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Transportation
Moses Boss was transported on the Asia 1, departing 13th Aug 1827 and arriving 7th Dec 1827 with 200 passengers.
Built by A Hall & Co at Aberdeen in 1818. A Brig of 536 tons. (Wikipedia) 1830 - Voyage. Asia from Ireland. Female Convict Ship; Stead; Master, Alexander Nesbit M.D. Surgeon Superintendent. Arrived in Sydney Cove 13 Jan 1830. Mustered - 186. Died on Voyage - 3. Disembarked - 1. Total Embarked - 200
Asia 1 (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 255 (129) |
| 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
On Thursday Inst, the following convicts were removed from the County Gaol, Ipswich, to be put on board the York Hulk at Portsmouth: Thomas Boss, Moses Boss, Robert Halls, and William Arnold, to be transported for life William Ling, for 14 years; John Marjoram, Henry Mayhew, William Cooper, and George Fisher, for 7 years. Bury and Norwich Post, 16 May 1827.
SUFFOLK ASSIZE NEWS At Bury Assizes … Sentence of Death was recorded against the following prisoners:— Thos. Boss, aged 21, and Moses Boss, aged 19, for stealing a bay colt, the property of Mr. Edward Marfleet, of Bassingham, Lincolnshire. Norfolk Chronicle, 14 April 1827.
Moses arrived Van Diemen's Land, per 'Asia' on 7 Dec 1827. Convict no. 5988. He had been charged with horse stealing, with his brother Thomas Boss (old spelling of name is "Bofs"). Life Sentence. Gaol report good. On ship - orderly.Father, mother, brothers, sisters at home at Allington, Lincolnshire. Single. Protestant. No recordings of any misconduct or assignments in Convict Record Book. (ref. http://search.archives.tas.gov.au page 353). Moses was killed by native aborigines 9 May 1831. Newspaper report of inquest gives details (ref. http://trove.nla.gov.au)"Coroner's Inquest. Before the witnesses were examined, the Coroner and Jury, in the presence of a large concourse of people, took a view of the bodies of the two murdered men, Moses Boss, and William Carter. (full details on Trove). The incident occurred at Kemp's property, Sorell Lake.