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Transportation
Thomas Watkins was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1815 and arriving 30th Jan 1816 with 221 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 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 238 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online THOMAS WATKINS. JAMES JONES. JAMES ROBERTS. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 11th January 1815. Text type Trial account Defendants THOMAS WATKINS, JAMES JONES, JAMES ROBERTS Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 11th January 1815 Reference Number t18150111-142 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 264. THOMAS WATKINS , JAMES JONES and JAMES ROBERTS , were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 11th of January , three pewter quart pots, value 3 s. 6 d. the property of John Young . HENRY HODGSON . I keep the Lord Wellington public-house, Thornaugh-street. Mr. Young keeps the red cap at Camden-town , on the 11th of January the three prisoner's came into my house, and had a pint of porter, when they were gone out, a man in the tap room said, they had taken a pint pot with them; I followed them to Mr. Young's house, they went into Mr. Young's house, I saw Roberts come out of the house with a quart pot under his coat; when he came out, the other two were waiting on the outside they had been in the house, but they went in one at a time; they all three went into his house, but they went in one at a time. Mr. Young and I went after Watkins we found him in a field, with two of Mr. Young's quart-pots and my pint pot tied up in a handkerchief, and one of Mr. Young's quart pots on Roberts; we secured them all three; these are the pots; this one is mine, and the three quarts are Mr. Young's property. MR. YOUNG. The three quart pots are mine. WATKINS, GUILTY , aged 22. JONES, GUILTY , aged 23. ROBERTS, GUILTY , aged 27. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury before Mr. Common Serjeant.