Richard Gawthrop
(1736-1796)

Richard Gawthrop was the fourth of the six children of blacksmith Richard Gawthrop and his wife Mary Gigner of Histon, Cambridgeshire, England.

In 1756, Richard's older brother John Gawthrop died, leaving a widow and two small children. Richard then fathered three illegitimate children (all sons) with his widowed sister-in-law, Sarah Archer.

In 1763, the Assize Court lodged a bond to transport Richard to the American penal colonies for a period of 7 years. The Assize Court states that he was tried and found guilty of breaking into and stealing five pounds and two shillings from the house of Thomas Ives.

Richard was most likely transported aboard "The Neptune" which departed the shores of England in December 1763.

After his release, he married Mary Brady in 1770 in Baltimore, Maryland, America and the couple settled and had a family of ten children.

A later Maryland tax list for Harford county indicates that Richard lived in Deer Creek, where he is said to have owned 2 horses and 2 beef cattle valued at £17 and other property valued at £8.

Life Events

Born

• circa 1736, in Histon, Cambridgeshire, England.

Baptised

• 8th August 1736, at St. Andrew's Church, Histon, Cambridgeshire, England.

Married

• Mary Brady (17??-?) during 1770 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

Children

• William Gawthrop (1759-?)
• Henry Gawthrop (1761-?)
• John Gawthrop (1763-?)
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Census and Residence

• 1770-1796: Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Death

• During 1796 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

Burial

• Location not yet known.