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SHEKLETON, Thomas (Grimwade p.657)

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 4:26 am
by MCB
As a bachelor and silversmith he signed a bond in 1802 to marry Ann Longstaff at St Pancras, Camden.
Alicia Shekleton, presumably a daughter, died of convulsions at 10 Bell Savage Yard in 1805 and was buried at St Bride’s.
Their daughter Anna Price was christened at St Bride’s, Fleet Street in 1807. Their address was as previously noted.
Their son George Thomas Johnson registered as Shakleton was christened in 1813 at St Sepulchre, Holborn. Their address was Prujean Court and his father a silversmith. He was assessed to Land Tax on the property from 1811-14. The previous tenant had been John Shekleton (Grimwade p.656-7).The property was empty in 1815.
No later information has been found for him.

Re: SHEKLETON, Thomas (Grimwade p.657)

Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:16 pm
by silverly
This is a surname that practically begs to be misspelled, and so it often is. There is a forty-two year old Thomas "Shakleton" who was convicted on 9 January 1822 of having forged rings in his possession. It is believed that Thomas Shekleton was a small worker, so this could fit. Thomas Shekleton's conviction resulted in transportation to Tasmania and called for fourteen years there. The record of his transportation noted that he was a goldsmith. His death on 10 December 1827 is registered in Hobart, Tasmania.