Thomas Putland, born in Sussex, England about 1810 was employed as a farm servant. His parents may have been George Putland and Sarah Ransom who also lived in Sussex. 

Thomas Putlan (1810 - 1876)

Before the 1860s only a few persons of the name Thomas Putland arrived in Australia and very few born before 1850 however, determining his ancestors has few clear leads, although his death certificate confirms Thomas arrived from Sussex, England, a county where the name Putland was common.

In Australia Putland families settled around Adelaide, South Australia and in New South Wales districts of Goulburn (Argyle) and Bathurst (Abercrombie District). 

Thomas Putland was on trial and convicted of sheep stealing and criminal records show that a trial was held on the 17th. March 1834 during the Lent sessions at Horsham, Sussex Assizes (place of conviction was “Lewes” part of the Sussex courthouse at 182 High St, Lewes, East Sussex). Thomas was sentenced to life, commuted to transportation to New South Wales and registered 27 Mar 1834. He was received aboard the “Hardy” moored in Portsmouth then "disposed of to NSW" on 21st. July 1834, transported on 25 Jul 1834 via the vessel "Hooghly" (Hooghly (4) ~ aka Hougley, Hoogley). Thomas arrived in Sydney Cove on 18th. Nov 1834 and was "assigned for disposal" to Robert Smith, a settler resident at Campbell's River, in the district of Bathurst.  The ship arrived in NSW 18 Nov 1834 

Description: aged 24 on arrival, recorded as a Protestant, single, farm servant, 5' 1" Ruddy complexion, Lt brown hair, Hazel eyes; and under remarks states - blue ring on 4th finger of right hand.

Thomas, a farm servant of Bathurst, appears on the New South Wales settlers and convict lists for 1833/34 and on the 1837 General Muster as assigned to the Church Corporation*. He was granted a Ticket of Leave on 12 December 1842. It is probable that Thomas married and worked in this area but I have found no record of the years 1842-1860.

The marriage record (#1252/1860) show Thomas “Puttand” married Mary Ann Ritchie on 11 June 1860 and the marriage registered in Barraba (Bathurst) New South Wales. Refer: https://sites.google.com/u/0/d/1WwnGof93HnW5Xc5zQor2KS0TVPzvve6l/p/1LVW6HWLwnCWBW6hd_tlJwhSkxOEqaPzf/preview?authuser=0

Mary Anne Marlow / Mary Anne Ritchie (widow Ritchie) /  Mary Anne Putlan ~ link on Family Search : click: - "https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G79Y-T4Z"

We know that 1876 was the year of the death of Thomas Putland, aged 59 (?) shepherd. His widow, Mary Ann Marlow (Ritchie), lived at Kings Creek, Rockley. It is interesting that his agrarian occupation and reason for his coming to Australia were related to farming and to sheep and possibly his career was always related to these occupations throughout his time in Rockley.

Children of Thomas Putland and Mary Ann Ritchie

1. 1. 1861 ~ first child died an infant male,

   2. 1863 ~ Jane Putland, second child (1863-1874) died aged 11,

   3. 1864 ~ Sophia Putland (1864-1943),

   4. 1866 ~ Ann or Anne Putland (1866-1950), born March 6, 1866, in Bathurst, when her father, Thomas, was 54 and mother Mary Ann was 40. Anne aged 20, married Edward Cornelius Ryan on March 8, 1886, in Rockley, New South Wales, Australia and had eight children in 24 years. She died about 1950 in Blayney, New South Wales, at the age of 83.

   5. 1868 ~ Elizabeth Ann Putland (1868-1948).

* Notes

Queries

Death certificates can clarify the pedigree for Thomas Putland and others; 

1. There was one Thomas Putland, bounty emigrant left London in 1st December 1838 and arrived 30thMarch 1839 at Adelaide aboard the ship "Buckinghamshire" The 80 person crew and passengers comprised 443 bounty emigrants and 42 passengers.  He was the son of John Putland (1791-1863) and Sarah and at age 15 preceding them into Adelaide districts of South Australia, establishing strong ties in the community.

2. Another Thomas Putland traveled from Melbourne to Sydney aboard “Hero” on 3 Jan. 1870.

3. Thomas died 1876 (aged 64) in Bathurst, New South Wales (#4791).

• William Ritchie was one of 188 convicts transported on the "John", 22 May 1829. Known aliases: Smith, John (Alias) was convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery and sentenced for a term of life on 19 February 1829;  Transportation ship name: "John", departure date: 22nd May, 1829;  Place of arrival:  New South Wales. 

Source:  Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 78.

