Biography:
1. Thomas Carter (2) was employed as a Cooper earning 1/9d per day. According to Supply 5/229 dated the 29th August 1812 he was not allowed to watch, and, therefore, must have been under 14 when he started work.
2. In Supply 5/230 dated the 13th February 1814, he was described as Thomas (2) and this document confirmed he was still a Cooper, then earning 2/4d per day, but still not allowed to watch.
3. List of Employees dated the 25th June 1818 (Supply 5/231) confirmed that Thomas Carter was still a Cooper, and that he was a married man, aged 20, with no children, who lived in Waltham Abbey. He then earned 3/6d per day, but was not allowed to watch.
4. In a letter dated September 1818 (Supply 5/231), it was stated "We respectfully beg leave to add the names and stations of those persons whom it will be necessary to discharge in consequence of this arrangement." (Reduction in the Establishment following the end of the Napoleonic wars). The list included Mr. Thomas Carter.
5. Winters (pp.93-95), stated that in a Return showing pay and allowances, etc. dated the 1st October 1825, Thomas was re-engaged on the 20th December 1824 to make cement casks for Harwich. WO54/550 dated the 1st October 1825 confirmed that at that date he had been employed for 9 months as a Cooper making cement casks for Harwich, with pay of £54.12.0d per annum. He had been trained as a Cooper, and was a 26-year-old married man, with 2 children. After 1825, no further references to Thomas Carter (2) can be found, and it is possible that he had left the area.
