Hi Marlene, Your reference to an Ann Stringer interested me, I've been searching for references to Ann Stringer for some time, I have a widow Ann Stringer who married an ancestor of mine John Sells on Nov 11th 1742. Her maiden name was Emmerson and her late husband was Frances Stringer, there were children from the first marriage and your Ann may have been the daughter of mine. Maybe I've been looking in the wrong place, I have Barton le Clay as the place of the wedding to John and I assumed Ann was from thar area. If you come across anything that you feel might be of use to me I would appreciate a note. Thanks a lot Brian Sells ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marlene Shipman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:06 AM Subject: Re: [BDF] Samuel Hite > Kia Ora > Greetings from across the Ditch! > Interestingly there is a member's submission (not always to be trusted!) > on the Mormon site (LDS) which indicates a William Hite was baptised at > Colmworth in 1798. His parents were apparently James Hytt and Ann > STRINGER! There is no indication of a Samuel Hite baptism but it's > interesting to note he burgled the home of a Thomas STRINGER! > It might be worth getting the film of Colmworth Parish from your nearest > Mormon Church Family History centre to see if you can find anything of > interest. > > James Hite married Ann Stringer at Colmworth on 27 March 1795. They had > a son named Samuel who was baptised 18 July 1819 (perhaps as an adult?? ) > > Most interesting perhaps is the entry for the Baptism of Hannah HITE on > the 11 March 1821. Her parents were Samuel HITE and wife Jane! I > cannot find a marriage, but if a marriage exists it might explain a late > baptism undertaken before a marriage! > > I think it would be worth your while to get the film as there may be > notes writtten by the Vicar that won't appear on the online version! > Good luck > Marlene. > Fully fledged member of Ancestry Anonymous! > > > George Herring wrote: >> 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 >> >> > > > > 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

Hi Brian Sorry! I was just replying to another post & trying to be helpful! However I do have Stringers in my tree which give me a headache every time I think about it! They're much later and from Bath. However I must say - don't be surprised by movements between villages and /or Counties. I have discovered there were many reasons behind travel! 1. Around 1800 many men who joined the National Defence were obliged to attend "training camps" well away from the home village. (This may account for some illegitimate births in unexpected places and large gaps in the usual family). 2. Individuals were "selected" by employers to move to "family seats" in another County. (I have one such. He moved from Riseley Beds to become the labourer on an estate in Hunts owned by the big brother of the local Vicar. Later his children moved to London and it was only by doing sideline research that I discovered the address given on Marriage Certs was the London townhouse of the estate owner in Hunts. Obviously the staff moved with the Employer! The message here is that recording everything (!!) becomes important if you want to try and understand the social conditions of the time! And take educated guesses at the reasons behind movements! Unfortunately I am stuck with my family as I have a birth circa 1761 place unknown , parents unknown etc! I therefor cannot help much with your dates of circa 1742! BUT I would look carefully at the marriage cert for witnesses and other entries on the pages around the event. Your Ann may already have moved village with her first husband! Look for clues in the names of the children (grandparents etc) and ensure you track every individual in the family right through their life! Good luck Marlene Brian and Betty Sells wrote: > Hi Marlene, > Your reference to an Ann Stringer interested me, I've been searching for > references to Ann Stringer for some time, I have a widow Ann Stringer who > married an ancestor of mine John Sells on Nov 11th 1742. Her maiden name was > Emmerson and her late husband was Frances Stringer, there were children from > the first marriage and your Ann may have been the daughter of mine. Maybe > I've been looking in the wrong place, I have Barton le Clay as the place of > the wedding to John and I assumed Ann was from thar area. If you come across > anything that you feel might be of use to me I would appreciate a note. > Thanks a lot > Brian Sells > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlene Shipman" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:06 AM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Samuel Hite > > > >> Kia Ora >> Greetings from across the Ditch! >> Interestingly there is a member's submission (not always to be trusted!) >> on the Mormon site (LDS) which indicates a William Hite was baptised at >> Colmworth in 1798. His parents were apparently James Hytt and Ann >> STRINGER! There is no indication of a Samuel Hite baptism but it's >> interesting to note he burgled the home of a Thomas STRINGER! >> It might be worth getting the film of Colmworth Parish from your nearest >> Mormon Church Family History centre to see if you can find anything of >> interest. >> >> James Hite married Ann Stringer at Colmworth on 27 March 1795. They had >> a son named Samuel who was baptised 18 July 1819 (perhaps as an adult?? ) >> >> Most interesting perhaps is the entry for the Baptism of Hannah HITE on >> the 11 March 1821. Her parents were Samuel HITE and wife Jane! I >> cannot find a marriage, but if a marriage exists it might explain a late >> baptism undertaken before a marriage! >> >> I think it would be worth your while to get the film as there may be >> notes writtten by the Vicar that won't appear on the online version! >> Good luck >> Marlene. >> Fully fledged member of Ancestry Anonymous! >> >> >> George Herring wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> 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 >> > > > > > 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 > >