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William Atkinson was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 339 (169) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Tasmanian Marriages. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p5j2k William Atkinson, single man, and Mary Clark, single woman, both of this settlement, were married by banns, at Hobart Town, 13 April 1807, by Robert Knopwood, Chaplain. William and Mary both signed with their mark X. Witnesses were Christopher Forsha (signed), and Francis Barnes, (signed).
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 February 2023), April 1801, trial of WILLIAM ATKINSON (t18010415-88). WILLIAM ATKINSON, Theft > pocketpicking, 15th April 1801. 381. WILLIAM ATKINSON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th of March , a pocket-bood, value 1s. 6d. the property of John Johnstone , Esq . privily from his person . JOHN JOHNSTONE , Esq. sworn. - On the 9th of March last, I was walking with some gentleman in New Bond-Street , between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, a lady, whom I never had the honour of seeing before, told me my pocket was picked of my pocket-book; she pointed to a man who was gone down Maddox-Street; I was walking between two officers; I disengaged myself from them, and ran after the man, who turned out to be the prisoner at the bar, there was not another man in the street at that time; I went up to him, and took him by the collar; I was about to search him, when a person came up, and told me he saw him throw it away into an area; I still continued holding the man; I went to the house to which I was directed and the servant produced the pocket-book out of the area; it contained Bank-notes, lottery-tickets, and regimental accounts, (produces it); I took the prisoner to Marlborough-street, and he was committed. ANN THOMPSON sworn. - I was crossing Maddox-street, and I observed the prisoner go up to captain Johnstone, lift up his coat, and take out the pocket-book; I immediately addressed captain Johnstone, and told him a man had picked his pocket, and shewed him the man; captain Johnstone went after him; I saw the prisoner take the pocket-book from under his coat and throw it away; I never lost sight of him; captain Johnstone requested me to go to the Magistrate's with him, which I did. Prisoner's defence. I never saw the lady in my life before. GUILTY, aged 24. Of stealing, but not privately . Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before the Lord Chief Baron. ------------------------------------------------------ Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0006 Per Calcutta, William Atkinson, Convicted at Middlesex Sessions of Peace, tried 15 April 1801, 7 years.