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Thomas Chapman (?–?)

Thomas Chapman was a corporal of marines in the 60th (Plymouth) Company. He arrived at Sydney with his wife and daughters aboard the Charlotte as part of the First Fleet. He was assigned to Captain John Shea's Company. The whole family returned to England aboard the Gorgon in December 1791, arriving at Portsmouth on 21 June 1792.

* information from Mollie Gillen, The Founders of Australia: A Biographical Dictionary of the First Fleet (1989), pp 68-69

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'Chapman, Thomas (?–?)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/chapman-thomas-29944/text37082, accessed 18 April 2024.

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