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Thomas Bennett Gard & Mary Bailey |
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 Thomas Bennett Gard |
Thomas Bennett Gard was convicted along with his two accomplices William Gale and Thomas Smith for breaking and entering the home of Rachael and Ann Gale of Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire on the 30th November 1821. They made off with the silver ware and some other goods. They first received the death penalty but their sentence was later changed to transportation to Van Diemen's Land for the term of their natural lives. Thomas departed England on the 13th June 1822 aboard the convict ship ‘Arab’, and arrived on the 6th November that same year after 116 days at sea. Thomas was assigned to Magistrate James Gordon and joined his father as an assigned servant. Together they worked a 600 acre farm at Sorell supplying the authorities and visiting ships with meat, vegetables, wheat, read more |
 Mary Bailey |
| NAME | THOMAS BENNETT GARD | MARY BAILEY |
| BORN | *27 SEPTEMBER 1802 | 23 SEPTEMBER 1813 |
| WHERE | ILCHESTER, SOMERSET, ENGLAND | BILSINGSTON, KENT, ENGLAND |
| MARRIED | 6 JUNE 1831 | BROADMARSH, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA |
| DIED | 21 NOVEMBER 1894 | |
| WHERE | ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA | |
| BURIED | WEST TCE CEMETERY, ADELAIDE, SA, AUSTRALIA | |
| FATHER | ROBERT GARD | JOHN BAILEY |
| MOTHER | BETTY LAVIS | CATHERINE RICHARDS |
| CHILDREN | BORN | WHERE | DIED | ||
| 1 | M | ROBERT GARD | 26 JUL 1832 | BROADMARSH, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA | 1 FEB 1916 |
| 2 | M | JOHN BAILEY GARD | 12 OCT 1834 | PITWATER, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA | 20 OCT 1865 |
| 3 | M | THOMAS WILLIAM RICHARDS GARD | 9 AUG 1836 | PITWATER, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA | 24 DEC 1904 |
| 4 | F | CATHERINE ELIZABETH GARD | 1 OCT 1838 | BROADMARSH, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA | 23 NOV 1881 |
| 5 | M | WILLIAM GARD | 9 MAR 1841 | PITWATER, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA | 1 FEB 1916 |
Last Edited: 16 AUG 2009