Family History, Turmaine Chart 0601 William Turmaine and Sarah Fagg

William was indicted for the theft of two tubs of butter, the property of Robert Wood, valued at forty shillings on 25 November 1807 in the Parish of St John the Baptist, Thanet within the Liberty of the Town and Port of Dover, Kent. He was committed for trial and the theft of one hundred pounds of butter, on 22 March 1808 in Dover, Kent. He was tried and convicted on 6 June 1808 and sentenced on 6 June 1808 to seven years transportation. He was held onboard the Prison Hulks on the River Thames on 21 June 1808. He was then indicted feloniously and burglariously for breaking and entering and for the theft of four blankets from William Abbott and William Kosley in December 1812 in Margate. He was committed for trial 31 December 1812. His trail took place on 17 February 1813 in Dover and he was convicted to be hanged by public execution at the Town Boundary, opposite the Eagle Inn I have found the following article relating to execution of William Turmaine in Dover on Monday 8th March 1813, to put this information here the Web Site asks that I show the Link to their site which is http://www.doverhistory.co.uk/Executions/an_execution_at_dover.htm An Execution at Dover - William Turmain The following handbill faded with age has come into our possession and we give it as a sample of Old Dover. We believe that this was one of the last executions carried out in this town. A particular account of William Turmain who was executed for burglary on Monday March 8th 1813 at Dover. The malefactor was born in North Lane in the city of Canterbury of poor but honest parents. His Grandfather was by trade a wool-comber a native of France who professing the protestant religion emigrated to this country. His father’s name was John Turmain he was brought up in Canterbury as a silk weaver. Young Turmain the subject of the memoir after receiving a common education was an apprentice shoemaker. At the expiration of this time he removed to Margate and set up in business himself. He now took on an apprentice and unfortunately for the youth instead of receiving good moral instructions we find Turmain initiating him in the very worst principles of vice by prevailing on the boy to steal a tub of butter. On searching Turmain’s house the butter was found in his possession on which the master and apprentice were committed to Dover Jail. Turmain was sentenced to seven long years’ transportation. During his confinement on board the Hulk he was indulged in the privilege of working at his trade of a shoemaker. As he was one day thus employed two convicts on board came up to his seat and falling into conversation a dispute arose between them when caught hold of Turmain’s pairing knife and instantly stabbed the other which caused his death. The murderer was tried and convicted for the offence and Turmain received his liberty to qualify him as competent evidence on the trial. After this catastrophe we find him returned to Margate where he took another shop but alas! Instead of his former sentence operating on his mind as an awful warning he was again contriving new schemes of depredation and which finally brings him to an untimely end. On the night of the 28th December 1812 he with one Edward Herod whom he had inveigled as an accomplice to his nefarious purpose broke open a dwelling house of William Abbott Esq. of Margate and stole there from various articles of wearing apparel. They were both taken and committed to Dover Jail and thus Turmain was again confined in the same cell he occupied seven years before. On the 17th February following they were brought to trial before Thomas Mantell Esq. Mayor and William Kendrick Esq. M. P. Recorder. The prisoners were both found guilty on the clearest evidence and received the awful sentence of death which sentence was passed on them by the Mayor in the most affecting and impressive manner. Herod was recommended for mercy and has since had his sentence commuted to transportation. Turmain’s wife died of a broken heart about a fortnight before his trial came on. His mother and two sisters visited him on February 25th the time he was under sentence of death. Having expressed to see his three children they arrived in Dover on Monday the first instant accompanied by their late mother’s sister. On their interview with their unfortunate father the scene was truly distressing and to the susceptible and feeling mind may be more correctly conceived than it is in the power of the writer to describe. The morning now arrived on which he was to pay his forfeit with his life that was due to the offended laws of this country. The procession to the place of execution (top of High Street) commenced about eleven o’clock. When arrived at the fatal spot after the prisoner had spent a considerable time in prayer the executioner performed his last office he launched in to eternity. His body was cut down after hanging the usual time. The original information for this Chart started with a contact through Genes Reunited from a James and Liz PHILLIPS, I then started adding information using Ancestry.com, the IGI, BMD's and various other sources. I then found http://www.greathead.org/Index.htm which covers in detail the CAREY and TURMAINE families and a lot of the information has been taken from that site. My thanks to Jan COOPER the originator of that site for a wonderful bit of investigative Family History which has saved me hours of work. This is a fairly remote connection to my own family and comes through my wife's side POLTON - STEDMAN - PAGE - CAREY.

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3 Mary Ann TURMAINE born 2nd December 1804 Margate, Kent baptised 20th January 1805 Margate, Kent died about 1810 Margate, Kent buried 1810 St John Baptist Margate, Kent	4 Sarah Elizabeth TURMAINE born 14th March 1806 Margate, Kent baptised 4th May 1806 Margate, Kent	5 Elizabeth Ann TURMAINE born about 1807 baptised 31st October 1807 Holy Cross, Northgate Canterbury, Kent died about 1837 buried 26th January 1837 St John Thanet, Kent	6 Louisa Fagg TURMAINE born about 31st January 1813 Margate, Kent baptised 31st Janaury 1813 Margate, Kent

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