Ambrose Herrington

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Maureen Withey on 10th June 2025

BRUTAL ASSAULT AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—Thomas Langford, 21, Edward Viccars, 25, Ambrose Hetherington, 29, and Henry Driver, 33, were indicted for assaulting, with intent to murder, Thomas Williams, at Strood, in the city and borough of Rochester.—Thomas Williams, who came into the witness-box on crutches, was accommodated with a chair. He deposed that he was a porter on the Rochester and Gravesend Railway ; on Whit Monday he and a person named Howard left their employ at one o'clock in the morning, and went to the Dolphin public-house, where he saw the prisoners and several other persons, in a room upstairs, drinking. While he was there Langford made a bet with a man named Paget, to dance with Viccars, which was decided in favor of Paget ; there was a little dispute with Viccars and Paget, which ended in the room ; he departed shortly after, leaving some of the prisoners in the house. When he had left the house, Viccars, using some violent language, said he had been waiting for him an hour, and knocked him down ; Driver was standing close to him ; Hetherington struck him with a bludgeon, and again knocked him down, and, while on the ground, Driver kicked him several times ; was insensible a considerable period, and when he recovered found himself in the Dolphin.—John Tuff, superintendent of the Rochester police, deposed that he brought the prisoners to gaol. and, when getting into the van, Hetherington said, -- the man, I hope he will die ; and Langford said to the persons who were standing by, that it was an honor to to them.—Guilty.—Langford, one year hard labor ; Viccars, transported fifteen years; Hetherington and Driver, transported twenty years. Dover Telegraph, 2 Aug 1845. The undermentioned male convicts were on Saturday morning removed from the county gaol, to the Millbank prison: Henry Driver, Ambrose Herrington, and Charles Leach, transported for twenty years; James Austin, William Lee, Thomas Taylor, John Cross, Edward Viccars, Michael McMahon, James Simmons, and Charles Davis, for fifteen years; Edwin Brotherton, James Exton, Robert Spears, and Edward Spicer, for ten years; Fred, George Janes and Henry Flood, for seven years. South Eastern Gazette, 12 Aug 1845.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 27th April 2025

Place of origin: Rochester, Kent CON17-1-2 Image 208 Trade; Boatman, Height; 5 ft 5 1/2 inches aged 33 years old Status; Married - 5 children. C.E. Able to read & write 1852 - Marriage Permissions, 9 Aug 1852 to Mary Kidner - Free 1852 - Marriage. 9 Aug 1852. St Mark's Chapel Ambrose Herrington of full age, Boatman Mary Kidner aged 16 years old, Boatman's daughter 1855 – 22 Oct 1855. Birth of daughter; Elizabeth Harrington. Informant; Grandfather; Chas Stanfield, Kangaroo Point. Father’s trade. Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1855 – 10 Nov 1855. Death of daughter; Elizabeth Harrington. Aged 3 weeks. Mariner’s daughter from Natural Causes. Informant; Ambrose Harrington, Father. Kangaroo Point 1858 – 26 Dec 1858. Birth of son; Charles Stanfield Harrington. Informant; Grandmother; Elizabeth Kidner. Kangaroo Point. Father’s trade. Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1862 – 31 Dec 1862. Death of son; Charles Ambrose Harrington aged 4 years old. Father’s trade; Sailor from Low Fever. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Registered: Clarence 1865 – 18 Sep 1865. Birth of daughter; Adelaide Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Mariner. Registered: Clarence 1867 – 2 Oct 1867. Death of Cecilia Alice Harrington aged 7 weeks from Erysipelas. Informant; Ellen Wheller, Kangaroo Point. Father’s trade. Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1869 – 20 Jan 1869. Birth of daughter; Lucy Florence Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Mariner. Registered: Clarence 1870 – 1 Mar 1870. Birth of son; Ambrose Ernest Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1870 – 13 Mar 1870. Death of son; Ambrose Ernest Harrington. Aged; 13 days from Convulsions. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. 1871 – 30 Mar 1871. Birth of son; William Charles Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1872 – 14 Sep 1872. Birth of son; Ambrose Archy Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1873 – 4 Mar 1873. Death of son; Ambrose Archy Harrington. Boatman’s son. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Registered: Clarence 1873 – 14 Oct 1873. Birth of son; Wilfred Walter Harrington. Informant; Mother; Mary Harrington, Kangaroo Point. Father's trade; Boatman. Registered: Clarence 1896 - New Town Charitable Institute: Name; Ambrose Harrington *** Ship to colony: China POL709-1-26 page 146 (03 Aug 1896 to 05 Sep 1896) Admitted from the district of George's Bay. Discharged to Friends 1897 - 1 Sep 1897. Aged; 79 years old - Pauper. Born England. Cause of death; Senilis *** Ages and names as per the Registers ***