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Philip Stickland 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.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 335 (167) |
| 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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Family connections for Philip (Stickland) are: STICKLAND Philip (Stickland) son of John (Stickland sic) & Miriam (???) was baptised on 1 8 1784 at Corfe Mullen Dorsetshire. He was tried for breaking & entering & stealing money from Thomas (White) of Corfe Mullen at Dorchester Lent Assizes Dorsetshire on 13 3 1801, sentenced to be hanged reprieved to Life, held at Dorsetshire Gaol Delivery & arrived in Hobart as a convict on 9 9 1803 after a voyage of 8months on HMS CALCUTTA headed for Pt Phillip now Victoria; he would have camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay. This expedition rejected Port Phillip for a settlement at this time & he was moved to Risdon Derwent Van Diemens Land (Tasmania) on 27 1 1804 (arriving on 15 2 1804) on OCEAN or HMS LADY NELSON or leaving on 24 3 1804 (arriving on 25 6 1804) on OCEAN. He was employed by & stole from, w/others, the Governor-to which he confessed on 6 8 1807. For his own safety, from his fellow offenders whom he had named, he was sent to the whaling ship ALBION, arriving on 21 9 1807 from when he became known as Philip (Strickland). He was taken off stores at Hawkesbury in Mar 1809. He was an emancipist when he married Maria (Collits age15 her first marriage) on 4 9 1811 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He became a Police constable in NSW. He was recommended for a grant of land at Windsor in 1814. He died on 6 11 1816 age about32 presumed shot by a bushranger & buried at Old CofE cemetery. [Noted a Phillip (Stickland HMS CALCUTTA 1803) with Conditional Pardon is recorded as dying on 9 11 1816 age26 & buried at Christ Church Castlereagh] Some information taken from this Website] Maria (Colle/itts) was born in London on 1 9 1796. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MINORCA. She was helped after her husbands death by her parents & siblings for a while. She married secondly Edward (Field) on 6 10 1817 at Christ Church Castlereagh & produced 7children. She was recorded in 1828 with her family at Evan. She died before 1830, childbirth?, age about34 mother of 10children & was buried with her husband (Philip (Strickland) at Old CofE cemetery. Details of Maria (Colle/itts) s family are given in entry for Pierce (Collet MINORCA 1801) on this Website. Philip (Strickland) & Maria (Colle/itts) produced 3children: 1.Pierce (Strickland) 2.Josiah (Strickland) 3.John (Strickland) was born about May 1816. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.
Colonial Secretary Index. STRICKLAND, Philip 1809 Mar Discharged from the Hawkesbury Stores (Reel 6040; 9/2673 p.20) 1814 Jun 30 Of Windsor. On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1814 (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.16) Doc dated 30 June 1814. Philip Strickland, of Windsor, recommended by W. Cox Esq. Grant of 50 acres.
Robert Knopwood’s Diary. The Rev. Robert Knopwood sailed from England, on the Calcutta in 1803, and landed in Port Phillip with the prisoners. He later became the first chaplain appointed in Van Diemen’s Land, and was also appointed a Magistrate. He kept a diary, from 1805 -1808, which can be downloaded by following the links: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13550/ https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13563/ Diary Entry for Thursday 6 August 1807. am This day at 1 p.m. a reward of Free Pardon and passage to England was offered to any Prisoner Male or Feamale who would discover the Robbery of Mr Collins that the offenders can be convicted. was offered by the Lt Govnr. Philip Strickland servant to Mr Collins came forward and promised to confess to me the next morning Friday 7 August. am The morning very wet. at 11 the Lt Govnr sent for me and requested I would take the Confession of Philip Strickland I staid with him till near 4 p.m. He implicated Tho Wm Stoker, and P. Nowland. Maria Gar'dner &c: &c (Part of the diary is missing here) Saturday 8 August. 4 p.m. Ph Strickland was taken down the river on board the Albion, Capt Richardson as some of the prisoners said they would kill him him for having confessd. Mr Collins went down in the Governmen Cutter, and Mr Blinkworth Entry for Saturday 14 February.
