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Transportation
Samuel Kettle was transported on the Speke, departing 13th Dec 1820 and arriving 18th May 1821 with 156 passengers.
Speke (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 423 (213) |
| 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
Colonial Secretary Index. KETTLE, Samuel. Per "Speke" (2) 1821 Sep 5 Signatory to letter from servants employed at the General Hospital re payment in money of their extra half ration (Reel 6051; 4/1748 p.42) 1822 Dec 26 Petition from son Henry that he not be sent to Emu Plains (Reel 6056; 4/1763 p.105) 1823 Nov 22 On return of convicts discharged from the Establishment, Emu Plains; to Penrith Bench (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.171) 1823 Dec 1 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3290; 4/4570D p.69) 1824 Feb 11 Peter Murdoch, Superintendent, Emu Plains reporting re irregular accounts kept by Kettle while overseer at the Punt (Reel 6061; 4/1778 p.53)
Absconded. 2 Kettle Samuel, Speke, 49, Carpenter, Staffordshire, 5 feet 6 brown eyes, brown to grey hair, dark ruddy comp. from Hyde Park Barrack. Sydney Gazette, 11 March 1830.
Samuel, a carpenter by trade, was tried and convicted at the Summer Assizes at Lancaster Castle on 23rd August 1820, for uttering false order for money, he was sentenced to death, this was commuted to transportation for life. Left England on 22nd december 1820. Ship:- the 'Speke I' sailed with 156 male convicts on board of which 2 died during the voyage. Arrived on 18th May 1821. Samuel's wife Mary and their 3 daughters arrived in the Colony in 1822 as free persons on the ship 'Jupiter', eldest son Henry came free per "Countess of Harcourt" 26th December 1822, it is not known when their youngest son John Icke arrived in NSW. The Sydney Morning Herald, New South Wales Monday 27th February 1865 On the 24th instant, at his son's residence, Samuel Kettle, Esq., aged 88 years, late of the firm of Kettle and Davis, merchants, Liverpool, England, and father of J. I. Kettle, Esq., J.P., Sydney.