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Robert Stevens assigned servant
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James Simpson assigned servant
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Richard Adams assigned servant
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William Ryan per 'Jane' assigned servant
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We are sorry to learn, that the Major has not succeeded in attaining the object of his expedition. His return is expected today. The streams the Major fell in with do not run to the North West, but into the Darling. The natives were hostile. They killed two of the Major's party and plundered his stores. In the month of November last, the Major left Sydney, and accompanied by a sufficient number of assistants, proceeded on his long and precarious journey. At Segenhoe the estate of Mr. Sempill, he received from the latter gentleman the loan of a very useful man of the name of Bombelli, who went along with the party and in three or four weeks returned to Segenhoe, on his way to Darlington with despatches for the Government. In returning from the Major, Bombelli met with Mr. Surveyor Finch who was going to the appointed depot with a ton of flour. Having delivered his despatches at Sydney, and returned to Segenhoe, Mr. Sempill immediately forwarded him on. After travelling one hundred and fifty miles, he overtook Mr. finch and party, who were greatly in want of water. Mr. F. having a day or two before passed a place where water was plentiful and it being only about nine miles behind them, determined on going back to it for a supply, leaving Bomelli and the bullock driver in charge of the drays. Early on the following morning Mr. Finch returned when to his indiscribable horror he found them both stretched on the ground, mangled corpses, having been murdered by the Blacks, who had decamped with the whole of his flour. Mr. Finch hurried with all possible speed after Major Mitchell whom he overtook far in the interior
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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William Shearman per ship England assigned to H.C. Sempill; John Connor per ship Georgiana assigned to H.C. Sempill; James Simpson per Portland assigned to H.C. Sempill, charged.....Henry Nisbett states that it is his request that the men may all be detained when taken as he has several charges to bring against them
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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George Kitson per ship Georgiana, assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill, charged with refusing to work and threatening his overseer....Joseph Williamson states - I am overseer at Segenhoe and on this day fortnight I ordered the prisoner to get some shingles and carry them up the ladder to me when I was at work which he refused to do saying he would throw them up but he would not carry them. I then took him to Mr. Dow who ordered me to give a spade and an axe and let him to stumping. I did so and on giving him the tools he threw the axe down and said he had a great mind to cut me down with the spade. And this day week he was chipping corn and on looking whether he had done it properly I found he had not I asked him to come back and look at it but he said he would not as it was past court time and I had done my best to get him punished and this morning he refused coming to court when ordered to do so by Mr. Dow. The prisoner admits the part that he did not do as he was ordered and stated ill health. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to receive fifty lashes.
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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William Dunnett per ship Exmouth, assigned to H.C. Sempill, charged with insolence and neglect of duty....Mr. Mitchell states - I am overseer to Mr. Sempill and the prisoner is employed as a shepherd and on last Sunday week the prisoner left his station and came to the farm for rations without permission; on my asking him what brought him away from his station he stated that the watchman was unwell and that he came down for the rations. After he had received his rations, I supposed he had returned to his station. On going out in about half an hour after, I saw him in one of the huts. I ordered him to go out to his station immediately which he refused to do. I asked where his sheep were and he said they were in charge of the watchman. I went to the station and asked the watchman the reason why he did not come for the rations. He said that altho he was not quite well he was able to fetch the rations but the Dunnett wished to come. Mr. Sempills directions are that the watchmen should come for the rations and not the shepherd. On my return home I met him on the road when he gave me a great deal of insolence and said that he would come in for rations as often as he liked. The prisoner states in his defence that he was not aware that Mr. Mitchell was authorized to interfere with the shepherds. The watchman said he was unwell and asked me to go to the farm for the rations..Mr. Dow states that he has instructed Mr. Mitchell on all occasions that he can spare time from his other duties to visit all the sheep stations in his neighbourhood and that he has been in the habit of doing so for the last six weeks and that Mr. Mitchell has reported to him that he has visited the prisoners station more than once and that the prisoner has been otherwise under Mr. Mitchells orders. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to receive twenty five lashes
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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Richard Burnett per ship Captain Cook, assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill, charged with neglect of duty and disobedience. Jeremiah Horrigan states - I am sheep overseer at Segenhoe; the prisoner is employed as a shepherd; last Sunday week he came to me in the evening and told me that he had lost his sheep whilst cutting some blady grass to fill his bed. I went and found 100 of them and next morning I found the remainder; and on Friday last I saw him with two dogs and directed him send one of them back upon which he threw stones at my dog and told me I must not follow him into the bush again. The prisoner admits the fact of losing his sheep and states in his defence that the dog was running after his sheep when he threw stones at it to drive it away. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to receive fifty lashes
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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James Simpson per ship Portland, assigned to Mr. Semphill, charged with neglect of duty. Jerry Horrigan states - he is sheep overseer at Segenhoe; the prisoner is under his charge. On the first day of the month he lost all his flock; they have since been found with the exception of two sheep and on Monday last on counting his flock there was one of the number missing; and he upon several occasions got his flock mixed with the flock at the station. The prisoner Simpson states in his defence that his flock on the first day of the month was turned out of the folds by the watchman, it being a very dark morning he could not see the sheep. The Bench find the prisoner guilty and sentence him to 75 lashes being the second offence
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Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
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William Dennett per ship Exmouth, assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill, charged with neglect of duty. Jeremiah Horrigan states - I am overseer at Segenhoe. The prisoner was a watchman at the sheep station; the sheep were lost on Friday last; he did not come to report the circumstances to me; it was accidental my going to hat station as I did on Saturday the following day; It was the watchman s duty to have let me know of the loss on the day it happened Friday. The prisoner states in his defence that he was told to report any loss when the overseer visited the station; he did not understand he was to leave his station to do so but admits he ought to have gone to have reported the loss which had occurred. The Bench find the prisoner guilty but abstain from awarding punishment at the intercession of his superintendent John Dow.
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Return of Female Convicts arrived in NSW between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1834. Settler and Convict Lists. Ancestry
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Eliza Cashin per Surry assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill
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Return of Female Convicts arrived in NSW between 1 Jan 1833 and 31 Dec 1834. Settler and Convict Lists. Ancestry
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Martha Pickard per George Hibbert assigned to Hamilton C. Sempill at Hunter River
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Hamilton Collins
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Land grant in 1831
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Hamilton Collins
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2560 acres of land promised by Gov. Darling on 17.6.1831. Possession given 15.10.1831
First Name:
Hamilton Collins
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2 acres of land at the boundary of John Blaxland's allotment granted by Gov. Darling 27.5.1830
First Name:
Hamilton Collins
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County of Northumberland
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Purchase of land 10th February 1837
First Name:
Hamilton Collins
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Parish of Maitland commencing at NW corner of John Blaxland's 1/2 acre
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Claim to grant of land by Trustees of the Scots Presb Church (A. Lang; H. Mitchell; H.C. Sempill; W. Scott; A. Livingston; H. Rae. - 5 acres authorised by Gov. Bourke and possession given 22nd July 1833
First Name:
Hamilton Collins
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Application for town allotments
First Name:
Hamilton Collins
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The Development of New England p. 10
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Robert Mackenzie, Hamilton Collins Sempill, Edward Gostwyck Cory, Henry and William Dangar, Henry and William Dumaresq, Dr. William Bell Carlyle, John McLean, John Herring Boughton, Peter Macintyre, Robert Adamson Rodd, Aleander MacLeod and John Dow among the first free settlers in New England district
