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William Thomas Stocker 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 341 (170) |
| 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 William Thomas (Stocker/s) are: STOCKER William Thomas (Stocker/s) was born about 1776 & seems to have become a soldier. He was tried for forgery, on 20 1 1802, at Old Bailey on 28 4 1802, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived at Port Phillip (now Victoria) as a convict on 4 10 1803 after a voyage of 7+months on HMS CALCUTTA (an expedition that settled in Tasmania); he probably camped at what is now Sorrento/Sullivans Bay. He married Mary/Maria (Hayes her second marriage) on 27 6 1816 at St Davids CofE Hobart. In August 1816 a Mr (Stocker) publican was refused passage across the Derwent at Kissing Point by ferryman Urias (Allender). He was Free by Servitude by 1822. He died on 29 10 1837 age about63 & was buried, as Thomas husband of Mary Maria, at St Davids CofE Hobart. [Some details taken from this Website] Mary (Hayes) was born about 1762/70. She married firstly Henry (Hayes) carpenter perhaps in UK & produced a child. She was tried at probably Old Bailey, sentenced to 14years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in Port Jackson NSW as a convict with her husband & teenage daughter on 11 3 1803 after a voyage of 6months on HMS GLATTON. She travelled to Port Jackson on HMS CALCUTTA & on to Norfolk Island. In February 1804 she went with her family from Port Jackson to Derwent on INTEGRITY; a ship that experienced rudder trouble & was towed to land by PILGRIM; & on to Derwent on PILGRIM. She was recorded as on stores at Derwent on 13 3 1803. She was issued her Free Pardon in 1809. She died in 1843 age about81 mother of 1known child. [Some details taken from this Website] [Noted a Louisa (Stokes) is recorded as born in 1817-no parents given] References: 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. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land'
Australia, Convict Index Name William Thomas Stocker Age 27 [Born abt 1776] Arrival Year 1803 Arrival State Sorrento Trial Place Middlesex GS Status Married Ship Calcutta Occupation Soldier © 1997-2025 Ancestry 1816 - Marriage to Mary Maria Hayes, Marriage Date 27 Jun 1816, Marriage Place Hobart, Tasmania 1822 - Australia, Settler and Convict Lists Free by servitude, FIND A GRAVE William Thomas Stocker Birth; 1773 Death; 29 Oct 1837 (aged 63–64). Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Burial; St. David's Park, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia Death registered as Thomas Stocker Age 63 years Memorial ID; 272209266 Licensed Victualler From Hobart Town Gravesite Details Burial date 2 Nov 1837 Family Members; Spouse; Mary Maria Stocker 1762–1843 (m. 1816)
Tasmanian Records. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2P344JPG Per Calcutta, Wm. Thomas Stocker, Tried Middlesex G.D., 28 April 1802, 14 years.
Old Bailey Online 391. WILLIAM-THOMAS STOCKER was indicted for that he, on the 20th of January , feloniously, knowingly, wittingly, and without lawful excuse, had, in his custody and possession, divers forged and counterfeited Bank-notes for the payment of five pounds each, he well knowing them to be forged and counterfeited . The prisoner pleaded GUILTY . Transported for fourteen years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Thompson .