Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Mortlock was transported on the Lord William Bentinck, departing 28th Apr 1832 and arriving 28th Aug 1832 with 187 passengers.
Lord William Bentinck (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 337 (169) |
| 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
Bury and Suffolk Herald 16/3/1832: Samuel Mortlock of Cavendish, aged 34 years was convicted of having stolen 2© bushels of potatoes the property of John Firman a farmer of Cavendish. 7 years transportation. Samuel was sentenced to transportation before - 7 years for stealing cheese - served 1 year and 9 months at Portsmouth. Samuel was 5'1 1/4" or 5'10 1/4" tall, blue eyes, light brown hair, several moles on neck, married - wife Mary and 2 or 3 children at native place of Cavendish. 1832/33: Assigned to Mr Gunn. 1835: Was a constable. By 1838: had a TOL 1842: Free Certificate. From "The Mortlock Blacksmiths" Samuel of Freckenham born in 1787. The gaps in the birth order of his children fit with his enforced absences, and his unfortunate wife may be the Mary who had children in Cavendish without the assistance of a husband in 1828 and 1834. Some prison hulk records put Samuel as born 1794 or 1798, but I think that ‘age 21’ in those records may just mean ‘over 21’: 1. Charged with larceny at Bury St Edmunds Quarter Sessions 1807 but discharged ‘ignoramus’ (which probably means no witnesses turned up). 2. In Bury Gaol 7.1809 (with two FLACKS) [LG 1.7. & 8.7.1809]. 3.Convicted at Bury St Edmunds Quarter Sessions 17.7.1815 & given 7 yrs transportation for grand larceny (with two others) for ‘stealing from a waggon’ [IJ]. Sent to hulk Captivity, discharged ‘FP’[?] 27.7.20. 4. Charged again and acquitted (‘no bill’) October 1827. 5. 7yrs transportation for larceny (with two others), Bury St Edmunds 7.5.1832 (but already on board ship - on the sick list 5.5-11.5.1832); hulk Hardy ‘transported before’; transported in Lord William Bentinck; in Tasmania 1832, 1833, 1835, 1841; ‘promoted’ 1835 in Tasmania. No marriage found in VDL. 1865: Samuel died in Hobart.