Robert METCALF - the convict!
Robert was born on 14 September
1815 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.
His parents were: Robert METCALF and Mary COATES.
Robert Medcalfe - (as it is
spelt in the convict records) was transported to Van Diemen's Land on board
the
"Moffatt" arriving on the
9th of May 1834, having been sentenced to seven years imprisonment at York
on 2nd March 1833.
Robert Metcalf's gaol report was bad, hulk report orderly, and the surgeon's report was that he behaved well. In the colony he had only one conviction, that of insolence and being absent frequently, for which he was given fourteen days solitary confinement.
He was granted a "free certificate" in May 1850.
At the time of conviction he was aged 19, a shoemaker, 5'5" tall, with a "fresh complexion", oval head, brown hair and eyebrows, round visage, medium to high forehead, grey eyes, small nose, medium to wide mouth, small chin, with two brown moles on the right arm and two warts on the right thumb.
He applied for permission to marry Sarah Ellis and this was approved in December 1838.
Sarah - aged seventeen years
- arrived in Van Diemen's Land as a children's maid, arrived
free on board the "Amelia
Thompson" on August 20 1836. She came as a bounty emigrant and on arrival
was to be employed by Major Gray of St. Pauls, the name then given to the
Fingal area, at an annual wage of Ten pounds, Ten shillings.
Sarah and Robert were married at Campbelltown by the Reverend William Bedford on the 23rd March 1839.
Their first child, Ann Ellis
METCALF, was born at Fingal nine months later, on 14 December.
METCALF FAMILY TREE
Born: 14 Sep 1815 in: Hull YKS England Baptized: 15 Sep 1815 in: Lairgate Independent Church Died: 03 Feb 1891 in: Kyneton VIC Australia Buried: 04 Feb 1891 in: Kyneton Cemetery VIC Australia Occupation: CONVICT! Father: Robert METCALF Mother: Mary COATES Wife: Sarah ELLIS Married: 23 Mar 1839 in: Campbelltown TAS Australia Born: 00-00-1820 in: Killaloe Clare Ireland Died: 14 Jul 1882 in: Kyneton VIC Australia Buried: 15 Jul 1882 in: Kyneton Cemetery VIC Australia
Children of Robert and Sarah METCALF
Ann Ellis METCALF
Born: 14 Dec 1839 Fingal Tas Australia spouse.
Died: 29 Apr 1888 Kyneton VIC Australia
Luke WHITE Married: 12 Aug 1861 Kyneton VIC AustraliaHenry METCALF
Born: 21 Nov 1841 Fingal Tas Australia
Died: 00-00-1887 Echuca VIC AustraliaRobert METCALF
Born: 10 Dec 1843 Fingal Tas Australia
Died: 5 Apr 1887 Kyneton VIC Australia
Buried: 7 Apr 1887 Kyneton Cemetery VIC Australia
spouse. Jane GODDARD Married: 8 Jul 1868 Kyneton VIC AustraliaGeorge William METCALF
(click here to read story on George who was shot during the Ned Kelly siege at Glenrown.)
Born: 7 Jul 1846 Fingal Tas Australia
Died: 15 Oct 1880 Melbourne VIC Australia
Buried: 16 Oct 1880 Melbourne General Cemetery VIC AustraliaSarah METCALF
Born: 25 Jan 1849 Fingal Tas Australia
Died: 13 Feb 1923 Kyneton VIC Australia
Buried: 14 Feb 1923 Kyneton Cemetery VIC AustraliaMary Jane METCALF
Born: 00-00-1849 Fingal Tas Australia
Died: 9 Aug 1941 Richmond VIC Australia
Buried: 11 Aug 1941 Fawkner Cemetery VIC Australia
spouse. Edward John CROCKETT Married: 10 Jan 1874 Kyneton VIC
I have no record of Robert & Sarah METCALF leaving Tasmania or arriving into Victoria. I can only assume that they arrived sometime in the 1850's.
Their first child, Ann, married Luke WHITE at Kyneton in 1861, Kyneton being the area where the METCALF family settled.
Kyneton is situated on the Campaspe River, 84 Klm from Melbourne. A town of historic significance, bluestone buildings, english trees and country lanes.
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here to go to story on George METCALF who was shot during the Ned Kelly
siege at Glenrowen
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here to go to the WHITE family history (Luke White married Ann Ellis Metcalf).