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Thomas Heath 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 345 (172) |
| 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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Family connections for Thomas (Heath) are: HEATH Thomas (Heath) was born about 1789. He was tried at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived at Port Phillip (now Victoria) as a convict on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on HMS CALCUTTA (an expedition that settled in Tasmania); he would have camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay. This expedition rejected Port Phillip for a settlement at this time & he was moved to Risdon Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 27 1 1804 (arriving on 15 2 1804) on OCEAN or HMS LADY NELSON or leaving on 24 3 1804 (arriving on 25 6 1804) on OCEAN. He married Susannah (Risby age14 her first marriage) on 5 5 1810 at St Davids CofE Hobart. He died on 15 9 1814 age25 by drowning & was buried on 3 10 1814 at St Davids CofE Hobart. [Some details taken from this Website] Susannah (Gibson/Risby/eby/esby) was born on 13/14 5 1796 on Norfolk Island & baptised on 14 4 1805 age8 w/Joseph, Benjamin on Norfolk Island. [A Susan (Gibson) is recorded as orphan >10y on stores on Norfolk Island in February 1805] On 3 9 1808 she went to Derwent Tasmania with her parents as part of the first evacuation on CITY OF EDINBURGH, arriving on 5 10 1808; to Argyle Derwent Valley. She is recorded with 1child on stores at Hobart Town on 2 10 1818. She married secondly David (Jones) on 28 11 1815 at St Davids CofE Hobart. She produced 1known child in her lifetime. Details of Susannah (Risby)s family are given in entry for Edward (Risby ALEXANDER 1788) on this Website. Thomas (Heath) & Susannah (Risby) produced maybe 1child: 1.??? (Heath) References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
Burials in the Paris of St David's Hobart - No; 162 Name; Thomas Heath When Died; 15 Sept 1814 - Buried 3 Oct 1814 Age; 25 Ship's Name; Calcutta Remarks; Convict - Drowned