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Transportation
Patrick Cotton was transported on the Minerva, departing 1st Jan 1818 and arriving 7th Jun 1818 with 167 passengers.
The Minerva was built at Lancaster, England in 1804. 4 voyages bringing convict transportees to Australia.
Minerva (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, May 5th, 1835. The Tickets of Leave granted to the following Prisoners have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names viz :— Minerva (2)-—Patrick Colton or Cottom drunk on the sabbath and grossly insulting his mistress. NSW Govt Gazette, 6 May 1835.
Most records are listed as COLTON. The Minerva voyage of 1818 actually landed in VDL first and then went on the Sydney and landed more convicts there. Patrick was landed in VDL, committed a crime and was then sent to Sydney: On arrival Patrick was 43 years old, 5’6” tall, black hair, hazel eyes, his native place was Dromore, Tyrone Co. (Omagh is the county town of County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) so Patrick was tried at Omagh, County Tyrone. 25/11/1820 The Hobart Town Gazette and Southern Reporter: Daniel Clarke, Samuel O'Hara, Patrick Colton, and Christopher Read, four of the piratical convicts who took away the Young Lachlan schooner in 1819, and who were afterwards taken at Batavia, and sent back to this Settlement, with Malcolm Campbell, one of their associates, were brought forward in consequence of'Campbell having been permitted to become a King's evidence; and after his deposition was read over to them, they were fully committed to take their trial before the Criminal Court. 25/1/1821: Found Guilty – sentenced to death. Colonial Secretary Papers: COLTON, Patrick or COTTON. Per "Minerva", 1818 1821 Apr 28,30: Prisoner arrived from Hobart per "Medway" under sentence of transportation to Newcastle; to be held in Sydney Gaol (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.7, 10) 1821 May 24: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Snapper" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.35) 1821 Dec 27: On list of prisoners at Newcastle under sentence from the Criminal Court in Van Diemen's Land (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.201) 1831: TOL Maitland 9/5/1835: TOL cancelled for being drunk and grossly insulting his mistress. 1/10/1842: CP 23/12/1848 Sydney Morning Herald: Patrick received an Extended Pardon which enables the holders to proceed to any part of the world except the country or colony from which they were transported. Pordons available everywhere save in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. No date of death found.
Left port 1818