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Samuel Cross was transported on the Calcutta, departing 31st Jan 1803 and arriving 4th Oct 1803 with 305 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 340 |
| 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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Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868Name John Cross Age 27 Birth Year abt 1776 Arrival Year 1803 Arrival State Sorrento Ship Calcutta Occupation Wheelwright © 1997-2025 Ancestry
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0164 Per Calcutta 1804, & Ocean. Samuel Cross, alias John, tried Middx Je. Dy. 16 Sep 1801, 7 years. ---------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 March 2023), September 1801, trial of SAMUEL, alias JOHN CROSS JOHN, alias EDWARD EDWARDS (t18010916-35). SAMUEL CROSS, JOHN EDWARDS, Theft > grand larceny, 16th September 1801. 662. SAMUEL, alias JOHN CROSS , and JOHN, alias EDWARD EDWARDS , were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 7th of August , ten yards of kerseymere cloth, value 30s. the property of George William Goodey . GEORGE WILLIAM GOODEY sworn. - I am a man's-mercer , No. 14, Bedford-court, Covent garden : On Friday, the 7th of August, about eight o'clock in the morning, I was called down stairs, and informed a piece of cloth had been stolen. JAMES WIGHTMAN sworn. - On the 7th of last month I was passing through Bedford-court, about eight o'clock in the morning, I observed the prisoner, Cross; to the best of my remembrance, the prisoner, Edwards, but I do not mean to swear to him, and a third man; I saw Cross, and the man that I take to have been Edwards, go into the shop of the prosecutor; they staid about five minutes, during which time I was in the house of a young man, now in Court, nearly opposite; Cross came out with a roll of kerseymere, I immediately collared him, and he let the kerseymere drop; the person that I believe to be Edwards was with him; immediately upon my collaring Cross, the other two ran away; a scuffle ensued; he said, if I would let him go quietly back he would, and he did; he denied having had the kerseymere; two or three people came up, and he walked with me to the prosecutor's.(The property was produced and identified by Mr. Goodey). RICHARD WILLIAMS sworn. - On Friday, the 7th of August, Mr. Wightman came in, and requested to sit upon the counter a few minutes, as he suspected three men were going to rob some of the opposite neighbours; after sitting a short time, I saw the prisoner, Cross, come out of Mr. Goodey's shop, and the prisoner, Edwards, with him; I took particular notice of both, and Edwards particularly. WILLIAM- OAKLEY BUCK sworn. - I was in Mr. Goodey's shop alone; the two prisoners came into the shop about eight o'clock in the morning to buy some cotton; they staid in the shop about five minutes; this kersymere was upon the right hand counter; I was behind the left hand counter, when I was serving them with the cotton; Edwards threw down 1s. 6d. to pay for the cotton, and while I went into the passage to get change, Cross was gone away with the kerseymere, and I did not know any thing of it till I heard the cry of stop thief. Q. How long were you gone? - A. About three minutes; when I came back, both the prisoners were gone. Cross's defence. I have nothing to say, any more than I know nothing of the man that stands by the side of me. Edwards's defence. I know nothing of this man; I was taken five weeks after the robbery was done. Cross, GUILTY, aged 25. Edwards, GUILTY , aged 16. Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Hotham.