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| Name | DAVENPORT / DEVONPORT – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | Royal Marines Plymouth division |
| Regiment Number (s) | 3544 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 1st November 1824 / 20 years / Gloucester England Labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | Not yet known |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Service at sea – Java 1826-1830 4 years 26 days – Oristes 1831-1833 2years 6 months 6 days – Donegal 1833-1834 9 months 20 days – San Josef 1835-1835 6 months 8 days – Pylades 1835-1839 3years 9 months 29 days – Thunderer 1840-1843 3 years – Caledonia 1843-1845 1 year 5 months 25 days – Conopus 1845-1845 6 months 4 days Total at sea 16 years 8 months 28 days On Shore 4 years 5 months 29 days |
| Length of Service | 21 years 2 months 27 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 27th January 1846 / Plymouth England |
| Campaign Medals | Naval General service medal clasp Syria for service on HMS Thunderer at the capture of St Jean d’acre |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not yet known |
| Pension Districts | 1846 Plymouth 1851 Leicester 1853 – 1865 Western Australia 1866 – 1875 South Australia |
| Pension Paid | £18/4/0 per annum |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 22nd November 1852 London England |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | DUDBROOK 7th February 1853 |
| Date/Place of Birth | c1805 Ashby de la Zouche Leicestershire England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | DAVENPORT Samuel Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | DURANT Susannah (assumed as is his sister’s mother) Not yet known |
| Siblings | Aboard the “Dudbrook” during the 1852-53 voyage was Thomas Davenport’s sister Elizabeth and her husband EPG Charles GANE and their son Charles William. |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | WOLNER/WALDER Mary B 1812 Plymouth, Devonshire (1851 Census) |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not yet known |
| Children by 1st Wife | Thomas B 1st March 1840 East Stonehouse Devon England Bp 15th March 1840 East Stonehouse D Robert B 10th August 1843 East Stonehouse Devon England Bp 5th May 1850 Belgrave Leicester England D 1859 Western Australia Mary B 1846 East Stonehouse Devon England Eliza B C1847 Bp 3rd October 1847 Ashby de la Zouche Leicestershire M BLANKLEY Harry John 29th June 1867 Wesleyan Parsonage Brompton Adelaide SA D 21st June 1925 Riverstone New South Wales Bur Wesleyan Cemetery Riverstone NSW Sarah Jane B 8th March 1850 Leicestershire Bp 5th May 1850 Belgrave Leicester England D 1854 Western Australia (recorded as 2 yo) Bur 24th March 1854 Skinner Street Anglican Cemetery Fremantle WA Edwin B 1857 Western Australia |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | Not yet known |
| Land Grants Western Australia | 31st December 1853 Assigned North Fremantle P 4 (formerly Hunt) no record of Fee Simple being issued |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | The Adelaide Express Monday 3rd September 1866 page 2 Passenger list for Emily Smith with E and M Davenport Windsor and Richmond Gazette (NSW) Friday 3rd July 1925 page 3 death of Eliza Blankley |
| Departure from Western Australia | Left in late 1865 / early 1866 for South Australia (deduced) |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 27th February 1875 Vincent Street Adelaide South Australia Not yet known |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | 2 May 1875 Church Street Port Adelaide |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | HMS Pylades was employed at combatting the slave trade during the time Thomas served in her. Discharged due to length of service – admitted to out-pension Plymouth paid 18/4/- per annum1851 English Census residing at 14 Lower Hill St, Leicester. 1852 October 8 Thomas Davenport was advised he would be required to pay 3d per day toward the ration for one of his children during the voyage Wife Mary age 34 and son Thomas age 13 both received medical treatment aboard the DudbrookAn incident occurred on board the “Dudbrook” just before arrival in Fremantle concerning another EPG for which he was court martialled. Thomas gave evidence at this trial 9th June 1855 living in North Fremantle with wife and 4 children After the arrival of the Dudbrook an inquiry was held into complaints made by some of the pensioners into the conduct of the Surgeon Superintendent. Thomas Davenport’s complaint was met by the SSI stating he had done all that could be considered proper in the woman’s case1855 residing in North Fremantle with wife & 4 children. 1857 Struck off Roll for being drunk in the Pensioner Village North Fremantle before being on guard duty and striking Sergeant Allen 16th September 1867 Thomas Davenport age 25 was admitted to the hospital he was a single man Church of England and living in Adelaide occupation Seaman but he said he was born in Manchester and was 5 months in the Colony arriving on the Hardwicke. (He is possibly Thomas’s son as he may have gone to sea at a young age.) 1875 Died from heart disease at Vincent Street, Adelaide. 6th January 1876 Edward Davenport age 18 was also admitted to the hospital, he was a single man living Port and his occupation was a sailor. He had been born in WA and had resided in SA for 10 years arriving on the Emily Smith Thomas Davenport noted as “Protestant” in Bi-Centennial Dictionary |