Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Richard Cox was transported on the Lord Lyndoch, departing 30th May 1833 and arriving 18th Oct 1833 with 330 passengers.
1838 Voyage - Lord Lyndoch. Surgeon Superintendence; Doctor Pineo, From the Surgeons Notes; " Total Embarked; 330 Male Convicts. 19 Died on Passage. 8 Died of Scurvy, 11 of Old age and diseases contracted previously to embarked which could not be detected ...... An accident occurred whereby 16 men were dreadfully scolded with boiling tea. many of them from the shoulders down to their knees.. 112 were sent to the Sydney Hospital on arrival "
Lord Lyndoch (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 133 (68) |
| 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 |
Claims
"He is my great great grandfather on my fathers side."
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Convict Notes
Commitments.  by T. W. Hodes, Esq. John Nash and Richard Cox, charged with stealing a quantity of leather, the property of Joseph Pitman, of Stourbridge; Worcester Herald, 2 Feb 1833. Transportation. ...  Nash, John, aged 28, and Cox, Richard, aged 19, skinners, for stealing a quantity of leather, the property of Joseph Pitman, of Stourbridge. Worcester Herald, 2 Mar 1833.
Richard and Ann had a large family, 12 children born between 1839 and 1863. Grace
On 11th November 1839, Richard married Ann Turnbull at Pitt Town. Ann was the daughter of Ralph Turnbull and Grace Cavanough. Ralph had come free, on the "Coromandel" in 1802, aged 11 years. He came with his father John Turnbull, an immigrant Tailor and his mother Ann Warr, with 3 siblings. Grace had been born in the colony, the daughter of Owen Cavanough, a First Fleet Sailor, who arrived 1788 on the "Sirius" and his wife Margaret Darnell, a First Fleet Convict, 1788, "Prince of Wales".