Stevenson, Thomas
From AngloScottish
Dates | 1733; 1740 | ||
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Location | Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Brompton, Yorkshire | ||
Vocation | Vagrant; sailor | ||
Place of Birth | Ayrshire | ||
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Place of birth | Source | North Yorkshire County Record Office, Register of Vagrants, QDV |
Bound apprentice joiner in Glasgow at about 14. Served for 7 years, but could not find work for a whole year. Pressed as a mariner at Newcastle (c.1733). Discharged at Portsmouth, Michaelmas 1740. Examined as a vagrant at Brompton and served with removal order (1740).