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Thomas Thompkins, 1791–1829 (aged 38 years)

Name
Thomas /Thompkins/
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Thompkins
Name
Thomas /Tomkins/
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Tomkins
Name
Ekin /Britten/
Given names
Ekin
Surname
Britten
Name
Thomas /Timothy/
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Timothy
Name
Thomas /Tompkins/
Given names
Thomas
Surname
Tompkins
Birth
about 1791
Text:

age given as 21 in 1812
Immigration
June 11, 1813 (aged 22 years)
Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Thomas Tomkins, one of 200 convicts transported on the ship 'Fortune', November 1812.
Alias(es): Ekin Britten
Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life.
Vessel: Fortune.
Date of Departure: November 1812.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas was a convict. He left his employer, William Strong's house in February 1812, taking with him, some of his employer's silver plates to his lodgings across the river at 8 Blackfriars Road, Southwark. When he attempted to pawn the silverware, he was caught and convicted at the Old Bailey. He was sentenced to death. His previous employer gave a reference stating that he had 'always behaved with the greatest deportment (and) was of good character'. His sentence was then commuted to transportation for life.
Thomas was described as 5'7" tall of ruddy complexion with brown hair and hazel eyes. He sailed aboard the ship 'Fortune' which departed England on 3 Dec 1812 and arrived in Sydney on 11 Jun 1813.

Citation details: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 02 January 2020), February 1812, trial of THOMAS TIMOTHY, alias EKINS BRITTEN (t18120219-14).
Text:

THOMAS TIMOTHY, Theft > theft from a specified place, 19th February 1812.
227. THOMAS TIMOTHY, alias EKINS BRITTEN, was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 4th of February, a silver pint mug, value 3 l. a silver mustard spoon, value 2 s. two silver tea spoons, value 3 s. and three silver scollop shells, value 30 s. the property of William Strong, in his dwelling-house.
ROBERT STRONG. My father's name is William Strong, he lives at No. 7, Montague Place, Russell Square, in the parish of St. George's, Bloomsbury.
Q. Do you know the prisoner at the bar. - A. I do, he lived with my father as under-footman, my father is afflicted with a paralytic stroke, and cannot move. The prisoner came into my father's service on the evening of the 18th of November last.
Q. On the same day had your father occasion to hire a person of the name of Greenaway. - A. Yes, he was upper footman, they both came the same evening into my father's service, I delivered to Greenaway my father's plate myself.
Q. Was there a list provided Greenaway for the charge of that plate. - A. There was a list which I gave Greenaway, and he signed one part of it, it was to be under his charge.
Q. Was the property in the indictment so entrusted to him. - A. Yes, the whole of it.
Q. How long did the prisoner remain in your service before he gave warning to quit your service. - A. He gave warning I think the 27th of January. I understood from my father that it was on account of ill health.
Q. How soon did Greenaway give warning. - A. Greenaway did not give warning, he was discharged on account of being absent the 29th in the morning, he was absent a day and night. I was present when he was dismissed his service.
Q. Upon his dismissal did you compare the list with the articles of the plate - A. I did, and there were missing all the articles in the indictment after calling er the list.
Q. What with Greenaway. - A. It was.
Q. Now what he said will not be evidence against the prisoner.
Q. When was it that the prisoner left your service. - A. On the 4th of February, in the evening. We were provided with another.
Q. After Greenaway was gone was there any butler to whom the plate was in charge. - A. Not particularly.
Q. Had the prisoner access to the plate after Greenaway went away. - A. He had.
Q. Had he before Greenaway went away - A. Only by permission of that butler
Q. Was the plate that is charged in the indictment of being lost, was it the plate that you were in the habit of using at your father's table. - A. Part of it.
Q. During the time and previous to Greenaway's going away, was the prisoner in the habit of bringing up that plate to furnish your father's table. - A. Part of it. I should presume he had.
Q. After he was gone, and you had paid the wages, no suspicion fell upon the prisoner. - A. None in the least, he went away on the 4th of February in the evening.
Q. How soon was it you received any information from Hatton Garden office. - A. On the 6th of February, two days after he went away, in consequence of information, I went to the office. I afterwards saw some plate produced at the office, which I knew to be that plate; I had no doubt about that plate when I saw it, none at all.
Q. Where you shewn among other things the mug. - A. I was.
Q. Whereabouts was the value of the mug. - A. About two pounds.
WILLIAM PAGE. I am a pawnbroker. I live in Liquorpond Street.
Q. Look at the prisoner at the bar and tell me whether you know his person. - A. I do On the 6th of February between two and three o'clock he came to my house, he offered to pledge these articles, a salt spoon, a tea spoon, and a mustard spoon, they were brought to me at one time.
Q. What were the value of these that were brought to you at one time.
Mr. Gurney. What is the value of one scollop shell. - A. About twenty shillings each, they were all brought to me together, the mustard spoon about four shillings, and the tea spoons about half a crown each. I asked the prisoner whose they were, he said they were his own, the scollop shells were both together at that time. I asked him how they came doubled together in that way, he said they were his father's, his father had given them to him, and he had brought them to me. I asked him who his father was, he said his name was Thomas Tomkins, that he lived with his father, No. 8, Blackfriers Road. I then asked him respecting the cornet upon them, he was not able to give me any satisfactory account; I said have you come honestly by them; he could give no account, therefore I gave him in charge of the officer.
WILLIAM MATTHEWS. I am an officer. I was sent for to the last witness's on the 6th of this month, I went to Mr. Page's shop, I found the prisoner there. I searched the prisoner, going across the road I found him putting his hand into his side pocket. I found something against my own, and in searching him I found this silver mug.
Q. (to Mr. Page.) What is the worth of the silver mug. - A. I should not hesitate to give three pounds for this mug to melt, it is very heavy indeed.
MR. STRONG. I know the mug belongs to my father, I have no doubt of it. I can swear to the mustard spoon, and as to the rest, I am sure they are my father's property, I have seen them often, my father's crest is upon them. I know the mug by the initials upon it.
Prisoner's Defence. I found these things laid out of the place. I found them in the wash-house against a tub. I found the things in the wash-house after the other servant was gone in the morning, and after I found them, the other servant came back into the house. I put them into another place of the wash-house, and the next day I was going away, and when I came at night I brought them away.
Court. Q. (to Mr. Strong.) Do you know the wash-house in which the prisoner states he took them away. - A. I do, it is part of the dwelling house. The prisoner always behaved with the greatest deportment, we had a good character with him.
GUILTY - DEATH, aged 21.
First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Bailey,
Census
1814 (aged 23 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas was listed in the 1814 muster as a stockman who arrived on the ship Fortune's second voyage.
Occupation
Free man
December 13, 1817
New South Wales, Australia
Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas received his ticket of leave while working at the Parramatta Lumberyard, where he had been since arriving in Sydney. The Ticket of Leave was granted on 13 Dec 1813 on the recommendation of William Jewell and Rev. Samuel Marsden. Jewell, who ran the lumberyard, said that Thomas was 'sober, honest and industrious' and Marsden judged him an 'honest and industrious man being of very good character'.
Religious marriage
Elizabeth Morris — View this family
August 21, 1820 (aged 29 years)
Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: No 749 year 1820
Text:

