Thomas Fea was born on 6th December 1767, the son of Magnus Fea and Margaret Hay. He married Jane Green, the daughter of the Rev Robert Green and his wife Catherine Stafford, on 1st October, 1789. Jane was born in Hull on 21st June, 1770.

Thomas and Jane had seven children:

• Margaret Hay Fea b. 21st February 1791 and died on 13th January 1859 at age sixty seven.

• Magnus Sinclair Fea b. 1792 and died on 19th November 1854 at age sixty two.

• Thomas Thompson Fea b. 24th November 1794 and died on 10th Apr 1797 at age two.

• Jane Green Fea b. 31st March 1797 and married William Spence

• Philethia Fea b. 1st December 1799 and died on 29th June 1852 at age fifty five in Edinburgh.

• Martha Fea b. 29th May 1802 in Hull and died on 7th March 1891 at age eighty eight in Edinburgh.

• Robert Fea b. 22nd August 1806 and died on 5th Sep 1806.

Thomas was Collector of Customs in Lerwick, Shetland.

He died on 1st November 1841 aged 73 in Lerwick. Jane had died previously in Lerwick on 23rd October 1838.