Family Treeof Trudy Mae COWLEY
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DeathMary must have died prior to 1800 as she is not listed in the Settlers' Muster Book for 1800, or in any other general muster for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land was not settled until 1804. Also, she is not listed as receiving a conditional pardon on the Colonial Secretary's Register of Conditional Pardons (1791-1825), though she would have been due to receive heres in 1798. No record of her death has been found. MarriageMary may or may not have married John THOMPSON. Marriage is only assumed because he is listed as the father of Ruth THOMPSON, Mary's daughter, on both her birth and baptism records. If they were not married, it is likely then that John THOMPSON is the biological father of Ruth and so he must have been aboard Boddingtons. There were no convicts named John THOMPSON transported per Boddingtons, which means he would have to have been either a soldier or sailor. If Mary and John were married, sometime between August 1793 and January 1794, then John could simply have been listed as Ruth’s father even if he was not her biological father. In that case, he didn’t need to have arrived at Sydney Cove per Boddingtons. As such, he could have been any of four convicts named John THOMPSON transported on the third fleet. Smee (1991) has identified him as the third fleet convict John THOMPSON transported per Matilda but this is debatable. He could also have been the third fleet convict transported per Atlantic. There is a John THOMPSON, sailor, who was buried at St Phillip's in Sydney Cove on 7 August 1799. |
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