Thomas Reynolds

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iain Frazier on 5th May 2025

Family connections for Thomas (Reynolds) are: REYNOLDS Thomas (Reynolds) was born about 1768. He was tried at Dublin Ireland in 1799, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 30 10 1802 after a voyage of 5months on ATLAS (confusingly, I wasn't aware that 2ATLASs arrived in 1802); he was Catholic. He had a first relationship with Mary (Pierce/Pearce)>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Sarah (Pierce/Pearce) was born about 1780. She had a first (1of4) relationship & produced 1child:>>> [Some details taken from this Website] >>>Sarah (Pierce/Pearce?) was tried for breaking entering & stealing at Winchester Assizes Hampshire on 5 3 1799or1800, sentenced to hanging reprieved to Life, held at Winchester Gaol & after giving birth was sent to the docks & & arrived in NSW as a convict with her child on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship NILE; she was Protestant. She seems to have had a second (2of4) relationship on the ship & produced a child while living with her third (3of4) relationship Thomas (Reynolds his first relationship); with whom she conceived another child who was born while living with Thomas (Reynolds). She had a fourth relationship with Thomas (Reynolds) & produced 9children She settled at Windsor in 1805. She is recorded in 1806 with Ticket of Leave & living with Thomas (Douglas) & 3children. She died on 27 8 1851 age71 mother of perhaps 12children. .. >>>Thomas (Reynolds) had a second relationship with Mary (Nuttle age about15 her second relationship) from 1805 whom he later married. He was Free by Servitude by 1809. He married Mary (Nuttle) on 9 7 1821 at St Marys RC Sydney. He seems to have had a successful life with grants & assistance being recorded on his page on this Website. He is recorded as a wheelwright living at Pitt St Sydney in 1828. He produced perhaps 9children in his lifetime. Mary (Nuttle/Nuttall) was born, possibly in Bolton Lancashire, about 1790. She was tried, age12, for stealing a bonnet etc of John (Stott) at Salford New Bailey Lancaster/shire Quarter Sessions in July 1802, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 4 1804 after a voyage of 5months on EXPERIMENT; she was sent to Female Factoory. She had a first relationship at age about14 with John (Carson/Carsey/Carfrey) a convict & produced 2children. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom in June 1810. In the 1820s she lived at 100 Pitt St Sydney & operated a haberdashery with assistance from her daughters. She died on 13 12 1833 age43 mother of maybe 9children & was buried at Devonshire St (St Phillips CofE?) cemetery-later moved to La Perouse. [Some details taken from this Website] .. Thomas (Reynolds) & Mary (Nuttle/Nettle) produced maybe 7children: 1.Harriett (Reynolds) was born on 11 10 1806 & baptised on 24 5 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married John William (Weavers) on 21 2 1824 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. In the 1820s she assisted her mother in a haberdashery at 100 Pitt St Sydney. ..John William (Weavers) arrived in Australia free in 1821 on ROYAL GEORGE. ..Harriett (Reynolds) & John William (Weavers) produced 1child: ..1.Mary Elizabeth (Weavers) was born on 13 12 1824 & baptised on 25 12 1825 age1 at St James CofE Sydney. .. 2.Francis (Reynolds) was born on 19 12 1809 & baptised on 22 4 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He died in August 1836 age26. 3.Thomas (Reynolds) was born on 15 6 1811 & baptised on 10 11 1811 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was baptised again-a practice followed when Catholic services became available-on 6 3 1821 age10 at St Marys RC Hobart-but recorded there-ceremony performed in NSW. 4.Mary (Reynolds) was born on 29 5 1813 & baptised on 15 8 1813 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. In the 1820s she assisted her mother in a haberdashery at 100 Pitt St Sydney. 5.Elizabeth (Reynolds) was born on 16 6 1816 & baptised on 11 4 1819 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. In the 1820s she assisted her mother in a haberdashery at 100 Pitt St Sydney. 6.Charles (Reynolds) was born in 1818. 7.John (Reynolds) was born on 27 2 1821 & baptised on 4 3 1821 at St Marys RC Sydney. He died on 22 4 1821 age9w. .. Thomas (Reynolds) & Sarah (Pierce/Pearce?) produced 2children: 1.Thomas (Reynolds-name only-he was given name (Douglas)) was born on 15 12 1802 & baptised on 18 4 1803 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He & halfbrothers John & Phillip were charged with a variety of crimes in the 1820s. 2.Elizabeth (Douglas/Renalls/alds) was born on 15 7 1803 & baptised on 15 7 1804 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 17 9 1804 age10msic-eaten by a pig at Brickfields-& was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was Free by Servitude by 1808. She appears to have spent some time in gaol about 1823. 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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Maureen Withey on 14th September 2021

Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Reynolds, Atlas II, 1802, Tried at Dublin, 1799, 7 years. Native of Dublin. Spouse: m Sarah Pearce. Found in 1811 muster. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. REYNOLDS, Thomas. Per "Atlas", Oct 1802. 1808 Sep 14 On statement of capital advanced by John Blaxland in his concerns from 3 Apr 1807 to 14 Sep 1808 (Reel 6043; 4/1727 p.217) 1809 Aug 8 On list of all grants & leases of land registered in the Colonial Secretary's Office (Fiche 3268; 9/2731 p.180) 1810 Jan 22 Memorial (Fiche 3008; 4/1822 No.278) 1811 Jun 12 On list of persons to receive grants of land in different parts of the Colony as soon as they can be measured; at Botany Bay (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.9) 1821 Mar 11, Aug 21 Juror at inquests on Walter Barlow & Henry McMahon held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.23-4, 423-4) 1821 Sep 8 Clerk, Commissariat Department. On list of all persons victualled from H.M. Magazines; with his wife & seven children (Reel 6016; 4/5781 p.64) 1822 Mar 31-1823 Mar 31 On lists of persons to whom convict mechanics have been assigned (Fiche 3296; X53 pp.8, 21, 34, 49, 65) ----------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. Thomas Reynolds, age 50, F.S. Atlas 1, 1802, 7 years, catholic, wheelwright, Edward Tutty’s, Pitt Street, Sydney.