Ephraim Doe

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th February 2025

1860 - Queen's Orphan School. Application for admission 14 September 1860; CHILDREN; - Ephraim Norton or Doe aged 4 years & 6 months Mary Ann Norton or Doie aged 3 years & 6 months FATHER; No deatsils MOTHER; Bridget Norton or Doe No further details ADMITTED; 1 April 1859 Teh boy on Imperial Funds The Girl on Colonial Funds DISCHARGED to their mother; 5 Sept 1859 1859 - 25 March . Letter from Cascades Factory Mother was received from Richmond yesterday under a sentence of 6 months hard labour for Larceny, has with her 2 children aged 41/2 & 3 1/2 Husband is now under sentence in the Prisoners Barracks

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Jennifer jacobs on 30th November 2024

Marriage for parents Ephraim Bowell and Charlotte Doe: Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT 10 February 1815.

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Maureen Withey on 30th May 2023

Ephraim Doe, a native of Norfolk, and lived in South Norfolk, near the Suffolk border. He was sentenced to be transported for Life in 1838 for stealing wheat at Botesdale. This was not his first conviction. He was 19 years old when he was sentenced to be transported for 7 years in 1832, again for stealing wheat, but a petition was made, and his sentence was was reduced to being sent to the Penitentiary at Millbank for three years. Other minor offences took him back to court again, until he was finally transported for Life. He arrived on the ship Layton in Tasmania. His Convict Records tell of his early life there. He was finally recommended for a Conditional Pardon in 1851. However, he, together with his wife, Bridget, were tried for murder in 1868. His wife was acquitted and he was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment, and was sent to Port Arthur to serve his sentence. In 1874, the remainder of his sentence was remitted and he was discharged. He was a farmer and had a small holding of land. He had at least 1 child, a son, also named Ephraim. He lived to an old age, dying in 1893. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ephraim Doe, for an assault, 6 weeks, unless, &c. Ipswich Journal, 2 Oct 1830. To the County Gaol and House of Correction in this town, Ephraim Doe, (by the Revds. Thos. D. Betts and Manning,) charged with having stolen a quantity of wheat, the property of Mr. George Kerry Blofield, of Mellis. Suffolk Chronicle, 11 Feb 1832. On Wednesday last, Thomas Norton, Wm. Greensmith, John Barker, and John Goodrich, were removed from Ipswich County Gaol, to be put on board the York hulk at Gosport, in order to be transported for 14 years; and Ephriam Doe, Samuel Firman, David Death, & John Williams, to be transported for 7 years. Bury and Norwich Post, 18 April 1832. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/123/207. Date: 27 Apr 1832. Prisoner name: Ephraim Doe. Prisoner age: 19. Court and date of trial: Suffolk Lent Assizes held at Ipswich March 1832. Crime: Stealing corn the property of George Blofield. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Gaoler's report: Character indifferent. Annotated (Outcome): This man may go the Penitentiary. Inform LA [Lord Albemarle]. Petitioner(s): 6 signatories. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good conduct; small value of property; honest. Other papers: Letter from Henry Norton Palmer concerning Thomas Anderson aged 21 convicted of stealing sheep and sentenced to transportation for life. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Norfolk Assizes. The Kenninghall Riot.—At the adjourned Sessions for this county, John Rush, Mayor, Ephraim Doe, Win. Carman, Robert Cocks, and William Forlis, were indicted for riotously and tumultuously assembling-, with divers other persons, at Kenninghall, on the loth of Feb last, and bursting into the room of the White Horse public house, kept by John Garnett, and breaking the windows. On day in question, the Guardians of the Poor the Hundred were in discharge their duties under New Poor Law at the White Horse public-house, in Kenninghall. About the middle of the day, large assembly of persons came the house, armed with bludgeons and other weapons, to shew their opposition to the new law. The staircase leading to the room in which Guardians were sitting was thronged with the crowd, who at length broke open the door, in spite of all the resistance the Guardians could make. Carman and Cook appeared to take a more active part than the other prisoners, the latter breaking out the windows with a bludgeon. Stones and other missiles were thrown in great quantities and at the windows, and a general cry was raised of “We came here for bread, and bread or blood we will have.” This scene of contusion and terror lasted about two hours during which the Riot Act was read, when the Guardians, with the assistance of hunting party who came up, were enabled to disperse the mob. The prisoners were found guilty, and sentenced as follows :—Carman and Cook to ? months' imprisonment; Rush & Mayor to ? months imprisonment; Doe and Fortis 3 months imprisonment. Suffolk Chronicle, 19 Mar 1836. and Bury and Norwich Post, 16 March 1836. Ephraim Doe, being found, &c., with intent to commit felony, 3 calendar months hard 1abour. Suffolk Chronicle, 10 Dec 1836. Commitments to the County Gaol and House of Correction.