Samuel Tyler

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Dianne Jones on 31st May 2020

FULL NAME: Samuel Watt Tyler (see Death Certificate, BDM Deaths 1900/12331046) BIRTH: He was born at Rochester, Kent, to Samuel Tyler – a blacksmith – and Deborah Watt, but was not christened until 1832 at St Mary’s, Chatham (see England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, 9 Jul 1832). 1837, 29 June: Kent District Sessions at Maidstone, Kent - By the time of his first court appearance, his father was dead. An apprentice blacksmith, living at Chatham, he was tried on two counts of larceny, convicted and sentenced to six weeks' jail on each count. He may have only served two weeks (according to later Convict Indents). 1838, 16 October: Kent District Sessions at Maidstone, Kent - Charged with larceny from the person. The court record noted his previous conviction for a felony. Found guilty of stealing 10 shillings and a purse. Sentence of transportation for 15 years. He was 20 years old (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892). 1838, 30 October: Transferred to prison hulk "Fortitude", moored at Chatham. Recorded as: Samuel Tyler, 20, single, can read and write; blacksmith. A "bad character" having been "convicted before" to be "disposed of via transportation" to NSW. 1839, 15 May: The "Parkfield" sailed out of Sheerness, Kent, with 239 other male convicts on a voyage that would last 109 days. 1839, 1 September: Arrival at Port Jackson (see NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842). Indents record incorrectly gives his native place as Ostend. He is Protestant, can read and write and has been a blacksmith's apprentice for 3 years. Other identifying marks: moles and a scar. 1845, 1 November: Ticket of Leave granted (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859). 1846: Cassilis, NSW - receives a Pardon (see NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859). 1851, 26 July: A report in the Sydney Morning Herald lists Samuel Tyler (transported on "Parkfield") as having had his ticket-of-leave cancelled by the Cassilis Bench for being absent from his district. Cancellation also confirmed on the Free Settler or Felon website (see https://www.jenwilletts.com/index.htm). 1855, 10 January: Marriage by licence to Julia Armstrong (free, b 1829, d 1897) at Warwick (see Qld BDM, Marriage Reg. no. 1854/705). Married by Rev Thomas Kingsford. Notice of same appeared in the Moreton Bay Courier on 20 January 1855, p2. 1855, 15 November: Samuel Tyler bought 2 rods of land in Warwick for £8 (see QSA Reference SUR/4 Item ID 101517 Folio or Page Number 127.5 Microfilm Number Z318 Lot Number 14 Lot Town Purchases – C). 1856: Listed as a bullock driver and carrier on his daughter Margaret’s Birth Certificate (see BDM Births 1856/C1834). 1858, 7 October: Purchases Lot 24 Gore Street, Warwick, County of Merivale (see Register of Land Sold 1842 to 1859 http://www.archives.qld.gov.au/Researchers/Indexes/Lands/Pages/RegisterofLandsSold184) 1866, 28 September: Listed as a bushman on his son Samuel’s Birth Certificate (see BDM Births 1866/C/2332). 1879, 5 March: His wife Julia died in Warwick (see Australia Death Index 1787-1985, 002414 Page number 15073). 1900, 19 July: Died at his daughter Margaret Tyler Jones’s home, “Canning Creek Station”, Inglewood. He was listed as a labourer, and died of a “general break up”. He was buried on 20 July at Canning Creek (see BDM Deaths 1900/12331046).