SHERLOCK OF TASMANIA
SAMUEL SHERLOCK came to Australia on the "Fortune' in 1806. I believe he was part of a military guard (8th Veterans Battalion) guarding convicts. Seeking a primary source for this information and also more about his life before Australia.
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Where did Samuel die? Was his son named Samuel?
Yes his son was Samuel Sherlock b Tas 1835 d 1900 bur Mornington Cemetery.
Samuel SHERLOCK senior died in Yarraville, Victoria in 1845 but I haven't found a primary source for this information.
The Mornington Peninsula Family History Group has a lot of information in Samuel Sherlock Junior
OBITUARY.
DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL SHERLOCK,
SENR.
On Thursday last there passed away
at his residence, Mornington, one of
the oldest residents of the Peninsula
in the person of Mr Samuel Sherlock,
senr. The deceased had suffered from
asthma for many years past and about
a fortnight ago was conflned to his bed.
Dr Somers was called in, and by skil-
ful treatment, he so far recovered as to
be able to ride into Mornington and vote
on polling day. However, on return-
ing home, he again took ill, and des-
pite all that medical aid could do, he
expired about 6 p.m. on the evening
abovementioned, the immediate cause
of death being syncope, supervening
on mitral valve disease.
The deceased was well-known and
very highly respected throughout the
whole of the Peninsula, and ample
evidence of his popularity was given
on Sunday, when 60 vehicles and over
40 horsemen followed his remains to
their last resting place, the Moorooduc
cemetery, where a most impressive
burial service was read by the Rev Jas
Caldwell, Presbyterian minister. He
leaves a widow, two sons (Lieutenant
Samuel Sherlock, Veterinary Surgeon with
the Bushman's Contingent in
South Africa, and Andrew, who is a
storekeeper at Mornington) and three
daughters (Mrs W. Baxter, Sarah and
Aggie) to mourn his loss, and the
greatest sympathy is expressed on all
sides for them.
[Mr Sherlock, who at the time of
his death was 64 years of age, was born
at Launceston, Tasmania, 1836, and
came to Victoria in 1840, being then
only 4 years old. His father had a
small run at Yarraville, but died four
years after he arrived. His sister and
her husband (the late Mr Stenniken)
then had charge and they stayed at
Yarraville for another 4 years, when
they purchased the late Mr Kenyon's
property at Tootgoorook, now called
Rye, which was in those days good
grazing country and not overgrown
with ti-tree as it is now. They moved
their stock to this property in 1848,
Mr Sherlock stopping with them as
stockkeeper for a number of years.
He was afterwards with Mr Burrell,
senr., of Arthur's Seat and Mr Barker,
senr., of Cape Schanck (both of these
gentlemen being dead some years)
stockriding, and he used to tell many
amusing stories of that life in the early
days. The stockman's work at Arthur's
seat in those days was to round up the
wild cattle, shoot the bulls and brand
the cows and calfs. It was while he
was at the latter station that he, along
with Mr Robert Anderson (the only
two there at the time) had to entertain
the two notorious bushrangers, Brady
and O'Connor, who had got away from
Tasmania on a craft, and when off Cape
Schanck tied up all hands, took two of
the sailors and the boat, tried to sink
the vessel, made for the shore, and
landed safely through the surf with a
broken boat. They then made the
sailors walk in front of them up the
cliff, to Mr.Barker's station, got some
food, made a stock of bullets, gave Mr
Sherlock a powder flask and the boat,
and departed without doing any mis-
chief. These two men were shortly
afterwards captured and executed.
He was next with the late Mr A. B.
Balcombe, of "The Briars" (who had a
good portion of the now Shire of
Mornington as his run, before there
was any township) stockkeeping, horse-
breeding, etc. From Mr Balcombe's
place he married a young lady named
Janet McLellan in April 1859, and
settled down at Green Island. Before
the days of coaches, he used to carry
the mail on horseback from Rye to
Cheltenham and from King's Creek
(Hastings) to the same place. He was
also a contractor for roads, bridges, etc,
and carried on farming in a small way.
He was married, lived and died in the
house he built for himself. Although
for the last 20 years he suffered greatly
from asthma, he always had a colt its
hand, and, in fact, was never happy
unless amongst horses, of which he was
passionately fond. His last job was
breaking in a pony, which he handled
and rode himself, although very ill at
the time.
Mornington Standard 6th September 1900 p.2
Thank you for that reference which fills in some gaps in that line of the family. I'm looking for more information about his father Samuel and his mother Mary Ann FRENCH. I have two different sources for Mary Ann but no primary references,other than their marriage certificate in 1825 and Mary Ann's death notices in Tasmanian papers that show she was greatly loved by her family.