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Transportation
John Moore was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1817 and arriving 1st Jan 1818 with 181 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 HO11/2, Page Number 380 |
| 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
Sunday night the 17th inst. The following prisoners were removed from the gaol of this town on Board the Bellerophon, at Sheerness to be transported to New South Wales : ... John Moore, ... for Fourteen years, Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 26 May 1817. -------------------------------------------------------------- Hulk Records. Sheerness HO-9-7_1 (page 29/47) Received from Warwick, 20 May 1817. John Moore, age 21, Capital respite, Tried Warwick 1 April 1817, 14 years, Transported 28 July 1817. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ASSIZES.—The business of these assizes commenced, at the Crown bar, on Monday last . ... Subjoined will be found the names and offences of those criminals who were either capitally convicted or sentenced to transportation. ... CONDEMNED.—John More and William Oakey, for a burglary at Solihull; ... … Of the above thirty-nine persons, whose lives have become forfeited to the laws of their country, the four latter, viz Samuel Jacobs, Charles Sanders, Ann Hawkin, and William Stokes, were left for execution. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 14 April 1817.
Colonial Secretary Index. MOORE, John. Per "Ocean", 1818 1818 Jan 16 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Ocean" and forwarded to Windsor for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3497 p.307)