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This is a tricky one as he is transported around 1844 but may have come back. I have a lot of age references for him due to his criminal record as follows below.

17 Mar 1830 = 33 (1797)
23 Feb 1833 = 35 (1798)
1841 census = 40 (1801 not likely)
6 Jan 1844 = 46 (1798)
The following may be him if he returned after transportation.
5 Feb 1869 = 70 (1799)
4 Jan 1873 = 76 (1797)

He was born in Northamptonshire and lived in Tansor, Warmington and around Oundle. I have looked through the parish registers for these on the dates listed but nothing. He may not have been baptised but I just wondered if anybody else could pull something up.

Google search bringing up Convict items...

Chris :)

http://www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk/1833.html

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE LENT ASSIZES ANN DOLBY VICTIM TANSOR SAMUEL DOLBY, 35, CHARGED WITH FELONIOUSLY KILLING AND SLAYING ANN DOLBY, AT TANSOR. SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT.


County Northamptonshire
Place Stoke Doyle
Church name St Rumbold
Register type Unspecified
Register entry number 11
Marriage date 03 Apr 1820
Groom forename Samuel
Groom surname DOLBY
Groom parish Warmington
Bride forename Anne
Bride surname CARTER
Bride parish OTP
Witness1 Thomas DOLBY
Witness2 Percy? BONFIELD
Notes Bride signed with a mark.

https://www.freereg.org.uk/

(if anything else on above link) (5 Baptisms relating) (and 4 with Mary)


[PDF]
convicts from northamptonshire - northants family history
www.familyhistorynorthants.co.uk › CONVICTS FROM NORTHAMPTO..
CONVICTS FROM NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. NAME .... nr Northampton Gloucester / 27 March 1844. Robbing a man 15 years ..... Saml transp. DOLBY, Samuel.

(another to see on google search)


06 January 1844 - Northampton Mercury - Northampton, Northamptonshire

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE QUARTER SESSIONS
Samuel Dolby, aged 46, was convicted of stealing coals and beer, the property of the Rev. C. A. Wheelwright, of Tansor. 15 Years Transportation.


https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/dolby/samuel/6938

Conviction & Transportation

Crime: -
Convicted at: Northampton Quarter Sessions
Sentence term: 15 years
Ship: Marion
Departure date: 7th June, 1845
Arrival date: 16th September, 1845
Place of arrival Van Diemen's Land
Passenger manifest Travelled with 299 other convicts


https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/search?adv=y

(some items on above, Ticket of Leave Granted - 1851)


31 January 1873 - Stamford Mercury - Stamford, Lincolnshire, England

DIED
At Tansor, on the 16th inst., Samuel Dolby, aged 76.

Is this a second marriage ?

Name: Samuel Dolby
Birth Date: 1799
Age: 70
Spouse's Name: Maria Richards
Spouse's Birth Date: 1805
Spouse's Age: 64
Event Date: 08 Feb 1869
Event Place: Tansor, Northampton, England
Father's Name: William Dolby
Spouse's Father's Name: William Smith

Tip - remember with the 1841 census that ages above 15 were supposed to be rounded down to the nearest 5. Shown as age 40 in 1841 would therefore mean that he was aged anywhere from 40 - 44 making his birth year anywhere between 1801 and 1797.

Likewise in other census years if a person said eg. they were 40 in 1861, the simple maths makes them born 1821. Buy if you bear in mind the dates of census a person is by around ¾ more likely to have been born in the previous year.

??? Only about 7 or 8 miles from Warmington and Tansor:

Samuel Dolby
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Samuel Dolby
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 28 May 1797
Baptism Place: Orton Longville, Huntingdon, England
Father: Wm. Dolby
Mother: Elizabh. Dolby
FHL Film Number: 1041710
Reference ID: item 2


The couple who married in 1869 - living in Tansor:

Samuel Dolby
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Samuel Dolby
Age: 77
Estimated birth year: 1794
Relation: Head
Gender: Male
Where born: Orton Huntingdonshire England <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Civil Parish: Tansor
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Registration district: Oundle
Sub-registration district: Fotheringhay
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Household schedule number: 4
Piece: 1513
Folio: 150
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Samuel Dolby 77 - labourer at [rectory ? ]
Maria Dolby 66

Possible?

