Stevenson, Thomas

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Dates 1733; 1740
Location Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Brompton, Yorkshire
Vocation Vagrant; sailor
Place of Birth Ayrshire
Marriage
Issue
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).