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Transportation
Samuel Mobbs was transported on the Scarborough, departing 13th May 1787 and arriving 26th Jan 1788 with 26 passengers.
430 tons, built Scarborough 1782. One of the ships of the First Fleet to Australia. (Details of these convicts transported are found under 'Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough & Alexander)
Scarborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 5 |
| 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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The incorrect information was entered for Samuel Mobbs by me previously. The First Fleet Samuel was not hung and this referred to the second Samuel who also came as a convict but in 1791.
Please delete my reference to death date, hanging and burial as apparently this relates to another Samuel Mobbs who came as a convict and arrived in July, 1971.
The Samuel Mobbs who was executed in 1796 was the one that arrived per 'MATILDA' 1791. Old Bailey: SAMUEL MOBBS, Theft > grand larceny, 21st April 1784. Offence: Theft > grand larceny Verdict: Guilty Punishment: Transportation SAMUEL MOBBS was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 7th of April, one cotton handkerchief, value 1 s. 6 d. the property of John Evan . JOHN EVANS sworn. On the 7th of this month I lost my handkerchief in High-street, St. Giless , at a quarter past three in the afternoon; I saw the prisoner at the bar with two unhappy girls as I think, coming out of a publick-house in High-street, I thought he looked very suspicious, I put my hand in my pocket, in order to secure my pocket, and in about a minute he came running by me, and I found his hand in my pocket. Was your handkerchief in that pocket, or had you taken it out? - I believe not, he took my handkerchief out, and he shook his hand at me, I followed him down a little way, and he whipped into a publick-house, I had my gold watch and a great deal of money, I was afraid to go after him. Did you say he shook the handkerchief at you? - He did my Lord, by way of ridicule, or to let the two girls see he had taken it, I saw him go into a publick-house, I cannot tell the name or the sign, I went and got some assistance, and came to take him, and the women said to me, the person you want is not here, I looked round backwards and forwards, and I saw him through a glass door stuck up between two water butts in the yard, upon that I and three more went round and took him to Justice Walker's. Did you ever find your handkerchief? - No. Are you quite sure he is the man you saw with your handkerchief in his hand? - Yes, when he was taken before Justice Walker, they called him by his name, I knew him well. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I was going through St. Giles's, and I saw that gentleman and I walked by him, I went to the publick-house to have a pint of beer, I went backwards, and this gentleman and some others came and took me to Justice Walker, he wanted to value the handkerchief at five shillings, and the Justice would not let him, then he wanted to value it at two shillings and sixpence, then at one shilling and sixpence. Have you any friends to speak for you to shew that you are an honest man? - No. What way of life are you in? - I am a plaisterer. GUILTY Transported for seven years. Samuel Mobbs was on Norfolk Island. He co-habitated with Martha Baker and they also shared a pig. She had married Walter Batley 21/2/1788 at Sydney Cove and had been previously married to Thomas Baker in England. She left Norfolk Island on 2/11/1793. Family name(s) MOBBS Given name(s) Samuel Alternate name(s) Sex Male Occupation Plasterer Age when departed England 23 Trial date 21 April 1784 Trial place Old Bailey, London Crimes Stealing a cotton handkerchief Value of crimes 1 shillings Original sentence Transportation Transported for 7 years Ship Scarborough ***Date left colony 1792(?)
Hanging was on 16 Mar 1797 for Burglary and reference is Wikipedia - List of people legally executed in Australia - en.wikipedia.org
Samuel was 23 when he was transported in Jan 1787 and arrived in NSW 22 Jan 1788 on board the Scarborough.. Value of handkerchief was 1 shilling the property of John Evans. Trial place Old Bailey.on 21 Apr 1784. Web site Firstfleet.thruhere.net/convict states he left the Colony in 1792 but he was executed in Sydney on 11 Mar 1796 (for robbery?). Burial records state that all Buriels in Sydney in 1796 were at the Old Sydney Burial Ground. Search of Ancestry reveals a 'Samuel Mobbs' whose age is. Consistent with First Fleet Samuel who was baptized 25 May 1765 at Aston North, Oxfordshire, England whose Mother is listed as Mary. Unable to confirm unfortunately. Refs also include your site as well as Australianhistoryresearch.info as well as Ancestry.com NB his occupation was Plasterer and not Plaister as stated in your drop down list of occupations. Perhaps you could correct.