Samuel Dolby
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 28 May 1797
Baptism Place: Orton Longville, Huntingdon, England
Father: Wm. Dolby
Mother: Elizabh. Dolby
FHL Film Number: 1041710
Reference ID: item 2

samuel with maria
1871
Tansor, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Samuel Dolby Head - Male 77 1794 - Huntingdonshire, England
Maria Dolby Wife - Female 66 1805 - Northamptonshire, England

???
SAMUEL
Last name DOLBY
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year 1797
Age 76
Death quarter 1
Death year 1873
District Oundle

Samuel
Last name Dolby
Gender Male
Birth year -
Birth place -
Baptism year 1797
Baptism date 28 May 1797
Residence Orton-Longville, Huntingdon, England
Place Orton Longuevill
County Huntingdonshire
Country England
Father's first name(s) Wm.
Father's last name Dolby
Mother's first name(s) Elizabh.
Mother's last name Dolby

Samuel Dolby
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915
Name: Samuel Dolby
Estimated birth year: abt 1797
Registration Year: 1873
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Age at Death: 76
Registration district: Oundle
Inferred County: Northamptonshire
Volume: 3b
Page: 149



Maria Dolby
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Maria Dolby
Age: 76
Estimated birth year: abt 1805
Relationship to Head: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Tansor
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Marital status: Widow
Occupation: Ag Lab W
Registration district: Oundle
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Neighbors:
Piece: 1588
Folio: 20
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
Maria Dolby 76
Francis Billing 81 - lodger

is this thhe record you found
sent to 15 yrs

Name: Samuel Dolby
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Date Received: 26 Mar 1844
Ship: Justitia
Place Moored: Woolwich
Date Convicted: 3 Jan 1844
Place Convicted: Northampton

Name: Samuel Dolby
Age: 46
Estimated birth year: abt 1798
Date of Trial: 3 Jan 1844
Trial Year: 1844
Location of Trial: Northamptonshire, England
Sentence: Transportation
Crime: See Image
Date of Execution or Release: See Image

haven't found a record yet to say he was actually deported

edit
Name: Samuel Dolby
Vessel: Marion
Convicted Date: 3 Jan 1844
Voyage Date: 7 Jun 1845
Colony: Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land)
Place of Conviction: Northampton, Northamptonshire, England

Name: Samuel Dolby
Arrival Date: 1845
Vessel: Marion
Province: Tasmania
Title: Ledger Returns
Year(s): 1849
Place of Conviction: Northampton

lived by ????? spring bay

in the Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899
Name: Samuel Dolby
Date: 15 Jul 1853
Place: Tasmania, Australia
Record Type: Pardons, Leave, Discharge
Ship: Marion 2
Reference Number: CON56-1-3

probably not him

Name: Saml Dalby
Age: 72
Birth Year: abt 1793
Departure Date: Jun 1865
Departure Place: Victoria, Australia
Destination: LONDON
Ship: SUSSEX
Ship's Master: RIDGERS ROBT
Page: 005
URL:

I can't see any sign of Samuel of Orton from 1841 to 1871 - which could fit with his having been transported:

Assuming this is him in 1841:

Samuel Dolby
in the 1841 England Census
Name: Samuel Dolby
Age: 40
Estimated birth year: abt 1801
Gender: Male
Where born: Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Tansor
Hundred: Willybrook
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Registration district: Oundle
Sub-registration district: Fotheringhay
Neighbors:
Piece: 812
Book: 12
Folio: 6
Page Number: 17
Household Members:
Name Age
Elizabeth Wells 15 - [different household]
Jesse Hall 30 - [different household ]
Daniel Beadnell 20 [different household ]
Samuel Dolby 40


EDIT:
Maybe not - he's with Mary Dolby 30, Elizabeth 15, Mary 18, Edward 6, George 5, Charles 3, Sarah 6 mths.

