Thomas Dunn

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iain Frazier on 8th December 2023

Family connections for Thomas (Dunn) are: DUNN Thomas (Dunn) son of Edmund (Dunn) & Bridget (???) was born about 1772/6. He was working for a brewer when he was tried for stealing coins, on 24 9 1796, at probably Old Bailey on 28 10 1796, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & Tothill Fields Gaol Brideswell, Newgate prison &, from 27 3 1797/8, hulks LAFORTUNA & CERES in Langstone Harbour & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 7 1799 after a voyage of 9months on HILSBOROUGH; his religion was Church of England. He married Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) on 10 10 1804 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude by 1806. He received his Certificate of Freedom on 10 11 1810 &, on 28 12 1810, was appointed constable at Sydney. He became Chief Constable of Sydney on 21 10 1820 which he held for 17years. He died on 6 4 1832 age56 at his home in Castlereagh St & was buried at Devonshire St CofE cemetery; he was later transferred to LaPerouse CofE cemetery. [Some details taken from this Website] Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) was born about 1786. [Was her name Rose Ellen/Eleanor Maria? also, as given to her daughter?] She arrived in NSW with her parents on 26 4 1798/9 on HMS BUFFALO. In 1803 she was brutally raped by Patrick (Gannon) & Francis (Simpson) in front of her mother during a violent robbery at Toongabbie. She may have died on 9 5 1835 age46 mother of 9children. Details of Rosetta (Bean)s family are given in entry for Mary (Loveridge ROYAL ADMIRAL 1792) on this Website. Thomas (Dunn) & Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) produced 9children: 1.Elizabeth (Dunn) was born in 1804 on Norfolk Island, who may been the result of the rape. She married William (Pawley) on 8 1 1822 at st Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 4children. ..William (Pawley) was born on 4 3 1800 & baptised on 21 12 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died on 4 7 1863 age63. ..Details of William (Pawley)s family are given in entry for John (Pawley ADMIRAL BARRINGTON 1791) on this Website. .. [Noted a Thomas (Dunn) & Elizabeth (Wild maybe daughter of John (Dunn GANGES 1797) & Elizabeth (???)) are recorded as producing a child: ] [1.Elisabeth (Dunn) was born on 29 7 1804 & baptised on 25 12 1804 at St Phillips CofE Sydney.] .. 2.Ann (Dunn) was born on 11 7 1806 & baptised on 3 4 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married Samuel (Butler) on 17 1 1823 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 13 9 1867 age61. ..Samuel (Butler) was born about 1800. He arrived in NSW free on 26 6 1819 after a voyage of 6months on BARING. ..Ann (Dunn) & Samuel (Butler) produced at least 3children: ..1.Samuel John (Butler) was born on 17 6 1824 & baptised on 4 7 1824 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..2.Lucy (Butler) was born on 10 2 1827 & baptised on 1 4 1827. She died on 16 4 1827 age7w & was buried at St James CofE Sydney. ..3.James (Butler) was born on 18 5 1828 & baptised at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. .. 3.John (Dunn) was born in 1808. He married Jane (Neale age16) on 10 2 1828 at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. He died on 17 9 1840 age about32. ..Jane (Neale/Neil) was born on 24 3 1812 & baptised on 25 2 1824 age11 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 20 2 1848 age35. ..Details of Jane (Neale)s family are given in entry for John (Neale HMS GLATTON 1803) on this Website. ..John (Dunn) & Jane (Neale) produced at least 1child: ..1.Catherine (Dunn) was born on 1 12 1828 & baptised on 11 11 1829 at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. .. 4.Margaret (Dunn) was born on 5 10 1809 & baptised on 19 6 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married at age16 Walter (Butler age17) on 16 5 1825 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced perhaps 1child. She died 14 4 1840 age30. ..Walter (Butler) was born in 1808 in the colony. He died in 1870 age about62. ..Details of Walter (Butler)s family are given in entry for Laurence (Butler ATLAS 1802) on this Website. .. 5.Sarah (Dunn) was born on 30 12 1811 & baptised on 29 3 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married at age15 James (Evans) on 23 1 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 2children. She died on 17 3 1885 age73. ..James (Evans) was born in 1801 in the colony. He died on 1 5 1877 age75. ..Details of James (Evans)s family are given in entry for James (Evans PITT 1792) on this Website. .. 6.Thomas (Dunn) was born on 3/31 8 1813 & baptised on 3 10 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age7 w/Edward & Richard at St Marys RC Hobart. He died on 24 3 1867 age53. 7.Edward (Dunn) was born on 15 10 1815 & baptised on 4 2 1816 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age5 w/Thomas & Richard at St Marys RC Hobart. He died on 11 1 1853 age37. 8.Richard (Dunn) was born on 3/31 5 1818 & baptised on 12 7 1818 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age2 w/Thomas & Edward at St Marys RC Hobart. He died on 2 1 1859 age40. 9.Rose Ellen Maria was born in 1822 & baptised on 26 7 1822 at St Marys RC Sydney. She died on 1 2 1899 about77. 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. 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.

