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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Samuel Fairs was transported on the Indian, departing 30th Jun 1810 and arriving 16th Dec 1810 with 201 passengers.
Indian (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 20 |
| 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
(Laurel) Hulk Records. HO-9-9-1. Received from Horsham, 26 Aug 1809. James Fairs, age 23, C.R. Felony, tried at Lewes, 5 Aug 1809, Life. to NSW 27 June 1810.
NOTICE—This is to Caution the Public from giving Trust or Credit to my Wife, Catherine Fairs, on my Account, as I will not be responsible for any Debt or Debts by her contracted, she having absented herself from her home without any cause or provocation whatever. SAMUEL FAIRS. Sydney Gazette, 27 Oct 1821.
I have managed to find the life and times of Samuel Fairs who is my great grandfather (1786-1867) his son also Samuel born 1866 is my grandfather and my mother Hilda Born 1905-1991 and I was born in 1936 With the help of The Royal Australian Historical Society I managed to tie-up the missing middle section of Samuel's life where he returned to England and married Mary Ann Garrad (Garrod) in Ipswich and then in 1856 they sailed on the "Antipodes" to Tasmania and lived in Hobart. There is a lot more information but would take ages to collate it all
Samuel Fairs was my great great grandfather.
One of the first party to cross the Blue Mountains (Blaxland, Wentworth, Lawson; James Burns, Samuel Fair and two other still-unknown convicts). Viz: "The petitioner accompanied Messrs Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson on their expedition over the mountains and conducted himself much to their satisfaction and I know him to be a sober, honest and industrious man" D'wentworth .... (Dated December 1, 1817) = Petition of Samuel Fairs. State Records NSW, Colonial Secretary's Papers Petition for mitigation of sentence re Samuel Fairs dated 1 December 1817, Reel 6052; 4/1751 p.106 :: ow.ly/j7VYT . Darcy Wentworth was the explorer W.C. Wentworth's father [and the man to whom S. Fairs had been assigned]. Samuel Fairs was tried at Sussex Assizes and sailed to Sydney in 1810 on the Indian. He received the death sentence for housebreaking, but it was commuted to transportation. After the 1813 Blue Mountains crossing, in the same year, Fairs married convict Mary Buckley. Fairs received his conditional pardon in 1818 and a land grant of 60 acres in Appin. In 1820 he married Catherine Wilson but there were issues with her father, who went to court seeking police protection from Fairs. In 1829 Fairs was sentenced to another seven years' transportation to Moreton Bay for stealing 200 pounds of pork from W.C. Wentworth, for whom he was working. His father-in-law wrote to the Colonial Secretary complaining Fairs was a bigamist. In 1844, after an absolute pardon, Fairs returned to England and at the age of 63 married Mary Garrod. They returned to Australia, settling in Hobart. There at the age of 79 he became a father, and died the following year, in 1867. (See: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/blue-mountains-conquerors-grow-to-four-20130413-2hs5c.html )