Interestingly it states he is married on the prison hulk record - so he may have re-married after the death of his first wife and before the 1844 trial.

That Samuel in Tansor in 1841 lived in Town Street.

Charles Wheelwright, clergyman (see one of the convict records posted earlier) also lived in Town Street with his wife and children.

By 1851 Mary Dolby is claiming to be a widow.

sarha Unknown Dolby
Age: 10
Estimated birth year: abt 1841
Relation: Daughter
Mother's name: Mary Dolby
Gender: Female
Where born: Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
Civil Parish: Tansor
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Maps:
View related Ecclesiastical Parish
County/Island: Northamptonshire
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability:

View image
Registration district: Oundle
Sub-registration district: Fotheringhay
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 19
Piece: 1746
Folio: 496
Page Number: 6
Household Members:
Name Age
Mary Dolby 49
Chas Dolby 12
sarha Unknown Dolby 10
Jane Dolby 8

I wonder if this is his second marriage, must have been just after he was released?

Mary Bradshaw
Gender: Female
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 14 Oct 1833
Marriage Place: Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
Register Type: Parish Registers
Parish as it Appears: Tansor
Search Photos: Search for 'Tansor' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection
Phillimore Ecclesiastical Parish Map:
View this parish
Spouse: Samuel Dolby

Added, witnesses were Mary Dolby & William Richards

if maria is correct

Maria
Last name Smith
Name note -
Marriage year 1824
Marriage date 07 Jun 1824
Marriage place Barnwell-All Saints
Spouse's first name(s) Samuel Hosmer
Spouse's last name Richards
Residence Northampton, England

1841
Town Street, Tansor, Oundle, Northamptonshire, England
Samuel Richards Male 40 1801 Northamptonshire, England
Maria Richards Female 35 1806 Northamptonshire, England
Ester Richards Female 13 1828 Northamptonshire, England
John Richards Male 11 1830 Northamptonshire, Englad
William Richards Male 9 1832 Northamptonshire, England
Henry Richards Male 6 1835 Northamptonshire, England
Ann Richards Female 4 1837 Northamptonshire, England
Thomas Richards Male 2 1839 Northamptonshire, England
George Richards Male 1 1840 Northamptonshire, England

1861

Samuel Richards Head Married Male 60 1801 Agricultural Labourer Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
Maria Richards Wife Married Female 55 1806 - Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, England
Thomas Richards Son Unmarried Male 21 1840 - Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
George Richards Son - Male 20 1841 - Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
Katherine Richards Daughter - Female 16 1845 - Tansor, Northamptonshire, England
Esther Richards Daughter - Female 11 1850 - Tansor,
Northamptonshire, England

SAMUEL OSBOONE
Last name RICHARDS
Gender Male
Birth day -
Birth month -
Birth year -
Age -
Death quarter 3
Death year 1863
District Oundle

charles dolby from flips records
CHARLES
Last name DOLBY
Birth year 1838
Birth quarter 2
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Bradshaw
District Oundle
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Volume 15
Page 313

and

SARAH
Last name DOLBY
Birth year 1840
Birth quarter 4
Registration month -
Mother's maiden name Bradshaw
District Oundle
County Northamptonshire
Country England
Volume 15
Page 314

Holy moley you guys are amazing! Am going to look through the replies.

He was married 3 times and murdered his first wife
1 - Ann Carter 1820
2 - Mary Bradshaw 1833
3 - Maria Richards 1869

Maddie can I ask where you found the info you posted which is just what I've been looking for!!

found on ancestry

maddie

I found info on ancestry as well, but some of that found is available on the free site familysearch.org (including his christening, which was what you originally asked for). This is their record

Samuel Dolby
Residence Place:
Orton-Longville, Huntingdon, England
Gender:
Male
Christening Date:
28 May 1797
Christening Date (Original):
28 May 1797
Christening Place:
Orton Longville, Huntingdon, England
Father's Name:
Wm. Dolby
Mother's Name:
Elizabh. Dolby