Thomas Wood (1787 - 1873)

Born 25 Oct 1787 in Gravesend, Kent, England

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Died 1 Jan 1873 at age 85 in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia

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Thomas Wood was born in Gravesend, Kent, England.

Thomas Wood was born on 25 Oct 1787 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England to parents Thomas Wood and Sarah Gunson ("of Dallinghoe, Suffolk"). He was baptized on 24 Dec 1787 in Framlingham, Suffolk, England by Saml. Say Toms, Protestant Dissenting Minister.^[1][2][3]

He was arrested for house breaking in 1820 and came to trial on 24 Jul 1820. He received a life sentence at Kent for house breaking and was sentenced to transportation. He arrived on 12 Mar 1821 in Sydney, Australia on ship "Dick", Master Harrison. He received a conditional pardon in 1836.^[4]

He may have been married before 1820. Research needed.

At age 50 he married Mary McInerney on 23 Aug 1837 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia at St Mary's Catholic Church.

Children: Abraham, Andrew, Thomas Joseph, Mary Ann, John Patrick, Sophia Jane, James, Sarah Anne, Ambrose, Elizabeth.

He died on 1 Jan 1873 in Grenfell, New South Wales, Australia.^[5] He was buried in the Young Cemetery, Young, New South Wales, Australia.^[6]

His wife Mary died on 7 Mar 1882 and was buried next to him.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ England and Wales Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 Thomas Wood, birth 25 Oct 1787, baptism 24 Dec 1787, Framlingham, Suffolk, England; parents Thomas and Sarah Wood; Presbyterian or Unitarian; database online, Provo, Utah, Ancestry.com, 2013.
2. ↑ "England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6NCF-YJ4S : 29 July 2022), Thomas Wood, 1787.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ5S-T6J : 11 December 2014), Thomas Wood, 24 Dec 1787, Baptism; citing p. 10, Framlingham, Suffolk, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
4. ↑ NSW Australia Convict Registers of Conditional and Absolute Pardons 1836, Thomas Wood.
5. ↑ NSW Death Registration 3649/1873
6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123574294/thomas-wood: accessed 02 October 2022), memorial page for Thomas Wood (1824–1 Jan 1873), Find A Grave: Memorial #123574294, citing Young Cemetery, Young, Hilltops Council, New South Wales, Australia.
7. ↑ "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVT-97YW : 3 March 2021), Thomas in entry for Mary Wood, 07 Mar 1882; from "Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : n.d.) citing Death, citing Jim and Alison Rogers : n.d. Various cemeteries, Australia; FHL microfilm .