Hello, This is my first correspondence to the list. Has anyone any information on the
crime of my gggg grandfather
Thomas CARPENTER
1787 born in Surrey, England
1807 trial at Somerset and sentenced to life
1811 on the 29 Sep arrived at Port Jackson on "Admiral Gambier"
1814-15 worked on road construction gang as a sawyer for William Cox, for the road over
the Blue Mountains. Rewarded with emancipation
1815 on 5 Jun given a conditional pardon (Item 4/4430 Reel 774 p.087)
1816 on 1 Nov, son, William born at Richmond NSW
1817 son, John born at Richmond, NSW
1818 marriage to Catherine SHAW b.c. at Richmond NSW (daughter of William SHAW g.s.
Third Fleet 1791 "Atlantic" and Catherine NEAL g.s.1796
"Marquis Cornwallis")
1824 on 7 Sep, daughter Mary Ann, at North Richmond, NSW. Thomas' occupation
recorded as "sawyer"
1826 on 26 Aug, daughter, Sarah, Wilberforce NSW
1828 Census states "Free by servitude. Tenant, North Richmond"
1831 on 10 Feb. died at Windsor Hospital." Formerly resided at Wilberforce".
1988 a memorial, dedicated to the memory of all of the pioneers of the Hawkesbury
Valley was erected at Thompson's Square, Windsor NSW. The plaque bears the
names of pioneer families who settled in the Hawkesbury area prior to
1828. Included are Thomas CARPENTER and William SHAW. Their wives, Catherine and
Catherine are recorded in the "Pioneer memorial Book of Names"
Many thanks Marilyn MERCER, Windsor, NSW Australia