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David Belton 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.
Calcutta (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 333 (166) |
| 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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Convict Notes
1844 - Possible Death Record Burials in the Parish of Green Ponds - 21 June 1844 Name; Daniel Bitton [?Belton] No; 1332. Residence; Cross Marsh Age; "About 60" RGD34/1/2 no 1341
Is there a connection here? Did he mangae to return to England, only to be transported again? The names of the prisoners who died during the voyage of the Hibernia are David Langly, Jonathan Cheana, alias Eastoe, and William Selsby, formerly a very eccentric character in this Settlement by the name of David Belton. Hobart Town Gazette, 15 May 1819.
READING, July 31. At the Assizes for this County, held at Abingdon, this week; the following Prisoners were capitally convicted, and received sentence of death ...and Daniel Belton, for stealing a quantity of silk ribbons, the property of Emily Snow, milliner, of Windsor. Ryan was left for execution, and the two latter were reprieved. … Mary Belton and Mary Giles, on suspicion of receiving the silk ribbons stolen by David Belton; Sun, 4 Aug 1802. -------------------------------------------------- Was Mary Belton his wife?
NSW Convict Index. David Belton, per Calcutta 1803, Absolute Pardon, 8 Oct 1810.
Tasmanian Record : https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1p55 Calcutta 1804, Ocean to VDL. David Belton. Tried 26 July 1802, Life.