The 1828 NSW census Index shows that Philip's wife Maria married Edward Field, a farmer, and went on to have 7 more children with him, as well as her 3 sons from Philip. 1828 Census Index. Pierce Strickland, age 17, B.C. protestant. Children of Maria Field, Evan district. Josiah Strickland, age 16, B.c. protestant. Children of Maria Field, Evan district. Joseph Strickland, age 13, B.C. protestant, Children of Maria Field, Evan district. Edward Field, age 31, B.C. protestant, Farmer, Evan district, has 150 acres of land, 110 cleared and 66 cultivated. Has 19 horses, 130 cattle and 260 sheep. Maria Field, age 32, C.F. Minorca, 1801, protestant. And their children: all born in the Colony, Elizabeth, 10, Eliza, 9; Lydia, 7; Francis, 5; James, 3; Lucy Ann, 2, and Edward junior, age 6 months.
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P344JPG Per Calcutta, Philip Stickland, Tried Dorsetshire G.D., 12 Mar 1801, Life. --------------------------------------------------- At Dorchester, ... and Philip Stickland, for felonies, received sentence of death.— Clark, Winter, and the two highwaymen were execution; the others. were reprieved. St James Chronicle, 28 Mar 1801.
The son of Richard (Richard’s father was John STICKLAND) and Miriam STICKLAND, Phillip was born before 1/8/1784 Corfe Mullen, Dorset, England. He was baptised at Corfe Mullen 1/8/1784 and died 6/11/1816 (Information from Parish Register). His grave incorrectly states that he died in 1917. He was buried 9/11/1816. Phillip’s birth name was STICKLAND not STRICKLAND and he was also married under the name of STICKLAND but all his children and death names are spelt STRICKLAND. Phillip was tried before the Dorset Lent Assizes held at Dorchester on Friday 13/3/1801, with breaking and entering the dwelling of Thomas White at Corfe Mullen and stealing three gold coins, one pound sugar, one pound pork and a silk purse to the value of four pounds, six shillings and eight pence. He was found guilty and sentenced to be hanged but was reprieved to be transported to the new Colony of New South Wales, or some other of the islands adjacent, for the term of his natural life. He was then 17 years of age. During the time served in gaol in England he was employed as a hatter. He came to Australia on board HMS Calcutta and arrived in Hobart on 9/9/1803. Sometime after his arrival in Hobart, Phillip was given a position in the household of the Governor, David Collins. In 1807 he was arrested and charged with stealing goods-the property of the Governor. Probably because he was serving the life sentence for stealing, commuted from a sentence of death and no doubt believing he was certain to hang for this second offence, he turned King's evidence. He implicated others in the commission of the stealing offence and as well those involved in receiving the stolen goods. As a consequence those implicated threatened his life for informing. The threats were taken seriously and he was sent by the whaling ship Albion to Sydney arriving on 21/9/1807, being the only sure way of saving his life. In the Colony of New South Wales, Phillip STICKLAND became known as Phillip STRICKLAND. On 4/9/1811 at St. Matthew's Church, Windsor, at the age of 27 years, he married Mary COLLITS, aged 15 years, the daughter of Pierce COLLITS and Mary HARDWICK. He was granted a free pardon 31/1/1816 by Governor Macquarie. He was 31. On 6/11/1816, Phillip STRICKLAND died aged 31 years. It was believed that he had been shot by a bushranger whilst carrying out his duty as a police constable. He is buried in the Old Castlereagh Church of England Cemetery next to his wife Maria. After Phillip's death Maria's parents Pierce and Mary COLLITS, her brothers and sisters helped look after her three sons, the youngest being only six month old.
Philip married Maria Collits, 4 September 1811. Maria was the daughter of Pierce Collits (Convict, Minorca, 1801) and his wife Mary Hardwick. Maria had been born in England and Come Free to the colony with her mother and sister on board the Minorca, accompanying her father. Philip and Maria had 3 sons, Pierce, Josiah and John. Philip died only 5 years after he had married Maria.