Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Waterworth was transported on the Agamemnon, departing 22nd Apr 1820 and arriving 22nd Sep 1820 with 180 passengers.
Built 1811 Sunderland. Departed Portsmouth 3 May 1820.
Agamemnon (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 302 |
| 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 |
Claims
"My father found Robert many years ago."
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Convict Notes
Robert Waterworth and Michael Starkey, late of Blackburn, in the county of Lancaster, charged upon oath of James Robinson, of Stainton Hall, in the West-Riding, ... York Herald, 27 March 1819. Yorkshire Lammas Assizes. ... the property of James Robinson, of Stainton Hall. Robert Waterworth and Michael Starkey, for killing 2 sheep, and stealing the carcases, the property of the said J. Robinson. Yorkshire Gazette, 24 July 1819. On Monday morning, the following Convicts left the Castle, in order to delivered board the Hulks at Sheerness: … Robert Waterworth, ... Yorkshire Gazette, 23 Oct 1819. ----------------------- Hulk Records, at Sheerness. HO-9-7_5 page 17/42. Received thirteen from York, 20th Oct 1819. Robert Waterworth, age 45, CR. Sheep stealg. Tried York 24 July 1819, Life, Discharged 12 April 1820, Agamemnon NSW.
Permission to Marry. Robert Waterworth, convict per Lord Sidmouth (2), and Mary Hayes, convict per Lord Sidmouth, (3) requested by Rev. Samuel Marsden, Parramatta. 7 Dec 1824. Note: The name of Robert’s ship is mistakenly entered as Lord Sidmouth (2) in the marriage request. NSW BMD Marriage Reg: 3469/1825. Robert Waterworth and Mary Hayes, CB district. (Church of England, Parramatta, St John’s) NSW 1828 Census Index. Robt. Waterworth, GS, Agamemnon, 1820, 7 years, protestant, Farming servant, Rev. Saml. Marsden, Parramatta. Mary Waterworth, age 35 years, GS. Lord Sidmouth, Life, Catholic. John Waterworth, age 4, BC, catholic. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 23rd December, 1828 The following Prisoners have obtained Tickets of Leave since the date of last Publication Liverpool. Waterworth Robert, Agamemnon. Sydney Gazette, 24 Dec 1828. After Mary's death, Robert remarried. Marriage Reg: 652/1829. Robert Waterworth and Sarah Duggan, CB district. (Church of England, Parramatta, St John’s) Colonial Secretary's Office, SYDNEY, March 26th, 1830. HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to approve of the following Alterations in the Police of the Colony, namely: Parramatta - Robert Waterworth,holding a Ticket of Leave, to be Ordinary Constable, in the District of the Field of Mars, from the 20th Instant, in the room of Joseph Eyles, resigned. Sydney Gazette, 27 Mar 1830. During the murder trial into Robert’s death, an issue was raised regarding his name as stated in the indictment. “Hugh Taylor —I was formerly attached to the Police at Parramatta, and am now a resident at Parramatta; I knew the deceased man, and have heard him called generally Watersworth; I always called him Watersworth, and have always heard him called Watersworth; some persons called him Waterworth and others Long Bob; I have called him all these names, sometimes Waterworth, sometimes Watersworth, and sometimes Long Bob.” Sydney Monitor, 14 Sep 1831. An extract from a letter to the Editor: “A pension has been granted to the widow of Waterworth the constable, who was lately murdered near Parramatta.” Sydney Monitor, 4 Feb 1832.
National Police Memorial: CONSTABLE Robert WATERWORTH PARRAMATTA NSW 27 June 1831 Jurisdiction: New South Wales Touchstone Location on Memorial: "On 27 June 1831 the constable was murdered at or near Parramatta by the offender Thomas Lucas whom he was apparently attempting to apprehend. The court records of the trial of Lucas and two accomplices Moylan and Knowles indicates that ’’Lucas attacked Robert Waterworth & with an axe held in both hands inflicted a wound to the left side of the face & head a wound & fracture of breadth of 4 inches & a depth of 1 inch’. No other details are known of the event. Constable Waterworth had arrived in Sydney as a convict in 1820 aboard the ship Agamemnon and was granted his Ticket of Leave on 30 May 1828. At the time of his death the constable was about 42 years old and was apparently serving in the Parramatta district." When he landed, Robert was assigned to the Reverend Samuel Marsden as a farm servant on Marsden’s farm at Cabramatta. He was 31 years old although the shipping file shows him as 21 years, Height 6 foot, of fair complexion, brown hair, hazel eyes. 1825: Married Mary Hayes who died in 1828 aged 37. 1829: Married Sarah Duggan (Princess Charlotte) she was 24 and Robert 40. They had a son James born 1830.