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iain Frazier on 7th December 2023

Family connections for Thomas (Dunn) are: Some amendments added Jun 2025. DUNN Thomas (Dunn) son of Edmund (Dunn) & Bridget (???) was born about 1772/6. He was working for a brewer when he was tried for stealing coins, on 24 9 1796, at probably Old Bailey on 28 10 1796, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & Tothill Fields Gaol Brideswell, Newgate prison &, from 27 3 1797/8, hulks LAFORTUNA & CERES in Langstone Harbour & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 7 1799 after a voyage of 9months on HILSBOROUGH; the ship was riddled with typhoid & bad management. His religion was Church of England. He married Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) on 10 10 1804 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was Free by Servitude by 1806. He received his Certificate of Freedom on 10 11 1810 &, on 28 12 1810, was appointed constable at Sydney. He became Chief Constable of Sydney on 21 10 1820 which he held for 17years. He died on 6 4 1832 age56 at his home in Castlereagh St & was buried at Devonshire St CofE cemetery; he was later transferred to LaPerouse CofE cemetery. NOTED a Thomas (Dunn) from HILSBOROUGH, together with Richard (Norris) (a non-political convict from MINERVA), was accused-in deposition of Edward (Morris), an English convict, to Richard (Atkins) on Christmas Day 1800-of kidnapping himself on Christmas Eve & taken to a gathering chaired by a man called (Clarke). There he was told that there was a plot to seize Parramatta to be led by Joseph (Hold) and William (Alcock), with 300 English and 3,000 Irish convicts, and that 150 pikes had been prepared. Edward (Morris)s kidnappers were drunk so he managed to slip away and alert the authorities. Richard (Norris) denied the accusation, but Abel Purver (Barwell) confirmed the allegation against Clarke. There is no information on the outcome of the December plot in Sydney, so it is unclear whether it was simply a drunken boast session or a serious conspiracy.” [Some details taken from this Website] Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) was born about 1786. [Was her name Rose Ellen/Eleanor Maria? also, as given to her daughter?] She arrived in NSW with her parents on 26 4 1798/9 on HMS BUFFALO. In 1803 she was brutally raped by Patrick (Gannon) & Francis (Simpson) in front of her mother during a violent robbery at Toongabbie. She may have died on 9 5 1835 age46 mother of 9children. Details of Rosetta (Bean)s family are given in entry for Mary (Loveridge ROYAL ADMIRAL 1792) on this Website. Thomas (Dunn) & Rosetta/Rosanna (Bean) produced 9children: 1.Elizabeth (Dunn) was born in 1804 on Norfolk Island, who may been the result of the rape-however,a second Elizabeth is recorded-see entry for John (Wild GANGES 1797) on this Website. She married William (Pawley) currier on 8 1 1822 at st Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 4children. ..William (Pawley) was born on 4 3 1800 & baptised on 21 12 1800 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was a currier in 1822. He was recorded as a tanner & currier in 1826, a farmer & carpenter in 1828 & a tanner & currier in 1829. in He died on 4 7 1863 age63. ..Details of William (Pawley)s family are given in entry for John (Pawley ADMIRAL BARRINGTON 1791) on this Website. .. [Noted a Thomas (Dunn) & Elizabeth (Wild maybe daughter of John (Dunn GANGES 1797) & Elizabeth (???)) are recorded as producing a child: ] [1.Elisabeth (Dunn) was born on 29 7 1804 & baptised on 25 12 1804 at St Phillips CofE Sydney.] .. 2.Ann (Dunn) was born on 11 7 1806 & baptised on 3 4 1807 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was living in Sydney when she married Samuel (Butler) on 17 1 1823 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 13 9 1867 age61. ..Samuel (Butler) was born about 1800. He arrived in NSW free on 26 6 1819 after a voyage of 6months on BARING. He was recorded as a clerk in 1827. ..Ann (Dunn) & Samuel (Butler) produced at least 3children: ..1.Samuel John (Butler) was born on 17 6 1824 & baptised on 4 7 1824 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..2.Lucy (Butler) was born on 10 2 1827 & baptised on 1 4 1827. She died on 16 4 1827 age7w at Sussex St Sydney & was buried at St James CofE Sydney. ..3.James (Butler) was born on 18 5 1828 & baptised at St Thomas Wesleyan Sackville Reach. .. 3.John (Dunn) was born in 1808. He married Jane (Neale age16) with parents consent on 12 2 1828 at St Thomas Wesleyan Sackville Reach. He was recorded in 1829 as a farmer. He died on 17 9 1840 age about32. ..Jane (Neale/Neil) was born on 24 3 1812 at Portland Head & baptised on 25 2 1824 age11 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 20 2 1848 age35. [...Noted a possible further marriage to Richard (Woodbury) is shown in entry for Matthew (Everingham SCARBOROUGH 1788) on this Website.] ..Details of Jane (Neale)s family are given in entry for John (Neale HMS GLATTON 1803) on this Website. ..John (Dunn) & Jane (Neale) produced at least 1child: ..1.Catherine (Dunn) was born on 1 12 1828 at Sackville Reach & baptised on 11 11 1829 w/relative Matthew James (Woodbury) at St Thomas CofE/Wesleyan Sackville Reach. .. 4.Margaret (Dunn) was born on 5 10 1809 & baptised on 19 6 1810 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married at age16 Walter (Butler age17) of Pitt St Sydney on 16 5 1825 at St Marys RC Sydney & produced perhaps 1child. She died 14 4 1840 age30. ..Walter (Butler) was born in 1808 in the colony. He died in 1870 age about62. ..Details of Walter (Butler)s family are given in entry for Laurence (Butler ATLAS 1802) on this Website. .. 5.Sarah (Dunn) was born on 30 12 1811 & baptised on 29 3 1812 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married at age15 James (Evans) carpenter on 23 1 1826 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 2children. She died on 17 3 1885 age73. ..James (Evans) was born in 1801 in the colony. He was a carpenter in 1826. 1827 & 1829. He died on 1 5 1877 age75. ..Details of James (Evans)s family are given in entry for James (Evans PITT 1792) on this Website. .. 6.Thomas (Dunn) was born on 3/31 8 1813 & baptised on 3 10 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age7 w/Edward & Richard at St Marys RC Hobart-recorded there-ceremony performed in NSW . He died on 24 3 1867 age53. ....[Rebaptism was a practice followed when Catholic services became available] 7.Edward (Dunn) was born on 15 10 1815 & baptised on 4 2 1816 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age5 w/Thomas & Richard at St Marys RC Hobart-recorded there-ceremony performed in NSW. He died on 11 1 1853 age37. 8.Richard (Dunn) was born on 3/31 5 1818 & baptised on 12 7 1818 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again on 22 1 1821 age2 w/Thomas & Edward at St Marys RC Hobart-recorded there-cermony performed in NSW. He died on 2 1 1859 age40. 9.Rose Ellen Maria was born in 1822 in Sydney & baptised on 26 7 1822 at St Marys RC Sydney. She died on 1 2 1899 about77. 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.

