Wiltshire Assizes - Abbott OSBORN

[Capetown]

Ancestry has the Will 1775 of

Abbot OSBORNE deceased of Lyneham who married Jane Dore BEAMS in 1768.
His Executrix from Wroughton and list his brothers.

John OSBORN - left £50
Robert OSBORN - left £50
Thomas OSBORNE - left £100

My Sister Mary OSBORN the wife of Henry OSBORN - left £50

+ other family members.

etc etc.

[Kylie Watson]

From "London Packet or New Evening Post", March 12, 1800 - March 14, 1800

"ASSIZES
At Salisbury Assizes, Henry alias Harry Boulter, aged 38 for murder of William Dench, Mr. Wiltshire's waggoner; and Abbot Osborne, aged 18, for a robbery at Swindon, received sentence of death. ..."

Maddys52 would you happen to have a website link for this article please?

[Kylie Watson]

He was convicted of stealing a bank note to the value of £40 in a dwelling house. Death sentence commuted to transportation for life.

Native place Swindon, Wiltshire

Shaun, do you mind if I ask where you found this information please?

[majm]

Hi there,

I am not Maddy,  but I am in New South Wales, Australia and my library card from the National Library if Australia gives me access (e resources) to many historic digitised newspapers. 

Maddy has transcribed a newspaper cutting and cited her primary source in her post.   

Welcome to RootsChat.  Best place for family history help. 

JM

[majm]

NSW State Archives have digitised records for Abott OSBORNE per the Earl Cornwallis, 
here is live link to their Convict Indents (Digitised) Index 1788-1801.   If you enter just one word 'Abott' at the search engine there, you get two digitised results... 

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/convict-indents-digitised-index

INX-77-17732, gives you
 
^{Names of Convicts} :  Abott OSBORNE 

^{When and where convicted} : Wiltshire Gaol Delivery 8 March 1800 

^{Place of Transportation} : NSW

^Term :  Life

INX-77-6797 gives you same info.

ADD : 
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/convicts/indexes
and
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/colonial-secretarys-papers  (Abbott OSBORNE)

1828 Census https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=810812.0


JM

[maddys52]

Hi there,

I am not Maddy,  but I am in New South Wales, Australia and my library card from the National Library if Australia gives me access (e resources) to many historic digitised newspapers. 

Maddy has transcribed a newspaper cutting and cited her primary source in her post.   

Welcome to RootsChat.  Best place for family history help. 

JM

Thanks JM, that's correct.

Kylie, I search online (free) British Library Newspapers using my Australian National Library card. Not sure if you are in Australia? You can apply for a library card here:
https://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/

You can also search newspapers at various paid sites eg Ancestry, findmypast, British Newspaper Archive etc. 

[Kylie Watson]

NSW State Archives have digitised records for Abott OSBORNE per the Earl Cornwallis, 
here is live link to their Convict Indents (Digitised) Index 1788-1801.   If you enter just one word 'Abott' at the search engine there, you get two digitised results... 

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/convict-indents-digitised-index

INX-77-17732, gives you
 
^{Names of Convicts} :  Abott OSBORNE 

^{When and where convicted} : Wiltshire Gaol Delivery 8 March 1800 

^{Place of Transportation} : NSW

^Term :  Life

INX-77-6797 gives you same info.

ADD : 
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/convicts/indexes
and
https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/colonial-secretarys-papers  (Abbott OSBORNE)

1828 Census https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=810812.0


JM

Thanks JM. I'm aware of the NSW State archives, I've searched those one's before. I was trying to work out how to access the British Newspaper archives, which I've noticed maddys52 has commented with below. I'm really wanting to try to find the information on what he was charged with. I have previously found a transcription on the Assizes for another convict ancestor of mine, I was hoping to find something similar for Abbott.

[Kylie Watson]

Hi there,

I am not Maddy,  but I am in New South Wales, Australia and my library card from the National Library if Australia gives me access (e resources) to many historic digitised newspapers. 

Maddy has transcribed a newspaper cutting and cited her primary source in her post.   

Welcome to RootsChat.  Best place for family history help. 

JM

Thanks JM, that's correct.

Kylie, I search online (free) British Library Newspapers using my Australian National Library card. Not sure if you are in Australia? You can apply for a library card here:
https://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/

You can also search newspapers at various paid sites eg Ancestry, findmypast, British Newspaper Archive etc. 

Thanks Maddys52, this is what I was trying to find out 

[majm]

Hi there,

I am not Maddy,  but I am in New South Wales, Australia and my library card from the National Library if Australia gives me access (e resources) to many historic digitised newspapers. 

Maddy has transcribed a newspaper cutting and cited her primary source in her post.   

Welcome to RootsChat.  Best place for family history help. 

JM

Thanks JM, that's correct.

Kylie, I search online (free) British Library Newspapers using my Australian National Library card. Not sure if you are in Australia? You can apply for a library card here:
https://www.nla.gov.au/getalibrarycard/

You can also search newspapers at various paid sites eg Ancestry, findmypast, British Newspaper Archive etc. 

NSW State Library's card is great too.      no charge to NSW residents...

Keep up the great work Maddy.


JM