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Personal Information
Transportation
Thomas Player was transported on the Baring, departing 31st Mar 1815 and arriving 7th Sep 1815 with 302 passengers.
Baring (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 197 (100) |
| 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 |
Claims
"4th Great Grandfather"
"My 1st cousin six times removed"
"Thomas is my wife’s 5x great-grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Thomas (Player) are: Some amendments added Oct 2025. PLAYER Thomas (Player/Piyer) was born in 1792. He was tried for stealing peppermint at Bristol Gloucestershire Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years, held at Newgate prison & hulks in Portsmouth & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 9 1815 after a voyage of 5months on BARING; he was sent to Windsor for distribution. He married with permission Elizabeth Ann (Pope sic her second marriage) on 30 10 1826 at Christ Church Castlereagh. He was Free by Servitude by 1827. He was recorded in 1828 as a bricklayer. He is recorded in 1828 as tenant of 5acres at Evan. He is recorded in 1830 as a labourer. [Some details taken from this Website] Elizabeth Ann (Pope)sic was born on 24 3 1808 & baptised on 15 9 1811 age3 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She had a first relationship with William (Jones). She died on 23 8 1889 age81 mother of 5children. Details of Details of Elizabeth Ann (Pope sic)s family are given in entry for Anthony (Rope ALEXANDER 1788) on this Website. Thomas (Player) & Elizabeth Ann (Pope)sic produced 4children: 1.William (Player) was born on 6 10 1827 at South Creek & baptised on 6 1 1828 at Christ Church Castlereagh. He died on 26 1 1887 age59. 2.Sarah (Player) was born on 30 9 1829 at South Creek & baptised on 10 1 1830 at Christ Church Castlereagh. She died on 16 4 1881 age51. 3.Thomas (Player) 4.Edward (Player) 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.
Died 23 September 1889 at Penrith, NSW
On Thursday morning the following convicts left Newgate for the hulks in Portsmouth harbour, viz.-- James Smith. Henry Goodall. Charles Tandy, Thos James, William Moore, Thomas Collings, George Carter, William Hawkins, Henry Givens, Joseph Aides. T. Player, Wm. Henley, Edward Tryait, William .oiel. John Davis, Thos. Prosser, Jeremiah O’Brien and Ham Morgan. Bristol Times, 27 Aug 1814.
At an adjournment of the quarter-sessions for this city and county on Monday last, the following prisoners received their sentences, viz. Joseph Alden, for stealing hats, and Thos. Player, stealing peppermint, seven years transportation; Bristol Times, 5 Feb 1814.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: [Ref P0944] Player, Thomas, 33, FS, Baring, 1815, Tenant at Evan, 5 acres all cleared, 1 cow. # Also [Ref P0945] Player, Elizabeth, 21, BC. and [Ref P0946] Player, William, 1, BC.
Thomas married Elizabeth Ann Rope on 30 October 1826, at Castlereagh. Elizabeth Ann was teh daughter of Anthony Rope (First Fleet Convict, Alexander 1788) and Elizabeth Pulley (First Fleet Convict, Prince of Wales, 1788). Thomas and Elizabeth Ann had 4 children, William, Sarah, Thomas and Edward.