These are Prison Hulk Records for Henry Cohen which have become available on Ancestry.com.

  • UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 Record for Henry Cohen
Name: Henry Cohen Age: 43 Estimated birth year: abt 1790
Date Received: 5 Aug 1833 Ship: Justitia Place Moored: Woolwich
Date Convicted: 16 May 1833 Place Convicted: Central Criminal Court (Old Bailey), London
See 2nd page number 6960
First Register Extract re Henry Cohen including details of conviction
  • Name: Henry Cohen Ship: Justitia Place Moored: Woolwich
Second Register Extract re Henry Cohen including gaoler's report on character

Source Citation: Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books, Class: HO 9?; Piece: 5.

Source Information:

Ancestry.com. UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Home Office: Convict Prison Hulks: Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849. Microfilm, HO 9?, 5 rolls. The National Archives, Kew, England.

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About UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849

This collection consists of registers and letter books of prisoners on convict prison hulks in England between 1802-1849. A hulk is a decommissioned ship that is either technologically out of date or cannot make it through the open sea without taking on water, but is still able to float without problems. There were many of these ships available when engines started to power ships instead of sails, so the hulks were moored in harbors and used as floating prisons or for other purposes. The hulks’ place in harbors also made it easier to hold and transport convicts being sent to Australia. The first prison hulks in England appeared after a 1776 act allowed them to be used to house prisoners.

The collection contains a letter book relating to the establishment of hulks written from 1847-1849 and the registers of prisoners on 19 different hulks between 1802-1849. The registers contain:

Name Date received Age Birth year Date convicted Where convicted

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