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Francis Cobb 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 336 |
| 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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Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Francis Cobb Age 36 Birth Year abt 1767 Arrival Year 1803 Arrival State Sorrento Status Married (3 Children) Ship Calcutta Occupation Cordwinder
Robert Knopwood’s Diary. The Rev. Robert Knopwood sailed from England, on the Calcutta in 1803, and landed in Port Phillip with the prisoners. He later became the first chaplain appointed in Van Diemen’s Land, and was also appointed a Magistrate. He kept a diary, from 1805 -1808, which can be downloaded by following the links: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13550/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13563/ Entry for Tuesday 16 July 1805. pm. 7 a fire broke out at the House of Francis Cobb a Prisoner which consumed the same in a short time. It is very remarkable that we have alway had a fire, when a strange sail has been in sight, or very near the Derwent. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. COBB, Francis n.d. In index to land grants in Van Diemen's Land (Fiche 3262; 4/438 p.17) 1823 On list of persons owing quit rents in Van Diemen's Land; for land in the District of Argyle (Fiche 3270; X19 p.5) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hobart Town Gazette, 5 April 1817. Under the heading of Trades-people, Francis Cobb is listed as a baker. Hobart Town Gazette, 19 Dec 1818. Francis is listed as tendering 750 lbs of fresh meat to Government Stores. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Married, on Monday last, at St. David's Church, by licence, Mr. B. Walford, jun. eldest son of Mr. B. Walford, to Miss Maria Cobb, eldest daughter of Mr. Francis Cobb. Hobart Town Gazette, 28 Apr 1821. MARRIED.—On Monday last, by the Rev. W. BEDFORD, Colonial Chaplain, at St. David's Church, Mr. JOHN JONES, Settler at Jericho, eldest son of Mr. Benjamin Jones, of Elizabeth-street, to Miss MARY ANNE COBB, daughter of Mr. Francis Cobb, Settler at Blackman's River. Colonial Times, 8 Jun 1827. Married- On Friday last, at Kangaroo Point, by the Rev. R. Knopwood, M.A. Mr. Francis Cobb, widower, to Mrs. Sarah Caroline Rubery, of the District of Ross. Colonial Times, 30 Mar 1827. Tasmanian Marriage Record https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD36-1-1p197j2k Francis Cobb, widower of the parish of Ross, and Sarah Caroline Rubery, (Robery) widow, of the parish of Ross, were married in the Chapel in the parish of Kangaroo Point and Clarence Plains, by Banns on the 23 March 1827, by the Rev. R. Knopwood. Both Francis and Sarah signed their names. Witnesses were Jane Hanagan (signed her mark X) and James Lloyd, both of Hobart Town. On the 24th March, Mrs. Sarah Caroline Cobb, aged 56, the wife of Mr. Francis Cobb, Settler, of Blackman's River, an old and respected inhabitant, having arrived in this Colony in the ship Calcutta, leaving a large family to lament her loss. Colonial Advocate, 1 May 1828. Burial Register for district of Hobart Town, 1828. Sarah Cobb, age 56 years, abode, Blackmans River, buried 31 March 1828, Settler’s wife. Ceremony carried out by Wm. Bedford.
Tasmanian Records https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0164 Per Calcutta & Ocean 1804, Francis Cobb, tried Cityof Canterbury S.P., 3 May 1802, 7 years.
Francis Cobb and Edward Taylor, for breaking into the warehouse T. Bennett, in the parish of St. Alphage, and stealing quantity of leather, Cobb to be transported for seven years; Taylor admitted evidence for the crown, Kentish Gazette, 4 May 1802.