Thomas Thompkins, prisoner per Fortune 2 age 29 of the parish of Parramatta
and Elizabeth Kentwell, free of ditto
were married in this church by banns
this 21 day of August 1820
by me George Middleton
Thomas and Elizabeth both made their X marks in the register
in the presence of
Thomas Ashford who signed the register, and
Hannah Becket who made her X mark
Property
1822
Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

By 1822, Thomas had bought 50 acres originally granted to Patrick Silk at Castle Hill. He next bought the adjacent 40 acres from Thomas Ashford in 1823 and became a neighbour of John and Elizabeth Kentwell.
Census
November 1828 (aged 37 years)
Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Thomas Tompkins, 34, ticket of leave, Fortune, 1815, life, Protestant, landholder, Baulkham Hills
Tompkins, Elizabeth, 50, free by servitude, Mary Ann, 1791, 7 years
Tompkins, Henry 13, born in the colony
Tompkins, Sarah, 11, ditto
Death
December 1829 (aged 38 years)
New South Wales, Australia
Text:

Name: Thomas Tompkins
Death Date: 1829
Death Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1829
Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18291039 13
Burial
December 27, 1829 (0 after death)
Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Citation details: Vol 02, Baptisms, 1826-1834; Marriages, 1826-1834; Burials, 1826-1834; p. 25, 1829, no. 367
Text:

