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Transportation
Samuel Powell was transported on the Earl Spencer, departing 30th Apr 1813 and arriving 9th Oct 1813 with 203 passengers.
Built 1803, London - Thames, 672 ton required 56 crew and mounted with 16 guns.
Earl Spencer (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 102 REF:- General Orders Spain and Portugal 34th Regiment 27 Feb 1812 “Samuel Powell". |
| 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's Court Martial states that he was a Private in the 3rd Foot Regt. The date of his Court Martial, 27 Feb 1812, was the same as that of Private William Ransom of the 34th Foot Regiment, who was transported on the same ship.
POWELL Family connections for Samuel (Powell) are: An amendment added Sep 2025. Samuel (Powell) was born on 15 4 1787 & became a soldier. He was tried for desertion from the army at Portalegre Portugal Court Martial on 27 2 1812, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW on 9 10 1813 after a voyage of about 8months on EARL SPENCER; he was Protestant. He enlisted with 4th Regiment in NSW. He received his Certificate of Freedom on 2 3 1826 & married Ann (Taylor) on 18 6 (from Smees records) 19 5 1827. He is recorded in December 1828 as a sawyer Free by Servitude living with his wife with William (Fowler) at Hunters Hill. He died on 14 3 1838 age50. [Some details taken from this Website] Ann (Taylor) was born in 1798 at Dublin & became a laundress. She was tried for stealing a mantle at Dublin city in 1824, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 10 7 1825 after a voyage of 4months (6weeks in sick bay) on MARINER; she was Protestant. She obtained her Certificate of Freedom on 12 11 1832. She died in 1869 age71. [Some details taken from this Website] Samuel (Powell) & Ann (Taylor) produced 1child: 1.Eliza/beth (Powell) was born on 19 10 1830 in Sydney & baptised on 26 10 1830 at CofE Sydney. She married Daniel Risley (Nightingale his first marriage) on 30 1 1845 at Holy Trinity CofE Kelso & produced 10/16children. She died on 29 7 1869 age38 at Bathurst & was buried at Rockley. ..Daniel Risley (Nightingale) was born in 1811 at St Neots Huntingdonshire. He became a blacksmith. He was convicted for stealing a hatchet & 8lb pork at Bedford Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 15 6 1836 after a voyage of 4months on STRATHFIELDSAYE. On 14 9 1853 he stole money from Abraham (Hanbury) at Peppers Creek Rockley, was tried at Bathurst Sessions on 21 10 1853 & sentenced to 3years hard labour on the roads. He was a blacksmith, owning the blacksmith forge & residence which were the first buildings in Rockley; & resided at Cherry Tree Hill. He married secondly Mary Ann (Davis nee Nixson)) on 20 2 1872 at Bathurst. He died on 30 10 1887 age about76 father of 10/17children at Rockley where he was buried. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Details of Daniel Risley (Nightingale)s family are given ABOVE. References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Family History Group of Bathurst Inc.'Bathurst Pioneers-Register of Pioneer Families Of Bathurst NSW And District <1900'
Certificate of Freedom 2 Mar 1826 Daughter Eliza Powell Birth 19 OCT 1830 Death 29 JUL 1869 Married convict Daniel Nightingale in Kelso, NSW in 1845.
Nov 1828 Census at Hunters Hill at residence of William Fowler. Samuel Powell, age 40, F.S., protestant, F.S. Earl Spencer, 1813, 14 years, sawyer, Hunters Hill. Ann Powell, age 28, G.S. protestant, per Mariner 1824, 7 years.
Convicted at Portalegre Portugal Court Martial Desertion for a term of 14 years on 27 February 1812. Married Ann Taylor 19/05/1827 - Convict Mariner 2 10/07/1825. In 1835 listed as a soldier of the 4th Regiment NSW.