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Transportation
Thomas Cooper was transported on the Barwell, departing 31st Aug 1797 and arriving 18th May 1798 with 309 passengers.
Barwell (generic)References
| Primary Source | Derbyshire, England, Select Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1910 FHL Film Number 1042080 accessed at Ancestry.com.au 24/02/18 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Family connections for Thomas (Cooper) are: Some amendments added Oct 2025. COOPER Thomas (Cooper/Cappur aka Thomas/John (Williams)) son of Elizabeth (Cooper) was born on 19 10 1771 (probably earlier) & baptised on 19 10 1771 at Aston on Trent Derbyshire. He was tried for burglary at Shropshire Assizes, sentenced with mercy to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 9months on BARWELL. He had a relationship with Mary (Holland her third relationship) by 1806. He was Free by Servitude by 1808. He was recorded in 1814 as a sawyer. In 1825 he was assigned as a sawyer to Kissing Point & is recorded there with Conditional Pardon. He is recorded in 1828 with Conditional Pardon as tenant at Hunter Hill, perhaps with his daughter & her husband. He died on 25 10 1828 age57. [Some details taken from this Website] [Noted also: a Thomas (Cappur) was convicted of felony & burglary on 14 8 1875 at Lincolnshire] Noted a John (Cooper) was born to a Thomas (Cooper) merchant & Jane (???) on 23 6 1829 at Point Piper & baptised on 26 7 1829 at St James CofE Sydney-did Thomas then have a second relationship? Mary (Holland) was born on 1 7 1775 in Surrey. She was tried for stealing sheets etc at Surrey Assizes in 1794, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 30 4 1796 after a voyage of 6months on INDISPENSABLE. She had a first (1of3) relationship with Lachlan/in (Ross) & produced 1child. She was Free by Servitude by 1804. She had a second (2of3) relationship with Joseph (Butler his second relationship) whom she later married - in 1826. She was recorded in 1808 with (Thomas (Cooper) & in 1814 with Thomas (Cooper) & 3children. She is recorded in 1825 living with Jno (Butler). She married Joseph (Butler) in May 1828 (not shown in Smees records). She produced 6children in her lifetime. [Some details taken from this Website-where more has been contributed since 2022] Thomas (Cooper) & Mary (Holland) produced 1child: 1.Louisa Lucy (Cooper/Holland) was born in 1808. She was living at Lower Branch when she married at age16 William (Perkins) of Lower Branch on 27 1 1823 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded with him & perhaps her father in 1828. She died on 24 3 1856 age about47. ..William (Perkins) was born about 1798 in the colony. He was born or lived at Lower Portland Head. He was recorded in 1823 at Lower Branch. He is recorded with his wife & perhaps her father in 1828. He is recorded in 1830 as a farmer. He died on 16 12 1872 age about74. ..Details of William (Perkins)s family are given in entry for Samuel (Perkins PITT 1792) on this Website. Reference: 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.
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. New South Wales; Year - 1825 Name; Thomas Cooper Age; No details Class; C. P. Ship; Barwell - 1798 - Life. Remarks\Assigned; SAWYER - Kissing Point
14/8/1875 Stamford Mercury Lincolnshire, England: Stamford, Friday, Aug. 14 Thomas Cappur, for a felony and burglary.
Thomas Cooper was baptised on 19 October 1771 in Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England to Elizabeth Cooper.
http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9175824
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 102... [Ref C2397] Cooper, Thomas, 57, CP, Barwell, 1798, Life, Tenant at Hunter Hill. ## Unable to locate Mary but their daughter is there with her newly wed husband. Page 299... [Ref P0603] Perkins, William, 30, born in colony, at lower Portland Head. [Ref P0604] Perkins, Louisa, 20, born in colony.
In the colony, Thomas had a de-facto relationship with Mary Holland (Convict, Indispensible, 1796). This relationship seems to have commenced around 1806. The couple had one daughter, Louisa Lucy Holland born about 1808. Mary had several other children from previous liaisons with Lachlan Ross (NSW Corps, Scarborough, 1790) and Joseph Butler (Second Fleet Convict, Neptune, 1790). Muster records 1814: [Ref 4326] Thomas Cooper, Barwell, Off Stores, Sawyer. [Ref 6726] Mary Holland, Indispensible, Off Stores, 3 children Off Stores. Lives with Thomas Cooper.