Robert Barton - I6807 - Individual Information - Lynne and Grayemes Genealogy at Kinpendium

Robert Barton (I6807)

Name:
Robert Barton

Gender: Male

Birth: 1810 London. England
Death: 21 November 1863 Fish River ‎(nr Bathurst)‎. NSW. Reg #2892/1863

Personal Facts and Details

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The year is 1826 and we see the arrival in Sydney of the Convict ship “England”. Aboard this ship is convict Robert Barton who was born c1810 in London, England.
‎["England" departed Downs 6th May 1826, arrived Sydney 18th September 1826 - Ships Master was Jn Reay - convicts onboard]‎

For Robert Barton, I have a partial copy of the passenger list for the "England" which indicates the following. Robert could read and write, was protestant, single, a native of London and was a Music Printer by trade. He was tried at London and convicted on 7 April 1826 and sentenced to Life. His crime was he had Picked a Pocket. He was 4'11" tall of ruddy and freckled complexion with dark brown hair and dark hazel eyes. He had a scar over his left eyebrow and large pock marks on the inside of his left knee.
I have no knowledge of his convict life in Australia until the issue of his first Ticket of Leave in 1834 at Bathurst.

Last name: Barton
First name: Robert
Ship: England
Year: 1826
Native place: London
Trade or calling: Printer
District: Bathurst
Ticket no.: 34/1226
Ticket no.: 34/1226
State Records shelf ref: 4/4419
State Records reel no: 2688

A new Ticket of Leave was issued to him at Bathurst in 1838 and another from Parramatta in 1840.

‎[On the Index to Tickets of Leave 1810-75 on the SAG website
http://svc007.bne009i.server-web.com/catalogue/onlinebook/gatewayrecnsw.ehtml

there are 3 Robert Bartons listed (all the same person)‎.
Ship - England, Arrived - 1826, Native Place - London, Trade/Calling - Printer.
The first ticket of leave was issued in District of Bathurst 1834 - no 34/1226, shelf ref 4/4419, reel no 2688.
2nd issued District of Bathurst 1838 - no 38/48, shelf ref 4/4116, reel no 928.
3rd issued District of Parramatta 1840 - no 40/555, shelf ref 4/4137, reel no 935.]

It appears he was unassigned by 1834 and making a life for himself in the Bathurst district.

At some time around 1838, Robert formed a relationship with a convict women named Jemima Chapman who had been transported on the “Pyramus” in 1832. Jemima received her Ticket of Leave at Parramatta also in 1840.

Robert Barton married Jemima Chapman on 11th July 1843 in the Bathurst district. The marriage bore three children.

1. Harriet Barton born 1839.

2. George Thomas Barton born 13th July 1841 at Fish River near Bathurst, NSW.

3. Louisa Barton born 15th August 1843 at Fish River near Bathurst, NSW

Jemima died on 13th December 1845 at the age of 32 years and was buried in Bathurst.

On 17th October 1848, Robert Barton married Sarah Lofty who was just short of her 17th birthday. The marriage took place at Kelso, NSW.

The area in which they lived is referred to as Fish River near Bathurst, but in fact this is also at Gemalla and the Barton farm was located on the Fish River directly opposite the Peime farm.

This marriage produced eight children :-

1. Robert Barton born 1849, married in 1872 to Elizabeth Ann Pearce and died in 1937 at O’Connell Plains, NSW

2. Jane Barton born 19th July 1851 at Fish River, NSW. Jane married on 15th March 1870 at All Saints Bathurst to William James Hutchison. She died on 4th December 1924 at Bathurst.

3. Maria Margaret Barton born 1st November 1853 at Fish River ‎(Died as Infant)‎.

4. Maria N Barton born 13th October 1855 at Fish River.

5. William Barton born in 1857 at Meadow Flat, NSW, Married in 1878 to Mary Jane Taylor at St Thomas Church, O’Connell. William died in 1891 at Lithgow.

6. Sarah Barton born 20th September 1859 at Bathurst and married at St Thomas’ Church O’Connell to James Taylor.

7. Emma Barton born 1861 at Bathurst and married ‎(1)‎ on 10th April 1885 to John Henry Brown at Elizabeth St. Sydney. NSW, married ‎(2)‎ 1927 at Bathurst to Charles Eastment

8. Elizabeth Matilda Barton born 1st December 1863 at Fish River. Elizabeth married John William Kemp in 1889 at Sunny Corner, NSW and she died on 22nd May 1923 at Eusdale in the Turon Shire. NSW.

Robert Barton died aged 52 years on 21st November 1863 at Fish River NSW and is buried in O’Connell Plains Cemetery, NSW.

Sarah Barton ‎(Lofty)‎ married again on 29th March 1866 to Thomas Herring at Bathurst.
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From Cheyne on the old website ;
Robert Barton's crime was pick-pocketing and he was convicted at the Old Bailey on 6 Apr. 1826. Here are the details of his trial.

739. ROBERT BARTON was indicted for stealing, on the 14th of March, 1 handkerchief, value 2s., the goods of William Felix, from his person.
WILLIAM FELIX. I am a patten-maker, and live in Golden-lane. I was near Gray's Inn-lane, in Holborn, on the 14th of March, just after twelve o'clock at night. I had had a handkerchief in my left-hand coat pocket - I was going to make use of it, and missed it; I looked about, and saw the prisoner with it in his right-hand - I collared him, and he dropped it; I picked it up, and gave him in charge to the watchman - he said he did it to procure him a night's lodging.‎(Property produced and sworn to.)‎
THOMAS MAGRATH. I am a constable, and took him in charge.
GUILTY. Aged 16.
Transported for Life.

Source: SAG Reel 8388, Old Bailey Session Papers 8 Dec. 1825 – 6 Dec 1826, page 296; or

Alternate source: http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/html_units/1820s/t18260406-163.html. The site also includes a copy of the original document http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/facsimiles/1820s/182604060068.html. Both were accessed 20 Jan. 2005.
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	Events of close relatives
Birth	1810 London. England
Marriage	11.7.1843 (Age 33) Jemima Chapman - Abercrombie District, Bathurst. NSW
Marriage	17 October 1848 (Age 38) Sarah Lofty - Kelso. NSW
Death	21 November 1863 (Age 53) Fish River ‎(nr Bathurst)‎. NSW. Reg #2892/1863
Burial	23 November 1863 O'Connell Plains. NSW
Last Change	17 February 2006 - 19:45:49 Last changed by: Lynne