2.  Thomas BRADSHAW (James-1) was born in 1783 in Eccles, Lanchashire, England.
He was christened on 6 Feb 1785 in Eccles, Lanchashire, England.
He immigrated on 7 Aug 1832 to Hobart, Van Diemens Land, Australia.

Arrived aboard the "Waterloo" from London, England, as a Chelsea Pensioner, with his wife and children : Margaret, 46, Henry, 14, Ellen, 12, and Thomas, 5.
Thomas was 49 years old at the time.

A letter dated 29th February, 1852, from the War Office, Downing Street, London to Lieutenant Governor Arthur requested the Master of Agent of the "Waterloo" to be paid twenty Pounds on account of Thomas Bradshaw and family, a part of his pension commutation.

Thomas died on 10 Nov 1856 at the age of 73 at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. [Benevolent Asylum].
 He was buried on 11 Nov 1856 in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. [Church of England Cemetery]. He was . In England :

Occupation :
Weaver, Farmer.
Calvaryman  & Private, 14th Dragoons, British Army.
Chelsea Pensioner

It is known that Thomas was a Weaver before he enlisted in the British Army.
In 1803, Thomas enlisted as a Calvaryman in the 14th Dragoons, British Army, and saw action in Portugal with the Duke of Wellington's forces, at the Battle of Douro River at Oporto, then served Jamaica, Missippi, and New Orleans in the War of 1812.

Following the evacuation of the British army from Corunna and the death of Sir John Moore, a small British force remained in Lisbon. On 22nd April 1809 Wellesley returned with the British army to the Portuguese capital.
Marshal Victor’s army stood at Merida in Spain near the Portuguese border at Badajoz. Marshal Soult held the northern Portuguese city of Oporto.
In May Wellesley marched north to deal with Soult.
The River Douro lay between the British army and Oporto and Soult caused all the river boats that could be found to be moved to the north bank. Expecting any attack to be in conjunction with the Royal Navy the French army was positioned along the north bank of the river to the West, or seaside, of the city.
On the morning of 12th May 1809 a British officer, Colonel John Waters was reconnoitring the river east of Oporto. Local Portuguese pointed out a boat hidden in the reeds. Using the boat Waters and the Portuguese crossed the river and brought back three barges they had found unguarded. At Wellesley’s direction a company of the 3rd Buffs crossed the river and occupied a derelict convent. Only after four journeys, by which time a battalion had been ferried over and was holding the convent, did the French realise that the British had crossed the Douro. General Foy then led the 17th Light in furious attacks on the convent. Several British batteries had been established to support the Buffs in the convent and Foy’s attack was thrown back with heavy casualties.
Soult ordered up three more battalions to drive the British back but by this time there were three British battalions in the convent and the attacks were entirely unsuccessful.
Around midday Soult sent the troops guarding the Oporto waterfront to assist Foy’s assaults, being the only reserves available and near enough to assist.
Once the guards had gone the inhabitants of Oporto rushed boats to the soutern bank and four British battalions crossed to the city. Deciding that the city had become untenable, Soult ordered a general retreat up the northeastern road towards Spain.
Wellesley had ordered Murray’s brigade with two squadrons of the 14th Light Dragoons to cross to the east of the city and cut the road the French were taking. Murray failed to cut the road but the 14th attacked the retreating French, suffering heavy casualties but capturing several hundred.

From 1816, Thomas served with the Regiment in Ireland and was returned to England in 1919 invalided. He was charged from the Army in 1821.
In London, Thomas applied to commute his pension as an out-patient of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea.
He had developed serious health problems while serving in the Army and was therefore entitled to a pension through the hospital as a Chelsea Pensioner.
Under the terms of arrangement between the British Government and the Administrators of Van Diemans Land, Chelsea Pensioners were able to commute their pensions in return for a passage to Hobart and a small parcel of farming land. Having been a Private, Thomas was entitled to a land grant of 100 acres.

Thomas and his family arrived in Hobart aboard the "Waterloo",  with his wife and children, aboard the "Waterloo". Thomas was 49 years old at the time.
There is a record dated 1st October, 1836, that Thomas made an application for land, but it cannot be confirmed if he took possession of any land, or where it may have been, as there is no records relating to this.
He may not have been a unsuccessful farmer, as when his wife, Margaret, died, she was described as "an object of charity".
In the 1843 Census, Thomas and his wife, Margaret, are listed as living with their son in law, Jonathan Whiting, and his family at a dwelling in Warwick Street, Hobart.


Thomas BRADSHAW and Margaret GRIMES were married on 14 Feb 1822 in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
 
Margaret GRIMES was born in 1786. She died in Dec 1847 at the age of 61 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
She was buried on 21 Dec 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. [Parish of Holy Trinity].