Biography Matthew Pearson Thompson was born 12 January 1780 Slingsby , Yorkshire , England , United Kingdom to Richard Thompson (c1737-1798) and Ann Isherwood (c1741-1813) and died 9 May 1849 Macdonald River , New South Wales , Australia of unspecified causes. He married Ann Earle (c1780-1868) 1808 in London , England , United Kingdom .
New South Wales on 7 February 1814 on the General Hewitt as a convict.
He was a merchant clerk who was sent to New South Wales as a convict for embezzlement. His wife followed shortly afterward on the Boxbournebury . She arrived 'free'. Matthew was a school teacher between 1814-1819.
Children
Offspring of Matthew Pearson Thompson and Ann Earle (c1780-1868)
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William Pearson Thompson (1809-1850) 22 April 1809 Elizabeth Place , London , England , United Kingdom 14 October 1850 St Albans , New South Wales , Australia Elizabeth Ewing (1809-1893)
Frances Ann Thompson (1810-1896) 18 October 1810 Kennington Cross , Greater London , England , United Kingdom 6 April 1896 Glen Innes , New South Wales , Australia Pearce William Maund (1801-1849) Robert Henry MacLeowen (1806)
Francis Thompson (1813)
Elizabeth Pearson Thompson (1815-1909) 8 September 1815 Pitt Town , New South Wales , Australia 20 October 1909 St Albans , New South Wales , Australia John Anthony Fernance (1816-1894)
Ann Isabella Thompson (1817-1888)
Matthew George Thompson (1820-1899) 2 January 1820 Pitt Town , New South Wales , Australia 10 March 1899 Bishops Bridge , New South Wales , Australia Elizabeth Fernance (1829-1918)
Jane Sophia Thompson (1822-1904) 1 February 1822 Pitt Town , New South Wales , Australia 9 December 1904 St Albans , New South Wales , Australia George Christian Sternbeck (1817-1896)
Thomas John Thompson (1825-1841)
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