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| Name | HAYTER – Thomas |
|---|---|
| Regiment | Royal Marine Portsmouth 2nd Division |
| Regiment Number | 6245 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 10th December 1838/labourer |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5ft 11 ins/Fair/Grey/Brown/none |
| Overseas Service/Duration | 10 years 4 months 23 days Afloat and at Foreign stations 2 years 9 months 25 days On shore UK Ships: Britannia, Stromboli and Rodney, St. Vincent, Vernon, Powerful |
| Length of Service | 13 Years 2 months 18 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private 27th February 1852 |
| Campaign Medals | None known |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Not known |
| Pension Districts | 1852 Salisbury 1854 Southampton Cancelled 1854-1856 Salisbury 1856 Plymouth |
| Pension Paid | £9/4/0 |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | Possibly the Runnymede from Plymouth 5th June 1856; or Possibly the Clara from London 19th March 1857 |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | Possibly the Runnymede 7th September 1856; or Possibly the Clara 10th July 1857 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1815 Tisbury near Shaftsbury, Wiltshire, England |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | HAYTER Joseph (possible) |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | HAYWARD Priscilla (possible) |
| Siblings | Not yet known |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | MULLINS Mary b c1818 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Bp 8th June 1817 Tisbury, Wiltshire, England D 27th April 1856 at Fovant Wiltshire |
| Date/Place of Marriage | 26th September 1847 St. George Fovant, Wiltshire, England |
| Children of 1st Wife’s previous marriage | Christianna b 1843 Tisbury, Wiltshire England born and baptised Tisbury as Christianna Mullins D 1871 4th Quarter 1871 Calne, Wiltshire, England |
| Children of 1st Wife | Joseph b 1856 Baptised 25 or 29 March 1856 Fovant, Wiltshire, England Died 1 April 1856 Fovant, Wiltshire, England |
| Father of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth | MULLINS Francis |
| Mother of 1st wife Date/Place of Birth Marriage | UNKNOWN Sarah. |
| Land Grants Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Inquirer and Commercial News Wednesday 9th June 1858 page 4 Thomas Hayter donated one shilling to the Indian Relief Fund |
| Departure from Western Australia | |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 19th November 1874 Western Australia Buried East Perth Cemetery |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not yet known |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | While serving on the Powerful Thomas’s wife is recorded as Mary and the date of his marriage and her place of abode Discharge due to Phthisis and palpitations contracted in the service. Invalided to Haslar hospital 21st February 1852 discharge per Admiralty order dated 25th February 1852. In the 1841 Census of East Tisbury, Wiltshire, England Mary is living with her mother Sarah, age 55, occupation school mistress and brother Francis age 30 a stonemason, both Mary and Francis were born in the county of Wiltshire. In the 1851 Census Thomas age 36, born at Wardour Wiltshire was on furlough from the Royal Marines. He was living at Fovant, Wilton, Wiltshire with his wife Mary age 33, a dressmaker, born Tisbury Wiltshire as was his step-daughter Christianna age 7. By the time of the 1861 Census Christianna is a housekeeper at the Travellers Lodging House, Brown Street, St Thomas, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England The 1871 sees her lodging with John and Jane Brewer and their family at Frog Lane Calne, Wiltshire. She is aged 32, single, occupation servant, born Hilmartin Wiltshire England. Thomas died of consumption. |