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Crime
Transportation
John Isaacson was transported on the Ocean, departing 22nd Apr 1823 and arriving 27th Aug 1823 with 175 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
Ocean (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 37 (20) |
| 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
John Isaacson, William Gilbert, and William Reeve, for stealing an iron chest, a wooden box, a surplice and a silk hood, out of the church at Wicken; Cambridge Chronicle, 19 July 1822. Monday last, eleven convicts for transportation were removed from the castle, in order to be conveyed on board the hulks Portsmouth harbour, viz. John Isaacson, William Gilbert, William Reeve. Edward Smith, Wm. Hanscombe, Jonathan Reeder, William Collis, and John Whitby, for life; James Fordham, for fourteen years; James Peachey and Robert Smart, for seven years. Cambridge Chronicle, 23 Aug 1822.
Convicts Index. 1791-1873. Johanna Newton, alias Anne Martin, per Sovereign 1829. Certificate of Freedom, 17 July 1837, Wife of John Isaacson, per Ocean (1823) (as stated on her C.F.)