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Transportation
Samuel Swan was transported on the Bengal Merchant, departing 27th Sep 1834 and arriving 30th Jan 1835 with 270 passengers.
Bengal Merchant (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 436 |
| 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
FUNERAL NOTICE. THE Friends of the late Mr SAMUEL SWAN are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the Sale Cemetery. The Funeral will leave his late residence, Stratford, THIS DAY, at half-past 10 a.m., passing the Turf Hotel at 1 o'clock. L. JENSEN & CO, Undertakers. DEATH. SWAN.—On the 11th inst., at Stratford, Samuel Swan, aged 69 years. Gippsland Times, (Victoria), 13 Dec 1880. ------------------------------------------------- Death of his brother in England. SWAN.—At Fulston Farm, Sittingbourne, Kent, England, on the 23rd January, James Swan, brother of the late Samuel Swan, Stratford, Gippsland. Gippsland Times, (Victoria), 21 Mar 1887.
Samuel Swan, for stealing a quantity of wheat, the property of George Baker, at Tunstall. It appeared that the prosecutor, Mr. Baker of Tunstall, lost a quantity of wheat on the Jan, The prisoner was his Servant. On searching the stable, five bushels of the stolen wheat was found. The prisoner had the care of the stable, kept the key, and no other person had any business there. The wheat found in the stable, corresponded with a sample taken the barn. The sacks in which the wheat was found, had Mr. Baker’s name on them. A certificate of a former conviction was put in by the Clerk of Assize. Guilty—Transported for Life. South Eastern Gazette, 18 March 1834. -------------------------------------------------- The undermentioned convicts were, on Friday week removed from the County Gaol, Maidstone, and put on board the Fortitude Hulk, at Chatham :—Transported for life, Thomas Gorham, Patrick O'Brien, Samuel Swan, Thomas Day, Edward Springett, Richard Williams. Transported for seven years—Charles Scrimshaw, Thos. Richardson, William Carr, Alfred James Young, George Combs, James Wood, Edward Bennett alias Geo. Smith, Henry Simmons. Kentish Gazette, 1 Apr 1834.
There is a full account of Samuel Swan's conviction in this book "Bredgar The History of a Kentish Parish". Samuel is a relative of mine (on my mother's side) and I live near Bredgar in Kent.
Samuel Swan was transported for "Stealing grain". 1843: TOL Port Macquarie 1844: TOL Camden 9/4/1845: TOL Passport - on application of Mr MacAllister. 7/5/1849: CP Samuel Swan was the son of Samuel Swan Died 22/4/1861, and Jane Clarke Died 13/10/1876 - Both buried at Bredgar. Samuel was one of 12 children. Samuel made his way to Stratford, Gippsland, Victoria. 1858: Married Fanny Woods nee Poole. Fanny was the daughter of George Poole and Sarah Carver. She first married William Wood, William died 4/7/1855 aged 37, he came from Derby. Samuel and Fanny had no children. Fanny ran the Shakespeare Hotel in North Gippsland which Samuel also held the licence for, he also owned and dealt in cattle. Samuel was attributed to saying that being transported was the best thing that happened to him. Although they had no children, Samuel and Fanny sponsored many of their family to come to Australia, and there are many Swan descendents in the Sale area of Victoria, all in some way related to Samuel. 19/10/1895: Fanny Swan died aged 73. 11/12/1880: Samuel died aged 69 aged 69 at Sale, Victoria.