Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Thomas was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
Glatton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 325 (162) |
| 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
"She is my great-great-great-great-grandmother through her daughter Rebecca May (nee Mealmaker) and Thomas May"
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Convict Notes
Family connections for Mary (Thomas) are: THOMAS There were 2xMary (Thomas) on the ship HMS GLATTON: A. Mary (Thomas alias Ray according to this Website) was born in 1782. She was tried for stealing at Cumberland Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11/23 3 1803 after a voyage of 6months on HMS GLATTON. She associated with Charles (Beasley his first relationship) whom she married later on 4 9 1815 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced 8children. Noted a Mary (Thomas) emancipist died on 9 12 1821 age39 at Windsor & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor-perhaps this one; & a Mary (Thomas) is recorded as dying on 18 12 1836. [Some details taken from this Website; she travelled with a second Mary (Thomas) convict-information here may relate to the other Mary (Thomas)]] Charles (Beaz/sley) was born on 6 12 1776 & became a stocking weaver. He was tried w/1other for highway robbery, w/2others on 11 7 1793, & stealing money of James (Seyer) & robbery of a store at Old Bailey on 6 12 1793, sentenced to hanging reprieved to Life, held at London Gaol Delivery & hulk STANISLAW & arrived in NSW on 18 5 1798 after a voyage of 8months on BARWELL. He was Free by Servitude by 1806 & was issued his Ticket of Leave in 1806. He receieved his Conditional Pardon on 11 7 1811. Charles (Beasley) married secondly Hannah (Ludam/Port/Needham her second relationship) with permission on 8 12 1823 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He is recorded in 1828 as Charles (Bensley) with his family as an innkeeper at Windsor. He died on 30 11 1837 age60 father of 12children. [Some details taken from this Website] B. Mary (Thomas alias Ray/Reay according to this Website) was born about 1783 maybe at St Bees Cumberland. She was tried for petty larceny of checked cloth in Trostrey Monmouthshire Wales of James (Witherington) at Cumberland Quarter Sessions on 13 4 1801, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11/23 3 1803 after a voyage of 6months on HMS GLATTON. She was Free by Servitude by 1811. Noted a Mary (Thomas) emancipist died on 9 12 1821 age39 at Windsor & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor; & a Mary (Thomas) is recorded as dying on 18 12 1836-perhaps this one.>>> [Some details taken from this Website; she travelled with a second Mary (Thomas) convict-information here may relate to the other Mary (Thomas)] .. >>>The following seems to be this Mary (Thomas)s story: Mary (Thomas) had a first relationship (1of3) with Dougall (Liverston). [Dougall (Liverston) was a convict.) Dougall (Liverston) does not have an entry on this Website as yet. Mary (Thomas) & Dougall (Liverston) produced 1child: 1.Eliza (Liverston) was born on 23 7 1804 & baptised on 24 6 1805 w/Affleck (Mealmaker) at St Johns CofE Parramatta. .. >>>Mary (Thomas/Ray) had a second relationship (2of3) with George (Mealmaker his second marriage).>>> George (Mealmaker) son of John (Mealmaker) weaver & Alison (Auchinleck) was born on 10 2 1768 at Dundee Angusshire Scotland & became a hand-loom weaver. He became an active member of 'Friends of Libery' from about 1791 & 'United Scotsman' from 1976, writing & publishing anti-British tyranny. He married firstly Marjory (Thoms born about 1775) daughter of John (Thoms) on 23 11 1795 who died on 16 11 1843 age68 probably in Scotland. He was tried for sedition & adminstering unlawful oats at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary in January 1878, sentenced to 14years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 11 1800 after a voyage of 8months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. He attempted activism in the colony. On August 1803 he was appointed manager of weaving industry & established looms at Parramatta Female Factory, gaining his Conditional Pardon. The industry waned, he became destitute & died on 30 3/1 4 1808 age40 of alcoholic suffocation/extreme intoxication father of 2known children & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this Website] Mary (Thomas/Ray) & George (Mealmaker) produced 2children:] 1.Affleck (Mealmaker) was born on 18 5 1805 & baptised on 24 6 1805 w/Eliza (Liverston) at St Johns CofE Parramatta. 