"enrolled in Bucks militia 21-Jun-1803 as sub for Richd Gunn. Joined Regt. 5 Jul & Vold into 14th Foot 23 Aug 1807. The Regt was embodied from 1803 till the peace in 1814."
Ref PR138/13/1/25 - 1809 settlement examination. Private soldier, born in Ludgershall
Peninsular Medal Roll, 1793-1814, under 14th Foot. "Corunna"
Discharge 1827 aged 40 - Ref WO 97/360/16
Served 19 years 317 days, of which 8 years 264 days in east. (1st Oct 1818 to 21 June 1827).
Bullet wound in left thigh at Corunna, 16 Jan 1809 (2nd battalion of 14th foot)
Discharge signed & sealed at Meerut, 24 Oct 1826 (1st bn was in India 1809-1831)
On health grounds: "Affliction of the heart, Dyspnoea, worn out, unfit"
Conduct "Very good"
No disqualification for pension
Thomas Washington ofa, otp, wid, lab, son of George Washington, lab.
Mar Dorothy WOOD ofa, otp, wid, dau of Daniel Dormer, Lab.
Wit Samuel X Newton, Elizabeth X Newton
Bucks Gazette, 06 Mar 1841
On Monday last, at St Mary's Church, Aylesbury, Thomas Washington of Hartwell to Dorothy Wood, of the same place.
Dorothy 26 at first marriage 12 Sep 1837 to John Wood, at Aylesbury
She re-married John Scutchings 30 Nov 1857 at Stone, aged 45.
Note that at the 1843 Hartwell [just outside Aylesbury, by Stone] Annual Gooseberry Show both Thomas Washington & J. Scutchings won the prize of a hoe for being among the cottagers of Hartwellwhose gardens were in the best order. {Bucks Gazette 05 Aug 1843}
Census
Census 1841: Stone
Thomas WASHINGTON 55 Ag. Lab Y
Dorothy do 30 Y
Census 1851: Stone
Thomas WASHINGTON 67 b Ludgershall Chelsea Pensioner
Dorcas [sic] wife 39 b Aylesbury
Burial
1 Aug 1857, Stone, Buckinghamshire, Thomas Washington age 73
WikiTree profile Washington-491 created through the import of SMITH - WASHINGTON.ged on Oct 9, 2012 by Stan Smith. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Stan and others.
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