-Ephraim Doe, alias Bowler, by the Rev. John Chevallier and John Johnson Tuck, Esq., charged with stealing a quantity of wheat and two sacks, the property of Chas. Wright, of Botesdale. Ipswich Journal, 23 Feb 1839. WHEAT-STEALING AT BOTESDALE Frederic Salter and Ephraim Doe Bowler were indicted for stealing a quantity of sacks and several articles the property of Mr Wright of Botesdale. .... Essex and Herts Mercury, 19 March 1839. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Records. Convict Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-12$init=CON31-1-12P41 No 1441. Ephraim Doe, alias Bowler. Sentence, Life. Gaol report. Transported before, character very bad. Hulk report, good. Single. Stated this offence, stealing wheat stores pr at Buddesdell, transported in 1831 for wheat. 1 week 3 years at Millbank, once for assault, 2 6 weeks for wood single ?? Ephraim Doe ..??? See record for full details. Description Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON18-1-14$init=CON18-1-14P23 Ephraim Doe. Farm labourer. Native place, Norfolk. Age 27, 5 ft 7 in. pockpitted, crooked left little finger, right arm, See record for full details. Convict Conduct Record, Port Arthur. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON94-1-1P138 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON94-1-1P139 Ephraim Doe, No 1441. Transported for Manslaughter. Tried at Supreme Court 17 October 1867. This record also covers a month by month list of his earnings, while at Port Arthur, from Sept 1868 to Feb 1871. See record for details. Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-9$init=CON34-1-9P318 Original conviction. Transported for stealing shoes. Conditional Pardon Approved, 16/12/1851. Tried for Manslaughter Supreme Court, 17 Oct 1868, Sentence, 15 years imprisonment. Last entry in right margin: 16/3/1874. Residue of sentence remitted. To be discharged forthwith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Marriage and children. Convict Permission to Marry. Ephraim Doe, per Layton, and Ann Connor, per Emma Eugenia, Permission requested 27 Nov 1849, and approved. Convict Permission to Marry https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON52-1-3p044 Ephraim Doe, per Layton, Date of permission, 30 July 1850, and Bridget Norton, per Tory, (married 2 Sept 1850) Marriage Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD37-1-9p360j2k Ephraim Doe, age 32, married Bridget Norton, age 33, 19 Aug 1850, at St Lukes Church, Richmond. He was a farm servant, she was a servant. Both signed their mark X. The witnesses were William Chambers and May Spencer. Births of children: 2 April 1852. Mary Ann Doe. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-34p673j2k 3 May 1854. Ephraim Doe. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD33-1-32p350j2k --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Mountain Vale Murder. The men, Ephraim Doe and Thomas Daw, in custody on suspicion of having murdered John Harris, have made such inconsistent statements that the probability is there is not a word of truth in either of them. Daw was engaged to assist Harris in the detection of sheepstealers, and on Wednesday night last Daw returned to Mr. Green's and said they had found two fat sheep with their legs tied ; that Ephraim Doe was the thief, and that they had got him; But when Mr. Green and Daw went in a chaise cart to look for Harris and Doe, they could find neither; and on renewing the search next morning they found Harris murdered, with the back of his skull smashed in, and his right wrist gashed with, deep cuts. An inquest was commenced before Charles Arthur, Esq , Coroner, on Saturday. Cornwall Chronicle, 21 Aug 1867. Friday, 23rd August, 6 p.m. [BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH] (From our own Correspondent.) The inquest has just terminated. Verdict — Wilful murder against Ephraim Doe and his wife. Cornwall Chronicle, 24 Aug 1867. Report of the Inquest on John Harris. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/72181383?searchTerm=Ephraim%20doe From Launceston Examiner, 20 Aug 1867. MURDER. Ephraim Doe and Bridget Doe were charged with having on the 14th of August last, at Mountain Vale, near Bishopsbourne, wilfully and maliciously murdered one John Harris. The Attorney-General prosecuted. Mr. Rocher, sen., for Ephraim Doe, and Mr. Rocher, jun., for Bridget Doe. Prisoners pleaded not guilty. The particulars of this case were fully given in our columns, in connection with the coroner's inquest. The jury retired at 4-40 p.m., and returned into Court at a quarter to six with a verdict of "guilty of manslaughter" against Ephraim Doe, and a verdict of " not guilty" in the case of Bridget Doe. His Honor sentenced the prisoner to 15 years' imprisonment. The Mercury, 21 Oct 1867. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Kentish Plains. Mr Ephraim Doe wrote asking the trust to remit part of his father's rates, as the old man was not in position to pay. It was resolved that as the son was in a position to pay the amount, that rate be not remitted. The North West Post, 8 Oct 1889. OUR Sheffield correspondent writes :— Another death took place yesterday, Mr Ephraim Doe, sen., of Beulah, who has been ailing for a long time. Launceston Examiner, Wed 2 Aug 1893. An old identity, in the person of Ephraim Doe, passed over to his majority after a lingering illness, on Sunday ? July at the ripe age of four score years. Dec. was well known in the Longford and surrounding districts in the early days of the colony. Daily Telegraph, 7 Aug 1893. Death record https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-62_177 Death in Sheffield district, of Ephraim Doe (the elder), 30 July 1893, age 88 years, farmer, Cause of death, senility, Informant, John Byron, Farmer, resident at Paradise.