Thomas Andrew

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iain Frazier on 1st March 2026

Family connections for Thomas (Andrew) are: ANDREW/ANDERSON Thomas Andrew Munwin (Andrew/Anderson) was born about 1780 & became a labourer. He married Sarah (Holloway her first marriage) in Oxfordshire. He, as Thomas (Andrews/Anderson) was living at Whitechurch when tried w/1other for robbery of money & sheep stealing, on 4 2 & 29 12 1804, of Samuel (Gardiner) & Rev Shute (Barrington) at Oxford city Quarter Sessions LenT Assizes on 6 3 1805, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Oxford Castle & hulk RESOLUTION at Woolwich & arrived in NSW as a convict with his family on 12 5 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER. [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Holloway) arrived in NSW with her family on 12 5 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER.>>> Thomas Andrew Munwin (Anderson) & Sarah (Holloway) produced maybe 4children: 1.Charlotte (Anderson) was born on 12 4 1801 in Oxfordshire. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 12 5 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER. 2.James (Anderson) was born in 1802 in Oxfordshire. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 12 5 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER. 3.Thomas (Anderson) was born in 1805 in Oxfordshire. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 12 5 1806 after a voyage of 6months on ALEXANDER. He was a school master in 1829 when he married Charlotte (Manning age16) on 11 5 1829 at St James CofE Sydney. ..Charlotte (Manning) was born on 20 3 1813 & baptised on 13 6 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 18 8 1904 age91. ..Details of Charlotte (Manning)s family are given BELOW. .. 4.a John (Anderson), son of Thomas (Anderson) & Sarah (???), is recorded as born on 4 11 1811 & baptised on 17 5 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. .. >>>Sarah (Holloway) had a second relationship with Brian Lawrence (Overand his first relationship) & produced 2children. She is recorded as a widow in 1814. She produced perhaps 6children in her lifetime. Brian Lawrence (Overand) was born in February 1773 in Lancaster Lancashire. He was tried at Lancaster Liverpool Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 12 7 1806 after a voyage of 6months on FORTUNE. He was appointed master & commander of HNS LADY NELSON in 1809 and later ESTRAMINA & EMU-all ships used in part to transport convicts. He married secondly Catherine (???/McNalty) on 2 10 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was issued his Pardon and Ticket of Leave in January 1812. He produced 2children in his lifetime.] [Some details taken from this Website] References: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'

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Phil Hands on 31st March 2017

