Robert Smith

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Maureen Withey on 22nd December 2020

Moreton Bay Convict Records Robert Smith, per Ann & Amelia, Tried at Dublin, Feb 1820, 7 years, Carpenter. Colonial conviction: Gen. Sess. Sydney, 20 Aug 1825, 2 years. To Sydney 2 Sep 1827. Description: Robt. Smith, native of Leitrim, age 23, 5 ft 5 ½ in; Dark comp. Black hair, blue eyes. Catholic. -------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary’s Correspondence. A letter from the P.Logan, Commandant at Moreton Bay, shows that Robert Smith, (Ann and Amelia), was employed in the early days of the settlement, as a “splitter of slabs”. SRNSW REF NO 4/1917.1 -------------------------------------------------- Robert Smith and Benjamin Blowers, prisoners of the crown, were brought to the Police Office on Saturday last, charged with being absentees from the Government Establishment at Emu Plains. The prisoners being called on for their defence, stated that owing to the scanty means of subsistence afforded them at that Establishment, they had absented from their employment, with a determination not to remain at that station. The prisoners were sentenced to be transported to Port Macquarie for a term of two years. The Australian, Thurs 25 Aug 1825. Robert Smith was not sent to Port Macquarie, but to Moreton Bay. -------------------------------------------------- Applications to Marry. Robert Smith, per Ann & Amelia, age 30, 7 years, Free, and Catherine Rock, per Hooghly, age 24, 7 years, Bond. Date of permission, 31 Jan 1832, Sydney, Revd. C.V. Dowling.

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Maureen Withey on 10th December 2020

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Robert Smith, age on arrival, 23, per Ann and Amelia 1825, Tried Dublin, 1824, 7 years. DOB 1802, native of Leitrim. Carpenter joiner. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Index 1791-1873 Catherine Rock, per Hooghley 1831, Certificate of Freedom, 30 Mar 1837. Wife of Robert Smith, per Ann & Amelia, 1825, fbs, (as stated on her CF).