Marine Private Thomas
Rowden ( Rodin) (1757.....)
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Born :
Circa 1757
Where Born : Hower , Dorset , England
Occupation : Cordwainer (Shoemaker ) / Soldier
Date Arrived : 26/1/1788
Ship Arrived on : "
Scarborough
"
Rank attained : Marine Private
Date of Enlistment :
Where Enlisted : Plymouth
Date of Discharge : May 1792
Where Discharged : Sydney
Enlistment R.N.S.W. Reg : May 1792
Transferred Veteran . Reg : 1810
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- Descendants
- Area Settled :
- Mulgrave Place , Liverpool
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History
& Achievements :
- Thomas Rowden enlisted as a Marine , a member of
the 21st Plymouth Company . He was stationed on board the
ship " Scarborough " and it was on this ship he
left England for Australia. Upon his arrival in Sydney he
served as member of Captain John Shea's Company . Thomas
was sent to Norfolk Island on the ship "Supply"
on the 4th of March 1790. Returning via " Suppy in
May 1791. He returned to Sydney where he shared a grant
at Petersham Hill. Before recieving a grant of 150 acres
at Mulgrave Place . Not much more is known
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- References
- Family Members Military records ,Pay rolls, Pay
Musters, Cemetery Records, Church Records & General Muster Records,
Mitchell Library ,Sydney Australia
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- Last revised: Wednesday, 06 August 2008 07:56:42