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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Benjamin Cox was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 185 (94) |
| 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
At STAFFORD assizes ten prisoners received sentence of death, three of whom are left for execution, viz. ...and Wm. Cox, aged 51, and Peter Howell, aged 30 for breaking into the dwelling house of Bernard Wilkes, at Sedgley, and stealing divers goods, his property. B. Cox, aged 57, and Thomas Whithall, aged 19, for being concerned in the said offence, were condemned, but reprieved (Morgan, an accomplice, was admitted King's evidence); … Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 23 Aug 1813. Hulk Record. HO 9/8 (Captivity) Page 33 Received from Stafford, 17 May 1814. Benj. Cox, age 57, Burglary, Tried, Stafford, 5 Aug 1813, Life. NSW 13 Sep 1814.