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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Moses Hancock was transported on the Coromandel, departing 25th Jun 1838 and arriving 26th Oct 1838 with 350 passengers.
Coromandel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 290 |
| 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
Moses Hancock was listed as 20 years old on arrival in VDL. Native Place: near Bath. Moses was single, 5'2¼" tall, fresh complexion, black hair and whiskers, grey eyes, impediment in speech, slightly pockpitted and freckled, several moles on right arm, mole and sun left arm. 26/1/1844: TOL 1/3/1844 The Courier, Hobart: Shipping Intelligence: 26 - Arrived the cutter James Gibson, 16 tons, Jacobs, from Circular Head, with sundries - passengers, Ann Hay, Samuel Symons, Moses Hancock, Henry Redgate. 4 prisoners of the crown. 2/2/1847: Recommended for a CP 1/7/1848: (Newspaper date) CP 12/8/1850: Geelong Advertiser, Victoria: Aug. 9.-Albert, schooner, from Circular Head. Passengers-Moses Hancock, John Roberts. 1865: Moses Hancock, allotment 51B, parish of Mangalore, 80a. 19/1/1876: Mount Alexander Mail, Victoria: Moses Hancock, a carter living at Seymour, was found drowned early on Saturday evening, in a watorhole near his house. He was under the influence of liquor on tho previous evening. 1876: VIC BDM: Moses Hancock, born Bath, aged 55 - Spouse at Death: Mary Boswell. Mary Boswell arrived on the ship Blackfriars with her mother Ann Murphy (convict) and her brother William. She married in Victoria in 1868 to Moses Hancock a former convict, (Moses listed as Handcock on VIC BDM). Mary was 23 and Moses was 50- they had 3 children: 1870: Louisa 1872: Charles 1874: Mary Ann When Moses drowned in the creek behind their home in Seymour Victoria in 1876. Mary went on to live in Seymour and had 3 more children to George Ratten. Mary died aged 46 years in 1891.
Convicted of murder 31 March 1838 at Taunton with James Lines also on board this ship. see entry