John Cole

John Cole, one of 292 convicts transported on the Calcutta, February 1803

Name, Aliases & Gender

Name:	John Cole
Aliases:	none
Gender:	m

Birth, Occupation & Death

Date of Birth:	1781
Occupation:	-
Date of Death:	-
Age:	-

Life Span

Male median life span was 51 years*

* Median life span based on contributions

Conviction & Transportation

Sentence Severity

Sentenced to 7 years

Crime:	Theft
Convicted at:	Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term:	7 years
Ship:	Calcutta
Departure date:	February, 1803
Arrival date:	4th October, 1803
Place of arrival	New South Wales [Port Phillip]
Passenger manifest	Travelled with 293 other convicts

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 Project.

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Community Contributions

Penny-Lyn Beale on 15th October, 2021 wrote:

Old Bailey On-Line
Born; 1781
Trial; 13 Jan 1802. Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of theft from a specified place (feloniously stealing, on the 16th of November, three miniature pictures, value 21s. and ten silver tea-spoons, value 26s. the property of Elizabeth Oliver , widow, in her dwelling-house). Found guilty (theft under 40s). Sentenced to transportation.

Convict Changes History

Penny-Lyn Beale on 15th October, 2021 made the following changes:

date of birth: 1781 (prev. 0000), gender: m, crime