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Transportation
Samuel Harrison was transported on the Barossa, departing 9th May 1844 and arriving 5th Sep 1844 with 322 passengers.
Barossa (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 96 |
| 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
Somerset assizes. Assault and Robbery on the Highway. Daniel Wingrove, aged 21, was charged with an assault and highway robbery on John Harford. The prosecutor is a dissenting minister of the Methodist persuasion, 76 years of age. On the 27th December last he had preached in Beckington, and was returning home to Road, after the service in the evening; when he was about three quarters of a mile on, the prisoner and another man were standing by a gate on the side of the road. Witness spoke civilly to them, when the prisoner laid hold of him by both arms, the other standing by. The prisoner then pulled at his watch, and after he had got it from his pocket, witness laid hold of a chain the prisoner pulled at the watch till the chain and case came off, he carried off the watch. The case, with the prosecutor's gloves and other things, were afterwards found in the road. The evidence of the prosecutor was partly corroborated by Charles Aberfield who assisted him in afterwards going to the spot and searching the road. The prisoner was proved to have afterwards offered the watch for sale to a salesman of Frome for 2s. 6d. The watch was produced, and identified by the prosecutor, who said he had had it 20 years. Guilty of the robbery, but not of the assault. Ten years' transportation. Sherborne Mercury, 25 March 1843. Somerset Lent Assizes. Samuel Harrison, 21, was charged with assaulting John Harford, and robbing him of a watch. The prosecutor Wesleyan local preacher of Road; and the robbery took place in the month of August, 1842, for which an accomplice of the prisoner was prosecuted at the assizes following, the prisoner having absconded. Both of them met the prosecutor on his return from Beckington, at 8 o'clock on a Sunday evening, and one of them laid hold of him, while the other pulled out his watch, separating it from the chain and seal. Guilty. Sentence deferred. Sherborne Mercury 6 April 1844.
Samuel married Loiuisa Thomas in 1858 and they went on the have 9 children, During this time Samuel was a constable
After his pardon he became a constable and was based in Fingal. He re married in Tasmania in 1858 to Louisa Thomas who was 19. In 1878 he discovered Tin in Ruby Flats Tasmania. We think he was mining until his death
Samuel was found guilty of assaulting John Harford on the highway and stealing his watch on the evening of 25th September 1842. Samuel was with Daniel Wingrove and John Harford testified that he spoke to Samuel and Daniel Wingrove as he passed them but that in a short time they overtook him and ran against him, one seized him around the waist while the other took the watch out of his pocket. It is reported that Daniel Wingrove who was apprehended soon after the incident, was tried, found guilty and transported. Samuel however left the area and wasn't caught until October 1843. He was imprisoned until the Spring Somerset Assizes were held in Taunton. Samuel admitted his guilt but said that he was led into it by Daniel Wingrove. Samuel was found guilty on 30th March 1844 but his sentence was deferred. I have yet to find out when he was sentenced. Daniel was convicted on 13th March 1843 at Somerset Assizes (a year and a couple of weeks earlier then Samuel) and was sentenced for ten years. He was Transported to Van Dieman's Land on the vessel Sir George Seymour and the voyage is dated as 5th November 1844 on his Transportation Record. This means that Samuel arrived in Tasmania almost 6 months earlier then Daniel. I've searched the 1841 census for a John Harford and found a possibility for him in Road, Frome. If I have the right John, he was a Shopkeeper aged 70 and is living with a lady about 20 years younger named Bathsheba Harford. In 1851 the census says John born in Road, Frome, Somerset in abt 1764 formerly a gate keeper now aged 84 and his wife Bathsheba born in Wiltshire in abt 1787 now aged 64 are still in Road, Frome. It's possible John died not long after in 1851 and Bathsheba's death is registered in the March quarter of 1857 in Frome, Somerset. John had married Bathsheba Gunston in June quarter 1838 in Frome, Somerset.