Family of Thomas Barnes

Thomas Barnes
(ca. 1799-1880)

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Brackingberry

Thomas Barnes

Born: ca. 1799, England, United Kingdom
Marriage (1): Elizabeth Brackingberry on 17 Dec 1833 in St Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 1880, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia aged about 81

bullet General Notes:

Thomas was convicted at age 17 of Stealing in a Dwelling at the York Assizes on 9 March 1816 and sentence to transportation for Life. He was received on the Prison Hulk Leviathan on 7 June 1816 before being sent to Sydney on the Fame arriving 8 March 1817. He was a native of York, and a Labourer. He was described as 5' 7" tall with a dark complexion and brown hair and eyes.

He was assigned to Thomas Whitfield at Parramatta as a brickmaker. There is a record of Thomas Barnes reporting Whitfield to the Governor as he had defaulted in paying Barnes.

He received his Ticket of Leave in 1832 and a Conditional Pardon in 1839.

Thomas married Elizabeth Brackingberry on 17 Dec 1833 in St Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. (Elizabeth Brackingberry was born circa 1809 in England, United Kingdom and died in 1858 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.)

bullet Marriage Notes:

They were married by Rev Samuel Marsden.