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Transportation
James Paul was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 342 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.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
James Paul was indicted for stealing carpenters tools, the property of Gabriel Cunningham, and John Taylor for having the above in his possession. Guilty. Derry Journal, 28 March 1837. James Paul for stealing carpenter's tools, and John Taylor for having in possession, each to transported fur seven years. Londonderry Standard, 29 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. James Paul, age 29, per Calcutta II, 1837, tried 1837, Londonderry, 7 years, for stealing tools. DOB, 1808, Londonderry. Married, 2 female children, brother in law John McMahon, convict arrived about 1836. Trade, shoemaker. Religion, Presbyterian. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW Convict Index. James Paul, per Calcutta, 1837, Ticket of Leave, No 41/1843. District, Yass; Tried, Londonderry. James Paul, per Calcutta, 1837, Certificate of Freedom, 8 May 1844. No 44/0738. TL 41/1843. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- His wife, Mary McMagh, was transported on the Arabian in 1846-7 to VDL, convicted in Londonderry for receiving £10 knowing it to have been stolen.