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Samuel Brotherson was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 125 (64) |
| 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
Death recorded - ... and Samuel Brotherson, for highway robbery. South Eastern Gazette, 19 March 1833.
National Archives. Hulk Records, Retribution. HO-9-7_4 page 2/51. Received from Maidstone, 23 April 1833. Saml. Brotherson, age 22, Robbery, Tried at Maidstone, 11 March 1833, Life, 23 May 1833.
Samuel BROTHERSON was convicted 11th March 1833 at the Kent Assizes for stealing a watch, was sentenced to the penal colony of New South Wales for life. Arrived in Australia 18th October 1833. In May 1835 whilst woking in a road gang on the Appin Rd NSW Samuel and 8 others were convicted of highway robbery. They were sentenced in the Supreme Court, Sydney, to death. A local priest stood up for Samuel and stressed his innocence and his sentence was commuted to life on Norfolk Island. On the 19th August 1846 Samuel was givin a ticket of leave that allowed him to remain in the Maitland district of NSW. On the 14 November 1847 Samuel married Mary Moy in West Maitland. Mary died on the 26th May 1874. Samuel died on the 9th February 1883.