WIGGINS, Thomas

1803 - 1884  (81 years)

• Name	WIGGINS, Thomas  [1]
  Born	11 Jun 1803	HMS Calcutta on way to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Sep 1884	Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I25841	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023

  
  

  Mother	WELCH, Susannah,   b. 5 Apr 1776, Bridport, Dorset, England ,   d. 3 Jun 1852, Sorell, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F7239	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	NEWPORT, Susannah 'Sarah',   b. 25 May 1803, Sutton Courtenay, Berkshire, England ,   d. 29 May 1875, Wattle Hill, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 72 years)
  Children	1. WIGGINS, Martha,   b. 16 Oct 1824, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 19 Mar 1894, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 69 years)  [natural]   2. WIGGINS, Susannah Sophie,   b. 12 Oct 1825, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 26 Sep 1905, Dunally, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 79 years)  [natural]   3. WIGGINS, Samuel,   b. 25 Apr 1827, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 16 May 1885, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 58 years)  [natural]   4. WIGGINS, John Henry 'Harry',   b. 25 Sep 1828, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 15 Apr 1891, Sorell, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 62 years)  [natural]   5. WIGGINS, Frances,   b. 25 May 1830, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 20 Aug 1900, Dunalley, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 70 years)  [natural]   6. WIGGINS, Ann,   b. 8 Aug 1832, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 8 Oct 1912, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 80 years)  [natural]   7. WIGGINS, Robert,   b. 9 Mar 1834, Wattle Hill, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 7 Oct 1837, Van Diemans Land, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 3 years)  [natural]   8. WIGGINS, Richard,   b. 1 Nov 1840, Wattle Hill, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 11 Aug 1890  (Age 49 years)  [natural]   9. WIGGINS, Thomas,   b. 31 Oct 1842, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ,   d. 15 May 1914, Wattle Hill, Tasmania, Australia  (Age 71 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2023
  Family ID	F6668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Samuel Wiggins enlisted in the 2nd Royal Marines in 1801. He accompanied Lt Governor, Captain David Collins to New South Wales in 1803. The ship HMS Calcutta sailed from Spithead, London, England on 25 April 1803 and sailed via the Isle of wight and Portsmouth with convicts and settlers. With the supply ship Ocean they made landing inside the heads at Port Phillip (later known as Sorrento). This first settlement was abandoned after 4 months in favour of a site on the river Derwent in Van Diemen's Land where Hobart was founded in 1804. Samuel Wiggins was one of the marines who joined the detachment of Royal Marines that accompained Lt Governor, Captain David Collins to Hobart Town. Samual was accompanied by his wife Susannah. Their son Thomas was born on board HMS Calcutta on 11 Jun 1803. His birth was the first birth recorded in the official baptismal register in Van Diemen's Land. The grand population of Hobart on the 9 August 1804 was listed as being 433. This included 298 convicts and their families, 44 settlers, 63 Military and 28 Civil Establishment - it inlcudes: Samuel and Susannah Wiggins my 5 x great grandparents (fom the Military sector) and William and Frances Nichols my 4 x great grandparents (from the Settlers sector). Samuel Died on 17 July 1811 and his widow Susannah remarried in 1812 to another Royal Marine Thomas Pennington.

  
  

• Sources

  [S309] Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;). Record for Thomas Wiggins https://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=78050227&indiv=try