Amey Crook (1803 - 1819)

Born 9 May 1803 in England

Ancestors

Died 1819 at about age 15 in East Island, Bass Strait, Australia

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Biography

Emma Crook: Although baptised with the name Amey, she was known as "Emma". In 1819 Emma was shipwrecked twice on islands in the Kent Group in Bass Strait. She died in the second shipwreck, when the rescue vessel John Palmer hit rocks on East Island after the Daphne was wrecked on Deal island. Emma was only 15 and was aboard Illegally.

Amey Crook was born on 9 May 1803 and was baptised with her older brother Henry on 15 May 1805 at St Matthew's church, Bethnal Green. Her parents were Joseph and Elizabeth Crook.^[1]

In February 1807 Amey/Emma with her mother and siblings departed on the Young William Her father was a convict on the Duke of Portland, which sailed at the same time. Both ships arrived in July 1807 at Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia.

Her mother Elizabeth Crook wrote a memorial on 18 October 1819 to Lt Gov Erskine that her "youngest daughter Emma Crook a child of fifteen years" had been allowed to be taken on board the Daphne illegally by Assistant Superintendent of Police Robert Lathrop Murray.^[2]

Elizabeth Crook lived in Pitt Street Sydney.^[3]

The Daphne was wrecked on Deal island and Emma Crook was rescued by vessel John Palmer, however Emma died when the John Palmer was wrecked on East Island.^[4]

Newspaper reports about the wrecks are in The Hobart Town Gazette 12 February 1820.^[5], and The Hobart Town Gazette 8 February 1820.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 for Amey Crook Tower Hamlets St Matthew, Bethnal Green 1799-1812 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1624/images/31280_194869-00209?pId=3681877
2. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1905/images/32086_228408-00596?pId=162433
3. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 https://www.ancestry.com.au/imageviewer/collections/1905/images/32086_228408-00602?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=e4c05dccf82ef448d0c6b037430fb78b&usePUB=true&_phsrc=Dlw5602&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&pId=162585
4. ↑ Deal-Island-an-Historical-Overview-draft-by-David-Reynolds.pdf https://wildcaretas.org.au › uploads › 2014/07 › D...PDF D https://wildcaretas.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Deal-Island-an-Historical-Overview-draft-by-David-Reynolds.pdf
5. ↑ No title (1820, February 12). The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas. : 1816 - 1821), p. 1. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article657576
6. ↑ No title (1820, January 8). The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter (Tas. : 1816 - 1821), p. 2. Retrieved December 3, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article657293

• Colonial Secretary Index, 1788-1825:

CROOK, Emma. Daughter of Elizabeth Crook:

1819 Oct 18-Nov 2 Proceedings re charge against R L Murray for abduction of (Reel 6049; 4/1743 pp.31-104)

1819 Oct 18 Taken on board "Daphne" by Assistant Superintendent of Police R L Murray against Government orders (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.304)

1819 Oct 23 Re evidence available in case of R L Murray taking her on board the "Daphne" (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.316)

• The Governor recommended Robert Lathrop Murray be dismissed to be discontinued in the offices of Acting Assistant Superintendent of Police and Clerk to the Bench of Magistrates
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