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George VILE
George Vile was born in a small place called Curry Mallet in Somerset to John and Mary Vile. He was baptised on 13.11.1808 and the second eldest of 14 children. His early life was fairly normal for the times and he attended Curry Mallet School but left aged 10 yrs and was able to both read and write. His occupation was Stonecutter and at one point supplied lime in his small cart called a "Put". On the night of 23.1.1836 he along with another fellow John Wambridge burgled the Hatch Inn at Hatch Beauchamp and stole 4 bottles of brandy, 1 bottle of Gin and some coinage from the till. He was taken into custody on 26.1.1836 after bragging about the crime whilst drunk.
He was held in the Wilton Prison prior to trial at the Taunton Assizes. He was convicted at the lent Assizes at Taunton Castle before Sir Joseph LITTLEDALE and Sir William BOLLAND on April 2nd 1836 and was originally sentenced to death but was reprieved and sentenced to 7 yrs transportation. Prior to being sent to NSW he was also held in Ilchester Prison and in the Prison Hulk York at Gosport near Portsmouth Hampshire. I have a copy of a petition that was signed by a group of citizens including the fellow he robbed pleading for him to be kept in England to serve his sentence due to the hardship it would cause the family. It was obviously refused.
George was given the prisoner indent number 37/1186 and transported on board the "Mangles " which arrived in Australia in 1837. He was immediately assigned to the Government Engineers due to his trade a s a stone cutter and he worked on some of the large Government building projects in Sydney at the time.
George Worked around the Hunter region and was granted a Ticket of Leave No 41/2309 dated October 8th 1841. This was later torn up as he was given his Certificate of Freedom No 43/1553 dated September 19th 1843. At some stage he met a Mary Lynham who arrived from Ireland on board the Royal Sovereign on 16.13.1840. George applied for permission to marry with the date of permission being noted as 25.10.1842 They married on 29th of November 1842 in Newcastle George was aged 32 and Mary was just 18. George and Mary went on to have 9 children whose many descendants still reside in the Newcastle area.
George died from cancer in the Macquarie Street Asylum Parramatta on 29th on September 1879 aged 69 and is buried in the St Patricks Cemetery Parramatta. Mary died on the 12th of September 1905 aged 87 from Senile decay and Bronchitis. She is buried in Sandgate Cemetery.
Submitted by Researcher (Robert Bob Vial) on 12 October 2016
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/11, p.19
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