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John Whitehead 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 339 (169) |
| 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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Ooops! Born 1766.
Born c. 1776. Died 1804. (from burial records)
Burials in the parish of St Davids, Hobart. Burials at Camp Sullivan Bay, River Derwent , Van Diemens Land. https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-1p002j2k John Whitehead, Buried 20 Sep 1804, age 38, Ceremony performed by R. Knopwood.
Tasmanian Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2p515 John Whitehead, tried at Middx G.D., 18 Feb 1801, 7 years. -------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 05 March 2020), February 1801, trial of JOHN WHITEHEAD SARAH WHITEHEAD , otherwise GRIFFITHS (t18010218-76). JOHN WHITEHEAD, SARAH WHITEHEAD, Theft > shoplifting, 18th February 1801. 286. JOHN WHITEHEAD , and SARAH WHITEHEAD , otherwise GRIFFITHS , were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 4th of February , two pair of breeches, value 30s. the property of Judah Moses , privately in his shop . MARY MOSES sworn. - My husband is a dealer in clothes, and keeps a shop in Russell-court : On the 4th of this month we lost two pair of small clothes, about two o'clock in the day, I had seen them about twelve o'clock on the counter; the two prisoners and another man came to buy a suit of clothes; I only was in the shop; they staid near two hours trying on small clothes; they did not try on either of the two pair that laid on the counter; they did not buy any thing; they bid me money which I would not take, and then all three went away together; I missed the things, and I called them back, and told them I would take their money; the two prisoners came back, the other ran away; I threw up the woman's cloak, and said, you have robbed me, and I there found a pair of small clothes hanging over her arm; I examined them, and found my husband's mark on them; it was one of the two pair that was on the counter; I then said, I supposed the man had robbed me,and I found another pair of small-cloaths behind his great-coat; I sent for a constable and gave them into custody. Q. Did you charge them from any thing you had seen them do? - A. They would not come in without a great deal to do; I did not see them take them; I knew nothing of them before.( Thomas Mumford , the officer, produced the property, which was identified by Mrs. Moses.) John Whitehead 's defence. I was never out of the shop; she told the Justice that she picked them up behind the counter; is it likely that I should come back if I had any such thing about me? The prisoner Sarah Whitehead did not say any thing in her defence. John Whitehead GUILTY, aged 34, Sarah Whitehead GUILTY, aged 28, Of stealing, but not privately . - Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Le Blanc.