Thomas Tompkins, of Castle Hill, buried 27 Dec 1829, age 38, per Fortune, free, farmer, Samuel Marsden officiating minister
Family with Elizabeth Morris
himself
Birth: about 1791
Immigration: June 11, 1813 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Free man — December 13, 1817 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: 1822 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: December 1829 — New South Wales, Australia
Burial: December 27, 1829 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins
Thomas Thompkins
1791–1829
Birth: about 1791
Death: December 1829 — New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1778
Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: January 9, 1852 — Parramatta North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins
Elizabeth Morris
1778–1852
Birth: about 1778
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage — August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-5 years
son
Birth: August 15, 1815 24 37 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: February 27, 1838 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1893 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Esther Best Elizabeth Thompkins Thomas Thompkins Mary Thompkins Sarah Tompkins Henry Thompkins Sophia Tompkins John Tompkins
Henry Thompkins
1815–1893
Birth: August 15, 1815 24 37 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1893 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
daughter
Birth: October 29, 1817 26 39 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: May 16, 1836 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: after 1849
Death: June 2, 1893 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Cherrybrook, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Wharfe Elizabeth Wharfe Mary Ann Wharfe Sarah Wharfe James Thomas Wharfe Hannah Wharfe Robert Henry Wharfe Lucy Jane Wharfe Family with spouse John Sutherland
Sarah Thompkins
1817–1893
Birth: October 29, 1817 26 39 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 2, 1893 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
John Dalton + Elizabeth Morris
wife’s husband
Birth: about 1776
Immigration: October 13, 1791 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Emigration: November 15, 1794 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death:
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris Hannah Dalton
John Dalton
1776–
Birth: about 1776
Death:
wife
Birth: about 1778
Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: January 9, 1852 — Parramatta North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins
Elizabeth Morris
1778–1852
Birth: about 1778
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
14 months
stepdaughter
Birth: February 12, 1793 17 15 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Baptism: April 4, 1793 17 15 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: May 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: July 2, 1834 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1837 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: September 20, 1837 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Beckett Ann Becket Elizabeth Beckett Jane Eliza Beckett Family with spouse Robert Hathaway William Hathaway Mary Hathaway Sarah Hathaway
Hannah Dalton
1793–1837
Birth: February 12, 1793 17 15 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1837 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
William Kentwell + Elizabeth Morris
wife’s husband
Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Immigration: October 16, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1796
Census: 1800 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1805 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Trustee of Prospect Common — 1805 — Prospect, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1806
Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell
William Kentwell
1761–1809
Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1778
Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: January 9, 1852 — Parramatta North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins
Elizabeth Morris
1778–1852
Birth: about 1778
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage — January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
stepson
Birth: November 24, 1799 38 21 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 17, 1816 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships
William Kentwell
1799–1816
Birth: November 24, 1799 38 21 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: June 17, 1816 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
stepdaughter
Birth: 1802 40 24 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: November 13, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 8, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: April 10, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Williams John Williams Thomas Williams Elizabeth Williams Ann Williams Charlotte Williams Hannah Williams Thomas Williams Mary Williams Harriet Williams Sarah Williams Maria Susannah Williams William Ephriam Williams
Charlotte Kentwell
1802–1881
Birth: 1802 40 24 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: April 8, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
stepson
Kentwell, John (1804-1897)
Birth: about 1804 42 26 — New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: farmer — May 1820 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: 1824 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 9, 1897 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth James Elizabeth Kentwell Ann Kentwell William Henry Kentwell John Robert Kentwell Lucy Jane Kentwell Henry Kentwell Mary Ann Kentwell Samuel Kentwell Jane Kentwell George Kentwell
John Kentwell
1804–1897
Birth: about 1804 42 26 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: October 9, 1897 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years
stepdaughter
Birth: about 1806 44 28 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: May 5, 1823 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: March 17, 1834 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: March 6, 1854 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1881 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Wood Elizabeth Wood William Wood John Wood Mary Ann Wood Eliza Wood Family with spouse John Greenwood Henry Greenwood James Thomas Greenwood Samuel Robert Greenwood Robert Greenwood George Henry Greenwood Sarah Jane Greenwood Family with spouse Samuel Baldwin
Maria Kentwell
1806–1881
Birth: about 1806 44 28 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1881 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
stepdaughter
Birth: about 1809 47 31 — New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 10, 1840 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 24, 1867 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Roughley Charlotte Roughley James Roughley Joseph Roughley Elizabeth Roughley Eleanor Roughley Family with spouse Samuel Warner
Harriet Kentwell
1809–1867
Birth: about 1809 47 31 — New South Wales, Australia
Death: July 24, 1867 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Murtagh Shields + Elizabeth Morris
wife’s husband
Birth:
Immigration: February 21, 1801 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Stockman — after 1801 — Penrith, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
Property: 40 acres — after 1813 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1822 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: 1835 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris James Shields
Murtagh Shields
–1835
Birth:
Death: 1835 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife
Birth: about 1778
Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: January 9, 1852 — Parramatta North, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins
Elizabeth Morris
1778–1852
Birth: about 1778
Death: January 6, 1852 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage — about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
1 month
stepson
Birth: February 3, 1813 35 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Religious marriage: October 19, 1844 — Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 1, 1890 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial: Carlingford, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Bellamy James Shields William Shields … Shields Joseph Henry Shields Thomas Shields George Shields Samuel Shields Arthur Shields Albert Shields Rachel Shields Mary Ann Shields Martha J. Shields Sarah Shields
James Shields
1813–1890
Birth: February 3, 1813 35 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Death: November 1, 1890 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birth
Text:

