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Amos Gilbert is the 4xgreat Uncle of my English cousin.
Amos was baptized in Lincoln, England on the 13th October in 1806.
On the 28th July 1829 Amos Gilbert married Lucy Maxey in Bourne, Lincolnshire. They had a daughter, Elizabeth Gilbert, who was christened on the 2nd January 1831.
Amos worked for a local farmer and on the 21st July 1832 was found guilty and initially given a death sentence, but then convicted by the Lincoln Assizes for a term of life in the colonies of arson after setting fire to a haystack in Lincoln. It is believed to have been out of frustration of not receiving his wages for a time, despite requests, with this being his only means to support the family.
On the 4th February 1833 Amos was one of 231 convicts who sailed on board the transport ship Asia 1(7) arriving in Sydney, New South Wales on the 27th June 1833. He was then sent to Goulburn, where he was allocated work as a farmer.
Records indicate he was of a quiet nature and was well behaved during the voyage, but appears he received 50 lashes upon his arrival, not as punishment but as a deterrent to not misbehave in the future, as things would be much worse.
Amos worked on different pastoral runs in New South Wales around the Murrumbidgee and received good conduct reports, with overseers often requesting Amos be allocated extra time with them being an honest and good worker. He was granted TOL’s for Yass and Young.
After being granted his conditional pardon on the 1st September in 1848, and never to be reunited with his family, Amos lived in the Lambing Flat area working as a farmer then finally as a shepherd until his death on 3 August 1872 in the Young Hospital. The exact location of his unmarked grave in the Young Cemetery is unknown.
In April 2010 together with my cousin Jenny and her husband from England, we drove from Victoria to Young, where a plaque was placed in the Memorial Wall at the cemetery. It was a very moving experience and finally gave Amos an identity. After his transportation and eventual CP Amos never remarried or had other children.
His wife Lucy found life as a single mother in England very difficult and was taken in by a farmer who she eventually married and they had a child.
Note: Prepared by Denise Lay with information supplied by my cousin and document copies sourced from the Goulburn Library between 2008-2010.
Submitted by Researcher (Denise Lay) on 5 October 2021
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- The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/9, p.13
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