Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Orton was transported on the Mount Stuart Elphinstone, departing 26th Feb 1845 and arriving 19th Jun 1845 with 268 passengers.
Built 1826. Wood ship of 611 Tons.
Mount Stuart ElphinstoneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/14, Page Number 240 |
| 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
Samuel was 19 years old on arrival in VDL, he was 5'3 3/4" tall, ruddy complexion, reddish hair, hazel eyes, illiterate, protestant, single, stout made, scar over upper lip, scar on right cheek near jaw. Mother: Mary Brothers: Henry, Charles, Oliver, Thomas, Alfred, George. Sisters: Selina - all at native place, Leicester. 1/12/1846: TOL 15/5/1849: CP 27/3/1849: Application to marry Emily/Amelia McIntosh per "LLoyds". No registration. Emily McIntosh married William Yeomans (Henrietta) in 1851. Found no death date for Samuel, perhaps he died between 1849-51. There was also a Samuel Orton per "Layton" in VDL at the same time - he married Elizabeth Coventry and moved to Victoria.
Presumably the S. Orton, aged 17, unable to read or write, who was convicted, along with three other teenagers, of stealing items of silver church Communion plate and other items from the home of Charles Mason, the churchwarden of All Saints church, Leicester, on 7th December 1843. (Sentenced on Friday 5th January 1844 to 10 years transportation. Report in the "Leicester Chronicle").