Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Oxford was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 189 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 451 (226) |
| 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 Oxford was born in about 1794 to parents Robert and Mary Oxford of Dorset, England. In 1830 Samuel Oxford, with brothers-in-law Robert and William Ingram were all charged with Larcey and sentenced to 4 months imprisonment. So when, on Apr 21, 1832, Samuel and Robert Ingram were again imprisoned in Dorset, England for stealing three pigs they were in for trouble. At the time of his admission to prison, Samuel was married to Martha Merefield, and was a resident of Charlton, Donhead in Dorset, England. The behaviour of both men while in prison is described as ‘orderly’. On July 03, 1832 at the Dorchester Quarter Sessions in Dorset, England, Samuel and Robert were sentenced to 14 years transportation. Samuel was described as being 38 years old, a farm servant, married with five children, and protestant at this time. Samuel and Robert left prison on 03 Sep 1832 to imprisoned on the ‘York’ - a hulk ship mored at Gosport in Hampshire before they boarded "Andromeda" under Captain Gall/Gale and Surgeon Superintendent: D. Boyler, Esq., R.N. with 185 other prisoners. The ‘Andromeda’ set sail from Portsmouth in Hampshire on November 13, 1832. Samuel by that time was 40 years old when he arrived at Sydney Cove in New South Wales, Australia on March 11, 1833, as a convict. (Robert Ingram had died during the voyage). Upon his arrival in Australia, Samuel was 'disposed of' into the employ of Alexander McLeay of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia and the Convict Musters list Samuel as employed in New South Wales, Australia from 1834 until 1837. In March 1840, Samuel was recommended for a ticket of leave. A Ticket of Leave 40/1603 was issued on August 1, 1840, allowing Samuel to remain in the district of Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. However, the ticket was later cancelled on account of Samuel being unable to attain a livelihood there. The Maitland bench later recommended Samuel for another ticket of leave on October 27, 1841 and another Ticket was granted on November 9, 1841. This allowed Samuel to proceed to New England in the service of W. F. Gordon for a period of 12 months. Other researchers suggest that Samuel died on June 19, 1843 in Hexham, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.