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- In18th C Medics at SocGen a Thomas is shown as apprenticed to William Crockford at Lewes in 1802 at 17. William Crockford was himself apprentiice to John Turner in 1784
Royal College of Surgeons, Members 1803-47, Thomas MARCHANT, membership 19 April 1805 practising in Hurstpierpoint, 1805-40, Royal Navy Calslock , Cornwall. He registered as a surgeon with the RCS on 19 April 1805 and gave his domicile as Hurstpierpoint. He was Assistant Surgeon on HMS Sybille from 7 Sep 1805 to 31 May 1808. He was promoted to Surgeon on the Sybille on 16 Apr 1808 and served until 6 June 1812. On 24 Sep 1812 he joined HMS Zenobia as surgeon and served till the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1814. Whilst in the Navy he gave his address as Knackersknowle. He stayed on half pay in Knackersknowle untill 1837 when he moved to Calstock, Cornwall, where he ran a small practice.
In 1804 he inherited £100 under his grandmother's will
HMS Sybille 44 Gun 5th Rate. No 80 Thomas MARCHANT, Assistant Surgeon, Deptford per Warrant, entry 6 September 1805 , appearance 7 September 1805. Discharged 31 May 1808, Superseded.
HMS Sybille 44 Gun 5th Rate. No 410 Entry/Appearance 18 June 1808, Orders of Vice Admiral Whitehead, 17 June 1808. Thomas MARCHANT, Acting Surgeon. Surgeon per Warrant, 25 June 1808 from Transport Board. Discharged 6 June 1812.
HMS Zenobia, Brig Sloop 18 Guns. No 229. Entry 24 September 1812. Appearance 27 September 1812. Whence SL372 per Admiralty Order 24 September 1812, Thomas MARCHANT, Surgeon. Discharged 30 November 1814, invalided Gibraltar, on half-pay.
Thomas MARCHANT's career in the Royal Navy was at the height of the Napoleonic Wars. HMS Sybille was "La Sybille", a French Frigate built in Toulon, France, and was captured by HMS Romney, 50 Guns in the bay off Mykonos on 17 June 1794. She was superior to the British Frigates of the day, and was a much sought after command in the Royal Navy. In 1807 the Sybille was part of the British Fleet which lay siege to Copenhagen. HMS Zenobia was a "Cruizer Class" brig sloop built in 1807. For most of Thomas's career on her, she was based off Portugal and in the Mediterranean. It would appear from the ship's musters that they left Plymouth in September 1812, and Thomas did not return home until he was invalided on 30 November 1814. His son had been born just a few months before he embarked on the Zenobia. He left the Sybille on the 6th June 1812 and his son was born on the 28th June 1812. He stayed home for 3 months before departing to sea for an absence of over 2 years.
Thomas mentioned as member of Royal College of Surgeons in 1825, 1833, 1835 and 1840 - domicile Hurstpierpoint.
ADM 104 13 folio 254: Address on half-pay: Knockers, Knowle, near Devonport, January 1826 - July 1837. Calstock, Cornwall, October 1837 -. Remarks, 31 July 1834. Unfit. Deafness prevents him from attending to the little village practice where he resides. In 1831 reported himself unfit - Deafness and Rheumatism. 17 July 1839. Reported himself unfit and transmitted certificate of his being almost completely deaf. 19 July 1839 - To be considered unfit.
In 1839 Thomas was said to be living at Gellings Park Calstock, Cornwall . Confirmed in C1841
1842. Thomas only changed his address when the College sent out forms in 1841.
Will dated 5.7.1837 republished 23.1.1838 proved at London 14.7.1845 . Was this another of his properties?
Mary Dorcas Marchant wife as Executor
Made 5 July 1837. Witness Wm Chapman of Devenport, attorney. John Adams of Knackersknowle, tailor. John Nesworthy saddler of Knackersknowle.
Republished 23 Jan 1838. Witnesses Wm Chapman of Devonport, attorney. JM Bard Jr. his clerk. John T Niall of Stoke Gentleman.
Declaration by William Chapman 10 July 1845
Proved 14 July 1845 by Mary Dorcas Marchant
IR 26 1714 Estate Duty. Estate under £12,000. Total duty £7-3-5. Thomas Marchant son aged 33 years, annuities and bequests totalling £717-7-0
According to his will he was expecting to receive a share of late cousin Robert Parker's property. Though he died just after the final settlement in June 1845 he does not appear to have received anything
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