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Transportation
Thomas Stephens was transported on the Pilot, departing 28th Feb 1817 and arriving 28th Jul 1817 with 120 passengers.
The Pilot was built at Newcastle UK and owned by S.F.Somes (Lloyds Register). 392 tons. 1817 voyage: Sailed to Port Jackson, New South Wales and then on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). Convicts on this voyage came from throughout Ireland. Capt William Pexton (accompanied by his wife, who kept a journal of the voyage)
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Convict Notes
Thomas's wife Catherine Larkins was transported on Brothers (2)1827. NSW 1828 Census Index. Thomas Stevens, age 38, T.L. Pilot, 1817, 7 years, protestant, Labourer, Kent St. Sydney. Has 1 horse, 10 cattle. Catherine Stevens, age 30, G.S. Brothers, 1826, 7 years, catholic, Patrick Stevens, age 1 year, born in the colony.
Thomas was 31 years old, married in 1804 to Margaret Stephens, had 4 children. Thomas was 5'7" in height, Fair to Ruddy complexion, Brown hair and Hazel eyes. Thomas applied to the authorities to have his wife and children relocated to Australia to be with him. His request was denied. As the same with other convicts, Thomas did not see his family again. The General Muster Report of 1825 showed Thomas to have a Ticket Of Leave (granted 4th September 1823) and working for John Harris of Melville, N.S.W. On the 1st November 1827, Thomas married Catherine Larkins, a female convict from Drohegda, Ireland, by Banns Contract in Sydney (Marriage Cert No: V182739 73A JA). The 1828 Census of N.S.W. revealed Thomas and Catherine to be living in Kent Street, Sydney with baby Patrick. On the 1st April 1830, Thomas was granted a Certificate Of Freedom (Cert No. 30/174). Thomas and Catherine had six children: Archibald (Patrick) b. 1827; Elizabeth b. 1832; Ann b. 1834; Richard b. 1835; Thomas b. 1839 and John b. 1842. Thomas and Catherine later owned and operated the Hit Or Miss Hotel at 69 Windmill Street, Sydney. The Hotel continued to be operated by the Stevens family until approx. 1923. The descendants of Thomas and his first wife Margaret, bear the surname, Stephens. The descendants of Thomas and Catherine bear the surname Stevens. Thomas’s son Thomas (from his first marriage to Margaret) and his new wife Catherine, immigrated to Australia (Assistance Scheme) and arrived in Port Phillip on the 27th June 1840, aboard the "Andromache". Thomas’s mother Margaret later moved to Australia and lived with Thomas and Catherine until her death at the age of 90 in 1873.