Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Gambling was transported on the Barwell, departing 31st Aug 1797 and arriving 18th May 1798 with 309 passengers.
Barwell (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 226 |
| 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
Indent for Barwell George Gambling, age 34, tried Hants Gaol Delivery, 6 July 1796, beyond the seas, 14 years. William Wood, age 28, tried Hants Gaol Delivery, 6 July 1796, beyond the seas, 7 years.
William Wood, Thomas Stower, John Ford, John Holbrook, and George Gambling, for breaking open the dwelling-house of Daniel Williams, and stealing several pair of shoes, shirts, neckcloths, and other articles, Romsey—Wood seven, and Gambling fourteen, years transportation - Stower two years , and Ford and Holbrook ? months, imprisonment in Bridewell. Hampshire Chronicle, 9 July 1796. Wm. Wood, concerned with others in a burglary, was sentenced to seven years transportation; and George Gambling, a landlord, Romsey, for receiving stolen apparel, to be transported for 14 years. Reading Mercury, 18 July 1796.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 159… [Ref G0122] Gamble, George, 67, free by servitude, Barwell, 1799, Petersham. 45 acres, all cleared, 15 cultivated, 3 cattle. [Ref G0123] Gamble, Mary, 80, Glatton, 1802.
In the colony, George formed a relationship with Mary Storrs (Convict, Glatton, 1803). They married in 1818 at Sydney. In the 1825 Muster, Mary has her sister Ellen and her nephew Edwrad living with her. Ellen’s relationship with John Gost, having broken down. Storrs, Ellen, free by servitude, Nile, 1801, 7 years, washerwoman, Sydney. Storrs, Edward, 20, born in the colony, son of Ellen Storrs, Sydney. Storrs, Mary, free by servitude, Glatton, 1803, 7 years, wife of George Gambling, Sydney. Gambling, George, free by servitude, Barwell, 1798, 14 years, landholder, Sydney.