Thomas HUGHES^[1]

1783 - 1835  (52 years)

• Name	Thomas HUGHES
  Born	1783	Birmingham, Warwickshire, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	1835
  Person ID	I510374	mytree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025

  
  

  Family	Susannah SMITH,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Amelia (Pamelia) HUGHES,   b. 27 Mar 1815, Sydney, NSW ,   d. 4 Sep 1895, Granville, NSW  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2025
  Family ID	F502528	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Thomas Hughes, blacksmith, convict, flogger, executionist. Born about 1779 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England. Parents: Thomas Hughes & Mary nee Cox. He was convicted at the Warwick Assizes in 1801 of theft and sentenced to transportation to Sydney in 1801 for theft. Later he was given life and arrived in the colony in 1802 on the ‘Perseus’. He had a colourful life, hated by the populous because he became Sydney’s flogger and later executioner from 1804- he died in 1835. He had only 1 living daughter, Amelia Hughes b. 1815 to Convict Susannah Smith and I am descended from Amelia and her husband Richard Puckeridge ( Richard son of convict Joseph Puckeridge). He is listed in the Fingersmiths Index + Blacksmiths of Warwickshire + Blacksmiths of Australia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S500440] Stapleton Web Site, Karen Stapleton, Thomas Hughes (Reliability: 3), 7 Oct 2021. Added via a Person Discovery