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Transportation
Samuel Derrington was transported on the Speke, departing 5th Aug 1826 and arriving 26th Nov 1826 with 156 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 53 (28) |
| 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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Hulk Records. HO-9-4-4. Page 21 Justitia Hulk Received 24 April 1826. Samuel Derrington, age 20, Burglary, Tried at Stafford Assizes, 9 March 1826, Life, Transported 26 July 1826.
DEATHS At East Maitland, on the 24th Nov., Anne, widow of the late Samuel Derrington, aged 69 years. Maitland Mercury, 1 Dec 1883.
East Maitland Galvanized and Tinware Manufactory. THE undersigned begs to announce to his friends and the public generally, that from late extensive improvements in premises and machinery, he is enabled to MANUFACTURE GALVANIZED IRON WORK, such as Guttering, Piping, Cisterns, Shoes, Water Tanks, &c. Orders attended to and executed with punctuality and despatch. Piping, Guttering, &c., always on hand. SAMUEL DERRINGTON. Maitland Mercury, 1 June 1861. ------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage Reg. Samuel Derrington, and Diana Spalls, Reg No 2025/1860. Samuel Derrington and Ann May, Reg No 2297/1867. Deaths. Diana Derrington, age 46 years. Died Maitland. Reg No 4977/1866. Samuel Derrington, Died Maitland, Reg No 7852/1880. Anne Derrington, age 69, Died Maitland, Reg No 9039/1883. ----------------------------------------------------------------- An old bushman named Samuel Derrington writes to the Maitland Mercury recommending persons in the bush in want of water to gather the dew in the morning. He says : My appliance for doing so was of the rudest kind being simply a mop made from a grass, the stems of which can be rubbed into a fibre resembling the English hemp, and which grows largely in Queensland. If I could then gather water enough with my rude collector, how much easier for the modern bushman, who could get his blankets wringing wet in a square of a dozen yards! I have often wondered, when reading of the hair-breadth escapes of explorers and others from want of water, that this mode of replenishing was never resorted to. I can only say that it never failed me, and if the bush is the same now as it was then, no man need perish from thirst." Empire, 18 Jan 1875.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 20th August, 1838. The undermentioned Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets-of Leave, since the last day of publication - Maitland.-Samuel Derrington, Speke 3, Sydney Monitor, 27 Aug, 1838. -------------------------------------------------------------- It will be noticed that Samuel was listed as having "run" from Moreton Bay in December 1827, and having returned 17 October 1836. The announcement of his death explains this period: DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL DERRINGTON.- A very old resident of East Maitland, Mr Samuel Derrington, died on Sunday, from decay of nature, after a long life which had contained an uncommon experience. Mr. Dorrington was, in his young manhood, brought by circumstances into the bush on the coast of Queensland, and resided with a tribe of aboriginals for several years. It was not indeed a willing residence, but white people were scarce in that part of the territory at the time, and the prisoner of the blacks had to content himself with his fate. He was appointed chief, we understand, and in the various battles of his tribe, led them with skill and effect, Many attempts were made by Mr. Derrington to escape; he was once able to get away twenty-five miles, but his subjects tracked him and obliged him to return. He was especially the object of female vigilance - the gins were always on the watch lest he should go. At last, when the white population increased in the Wide Bay district, where Mr, Derrington,reigned, he managed to get back to his own people. For more than thirty years he has been in business as tinsmith in East Maitland, and though eccentric in some of his ways, was ever highly-esteemed for probity and straightforwardness. Maitland Mercury, 17 Aug 1880. DEATHS. August 18th.—Died at his residence, East Maitland, Mr. Samuel Derrington, after nine weeks of severe illness, leaving an affectionate wife to mourn her loss. His end was peace. Aged 75 years. Maitland Mercury, 21 Aug 1880.
Source: Letters Re Moreton Bay, dated July, August and September 1837. 27 May 1837. Forwarding Lieut Otter’s report of excursion to search for supposed wreck – mentions natives from Huon Mondays tribe reporting a ship wreck. Report re search for vessel wrecked in Wide Bay with women & children on board – mentions Huon Mundy’s River [also spelt Huon Monday] & failure to meet blacks. Mentions sent Derrington ashore – also mentions runaway Bracefield apprehended with help of Derrington. Particulars of Samuel Derrington, a Prisoner of the Crown serving under Sentence at Moreton Bay. 25th August 1837 Samuel Derrington/ “Speke 3 7 Sept 1837. Letter reporting on expedition under Lieut Russell to search for 2 lost seamen of “Duke of York” – natives on banks of Huon Monday River confessed men had been killed. [No 37/6] Discusses outrages by natives in particular Huon Monday tribe. Asks for favourable consideration for prisoners involved. Samuel Derrington/ “Speke” 3 [Ref 37/06097 – see also 37/06997]
Moreton Bay Convict Records. Samuel Derrington, per Speke 3, tried Stafford Ass. 9 Mar 1826, Life. Brassfounder. Per Order of the Secretary of State for the Colonies to remain at Moreton Bay during their Sentences. Returned to Sydney, 28 Apr 1838. Run 22nd December 1827. Retd 17th Oct 1836. Description: Samuel Derrington, native place, Stafford, age 21, 5 ft 6 ¼. Fair comp, lt brown hair, hazle eyes.
The six following convicts were next brought - Brevitt, Daniel Nixon John Tipping, Samuel Derrington, John Poole, and Edward L Faulkner, and the learned Judge communicated to them the melancholy intelligence, that they must forfeit their lives to the offended laws of their country, and afterwards passed the awful judgment of death upon them. It is understood they are left for execution. The four last named are the men by whom the burglary at the house of George Simeox, Esq. of Harborne, near Birmingham, was committed. Derby Mercury, 22 March 1826. Reprieves have been received at Stafford for Brevett, Nixon, Tipping, Derrington, Poole, and Faulkner, six of the culprits who received sentence of death at the late Assizes. Representative 1826, 4 April 1826.