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Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Samuel Knight was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 202. Tasmanian Archives. |
| 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
1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Samuel Knight Age; No Details Class; T. L. Vessel; Baring - 1815 -Life Employment/Remarks; CLEARED; our for Hobart Town - November 1823
Samuel KNIGHT (along with James KNIGHT (brother), Thomas TYLER, Jane STAMFIELD on 25 May 1814 were charged with break, enter & steal at the business premises of a fur skin dresser. Their defence was that they dealt in this trade. Tyler found not guilty but the others Guilty, death sentence. Samuel and James KNIGHT transported to Australia, Life Sentences, per the ship "Baring" 1815. Samuel Knight - a clothier, married man with 2 children. Aged 49 yrs. Said to have come to London from the west country. Samuel subsequently transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia, with his son in 1828 to Port Dalrymple (now George Town) - xxx machinery for Simeon Lord at Sydney. Ref. noted in Convict Conduct Book, VDL.