Findings of a psychic medium

[J.J.]

Interesting thread!  I'm a "skeptical believer"         T/1267
Was Nathaniel actually a doctor or just someone who sold bogus elixirs? There were "Dr. Colwell" products sold 19th century in the U.S. but not sure where they were actually made. Colwell's Egyptian Oil had opiates in it...Eek
http://www.bottlebooks.com/dangerou.htm

Anyway, there is also a "Doctor" Colwell mentioned here...did you say he was out of county, but....but how to find out what the forename was?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-t_1&cid=-1#-1
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Oh, Yeah...Just remembered, this probably isn't far enough back 

[GPS Hella]

Interesting thread!  I'm a "skeptical believer"         T/1267
Was Nathaniel actually a doctor or just someone who sold bogus elixirs? There were "Dr. Colwell" products sold 19th century in the U.S. but not sure where they were actually made. Colwell's Egyptian Oil had opiates in it...Eek
http://www.bottlebooks.com/dangerou.htm

Anyway, there is also a "Doctor" Colwell mentioned here...did you say he was out of county, but....but how to find out what the forename was?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=021-t_1&cid=-1#-1
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Oh, Yeah...Just remembered, this probably isn't far enough back 

Oh, that is interesting! According to the automatic writing he sold bogus elixirs.

"I WAS A SELLER OF TRIBAL GEAR LIKE SUMP AND sh*t TO AIL MEN AT AIL. YES A FALSE GOD OF APOFICRY  (sic).
NO HARM MENT BUT NO HELP EITHER. (this is, when we smelt a musty, old, partially rotten scent and mentioned it) SMELL ME? AYE – FALSE HERB AND FUME NO GOOD TO MEN."

The medium said, that he was some sort of quack doctor.


He was hung because he killed a woman, not for selling bad medicine. Quack doctors used to travel a lot.
But on the other hand, Colwell isn't such a rare name.
Will try to find out more.

At what year did you find that doctor at the national archives site, please?

Thank you for the findings.

[GPS Hella]

Thanks to a few links of the more constructive posts, I was able to narrow down my search for Humphrey.
I've only got 4 men left, all of them being transported to Tasmania between 1822 and 1836.
I have written an e-mail to the Tasmanian archives.

Have a nice day 

[Darwin]

If anyone wants to check criminal records for Devon, here are two good sources:

Devon Record Office:

Ref No   6100-0
Devonshire Death Sentences and Executions 1735-1804
(Transcript of list of criminals sentenced to death at Devon Assizes, 1735-1804, including details of crime and eventual fate of criminal)

Ancestry.co.uk :

England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892
There appears to be a complete (and searchable) collection for Devon from 1805 - 1892. These are the original records and can be seen in images as pages of the books in which they were recorded.  They show the name, where and when they were tried, the crime and the outcomes, which include aquittal, imprisonment, transportation and execution.

[GPS Hella]

Thank you, Darwin 

I've checked the sites there, that were new to me, also to no avail 
I am still waiting for answers to a few requests I've send ... the Tasmanian archive replied, that they are on holidays at the moment 

I doubt, that I will find much more information, so my report about the medium's findings will probably be without research results.... which is bugging me  , although the results wouldn't have counted as proof in anyway.

I just feel sorry for the medium... she is a lovely person and it would have been nice to be able to give her some confirmation.

Should any of the requests, that I've send, show results, I will update you, of course.

Thank you all for your help in this case. 

GPS Hella

[PrueM]

Thanks to a few links of the more constructive posts, I was able to narrow down my search for Humphrey.
I've only got 4 men left, all of them being transported to Tasmania between 1822 and 1836.
I have written an e-mail to the Tasmanian archives.

Hi Hella 

You can view the convicts' records yourself, online, as they have all been digitised - just go to the link I gave earlier in the thread:  http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=11

Cheers
Prue

[GPS Hella]

Hi Prue,

Yes, I've checked that link and found the 4 Humphrey's that could be a possible match. I also mailed them for possible further information, but will have to be patient, because they are on holidays at the moment.

Cheers,
Hella