Tried and convicted at the Oxford City Quarter Sessions (Lent Assizes) on 6th March 1805 for stealing sheep, he was sentenced to death, it seems that Thomas teamed up with John Webb to steal sheep on a number of occasions. The first indictment:- The jurors for our Lord the King upon their Oath present that John Webb late of the parish of Whitchurch in the County of Oxford Labourer and Thomas Andrew late of the same Labourer otherwise called Thomas Anderson on the fourth day of February in the fifth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland King Defender of the Faith with force and arms at the parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid one wether sheep of the price of forty shillings of the goods and chattels of Samuel Gardiner Esquire then and there being found feloniously did steal and take and drive away against the peace of our said Lord and King his Crown and Dignity and the jurors aforesaid upon their oath do further present that the said John Webb and Thomas Anderson otherwise called Andrews being evil disposed persons on the said day in February in the year aforesaid with force and arms at the parish of Goring in the County aforesaid feloniously did wilfully kill one wether sheep of the price of forty shillings of the goods and chattels of the said Samuel Gardiner with a felonious intent then and there to steal take and carry away the whole carcass of the same sheep. The second indictment is similar as it recorded that John Webb late of the parish of Mongewell in the County of Oxford Labourer and Thomas Andrews late of the same Labourer otherwise called Thomas Anderson stole one wether sheep of the value of thirty five shillings the property of the Rev Shute Barrington, Lord Bishop of Durham, on 29th December 1804 with force and arms at the Parish of North Stoke. Thomas was held at Oxford until late May 1805 as Lord Hawkesbury wrote to the Oxford Circuit on 13th May advising that His Majesty the King had "been pleased to extend mercy to the said several persons on condition of their being transported to the Eastern Coast of New South Wales" for life. The list included Thomas Andrew otherwise known as Anderson having been convicted of sheep stealing. The Jackson Oxford Journal of 1st June 1805 on page 3 reported that on the previous Wednesday Thomas Anderson and John Webb had been removed from the Castle Gaol and placed on board the hulk 'Retribution' moored at Woolwich on 30th May 1805. It would seem that while Thomas was on the 'Retribution' moves were made for him to be accompanied to New South Wales by his wife and children. Whitehall 3rd December 1805 Comm for the Transport Services Gentlemen, It having been found necessary to make an addition of ten to the number of Female Convicts which are going to New South Wales: I am directed by Lord Hawkesbury to acquaint you herewith, and that orders have been given for the immediate removal of the whole of them (Fifty) on board the ship A'lexander I' at Long Reach: in consequence of this arrangement it is proposed to allow only fifteen Male Convicts (nine of which number will be put on board from the Hulks in the River Thames) with their wives and children to embark in that vessel, which will make the number of Convicts and Women including the Female Convicts to be eighty as originally proposed. I am also to acquaint you that orders will be given for embarking One Hundred and one Male Convicts on the Fortune. Transport from the hulks at Woolwich as soon as it is ascertained that the Guard which is to accompany them to New South Wales is on board that vessel and the remaining number will be removed from the hulks at Portsmouth on the arrival of this ship at that place. I enclose a list of Females who are allowed to accompany their husbands to New South Wales and I am directed by Lord Hawkesbury to desire that orders may be given for permitting them to embark for that Colony. I am J King (official in the Home Office) On 21st December 1805 in a letter to John King from the Transport Board lists of the names of 49 female and nine male convicts with five of their wives and children embarked on the 'Alexander I', including the Anderson family. Then an official wrote the following from Portmouth :- 23rd January 1806 John King Esq Sir I am directed by the Board to index for the information of the Right Honorable Lord Hawkesbury, a list of the Convicts, Convicts' Wives and Children, and Ship's Company, embarked on board the 'Alexander I' for New South Wales. I am at the same time to acquaint you that the name of the Convict who died on the 19th instant on board the Fortune, at Spithead, is William Swaine, from Lincoln. I have the honor to be, Sir (signature illegible) The attachment lists 15 male convicts including Thomas Andrews from Woolwich, 49 female convicts 8 wives and 10 children as passengers including Sarah Anderson and her children Thomas 1 year and James 3 years. Thomas was then transferred from the 'Retributionto the 'Alexander I' on 14th December 1805. Left England on 28th January 1806. Ship:- The 'Alexander I' sailed with 15 male and 49 female convicts on board, along with 8 convict wives and their 10 children. The Alexander left Spithead, England, under the command of Richard Brooks, as part of a fleet of seven ships commanded by Captain William Bligh who was proceeding to Sydney to take up his appointment as Governor of the Colony of New South Wales. The fleet split up during the voyage, and compared to some other convict ship voyages, the 'Alexander I' had a relatively uneventful trip but importantly there were four deaths on board. Arrived on 20th August 1806. Northampton Mercury Saturday 16th March 1805 p. 3 At Oxford, the following six prisoners received sentence of death... John Webb and Thomas Andrew, alias Anderson, for sheep-stealing. The five last were reprieved before the Judges left that city... Thomas does not appear in the various early musters and the 1828 Census so its reasonable to conclude he died not long after arrival. A search of the official NSW BDM Indexes led to a St Phillip's Church burial entry of a Thomas Andrews on 5th October 1806. However this man could not be Thomas, as he was a resident in Pitts Row, Sydney, prior to the arrival of the Alexander. Sarah is listed as a widow in 1814, and there are no other likely burial entries between 1806 and 1814. There is a possibilty that Thomas died during the voyage but this has not been clarified.