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Transportation
Jeremiah David 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.
Calcutta (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 334 |
| 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
Portsmouth Hulk Records. HO-9-8_3, page 5. Captivity. Received 3 from Carmarthen, 6 April 1802. William Rees, age 30, Ca. Res, Tried Carmarthen, 12 Aug 1801, NSW Life. Sent on board the Glatton, 8 Sept 1802. Jeremiah David, age 47, Ca. Res. Tried Carmarthen, 12 Aug 1801, NSW Life. Sent on board the Calcutta 9 Apr 1803. Thomas Evans, age 24, Gd. Larcy, Tried Carmarthen, 12 Aug 1801, BS 7 years, Pardoned 10 May ? in the army 1804. ————————————————————————— Carmarthen Sessions ended on Tuesday, when two prisoners received sentence of death, one for sheep-stealing, and the other for stealing a yoke of oxen; another was ordered to be transported for seven years; and T. Evans, for sedition, was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. Bury and Norwich Post, 2 Sep 1801. ————————————————————————- It appears his crime was either sheep stealing, or stealing a yoke of oxen.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-1_0234 Per Calcutta & Ocean 1804, Jeremiah David, tried at Carmarthen G. Del. 12 Aug 1801, Died at Sea.
Burials in the Paris of St David's Hobart - Year 1803. Burials on Board His Majesty's Ship - Calcutta No; 8 Name; Jeremiah David When Buried; 15 Sept 1803 Age; 47 [1756] Ship's Name; Majesty's Ship - Calcutta Australia, Convict Index, 1788-1868 Name Jeremiah David Age 49 Birth Year abt 1754 Arrival Year 1803 Arrival State Sorrento Ship Calcutta Occupation Labourer © 1997-2025 Ancestry