age given as 21 in 1812
Immigration
Text:

Thomas Tomkins, one of 200 convicts transported on the ship 'Fortune', November 1812.
Alias(es): Ekin Britten
Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of life.
Vessel: Fortune.
Date of Departure: November 1812.
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas was a convict. He left his employer, William Strong's house in February 1812, taking with him, some of his employer's silver plates to his lodgings across the river at 8 Blackfriars Road, Southwark. When he attempted to pawn the silverware, he was caught and convicted at the Old Bailey. He was sentenced to death. His previous employer gave a reference stating that he had 'always behaved with the greatest deportment (and) was of good character'. His sentence was then commuted to transportation for life.
Thomas was described as 5'7" tall of ruddy complexion with brown hair and hazel eyes. He sailed aboard the ship 'Fortune' which departed England on 3 Dec 1812 and arrived in Sydney on 11 Jun 1813.

Citation details: Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 02 January 2020), February 1812, trial of THOMAS TIMOTHY, alias EKINS BRITTEN (t18120219-14).
Text:

THOMAS TIMOTHY, Theft > theft from a specified place, 19th February 1812.
227. THOMAS TIMOTHY, alias EKINS BRITTEN, was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 4th of February, a silver pint mug, value 3 l. a silver mustard spoon, value 2 s. two silver tea spoons, value 3 s. and three silver scollop shells, value 30 s. the property of William Strong, in his dwelling-house.
ROBERT STRONG. My father's name is William Strong, he lives at No. 7, Montague Place, Russell Square, in the parish of St. George's, Bloomsbury.
Q. Do you know the prisoner at the bar. - A. I do, he lived with my father as under-footman, my father is afflicted with a paralytic stroke, and cannot move. The prisoner came into my father's service on the evening of the 18th of November last.
Q. On the same day had your father occasion to hire a person of the name of Greenaway. - A. Yes, he was upper footman, they both came the same evening into my father's service, I delivered to Greenaway my father's plate myself.
Q. Was there a list provided Greenaway for the charge of that plate. - A. There was a list which I gave Greenaway, and he signed one part of it, it was to be under his charge.
Q. Was the property in the indictment so entrusted to him. - A. Yes, the whole of it.
Q. How long did the prisoner remain in your service before he gave warning to quit your service. - A. He gave warning I think the 27th of January. I understood from my father that it was on account of ill health.
Q. How soon did Greenaway give warning. - A. Greenaway did not give warning, he was discharged on account of being absent the 29th in the morning, he was absent a day and night. I was present when he was dismissed his service.
Q. Upon his dismissal did you compare the list with the articles of the plate - A. I did, and there were missing all the articles in the indictment after calling er the list.
Q. What with Greenaway. - A. It was.
Q. Now what he said will not be evidence against the prisoner.
Q. When was it that the prisoner left your service. - A. On the 4th of February, in the evening. We were provided with another.
Q. After Greenaway was gone was there any butler to whom the plate was in charge. - A. Not particularly.
Q. Had the prisoner access to the plate after Greenaway went away. - A. He had.
Q. Had he before Greenaway went away - A. Only by permission of that butler
Q. Was the plate that is charged in the indictment of being lost, was it the plate that you were in the habit of using at your father's table. - A. Part of it.
Q. During the time and previous to Greenaway's going away, was the prisoner in the habit of bringing up that plate to furnish your father's table. - A. Part of it. I should presume he had.
Q. After he was gone, and you had paid the wages, no suspicion fell upon the prisoner. - A. None in the least, he went away on the 4th of February in the evening.
Q. How soon was it you received any information from Hatton Garden office. - A. On the 6th of February, two days after he went away, in consequence of information, I went to the office. I afterwards saw some plate produced at the office, which I knew to be that plate; I had no doubt about that plate when I saw it, none at all.
Q. Where you shewn among other things the mug. - A. I was.
Q. Whereabouts was the value of the mug. - A. About two pounds.
WILLIAM PAGE. I am a pawnbroker. I live in Liquorpond Street.
Q. Look at the prisoner at the bar and tell me whether you know his person. - A. I do On the 6th of February between two and three o'clock he came to my house, he offered to pledge these articles, a salt spoon, a tea spoon, and a mustard spoon, they were brought to me at one time.
Q. What were the value of these that were brought to you at one time.
Mr. Gurney. What is the value of one scollop shell. - A. About twenty shillings each, they were all brought to me together, the mustard spoon about four shillings, and the tea spoons about half a crown each. I asked the prisoner whose they were, he said they were his own, the scollop shells were both together at that time. I asked him how they came doubled together in that way, he said they were his father's, his father had given them to him, and he had brought them to me. I asked him who his father was, he said his name was Thomas Tomkins, that he lived with his father, No. 8, Blackfriers Road. I then asked him respecting the cornet upon them, he was not able to give me any satisfactory account; I said have you come honestly by them; he could give no account, therefore I gave him in charge of the officer.
WILLIAM MATTHEWS. I am an officer. I was sent for to the last witness's on the 6th of this month, I went to Mr. Page's shop, I found the prisoner there. I searched the prisoner, going across the road I found him putting his hand into his side pocket. I found something against my own, and in searching him I found this silver mug.
Q. (to Mr. Page.) What is the worth of the silver mug. - A. I should not hesitate to give three pounds for this mug to melt, it is very heavy indeed.
MR. STRONG. I know the mug belongs to my father, I have no doubt of it. I can swear to the mustard spoon, and as to the rest, I am sure they are my father's property, I have seen them often, my father's crest is upon them. I know the mug by the initials upon it.
Prisoner's Defence. I found these things laid out of the place. I found them in the wash-house against a tub. I found the things in the wash-house after the other servant was gone in the morning, and after I found them, the other servant came back into the house. I put them into another place of the wash-house, and the next day I was going away, and when I came at night I brought them away.
Court. Q. (to Mr. Strong.) Do you know the wash-house in which the prisoner states he took them away. - A. I do, it is part of the dwelling house. The prisoner always behaved with the greatest deportment, we had a good character with him.
GUILTY - DEATH, aged 21.
First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Bailey,
Census
Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas was listed in the 1814 muster as a stockman who arrived on the ship Fortune's second voyage.
Occupation
Source: unknown
Text:

