Thomas Dunn (abt. 1776 - 1832)

Born about 1776 in Ireland [uncertain]

Husband of Rose Ellen Maria (Bean) Dunn — married 10 Oct 1804 in St. John's C. of E., Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 6 Apr 1832 at about age 56 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Thomas Dunn was a convict after the Third Fleet.

Thomas Dunn was born in about 1776, based on his age of 20 at the time of his trial.

He was the servant of a brewer, Richard Pearce, in King Street, Westminster, when he was arrested for stealing from his master. On the 24th of September, 1796, he was discovered to have stolen thirteen pieces of brown paper, value 1d. (one penny) fourteen hundred and fifty two halfpence value 3 pounds and sixpence and two hundred and fifteen fathings, value 4 shillings and sixpence. He was sentenced to seven years at the Old Bailey on the 28th of October, 1796,^[1] and arrived in Australia on the "Hillsborough" on July 26, 1799.

He married Rose Bean, a free settler, at St. John's Parramatta on the 10th of October, 1804.^[2][3]

He was pardoned by Lachlan Macquarie and later became Chief Constable in Smithfield. He became a good citizen of the Colony.

He died at his home in Castlereagh Street, Sydney, on the 6th of April, 1832.^[4][5][6] He was buried in the Devonshire Street cemetery, which is now under Central Station, on the 9th of April.^[7]

[1]DEATH - On Friday last, at his residence, Castlereagh-street, after a protracted illness, Mr. Thomas Dunn, formerly Chief Constable of Sydney. (Sydney Herald, Monday, 9 Apr 1932)

Sources

• Ozigen - Genealogy collected by Robert Mote.
• McIntyre, Perry & Cathro, Adele (2000). Thomas Dunn : convict and chief constable and his descendants. PR Ireland, Sydney
• Blog: [http://butlerfamilyhistoryaustralia.blogspot.com.au

Laurence Butler- the life of a 1798 Irish Rebel].

1. ↑ Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 June 2019), October 1796, trial of THOMAS DUNN (t17961026-51).
2. ↑ NSW BDM: marriage registration 604/1804 V1804604 3A DUNN, THOMAS, BEAN, ROSE, parish: CB
3. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Vol. 1 p. 42. No. 157 Thos Dunn of the Parish St. John & Rose Bean of Ditto Married in this church by Banns this Tenth Day of Octr. in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Four By me Saml. Marsden. This marriage was solemnised between us: Thos Dunn, Rose Bean, in the presence of Thos Tober, Elizabeth Bean (her X mark).
4. ↑ NSW BDM: death registration 1629/1832 V18321629 16 DUNN, THOMAS, AGE 55
5. ↑ Family Notices (1832, April 7). The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838), p. 3 (AFTERNOON). Retrieved June 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32077333
   At his residence, in Castlereagh Street, on Friday evening last, Mr. THOMAS DUNN, an old and respected inhabitant. Mr. DUNN filled the situation of Chief Constable for 17 years, with credit to himself and satis-faction to his superiors.
6. ↑ Family Notices (1832, April 9). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 4. Retrieved June 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12844297
   On Friday last, at his residence, Castlereagh street, after a protracted illness, Mr. Thomas Dunn, formerly Chief Constable of Sydney.
7. ↑ Domestic Intelligence. (1832, April 11). The Sydney Monitor (NSW : 1828 - 1838), p. 2 (AFTERNOON). Retrieved June 20, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32077342
   On Monday last, Mr. Thomas Dunn, formerly chief constable of Sydney, was interred, at four o'clock. The procession consisting of the whole array of free masons, arranged in full costume, according to their precedence in the Lodges, marched from the house in Castlereagh-street, to the burying ground. One end of the coffin was covered with an apron, emblematical of his rank in the Lodge. The line of mourning brethren, military and civil, extended two hundred yards.