Colmworth parish register has been extracted onto the IGI and BVRI, so the records are easily accessible. There's no Samuel Hite baptised c1800. But there is: the IGI at www.familysearch.org has a marriage of James Hite and Ann Stringer at Colmworth on 27 March 1795. The parish register transcript shows both as being resident of Colmworth. They baptised Edith on 3 Apr 1796 at Colmworth, then William on 15 Apr 1798 (both from the transcript). The BVRI then shows (all children of James and Ann) Mary Hite born 25 Oct 1805 baptised 14 Mar 1819 (buried 26 Aug 1823 age 18) Frances Hite baptised 18 Jul 1819 (there's a Fanny Hite buried 30 Sept 1850 age 48) James Hite baptised 18 Jul 1819 (no father named) Maria Hite baptised 18 Jul 1819 (no father named) Rebecca Hite baptised 18 Jul 1819 (no father named) Samuel Hite baptised 18 Jul 1819 It looks to me as though this is a late baptism of your Samuel. James the father appears to have been transported as well - see http://apps.bedfordshire.gov.uk/grd/detail.aspx?id=514 which may explain why the later children weren't baptised until they were adults, and why only the mother was named for three of them- if James had been transported in 1805 perhaps he wasn't the father. BVRI also has 11 Mar 1821 Hannah Hite dau of Samuel & Jane 11 Mar 1821 Sarah Hite dau of Samuel & Jane 11 Mar 1821 Susan Hite dau of Samuel & Jane But I can't find a marriage of Samuel and Jane Trying to trace them via censuses - there's a James Hite born 1811 in Colmworth in 1851, possibly the one baptised in 1819. But there were other Hites born in Colmworth showing in censuses who don't appear to have been baptised. It will take me a while to try to sort them out. Bear with me. David --- En date de : Sam 12.7.08, George Herring <[email protected]> a écrit : > De: George Herring <[email protected]> > Objet: [BDF] Samuel Hite > À: [email protected] > Date: Samedi 12 Juillet 2008, 13h07 > G'Day....my wife's great, great, grandfather was > Samuel Hite born in or around Colmworth, Bedfordshire, > England circa 1801. He was transported to Van Diemans Land > (Australia) for life in 1821 and then after an adventurous > life married a convict, Mary Ann Pendrell. Samuel and Mary > the raised a large family and then went onto have an > extended family domiciled throughout Australia. What we > don't have is who were Samuels family in England. > > The following are the details which caused him to be > convicted, sentenced and transported: > > Samuel was convicted of Burglary in 1821 and sentenced to > life imprisonment. The sentence was subsequently commuted > to transportation to the colonies. He embarked aboard the > convict transport ship Malabar which sailed from Gravesend > on 22 June 1821 bound for Tasmania, > Australia.........previously known as Van Diemans > Land......with a total of 172 prisoners and arrived on 21 > October 1821. 171 of the prisoners disembarked at > Hobart,Tasmania, Australia. > > On 10 July 1837, he married a female convict Mary Ann > Pendrill (Pendrell) at Campbell Town, Tasmania, > Australia.Mary Ann had been transported in 1836 after being > convicted of obtaining goods under false pretences and being > sentenced to 7 years. > > > * Age: From his death certificate Samuel was aged 93 in 5 > June 1891 Samuel born in 1798. The trial records for Samuel > give his age as 17 in 1818 and 20 in 1820, ie born in 1801. > From the information in the book "Bushrangers in Van > Diemans Land 1824 -1827" Samuel was a youth of > nineteen, in 1824, ie born in 1805. > > He was uneducated or had very little education and signed > his name with an 'x' on and in all known documents. > > * Court - Convict: Quarter Sessions Roll - Shelf Mark QSR > 24 > > Note: I have use 'f' where written as 's' > and not used punctuation unless it appears in the original > document. > > 1819 - Reference 121 - No 17, Recognizance to Answer to an > Indictment > > Bedfordshire - Be it remembered that on the tenth day of > March in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred > and Nineteen, Samuel Hite of Colmworth Labourer personally > came before me Hugh Wadebery Clerk one of His Majesty's > Justices of the Peace of the faid County and acknowledged > himself to be indebted to our Sovereign Lord the King in > the sum of ten pounds of Lawful Money of Great Britain > shall perfonally appear at the next Quarter Sessions > acknowledged to be holden at Bedford and there to anfwer > and Indictment to be preferred against him by Thomas Carter > of Colmworth Labourer and not to depart without Leave of the > Court. Then the Recognizance to be void, otherwife of Force. > > * Court - Convict: Bedfordshire Epiphany Sessions 1821 - > Shelf Mark QSR 25/61 > > A Calendar of the Prisoners in His Majesty's Gaol for > the said County > > Prisoner No 8 - Samuel Hite of Colmworth age 19. Committed > the 23rd of October 1820, by the Rev. H.W. Gery, Clerk > charged by the Oath of Thomas Stringer and others with > having burglariously broken into the House of the said > Thomas Stringer, a Colmworth, on the 17th Instant, and > stolen therefrom a small trunk containing some writings, > seventeen Guineas, five Half-Guineas and about ten Seven > Shilling Pieces. > > * Court - Convict: Prisoners in County Gaol - Shelf Mark > QGV 10/1: > > Page 60 - 29 December 1818 - Samuel HITE, aged 17, > Colmworth, Violent Assault. > > Page 17 - 5 November 1820 - Samuel HITE, aged 19, > Colmworth, Burglary, Transported for Life. > > * Court - Convict: Prisoners in County Gaol - Shelf Mark > QGV 10/1: > > Page 60 Samuel HITE: Date Committed - 29 December 1818, > Height - 5'4", Complexion - Fair, Hair - Light > Brown, Age - 17, Abode - Colmworth, Offence - Violent > Assault, Sentence - Bailed to 10 March 1819, Notes - > orderly and well behaved. > > * Court - Convict: Page 70 (not 17) Samuel HITE: Date > Committed - 5 November 1820 ,Height - 5' 4", > Complexion -Fair, Hair - Light Brown, Age -19, Abode - > Colmworth, Offence - Burglary (vide Page 60), Sentence - > Death but reprieved to Transported for Life, Notes - To the > Justitiar Hulk at Woolwich 8 May 1821, orderly and well > behaved. > > * Court - Convict: Samual Hite - Convict report > > Transported for Burglary, Sentence - Life > > Goal report "Bad character, has been in custody > before" > > Hulk report "Orderly" > > Stated M (mother) at Cowmouth (Colmworth?) - Washerwoman > > 21 Mar 1825 received 26 lashes for stealing about a peck of > potatoes from Gov. garden > > Conditional Pardon No. 646 - 12 Nov 1834; Full Pardon No > 670 - 15 Dec 1840. > > * Court - Convict: Name: Samuel Hite; Where Convicted: > Bedford Asst; When: 14 Mar 1821; Sentence: Life; Native > Place: Cowmouth Bed.; Trade or Calling: Farm Labr; Age: 19; > Height: 5' 4 1/4"; Eyes: Grey; Hair: Dark Brown. > > I am looking for someone in Bedfordshire...or England > itself... who could research Samuels date and place of > birth, together with the full details of his parents, > siblings and ancestors. I fully rtealise that there would > be a cost involved and perhaps i could negotiate this with > the interested party; > > > > Regards....George > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message _____________________________________________________________________________ Envoyez avec Yahoo! Mail. Une boite mail plus intelligente http://mail.yahoo.fr