•  Another William Ritchie, one of 250 convicts transported on the Hyderabad [Hydrabad], 15 October 1844; Convicted at Scotland, Aberdeen Court of Justiciary for a term of 15 years on 24 April 1844. 34503; Sentence term:  15 years; Ship name:  Hyderabad; Departure date:  15th October, 1844; Place of arrival:  Van Diemen's Land and Norfolk Island. [Norfolk Island, under the jurisdiction of Van Diemen's Land].

Note: One John Gilbert was also tried for the same crime at the same place sentenced to life on 6th. March 1834 at Bedford Assize. He was also aboard the Hoogley on that journey. John Gilbert, possibly the same person, in 1860,may have married a person named Ellen Coates in 1861 and would then be  the third husband of Ellen Luck nee Coates. John Gilbert, may have been a younger person as was Ellen, so probably a related person but not the one aboard the “Hoogley/Hougley

Footnote:

•  * Church and School Corporation 1826-28 (950); 1828-36 (949); 1836-39 (970) - N.B. The number in parentheses is the New South Wales Record Series (NRS) number.

• Refer Mundia family tree.

• Also aboard the “Hoogley/Hougley was William Richmond, a future husband of Mary Ann Marlow.

• *Refer Mundia Family tree

• Refer Australian Royalty -  Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

• Citation details: Annotated Printed Indentures 1834 / Text: Thomas Putland, age 24, could not read or write, Protestant, single, native of Sussex, a farm servant, convicted for sheep stealing at Sussex Assizes 17 Mar 1834, life sentence, no former convictions, 5 feet 1 inches tall, ruddy complexion, light brown hair and hazel eyes, blue ring fourth finger of right hand.

• "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFPS-LLR : 7 December 2017), Thomas Putland, 1811.

Heritage

• • •  Events of close relatives Birth1810 (estimated) Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    • source:  Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.

Immigration:~…18 November 1834 (Age 24) Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Source:  Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. 

Citation details: Annotated Printed Indentures 1834

Text: Thomas Putland, age 24, could not read or write, Protestant, single, native of Sussex, a farm servant, convicted for sheep stealing at Sussex Assizes 17 Mar 1834, life sentence, no former convictions, 5 feet 1 inches tall, ruddy complexion, light brown hair and hazel eyes, blue ring fourth finger of right hand

Source:  State Library of Queensland. Convict Transportation Registers Database 1787-1867 [database on-line]. 

Citation details: Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 417 (210)

Text: Thomas Putland, one of 260 convicts transported on the ship Hooghley, 25 July 1834.

Sentence details: Convicted at Sussex Assizes for a term of life on 17 March 1834.

Vessel: Hooghley.

Date of Departure: 25 July 1834.

Place of Arrival: New South Wales.

Source:  Bateson, Charles. The convict ships 1787-1868. 2nd ed. Glasgow : Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd., 1985 ie 1969 

Citation details: p. 352 Text: The ship Hooghly (4) arrived in NSW 18 Nov 1834

 Marriage: Mary Anne Marlowe - View family (1826-), Barraba, North West Slopes and Plains, New South Wales, Australia

Source:  Ancestry.com. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Spouse Name Mary Ann Ritchie

Marriage Date 1860

Marriage Place New South Wales

Registration Place Barraba New South Wales

Registration Year 1860

Registration Number 1252 

Text: Name Thomas Puttand

Spouse Name Mary Ann Ritchie

Marriage Date 1860

Marriage Place New South Wales

Registration Place Barraba New South Wales

Registration Year 1860

Registration Number 1252

 Death: 1876 (Age  66) Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

Source:  Ancestry.com. Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. 

Text: Name Thomas Putland

Death Date 1876

Death Place New South Wales

Registration Year 1876

Registration Place Bathurst New South Wales

Registration Number 4791

Death Date 1876

Death Place New South Wales

Registration Year 1876

Registration Place Bathurst New South Wales

Registration Number 4791

 Burial

 Bathurst, Central Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia

Source:  Find a grave [database on-line]. 

Text: Name Thomas Putland

Birth Date 1810

Birth Place England

Death Date 1876

Death Place Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Cemetery Bathurst Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place Bathurst, Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia

Birth Date 1810

Birth Place England

Death Date 1876

Death Place Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Cemetery Bathurst Cemetery

Burial or Cremation Place Bathurst, Bathurst Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia

Mary Anne Marlow daughter of Ann Carver

· First Husband: 

    William Ritchie 1810-1856

Children 

1. William Ritchie 1848-1916

2. Sarah Ann Ritchie 1849-

3. Charles Ritchie 1854-

· Second Husband:

    Thomas Putland 1812-1876

Children 

1. Male Putland 1861-1861

2. Sophia Putland 1864-1943

3. Anne Putland 1866-1956

4. Elizabeth Putland 1868-1948

5. Jane Putland 1874-1874