2.Rebecca (Mealmaker) was born in 1806. She married Thomas (May) wheelwright on 26 5 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced at least 3children. She died in 1855 age about49. ..Thomas (May) was born in 1802 probably in Surrey. He arrived in NSW with with his mother on 12 6 1804 afer a voyage of 5months on EXPERIMENT. He was a wheelwright in 1823 & still in 1826. ..Details of Thomas (May)s family are given in entry for James (May COROMANDRL 1804) on this Website. NOTED HERE >>>a Mary (Reay) associated with John (Thew). John (Thew) was an engineer-recorded as such at his childrens baptisms. Mary (Reay) & John (Thew/e) produced at least 4children: 1.Ann/e (Thew) was born on 13 11 1823 at Durham NSW & baptised on 20 5 1838 age14 w/George, Mark & Catherine at St Andrews Presbyterian Sydney. 2.George (Thew) was born on 13 9 1826 at Durham NSW & baptised on 20 5 1838 age11 w/Ann, Mark & Catherine at St Andrews Presbyterian Sydney. 3.Mark (Thew) was born on 20 4 1828 at Port Stephens & baptised on 20 5 1838 age9 w/Ann, George & Catherine at St Andrews Presbyterian Sydney. 4.Catherine (Thew) was born on 27 12 1830 in Sydney & baptised on 20 5 1838 age7 w/Ann, George & Mark at St Andrews Presbyterian Sydney. 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.
Mary Thomas,is listed in Records of the home Office,Series HO 10 as a widow Sydney,not REY or REAY,so she may been married and widowed before been sentenced and transported
1/4/1801 Hereford Journal Herefordshire, England: MONMOUTH ASSIZES Mary Thomas, for stealing wearing apparel at Trostrey. Mary Thomas became the partner of George Mealmaker (Royal Admiral 1800). They had 2 children - Affleck Mealmaker, born 1805 and Rebecca Mealmaker 1806-1855. 1828 Census: Thomas, Mary, 44, free by servitude, Glatton, 1802, 7 years, Protestant, housekeeper, Wm. Haines, gardener, Philip Street Sydney. 18/12/1836: NSW BDM - Mary Mealmaker died in Sydney, aged 54 years and was buried at the Sydney burial ground : Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets "The Sandhills" (Monuments relocated at Bunnerong).
There are two Mary Thomas on Monmouth: Mary Thomas alias Reay/Ray of St Bees, Cumberland sentenced to 7 years at Cumberland Quarter Sessions. This is the Mary Thomas who married Charles Beasley. Mary Thomas, sentenced to 7 years at Monmouth. This is a different Mary Thomas as evidenced by her Ticket of Leave, which was granted 1811 and then renewed 1823, two years after Mary Thomas (who married Charles Beaseley) died - thus evidencing that the Monmouth Mary Thomas was NOT the one married to Charles Beasley: Convict Indents of NSW (Principal Superintendant of Convicts; List of Convicts on Transports 1788-1800) No.312/811 Name: Mary Thomas Where Tried: Monmouth GD When: 23 Mar 1801 Sentence: 7 years Ship: HMS Glatton When Arrived: 1803 When Time Expired: 23 Mar 1808 Date of Certificate: 13 Feb 1811 Renewed 19 Sep 1823 Vide(?) No.181/1464
Careful - there are 2 Mary Thomas on-board the Glatton (sorry for previous spelling error)
Careful - there are 2 May Thomas onboard the Glatton Trial: 23 March 1801 Mary Thomas used the alias Ray but later went by married name of Mary Beasley. Note: unsure of alias Ray as it has been written for the other Mary Thomas onboard. Birth place: Devon, UK Death place: Windsor, NSW Buried at St. Matthews on 9th December 1821
In the colony, Mary married Charles Beasley (Convict, Barwell, 1798) at Windsor 4 September 1815. They had commenced a relationship long before this and had 8 children born between 1804 and 1819. Mary died in 1821, aged only 39, Charles did remarry two years later, to Hannah Ludam (Convict, Providence, 1821) and in the 1828 census he is with Hannah and 2 of their children. Three children from the marriage with Mary are still living with him at that time.