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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
John Cockcroft was transported on the Westmoreland, departing 3rd Mar 1835 and arriving 15th Jul 1835 with 221 passengers.
The Westmoreland was a 405-ton sailing ship built in 1832 at Lynn, Norfolk, England. Four (4) sailings listed for her to transport convicts (and some free settlers and soldiers) to Australia - New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). (Voyage in 1838 from Ireland to NSW is currently being compiled, incomplete list of persons to date.)
Westmoreland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 8 |
| 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
25/10/1824 Leeds Intelligencer: JOHN COCKROFT alias CRABTREE, was indicted for stealing a silver watch, the property of Thomas Gibson. The facts of the case were very clear, and the Jury without hesitation pronounced a verdict of GUILTY. The RECORDER, in passing sentence, said that the prisoner had been convicted of cattle stealing at the Yorkshire Assizes in March 1832, and as the imprisonment he had then suffered had been insufficient to repress his thievish propensities, it would be necessary for the Court to inflict a severe punishment upon him. The prisoner must also remember that there was at this moment an indictment pending against him at York for cattle stealing, upon which some of his accomplices had already been convicted and transported for life, and it was probable that if the Court were now to sentence him to a short imprisonment, he would at its termination be handed over to the custody of the gaoler at York Castle, and if convicted the Judge would have no alternative but to sentence him to transportation for life. The sentence of this Court would not be for quite so long a term, but it was hoped it would be equally effective. The sentence of the Court was that he be transported for 14 years. John Cockcroft was 25 years old on arrival in NSW. He was single, protestant, and could read and write. 1842: TOL Parramatta 10/7/1848: CP 23/2/1850: COF Married Jane Ann Turner who was born in the Colony (daughter of William Turner 'Grenada 1818' and Margaret Bates - daughter of Thomas Bates 'Hillsborough') - they had 5 children. 1872: Worked as a carrier at Gosford. 18/12/1890: John died at Gosford and was buried at Point Frederick Cemetery. Listing says he was 86 years old - so born in 1804.
Convicted 20th October, 1834 Married Jane Ann Turner at Gosford 13 May 1846.