. And Deponent further saith, that he has not, directly or indirectly, done or committed any act contrary to law, or in any why to justify the treatment he has been subjected to, and as is herein detailed during a residence of upwards of fourteen years in this Colony. (Signed) Sworn before me, this the ? day of July, 1829, (Signed) JOHN GURNER, Com. of Sup. Court." Mrs. Dickson here spoken of, was the servant who took charge of the apartments occopied by Mr. Crisp's tenant,—and although an affidavit was made by the tenant before Mr. Rossi, the Magistrate above spoken of, proving that Mrs Dickson was a free woman, who should be at once produced if required, and exculpating Crisp from any offence, yet did Mr. Rossi decline to discharge Crisp, declaring "that all the Papers were sent to Government House, by desire of Governor Darling, who had ordered Crisp to be detained in Jail, and who had directed all the proceedings which had been adopted in this case." N. B. The documents substantiating this case were transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies on the 17th May, 1830.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 28th June, 1836. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets of Leave belonging to the undermentioned Prisoners have been cancelled, for the reason set against their respective names, viz. — Crisp Amos, Ocean (1), absconding when under charge of Cattle Stealing.
Amos Crisp(convict) daughter was Frances Crisp 1818-1888, married to John Rolfe
Amos CRISP (convict) was the son of Amos CRISP, whose sister Susan married Philip VINCE. Amos VINCE (a blacksmith in Wereham, Norfolk) was the son of Philip and Susan VINCE, and thus the cousin of the convict Amos CRISP.
Under Amos Ames - Old bailey on line: Sentenced to death for stealing 1 watch, value of 12pound 1s. the property of Robert Tulloch. Col.Sec: 5/2/1816 - On list of convicts forwarded to Liverpool for distribution. 17/12/1819 - Received payment at Sydney for meat and grall deliverer=d to the Commissariat Stores. 24/12/1820-24/1/1821 - Store receipts for fresh meat. 1830 TOL. Amos was married to Elizabeth Ann Brown (1785-1827) on the 9/9/1810. After Amos had been transported Elizabeth travelled to NSW on the Lord Melville 1817 with her son, Amos, and a daughter. Amos (convict) became involved in activities of dubious legality and was eventually forced to flee the country. His famils is well documented in the Monaro Pioneers website. He died on the 31/1/1881 at Windellama, Southern Tablelands.
Sentenced to death, commuted to "Life in the colonies". aliases: Amos Vince