Thomas Roker Gosper (1768–1847)
Thomas Gosper was found guilty of 'feloniously cutting, damaging, and spoiling' a headfast (three pieces of rope) affixed to a certain vessel, called a lighter on 23 November 1786...the property of Edward Thorne and James Ogle and was tried at the Surrey Assizes, England, on the 2nd April 1787 (under the name of Thomas Gosport). He was sentenced to seven years' transportation and arrived in Sydney aboard the Suprize in June 1790.
In 1794 he was granted 30 acres of land on the Hawkesbury River and was later granted a further 100 acres at Freeman's Reach. He married Mary Ann Hipwell in 1810.
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Gosper, Mary Ann (wife)
- Gosper, Thomas (son)
- Gosper, John Thomas (son)
- Gosper, Joseph (son)
- Gosper, James (son)
- Gosper, Mary (daughter-in-law)
- Gosper, Margaret (daughter-in-law)
- Gosper, Hannah Beale (daughter-in-law)
- Gosper, Ann (daughter-in-law)
- Gosper, Susannah (granddaughter)
- Sanders, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Tindall, Sarah Matilda (granddaughter)
- Ivory, Agnes Maria (granddaughter)
- Byrne, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Elizabeth (granddaughter)
- Townsend, Margaret (granddaughter)
- Boyter, Sophia (granddaughter)
- Alderson, Charlotte (granddaughter)
- Brown, Matilda (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Jane Matilda (granddaughter)
- Thompson, Sarah (granddaughter)
- Hill, Ann (granddaughter)
- Lansdowne, Maria (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Esther (granddaughter)
- Sherwood, Margaret (granddaughter)
- Farran, Susannah (granddaughter)
- Watson, Mary Ann (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Sarah (granddaughter)
- Gosper, Thomas Aroca (grandson)
- Gosper, William Thomas (grandson)
- Gosper, Joseph (grandson)
- Gosper, John Thomas (grandson)
- Gosper, Edward (grandson)
- Gosper, Henry (grandson)
- Gosper, William Henry (grandson)
- Gosper, Richard James (grandson)
- Gosper, James (grandson)
- Gosper, George (grandson)
- Gosper, Charles (grandson)
- Gosper, Robert (grandson)
- Gosper, James (grandson)
- Gosper, Jonathan (grandson)
- Gosper, Archibald George (grandson)
- Gosper, Francis (grandson)
- Gosper, Benjamin (grandson)
Citation details
'Gosper, Thomas Roker (1768–1847)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gosper-thomas-roker-17295/text32163, accessed 19 January 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Alternative Names
- Gosport, Thomas Roker
Birth
Death
21 September,
1847
(aged 79)
Colo,
New South Wales,
Australia
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship
Occupation or Descriptor
Key Events
Maps
- Plan of the Allotments of Ground, Granted from the Crown in NSW, J Burr and G Ballisat, 1814
- Plan of the Settlements in New South Wales, Charles Grimes, 1796
Convict Record
Crime: theft
Sentence: 7 years
Court: Surrey
Trial Date: 2 April 1787
(1787)