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John Williams 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 342 |
| 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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Williams, John Name: Williams, John Record Type: Convicts Additional identifier: 2 Departure date: 24 Apr 1803 Departure port: Portsmouth Ship: Calcutta Index number: 76476 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1446628 Tasmanian Library
THERE ARE TWO JOHN WILLIAMS ON THIS SHIP, BOTH TRIED AT MIDDLESEX G.D., BOTH SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS TRANSPORTATION. -------------------------------------------------------- Tasmanian Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON22-1-2p514 John Williams, Tried at Middlesex G.D., 14 July 1802, 7 years. ------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 05 March 2020), July 1802, trial of JOHN WILLIAMS (t18020714-28). JOHN WILLIAMS, Theft > burglary, 14th July 1802. 521. JOHN WILLIAMS was indicted for that he, on the 4th of July , about the hour of eleven in the night, being in the dwelling-house of Samuel Payne , feloniously did steal a coat, value 3s. a pair of breeches, value 14s. three waistcoats, value 8s. a jacket, value 3s. a shirt, value 3s. a silk handkerchief, value 2s. a pair of shoes, value 3s. a pair of stockings, value 1s. and a towel, value 6d. the property of the said Samuel, in the same dwelling-house, and having so committed the said felony, about the same hour, the said dwelling-house burglariously did break to get out of the same . ELIZABETH PAYNE sworn. - My husband is a waterman ; the prisoner came to us as an apprentice on liking; he was only with us a week: On Sunday afternoon, the 4th of July, I gave him liberty to go to his uncle's to get some clean linen; he came back about half after nine at night; our eldest apprentice came home about the same time; they had their suppers; my husband and I had our suppers, and went to bed about half past ten, after seeing the fires all out; about six o'clock the next morning, the eldest apprentice, James Arnold, came to the room, and desired me to get up, for he was robbed. Q. Were they your husband's things or your apprentice's that were taken? - A. They were my husbands, he finds them all in clothes; I got up, and went to look for the prisoner, and found him in the Borough, with part of the things upon his back; I took him to Mr. Brown, the constable. ROBERT BROWN sworn. - I am an officer; I took charge of the prisoner; part of the clothes I found upon him; he directed me to a public-house, where I found the rest. (The property was produced, and identified by the prosecutor.) Prisoner's defence. I have nothing to say for myself. GUILTY, aged 18. Of stealing goods, but not of breaking out of the dwelling-house . Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Rooke.