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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
George Cox was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 28th Feb 1800 and arriving 20th Nov 1800 with 305 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
Royal Admiral (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 273 (136). State Archives NSW, TOL (Series: NRS 12202; Item:[4/4065]) and Convict Death Register (Series: 12213; SR Reel: 690). NSW BDM |
| 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
Convicted: 21 March 1796 Ticket of Leave No.27/544 dated 4th September 1827, Trade: Horse Dealer, Year of Birth: 1757, Remarks: First finger right hand off at first joint - in lieu of No.146 dated 13th August 1810, returned mutilated and torn up, District: Windsor. Written across ticket "Torn up on its receipt from Police Magistrate, Windsor, in report dated June 1834, stating that he died on the 11 May 1834." Family Tree - Ancestry - Death 13 May 1834 (V18342314 18), Lower Hawkesbury, NSW, married 1804 in Parramatta, NSW to Ann Nancy Archer 1759-1846 (ship Indispensible) with child George Cox 1805-1820. Convict Death Register - Burial 11 May 1834
George Coxs' Occupation was Horse Dealer.