Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ ya na Halifax, Nova Scotia, ọ bụ ọkpara nke Captain John Willshire na Mary, nwa nwanyị William Linden nke Dublin. Nna ya, onye bụ onye agha n'onwe ya, zụtara ọrụ Thomas na ndị agha nke 38 mgbe ọ dị naanị afọ isii. O sonyeere ndị agha ahụ na West Indies na 1798, laghachiri ya na England ma gaa ụlọ akwụkwọ na King's Lynn na Kensington. E buliri ya n'ọkwa onye isi n'afọ 1804, sonyeere ndị agha na South America ma sonye na mwakpo na Buenos Aires. O sozie ndị agha gaa Portugal n'afọ 1808, ebe ọ lụrụ ọgụ na
Roliça, Vimiero, na Coruña. N'afọ 1809 o jere ozi na Walcheren Campaign, ebe nna ya nwụrụ.