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- Thomas was a farm labourer in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England and on 8th April 1845 was convicted in the Aylesbury Quarter Sessions court for stealing 7 bushels of potatoes, the property of Mr Ealing. As he had 2 past convictions he was sentenced for 7 years transportation and arrived in Tasmania on 15th October 1845 on the ship “Equestrian 2”. At the time of his conviction his wife Susan was recorded as being a “Needlewoman” residing in Uxbridge, Middlesex. On his arrival in Tasmania, Thomas was described as 5’ 4½” in height, fresh complexion, sandy hair, clean shaven, blue eyes and with a long chin.
After his arrival Thomas’ gang was initially stationed at Swan Port then moved to Long Point on Maria Island. He became a Probationary Pass holder on 21st January 1847 and on 3rd July 1849 was given his ticket of leave.
On 9th Mar 1852 Thomas was charged with being drunk and disturbing the peace and was fined 5 shillings. He was eventually to receive his Certificate of Freedom on 20th April 1852.
Soon after receiving his Certificate of Freedom, Thomas Pickett made application for his wife Susan & four children, Mary Ann 16, Hannah 14, William 12 and James 11, to join him in Tasmania. They arrived in Hobart on the ship “Conway” on 14th October 1855 as bounty immigrants.
The family was living in Little Swanport, Tasmania between 1855 & 1860 when two more children were born, Fanny in September 1856 and Emma in February 1860. Emma died at the age of four months on 16th June 1860 and just one month later on 17th July 1860 Sarah Pickett also died.
On 16th Mar 1868 at his house in Campbell Town, Thomas who was a Shepherd at Ashgrove, in 1862 and a labourer from 1868 to 1875 in Campbell Town, married Sarah Ann Adamson who was born in 1838 in England, daughter of Ralph Watson & Sarah Ann Adamson. Sarah Ann arrived in Tasmania on the ship “Lloyds” on 7th Nov 1845 with her convict mother, also named Sarah Ann Adamson.
Sarah Ann jnr was in the Queens Orphanage in Hobart from 12th November 1845 until 11th February 1850. Sarah Ann Adamson snr married James Smith in 1849. This is possibly why Sarah Ann Adamson jnr was able to be released from the orphanage and is why she was called Sarah Smith on birth of her and Thomas Pickett’s daughter Maude Sarah Pickett. Thomas and Sarah had a long relationship prior to their 1868 marriage as two of their seven children were born prior to 1868.
After Thomas and Sarah’s marriage broke up around 1876 Thomas is believed to have lived with his son James until his death. Sarah went on to have a relationship with Alfred Emery, which produced a son, Stafford William Adamson. Soon after Stafford Adamson’s birth Sarah Adamson formed a relationship with her stepson, William Thomas Pickett (son of Thomas Pickett and Susan Townsend), with whom she had three children, Herbert William, Henry William and Ester Dolona.
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1815 - 1882 (66 years)
