Samuel Bate (1776-1849)

Biography
The obituary of his son Henry Jefferson Bate (1816-1892) incudes the following account of his life:
 * [...] Samuel Bate who came out in the year 1804, one of the civil officers in connection with the first batch of convicts sent to Tasmania. He returned to England in 1816 in the ship Jefferson, and on that voyage his son, the late Henry Jefferson Bate was born. The family did not, however, remain long in England, as soon afterwards Dr. Samuel Bate was appointed Inspector of Distilleries for New South Wales, and on arrival took up his residence at Middle Harbor

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