Thomas Kessey's Origins

Thomas Kessey's Origins

Descent, vol 50, part 2, June 2020

2019 was the bi-centenary of Thomas Kessey's arrival in Sydney as a convict aboard the General Stewart. Before publication of this article, most family historians had concluded that he had been born Thomas Casey in 1795 to James Casey and Alice Langford. Instead, the article shows that he was born Thomas Cassey in 1794 to Michael Cassey and his wife Mary.

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