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Transportation
Elijah Waters was transported on the Indefatigable, departing 30th Sep 1814 and arriving 26th Apr 1815 with 202 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. (Details of the 1812 sailing are to be found under separate listing for Indefatigable and Minstrel.)
Indefatigable (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 180. Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
| 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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25/3/1814 Stamford Mercury Lincolnshire, England: HOUSE-BREAKING AT FOTHERBY. ELIJAH WATERS (aged 24) stood charged with breaking open the dwelling-house of John Sharpe the elder of Fotherby, laborer, on the 15th of October last, and stealing bank bills to the amount of 6l. 2s. twenty-eight 3s. tokens, and two sixpences. When the constable went to apprehend prisoner, he said he knew what he wanted, and that it was a bad job. It was also proved that immediately after the robbery, prisoner, who is a laborer, went to Mr. Jas. Willey's, tailor, in Louth, and bought a quantity of new clothes for which he paid in notes answering the description of those stolen; and Mr. Greenwood, who keeps a public-house in Louth, stated that prisoner came there with a woman (whom he represented to be his wife) on the same day, and during his stay pulled out of his pocket about twenty 3s. pieces, which he showed to the company present. - Verdict, guilty - death but afterwards reprieved. Colonial Secretary Papers: WATERS, Elijah. Per "Indefatigable", 1815 1815 Apr 29: On list of prisoners disembarked from the "Indefatigable" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution; listed as Walters (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.66) 1816 Apr 10: On list of convicts embarked on the "Kangaroo" for the Derwent (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.461) 1821 Apr 28,30: Prisoner arrived from Hobart per "Medway" under sentence of transportation to Newcastle; to be held in Sydney Gaol (Reel 6008; 4/3504 pp.7, 10) 1821 May 24: On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Snapper" (Reel 6008; 4/3504 p.35) 1821 Nov 12: Convict from Van Diemen's Land under sentence to Newcastle. Re warrant respecting the commencement and duration of sentence (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.57) 1821 Dec: On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle; listed as John Waters (Reel 6023; 4/1718 p.139) 1821 Dec 24: Convict at Newcastle under sentence from Van Diemen's Land. Request for details of his sentence (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.196) 1822 Feb 14: On list of prisoners transported from Van Diemen's Land to Newcastle (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.257) 1823 Feb 15: On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Sally"; listed as John Waters (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.390-1)
Convict Indent records, at VDL: Aged 25yrs; labourer; 5'9 1/2". Native place of birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.
Elijah WATERS was convicted at Lincoln, England in 1813. Life Sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia per the 'Indefatigable'. Further transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Kangaroo'. Work assignments in the Colony of VDL. 1816: charged with stealing an iron pot. 100 lashes. 1821: Absconded, into the woods. To be transferred to Newcastle, New South Wales.