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Transportation
John Bolton 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 341 (170) |
| 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 |
Claims
"John Bolton was my Great Great Great Grandfather. I am Brigette Boyd nee Nash."
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Convict Notes
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/1373850 Per Calcutta, 1804 Ocean to VDL. John Bolton, Tried Middx Je. Dy, 13 Jany 1802, 7 years. --------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 March 2023), January 1802, trial of JOHN BOLTON (t18020113-89). JOHN BOLTON, Theft > embezzlement, 13th January 1802. 168. JOHN BOLTON was indicted for that he, on the 19th of December , being employed as a servant to Philip Gibbons , did receive into his possession the sum of two pounds, on account of his said master , and that he did embezzle, secrete, and steal the same . There being an error in the indictment, the prisoner was ACQUITTED. Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. -------------------------------------------------- JOHN BOLTON, Theft > grand larceny, 13th January 1802. 169. JOHN BOLTON was again indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 19th of December , two waistcoat-pieces, value 8s. the property of Philip Gibbons . PHILIP GIBBONS sworn. - I am a woollen-draper, in Tottenham-court-road : The prisoner was my shopman , and having a suspicion as to his honesty, I had him searched, and found on him some duplicates, amongst the rest, of some waistcoat-pieces; I went to Hill's, in Rathbone-place, and to Chandler's, a pawnbroker, in Holborn, where I saw them, and knew them to be mine. GEORGE SIMPSON sworn. - I am a pawnbroker's servant, and live with Mr. Hill, in Upper Rathbone-place: The prisoner pawned this waistcoat-piece, on the 19th of December; for half-a-crown. (Produces a waistcoat-piece). JAMES WOODHOUSE sworn. - I am a pawnbroker's servant: On the 19th of December, the prisoner at the bar pledged this piece for three shillings. (Produces a waistcoat-piece).(They were both deposed to by the prosecutor). - CROCKER sworn. - I found the duplicate which corresponds with the pawnbroker's, in his pocket, on the 23d of December. GUILTY , aged 17. Transported for seven years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. -----------------------------------------------------