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Richard Kemp 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 336 |
| 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 |
Claims
"Descendant"
"Richard was my fifth generational grandfather. I’m a descendant of his daughter Charlotte Murray"
"Fourth great grandfather, descendant boy son Francis Kemp"
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Convict Notes
Richard Kemp and Sam Toler, for stealing, at Wilmington, one wether sheep, the property of Thomas Harman.— DEATH. Reprieved. Kentish Weekly Post, 23 March 1802. Saturday the following transports were removed from his Majesty's gaol Maidstone, on board the hulks, at Woolwich, viz. Edw. Jarrett, Benj. Spratt, James Aylmer, John Blackmore, James Reeves, Rich. Kemp, Sam. Toler, Wm Cortsworth, John Gaithwait, Sam. Fellows, Edw. Lewis, Thomas Johnson, James Gill, Charles Gill, John Cole, alias John Gray, Wm Cole, alias William Gray, Finch Harrison, Sam. Aylmer and Sam. Colley from the Sessions. Kentish Gazette, 30 April 1802. ------------------------------------------------- Several of the above named convicts also were transported on the Calcutta.
Richard Kemp, was baptised 17 December 1769 at St Mary Cray. Father: William Kemp and mother was Mary Rivers. 4/2/1792: married Anne Toler of Wilmington, Kent, born April 28 1773, daughter of Thomas and Anne Toler. Anne and Richard had one son, another Richard, who was baptised at Sutton at Hone near Wilmington and went on to marry Rosamund Burgess on 10 May 1818 at Ryarsh, Kent. In 1804 Richard Kemp (the elder) was transported for stealing sheep from a local man, Thomas Harman, and he was convicted with Samuel Toler, Anne's brother. Anne did not go with her husband to Tasmania. He married another convict , Mary Deal. She was Irish and was transported on The Janus to Sydney, and then to Hobart on The Princess Charlotte on 22 June 1820. She and Richard had seven children (not all in wedlock). They included: - Mary Kemp born 1824 - Ann Kemp born 1825 - Eliza Kemp born 1828 - Charlotte Kemp born 1830 - Susannah Kemp born 1832 - Matilda Kemp born 1836. Richard was already a free man at the time of his marriage, although Mary was to wait another 10 years. The couple settled in Sorell, Tasmania, where Richard worked for a time for a Reverent Robert Knopwood. He and Mary were buried at the St Georges Church in Sorell Tasmania.
per Calcutta 1803 married mary deal APril 1823