Working backwards
Photographer Sandra Williamson, Gravestone Thomas Crump & Selina Crump nee Wheeler, Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia, Sandra Williamson’s private Collection, 11 July 2003[B023] |
Thomas Crump died on the 13 April 1874
in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. On his
death certificate it stated that he was born in “Kent, England” and had been
living for “32 years in Victoria”[i].
Based on the time he lived in Victoria he
would have arrived around 1841/2. His
death certificate also stated that he had been married twice although the name
of his first wife was not listed, as particulars were unknown at the time.
Shipping Records
The only Thomas Crump arriving in Australia in 1841/2 travelled on
the Marquis of Hasting arriving in Sydney on 4 February 1841, accompanied by
his wife Rebecca Crump. On Rebecca’s
record, it stated that she was formerly known as Underhill presumably her maiden
name as her father’s surname is also given as an Underhill.[ii].[iii].
A Closer look at Thomas’s Entitlement Certificate
Below is a
transcription of the certificate
“Thomas Crump
Married Male Immigrant
Arrived by the Ship Marquis of Hastings
Bought out by C.F Warne
A native of – Parish of Goudhurst – Kent. Parents living at East Fairly, Coxheath near
Maidstone – Fathers Name Wm Startup Mothers name Elizabeth
Calling – Agriculture Labourer
Age on embarkation – Twenty seven on 25 Nov 1840
Person certifying Registry of Baptism – None
Character, and Person certifying the same S W Nursington(?) & others
State of bodily health, strength, and probably
usefulness very good
Religion Wesleyan Methodist
Read and Write – Both
Remarks – no Complaints”
The Entitlement
certificate reveals that Thomas considered his parents to be William and
Elizabeth Startup. Records show that his mother Elizabeth married William
Startup by banns on 10 February 1816 in Tudeley with Capel, Kent, England.[iv]
Thomas left
England before the 1841 census however his mother, stepfather and the family were still living in East Fairly, Coxheath near Maidstone, Kent, England that year.[v][vi]
- William
Startup, age 48, Ag Lab [step father]
- Elizabeth
Startup, age 51 [mother]
- William
Startup 20, Ag Lab
- John
Startup 17, Ag Lab
- James
Startup 12, Ag Lab
- Helenor
Startup 10
Living next door to
- Robert Startup, aged 24, Ag Lab [eldest son of William & Elizabeth, stepbrother of Thomas]
- Elizabeth Startup, aged 27 [wife of the eldest son of William & Elizabeth]
- Roseanna Startup, aged 1
- Robert Waterman, aged 70, gardener
- Mary Waterman, aged 55
The time
& Place of Thomas’ Baptism
The pivotal
evidence for the parentage of Thomas Crump is the immigration records of 1841, where his parents are identified William Startup and
Elizabeth, living in East Fairly,
Coxheath near Maidstone, Kent where they are still living later in that same
year at the time of the census.[vii]
Elizabeth did not marry William Startup until 10 February 1816, three years after Thomas was
born.[viii] In the same immigration records his age is
recorded as “Twenty seven on
25 Nov 1840” which results in a calculated birthdate of 25 Nov 1813 a two-day variance
from the date recorded as in his baptism records.
Conclusion
Thomas CRUMP was born on 22nd November 1813 and
baptised a month later on 2nd January 1814 Church of England,
Goudhurst, Kent, the illegitimate son of Elizabeth Crump late a servant of Mr
W. Mynn, the father was listed as William Mynn Jnr, farmer. [ix]
His mother, Elizabeth, went on to marry William Startup on 10
February 1816, who became Thomas’s stepfather.
[Post updated 26 July 2019]
[Post updated 26 July 2019]
[i] Victorian death certificate 4922
(1874), Thomas Crump, 13 April 1874, district of Boondara, entry 1168; Registry
of Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Melbourne.
[ii] Ancestry.com,
"New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists,
1828-1896," database and images, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com
: accessed 15 Jul 2019); Passenger record for Rebecca Crump, 4 February 1841, 'Marquis of Hastings' p.163,
entry line 6; Citing State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New
South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships;
Series: 5314;Reel: 1333; Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007; Entitlement certificate for Rebecca Crump, who arrived on 4 February 1841 on the vessel Marquis of Hastings in New South Wales Australia from Goudhurst, Kent, Citing State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314;Reel: 1333
[iii] Ancestry.com,
"New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists,
1828-1896," database and images, Ancestry.com (www.Ancestry.com
: accessed 15 Jul 2019); Passenger record for Thomas Crump, 4 February 1841, 'Marquis of Hastings' p.163,
entry line 5; Citing State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New
South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships;
Series: 5314;Reel: 1333; Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007; Entitlement certificate for Thomas Crump, who arrived on 4 February 1841 on the vessel Marquis of Hastings in New South Wales Australia from Goudhurst, Kent, Citing State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Entitlement certificates of persons on bounty ships; Series: 5314;Reel: 1333
[iv] “Kent Marriages and
Banns”, database with images, Findmypast, Marriage of William Startup of
this parish, bachelor & Elizabeth Crump of this parish, spinster were
married by banns on 10 February 1816 Tudeley with Capel parish register, Marriage
banns 1754-1825, page 8,entry 23; Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, County Hall,
Maidstone, Kent, England, P374/1/D/2
[v] 1841 English Census
HO107/457/45/ 13 The household of William & Elizabeth Startup in Coxheath
Street, East Farleigh, Kent, England.
[vi] 1841 English Census HO107/457/45/ 13 The household of Robert &
Elizabeth Startup in Coxheath Street, East Farleigh, Kent, England.
[vii] 1841 English Census
HO107/457/45/ 13 The household of William & Elizabeth Startup in Coxheath
Street, East Farleigh, Kent, England.
[viii] “Kent Marriages and
Banns”, database with images, Findmypast, Marriage of William Startup of
this parish, bachelor & Elizabeth Crump of this parish, spinster were
married by banns on 10 February 1816 Tudeley with Capel parish register,
Marriage banns 1754-1825, page 8,entry 23; Kent Archives Office, Maidstone,
County Hall, Maidstone, Kent, England, P374/1/D/2
[ix]
Baptism of Thomas born 22 November 1813 &
baptized 2 January 1814 (illegitimate of) Elizabeth Crump, late a servant of W.
Mynn’s and William Mynn, Jnr, a farmer, Goudhurst Kent parish register Baptisms
1813-1830, entry 87; Kent Archives Office, Maidstone, County Hall, Maidstone,
Kent, England.
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