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Convict name: Best, William.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Dorset Assizes for a term of life on 18 March 1802.

vessel: [H.M.S.] Calcutta

date_of_departure: February 1803.

place_of_arrival:
[Port Phillip] New South Wales [transferred to Van Diemens Land 1804].

source:
Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 335 (167)

title:
William Best, one of 292 convicts transported on the [H.M.S.] Calcutta, February 1803.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
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 Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

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Connected with Best, William.

Aylmer, John.

Convicted at Kent Assizes for a term of life on 15 March 1802.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Beams, Thomas.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 25 May 1803.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

Brewer, George.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life on 13 January 1802.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Fitzgerald, Thomas.

Convicted at London Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 17 February 1802.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Hill, Elizabeth.

Convicted at Devon. Barnstaple Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 11 October 1802.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

Isaacs, Simon.

Convicted at Surrey Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 22 March 1802.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

Matthias, Samuel.

Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 05 October 1802.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

Pearsall, John.

Convicted at Stafford Assizes for a term of life on 22 July 1801.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Salmon, Thomas.

Convicted at Norfolk Assizes for a term of 7 years on 04 August 1800.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Sully, George.

Convicted at Bristol Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 25 January 1803.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

Williams, John.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 15 April 1801.
Transported by [H.M.S.] Calcutta (February 1803.).

Wilson, Rebecca.

Convicted at Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 13 October 1802.
Transported by Coromandel;Experiment (November 1803.).

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