Judy Collingwood
42A Overstone Road,
Hammersmith
London W6 0AB
Tel/fax 020 8741 3130
email judy.collingwood@btinternet.com

Lt Col D J Brind

29 November 2005

Dear Colonel Brind

Thomas Patrick Brind

A search of the Series I and Series II (Parts 1 and 2) Seamen's Registers throws up only one Thomas Brind. The entry (copy enclosed- BT 112/8) states his age as 22 in Dec 1836 so he is too young to be the Thomas Brind you are looking for. His place of birth is given as "Passage" which may indicate that he was born at sea. There was no sign of a Walter Brind, but I came across some Johns and Williams, none born in Birmingham.

There are apprenticeship records in BT 150. However, these start in 1824 and are unlikely to yield anything useful.

I agree that the Argyll lead is probably not worth pursuing. If any material does exist in the National Archives it is only likely to replicate that which your relations found in NZ.

Yours sincerely,

Judy Collingwood.
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A Thomas Brind was Bosun on the Argyll which was taking convicts from London to Australia in 1831-- No crew lists for this period exist for London so we don't know if it was Thomas Patrick Brind. Note written by David Brind.
Jonathan, I haven't checked your CD yet, but just in case Mary Martha B is news to you. David
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:55:20 +1200
From: denicemccarten@paradise.net.nz
Subject: Re: Seamans Ticket
To: david.brind@hotmail.com

I have just had a quick look at familysearch.org. A Thomas Brind features as father in baptism 7.6.1861of Mary Martha Brind (NOTE: This is not in the parish registers list or the births list in this package as at August 2012). Mother Ann. At Brails Parish in Warwickshire. According to Google Brails, historically Brayles, is near to Shipston on Stour which is miles away from Birmingham. Have you come across this before? Is it 'our' Thomas naming his daughter of his little lost twin sisters?
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