Thomas received his ticket of leave while working at the Parramatta Lumberyard, where he had been since arriving in Sydney. The Ticket of Leave was granted on 13 Dec 1813 on the recommendation of William Jewell and Rev. Samuel Marsden. Jewell, who ran the lumberyard, said that Thomas was 'sober, honest and industrious' and Marsden judged him an 'honest and industrious man being of very good character'.
Religious marriage
Citation details: No 749 year 1820
Text:

Thomas Thompkins, prisoner per Fortune 2 age 29 of the parish of Parramatta
and Elizabeth Kentwell, free of ditto
were married in this church by banns
this 21 day of August 1820
by me George Middleton
Thomas and Elizabeth both made their X marks in the register
in the presence of
Thomas Ashford who signed the register, and
Hannah Becket who made her X mark
Property
Text:

By 1822, Thomas had bought 50 acres originally granted to Patrick Silk at Castle Hill. He next bought the adjacent 40 acres from Thomas Ashford in 1823 and became a neighbour of John and Elizabeth Kentwell.
Census
Text:

Thomas Tompkins, 34, ticket of leave, Fortune, 1815, life, Protestant, landholder, Baulkham Hills
Tompkins, Elizabeth, 50, free by servitude, Mary Ann, 1791, 7 years
Tompkins, Henry 13, born in the colony
Tompkins, Sarah, 11, ditto
Death
Text:

Name: Thomas Tompkins
Death Date: 1829
Death Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1829
Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales
Volume Number: V18291039 13
Burial
Citation details: Vol 02, Baptisms, 1826-1834; Marriages, 1826-1834; Burials, 1826-1834; p. 25, 1829, no. 367
Text:

Thomas Tompkins, of Castle Hill, buried 27 Dec 1829, age 38, per Fortune, free, farmer, Samuel Marsden officiating minister
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BURI: CEME St. John's Church of England Cemetery