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Transportation
John Remnant 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.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 374 |
| 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
The prisoners who escaped from Chelmsford gaol, stated in our last, are named Joseph Wilson, Porter, Abraham Balls. William Clarke. Henry Clarke, Edward Webber. William Dowset. Solomon John Hunt, John Claffy, and John Remnant, all whom received sentence death the last Essex assizes, but, through the clemency of the Judge, were reprieved. It appears they got into the sewer, from the their cell. in which they proceeded a short distance, and by excavating the earth two feet from above the sewer, they were enabled to ascend into the press-yard. near where the gallows is erected: from thence by the assistance of some pieces rope, which were in the where rope manufactory carried on, they got over into the garden of prison; from the wall of which they descended,by a line they found, after fixing it round one of the trees in the garden. An alarm was given about half hour after they had made their escape, by one of the prisoners, who objected to accompany them; when Mr. Cawkwell, the, governor, immediately dispatched messengers in every direction, which has been the means of arresting several of them in their fright.—Webber and the two Clarkes were brought in the same evening from Good Easter, where they were discovered secreted under some haulm in a field. Hunt and Remnant were retaken on Chadwell Heath, by one of the Bow-street patrols, Tuesday, Dowsett and Cornnell were brought in on Wednesday night, from Slock, where they were found secreted in a stack of straw the remaining four, named Joseph Wilson, William Porter, Abraham Ball, and John Cliffy, are still .at large.—Wilson, the contriver of the escape, is a most desperate character. Cambridge Chronicle 18 April 1817.
Medical Journal of Ocean for 21 June 1817 to 16 Jan 1818, by George Fairfowl. ADM 101/57/8/11817-1817 Folio 6: James Remnant, Convict, aged 24; disease or hurt, pain in his side and difficulty breathing, a little cough. Taken ill, 16 September 1817. Dismissed cured 28 September 1817.