Information on the marriage that Judith quoted above:
LAMB Francis Hancock m. VICKERS Amelia 9th May 1841 registered at St James, Church of England, West Melbourne #4361
Thanks Judb and Merlin. I don't think the Lambs in Victoria are the ones I'm after but will see if I can find any more on them in case they are connected. Thanks. Shally
Hi Shally,
I think you will find that these are the parents of Sincere Amelia LAMB. Francis Hancock LAMB's mother was named Sincere, and he is the same person who was transported on the
William Metcalfe.
The Hull Packet (Hull, England)Friday, November 8, 1833; Issue 2555 (page 2)
ROBBERIES
An elderly man named McGregor, a shepherd, was robbed of his purse containing upwards of £16, in the entrance to the Wheat Sheaf Inn, about 6 o’clock in the evening, by one of a party of six men, the others being near at the time; two charged with the offence, William JONES, who states he comes from Leeds, and
Francis Hancock LAMB, of Bempton, near Bridlington, were apprehended.
A later issue of the same paper (Friday, January 3, 1834; Issue 2563, page 1) has details of the trial and says that Francis was also “formerly of Hull”.
I think that Francis also had a brother in SA, William Hancock LAMB, also sometimes known as William Lamb HANCOCK. He married (firstly?) to Sophia COLES in the UK and had a daughter Sophia Sincere Lamb HANCOCK, and married secondly to Mary Frances Duson UERN (or something similar) in 1859 at Gawler, SA.
Here are Francis and William and the siblings that I can see so far - William's death notice says that he was the 7th son, so there is still one missing here. They were a family of "name shifters" from the beginning to the end.
Richard HANDCOCKchristening: 23 Aug 1805 All Saints, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
parents: R.L. HANDCOCK & Sincere
John Hancock LAMBchristening: 15 Jul 1806 Saint Peter, Droitwich, Worcester, England
parents: John & Sincere (despite the incorrect father's name recorded, I think this is the same couple and father should be Richard)
Francis Hancock LAMBchristening: 11 May 1808 Saint Helen, Worcester, Worcestershire, England
parents: Richard LAMB & Sincere
James Hancock LAMBchristening: 19 Feb 1812 Saint Leonard's, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, England
parents: Richard LAMB & Sincere
Frederick Augustus LAMBchristening: 1813 Stockport, Chester, England
parents: Richard Hancock LAMB & Sincere
Sarah Ann LAMBBorn c 1817, mentioned in an 1829 newspaper article about the death of her sister Charlotte
“daughter of Richard (better known as Doctor) Lamb”
William LAMBchristening: 03 Jun 1821 St. Saviour, York, Yorkshire, England
parents: Richard LAMB & Sincere
Harriet Hancock LAMBchristening: 10 Oct 1822 St. Saviour, York, Yorkshire, England
parents: Richard LAMB & Sincere
Charles L. HANCOCK born c1827 at Manchester who is named as Richard and Sincere's son on the 1851 census. By then they were living in Montgomeryshire, Wales, so pretty much had the whole of England covered during their lifetime, and seem to have also spent quite some time at Hull in Yorkshire.
Charlotte LAMBburial: 22 Mar 1829 Parish Of Holy-Trinity, Kingston-Upon-Hull, York, England (aged 12 months)
The inquest finding was that she died from a vistitation from God.
Sincere died in 1870 at Dudley, Worcestershire aged 81. Richard lived to the fabulous age of around 92 , and died just after the 1871 census, also at Dudley. They used both LAMB and HANCOCK as a surname.
Debra
