Biography:
1. Thomas Colverd joined the Engineers' Department as a Labourer on the 21st May 1829 (WO54/566 dated the 1st October 1829). He was a 19-year-old single man, who had trained as a Carpenter and was paid 2/2d per day, which gave him an annual income of £33.18.2d. He may possibly have been the eldest son of John Colverd, Carpenter.
2. According to Return WO54/570 dated the 1st April 1830, all details remained the same for Thomas as in Note 1, except that his service was given as 1 year.
3. Return WO54/570 dated the 1st October 1830, confirmed that Thomas was still working as a Labourer, with his pay remaining unchanged.
4. A Return of Persons Belonging to the Civil Establishment of the Ordnance at the Gunpowder and Small Arms Manufactories at Waltham Abbey, Faversham and Enfield, showing in detail the several points of information called for by the Master General and Board's Order dated the 31st January 1831, recorded that Thomas Colverd was one of the 15 Labourers to be employed at Waltham Abbey Powder Mills and the Enfield Small Arms Factory, and that he was to be paid 2/2d per day to undertake different services as a Labourer in the Manufactories, "where steadiness and sobriety are particuliary required" (WO54/575).
5. WO54/575 dated the 1st April 1831, updated his age and period of service in the October 1830 Return, with all other details remaining unchanged.
6. WO54/575 dated October 1831, confirmed that Thomas Colverd still earned 2/2d per day, giving him a total of £33.18.2d per annum. He had then served just over 2years and was aged 21.
7. WO54/581 dated the 1st April 1832 updated his age and period of service in the October 1831 Return, with all other details remaining unaltered.
8. WO54/581 dated the 1st October 1832, confirmed that Thomas still earned £33.18.2d per annum. His service was given as just over 3years, and at that date he was just over 21 years of age.
9. WO54/587 dated the 1st April 1833, gave the same information as in Note 8 above, except that Thomas was at that date 22 years' old and had served 4 years.
10 WO54/587 dated the 1st October 1833, confirmed that Thomas's basic details were unchanged and confirmed that he was still single.
11 WO54/593 dated the 1st April 1834, recorded that Thomas still earned £33.18.2d per annum, that he had served 5 years, that his age was 23 and that he was still a single man.
12 Based on the 1841 Census and previous information regarding age and marital status, it is possible that he may have been the Thomas Colverd, a 30-year-old bachelor and Carpenter by trade, who was living in what appeared to be a lodging house in Mr Hicks' yard in Sewardstone Street.
