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Voyage
Transportation
Zachariah Cocksedge was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 2nd Oct 1822 and arriving 4th Mar 1823 with 161 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 225 (113) |
| 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
Zachariah was born in Rougham, Suffolk England. His parent were John Cocksedge and Mary Ann Hewlett. He was baptised at Rougham on 9th September 1789. He had 4 brothers and 1 sister. His brother Abraham was my great, great grandfather.
1828 NSW Census Index. Yick(?) Cocksedge, per Surry, 17 Road Party. (no further details) -------------------------------------------------- https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/collections-and-research/guides-and-indexes/node/1621/browse Marriage Permissions. Permission 3 Sept 1831, Zachariah Cocksedge, age 31, per Surry, 4 years, 7 years, Free, and Ann Garraway, per Sovereign, age 27, 7 years, bond. -------------------------------------------------- Absconded Prisoners Garraway ux Cocksedge Ann, No. 29-387, Sovereign, 28, Servant, Glasgow, 5 feet 1½, hazle eyes, brown hair, ruddy pock-pitted comp, from Zacharias Cocksedge her husband. NSW Govt Gazette, 11 Apr 1832. -------------------------------------------------- In 1835, Zachariah Cocksedge was a witness at an inquest into the death of a child. He was described as a carpenter who had been employed at the house of a person named Doyle, opposite to the residence of the parents”. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12853094?searchTerm=Cocksedge -------------------------------------------------- His wife Ann was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement in 1837. Court of Quarter Sessions, Thursday April 13th. Ann Coxhedge, stood indicted for stealing toys, the property of James Tegg. It appeared the prisoner sent her infant child into the shop to steal the article which she received at the door. To be transported to a penal settlement for five years. Sydney Monitor, 14 April 1837. --------------------------------------------------