Thomas
Beckford
Simpson
Born about in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Martha Devlin
— married
7 Jun 1842 in Australia [uncertain]
Descendants [uncertain] 
Father of
Harriet Rebecca (Simpson) Jack, Thomas A Beckford Simpson, Emily Priscilla (Simpson) Wiseman, Kate Alice (Simpson) Bourne, William Palgrave Simpson and Sarah Edith (Simpson) Walsh
Died
at about age 44
in Sydney, New South Wales
Profile last modified
| Created 6 Jul 2011
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Biography
Thomas was married on the 7th of June, 1842 to "Martha, eldest daughter of the late Arthur Devlin, Esq., Kissing Point".[1]
The Sydney Morning Herald has a birth notice in 1843 which reads:
- At Kissing Point, on the 22nd instant, the lady of Captain Thomas Beckford Simpson, of the Giraffe, of a daughter (Harriet).[2]
Additional children were announced in 1847 (Kate)[3], 1849 (William)[4], and 1853 (Sarah, born at sea on the General Palmer off Cape Leeuwin)[5].
Two other children are noted in the Births, Deaths and Marriages database in 1844 (Thomas) and 1846 (Emily).
He passed away August 1853 in Sydney and the paper claimed he was 44 years old (implies born ~ 1809)[6].
Thomas has a sister named Sarah and his father was Captain Simpson, RN[7]. Another sister was named Harriet[8].
Sources
- ↑ Sydney Free Press (NSW : 1841 - 1842), Saturday 11 June 1842, page 3
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thursday 23 March 1843, page 3
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 5 October 1847, page 3
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 13 November 1849, page 3
- ↑ Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 22 March 1853, page 4
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 6 August 1853, page 5
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 6 September 1879, page 1
- ↑ Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Thursday 7 February 1889, page 1
- NSW BDM - Marriage registration #V1842325 26C/1842 for "Thomas B Simpson" and "Martha Devlin" at Hunters Hill.
Further reading:
- Townsend, Norma (1983) Memoir of a Minor Mariner: Thomas Beckford Simpson and New South Wales, 1839-1853. The Great Circle. vol. 5:2, pp. 105-115. Retrieved 7 Mar 2021 from https://www.jstor.org/stable/41562667
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