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Russell Armstrong on 15th February 2020

I believe with some confidence that Thomas Dunn's wife was only ever known as Rose (nee Bean), and that Rose Ellen Maria Dunn is not his wife but rather their daughter, b. 7 May 1821.

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Tony Gray on 2nd October 2019

Many Years Chief Constable of Sydney

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Iris Dunne on 8th May 2018

Death: 6 April 1832, age 56, BDM Death Reg.No.V18321629 16/1832, Cemetery: Devonshire Street, Portion: C/E, Row: 419, Plot: G-Altar, Wife: Rose Ellen Maria Dunn nee Bean d.5 April 1835, aged 46. Other Info. "late of Castlereagh Street, many years Chief Constable of Sydney, which situation he fullfilled with credit, Name of the deceased: DUNN, Thomas; Died: 06/04/1832; Religion: Church of England; Transferred to La Perouse CE, Section: 2S, Plot: 40; Applicant" Father: Edmund, Mother: Bridget http://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15518786 The Sydney Monitor, Sat 7 April 1832, Page 3, Family Notices, Death, 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 satisfaction to his superiors. The Sydney Herald, Mon 9 April 1832, Page 4, Family Notices, Died, On Friday last, at his residence, Castlereagh street, after a protracted illness, Mr. Thomas Dunn, formerly Chief Constable of Sydney.

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Andrea on 28th March 2012

Thomas on 24th Sep 1796, whilst working for a brewer(Richard Pearce) in London, stole coins to the value of three pounds five shillings and one pence. He was tried before a Mr Baron Hotham on 28th Oct 1796 and sentenced to seven years transportation. Firstly he was held in Tothill Fields Gaol, Bridewell then Newgate prison and on 27 Mar 1797/8 was transferred to the hulk Lafortuna & Ceres in Langston harbour. On 24 Nov 1798 he was brought from there to the transport ship "Hillsborough" bound for the penal colony of New South Wales. He obtained his Certificate of Freedom on 10 Nov 1810, 28th Dec 1810 Thomas was appointed a police constable in Sydney and rose to the position of Chief Constable in the Sydney Establishment on the 21 Oct 1820. Married Rose BEAN and had at least 8 children.