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Henry Skooler was transported on the Fortune And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1805 and arriving 12th Jul 1806 with 309 passengers.
Fortune And Alexander (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 376 England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England, Middlesex 1805 |
| 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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Family connections for Henry (Skooler) are: SKOOLER/SCHOOLER Henry (Skooler/Schooler) was born about 1762/5, possibly in Lancashire, & became a cotton spinner. He was tried for possession of forged notes at Middlesex April Sessions on 27 4 1805, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 12 7 1806 after a voyage of 6months on FORTUNE; he was Protestant. He was considered for Ticket of Leave in 1814. On 13 2 1818 he was tried w/1other for pig stealing at Sydney Circuit Court, sentenced to 7years & sent to Newcastle on 13 3 1818 on HMS LADY NELSON. He was an emancipist when he had a relationship with Sarah (Sutton her fourth relationship). He was assaulted & robbed on 6 12 1833 at Bowlers Bridge. On 5 5 1839 he was admitted to Sydney gaol for exposing his person. He was a labourer when he was tried for uttering forged notes, on 6 4 1839, at Sydney on 1 8 1839, sentenced to Life, held at Sydney gaol & PHOENIX hulk; he was 5'2" slender build fresh complexion grey hair but bald grey eyes. He was sent to Norfolk Island on 12 10 1839, arriving on 28 10 1839 & was recorded there in 1844/5. He was deemed invalid/infirn on 20 6 1844. He died on 8 4 1847 age65 at Brisbane Waters Queensland. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Sutton) was born about 1788. She arrived in NSW with her mother in 1800 on HMS PORPOISE. She had a first relationship (1of4) with John (Wilks). She had a second relationship (2of4) with James (Murphy) emancipist whom she married on 8 6 1818 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She had a third relationship (3of4) with George (Pember his second relationship). She produced 8known children in her lifetime. Details of Sarah (Sutton)s family are given in entry for William Talbot (Sutton SCARBOROUGH 1790) on this Website. Reference: 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.
1839, 1 August: Admitted to the Phoenix Hulk, having been convicted and sentenced to life by the Criminal Court, Sydney. He was despatched on 12 October to Norfolk Island (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book Phoenix Hulk 1833-1848). 1839, 28 October: Arrived at Norfolk Island (see below). 1844/45: Henry SKOOLER is on a list of Norfolk Island convicts (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Norfolk Island: Returns of Convicts to NSW, 1844-1845). 1844, 20 January: At Norfolk Island – Henry SCHOOLER, per Fortune, is on a list of prisoners deemed to be “Invalids and Ineffective” and recommended for removal to Sydney. He arrived on Norfolk Island on 28 October, 1839, and is described as “aged 82, very infirm” (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891; Norfolk Island: Returns of Convicts to NSW, 1844-1845). 1847, 8 April: Henry SKOOLER per Fortune 1806, bond, died at Brisbane… [edge of page is missing; no cause of death listed] (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register, 1826-1879). A notation on his Indentures also says he “died 8 April 1847 in the District of Brisbane Waters, advice per letter… dated 12 May 1847” (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842; Bound Indentures 1801-1814).
1839, 1 August: Convicted in the Supreme Court, Sydney, and sentenced to life for uttering forged notes. This report of his trial was published in the Sydney Morning Herald, p2, the next day: “LAW INTELLIGENCE. SUPREME COURT - (CRIMINAL SIDE) “THURSDAY, AUGUST 1 - Before the Chief Justice and a Military Jury. “Henry Schooler (free by servitude), was indicted for forging a £1 note, with intent to defraud Emma Keating, at Sydney, on 3rd May. “The prisoner, who is an old man residing near Parramatta, went to the shop of Mr. Dole, a tobacconist, and asked for change for a £1 note. “The young woman in charge of the shop went to a neighbour for change, when it was discovered that the note was a bad one. It purported to be one of the ‘Austilin Bank’ notes, and bore a general resemblance to the notes of the Bank of Australia, for one of which it might have been taken by an ignorant person. The prisoner was given into custody, and as he was walking across the market in charge of a constable, he dropped three notes of a similar nature. His defence was that he found the notes, and did not know that they were forged. His Honor told the jury that if they believed that the note was manufactured for the purpose of imposing on ignorant persons, and the prisoner knowing that, attempted to pass it, they must find him guilty. The jury, without retiring from the box, returned a verdict of not guilty. “His Honor asked the Attorney-General if he knew anything of the prisoner’s previous history. The learned gentleman said that he did not, but another person had been recently apprehended at Parramatta on a similar charge, and in his possession was found a letter from the prisoner, which clearly shewed they were in concert. His Honor immediately sentenced the prisoner to be transported to a penal settlement for life.”
1839, 5 May: Henry SCHOOLER was admitted to Sydney Jail for exposing his person (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Entrance Book, Sydney, 1839-1840). 1839, 4 June: Henry SKOOLER per Fortune 1 in 1806, born 1762, was admitted to Sydney Jail awaiting trial. Described as a Protestant labourer, 5’2”, slender build, fresh complexion, grey hair and eyes, bald (see New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Description Book Sydney 1835-1838).
1834, 4 February (From The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Thu 6 Feb 1834, p2; SUPREME CRIMINAL COURT): “TUESDAY. (Before the Chief Justice, and a Jury of Civil Inhabitants.) “James McAuliffe and John Roach were indicted for assaulting, and putting in bodily fear, on the King’s highway, one Henry Schooler, near Bowler’s Bridge, on the 6th December last, and stealing from his person sundry pieces of silver and copper coin of the realm; one clasp knife; and a small quantity of tobacco. “The Attorney General conducted the case against the prisoners, which was very simple in its nature, resting almost solely upon the testimony of an old fisherman, who resided at Parramatta, and who was in the habit of occasionally travelling to Liverpool, with fish for sale. On the evening in question, being somewhat the worse for liquor, he was met near Bowler’s public-house on the Dog-trap-road, by the two prisoners, who were runaways from a Road Gang stationed in that neighbourhood, and who robbed him of the articles laid in the information. Several other witnesses were produced both for and against the prisoners, who deposed differently as to the measure of intoxication under which the prosecutor was labouring; some stating him to be quite capable, and others altogether incapable of knowing who had robbed him. “The Chief Justice put the case to the Jury, as one resting altogether on the credit they might attach to the testimony of the prosecutor, as to his being in a fit state to identify the prisoners at the bar. “The jury, after a short consultation, pronounced both the prisoners guilty, and the Attorney General having prayed the sentence of the Court, judgment of death was directed to be recorded against them.”
1806: Arrival in NSW. Henry SKOOLER, per Fortune and Alexander 1806, begins his term of 14 years (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842). 1814, 2 May: Henry SCHOOLER lodges a Petition to the Governor [Lachlan Macquarie] for mitigation of his sentence (see New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856). A notation on the letter says he will be granted a ToL on the arrival of the next convict ship but no records of such a ticket being issued have been found to date. 1818, 13 February: Sentenced in the Criminal Court, Sydney – Henry Schooler and William Daly, for pig stealing. Schooler received three years, and Daly seven years, each to be served at Newcastle (see The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Sat 14 Feb 1818, p4). 1818, 13 March: On a list of convicts to be sent to Newcastle per the brig "Lady Nelson", having been sentenced to three years by the Criminal Court on 3 February (see New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856; Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827).
1805, 27 April: Henry SKOOLER, 36, of Lancashire, a cotton spinner, appeared before the April Sessions at Middlesex on a charge of having in his possession forged bank notes. Found guilty, he was sentenced to 14 years’ transportation. He was delivered to Portsmouth on 21 May (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England, Middlesex 1805).