William BROUGHTON (1768

William BROUGHTON (1768 - 1821)

Commissary

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Mary Ann BROUGHTON (1793 - 1872) Sarah BROUGHTON (1799 - 1838) William Henry BROUGHTON (1802 - 1858) Rebecca BROUGHTON (1804 - 1888) Elizabeth Isabella BROUGHTON (1807 - 1891) James Gordon BROUGHTON (1811 - 1833) Frances Matilda BROUGHTON (1814 - 1893) Emma Carne BROUGHTON (1815 - 1893) John Archer BROUGHTON (1818 - 1878) Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1820 - 1876)	William BROUGHTON (1768 - 1821) + Ann GLASSOP ( - 1809) Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY (1783 - 1843)	William Henry BROUGHTON ( - 1776)



		Sarah WALKER (1739 - 1823)

b. Nov 1768 at Chatham, Kent, England

m. (1) 1792 Ann GLASSOP ( - 1809) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

m. (2) 10 Dec 1810 Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY (1783 - 1843) at Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

d. 20 Jul 1821 at Appin, New South Wales, Australia aged 52

Near Relatives of William BROUGHTON (1768 - 1821)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James Raworth KENNEDY	abt 1757	Teston, Kent, England	1826	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	69
Mother in Law	Elizabeth (Lydia) PEARCE	1760		1794	England	34

Father	William Henry BROUGHTON			1776	Chatham, Kent, England
Mother	Sarah WALKER	1739	England	1823	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	84

Self	William BROUGHTON	Nov 1768	Chatham, Kent, England	20 Jul 1821	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	52

Wife	Ann GLASSOP			1809	New Zealand
Wife	Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY	1783	Nettlestead, Kent England	20 Dec 1843	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	60

Daughter	Mary Ann BROUGHTON	27 Feb 1793	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	1872	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Sarah BROUGHTON	14 Sep 1799		26 Dec 1838	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	39
Son	William Henry BROUGHTON	15 May 1802	Norfolk Island	05 Sep 1858	Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia	56
Daughter	Rebecca BROUGHTON	05 Sep 1804	Norfolk Island	1888	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	84
Daughter	Elizabeth Isabella BROUGHTON	04 Feb 1807	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	14 Jan 1891	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	83
Son	James Gordon BROUGHTON	22 Oct 1811		23 Jan 1833		21
Daughter	Frances Matilda BROUGHTON	1814	New South Wales, Australia	1893	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	79
Daughter	Emma Carne BROUGHTON	1815	New South Wales, Australia	1893	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	78
Son	John Archer BROUGHTON	11 Dec 1818	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	25 Dec 1878	South Yarra, Victoria, Australia	60
Son	Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON	06 Sep 1820	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	21 Aug 1876	Gadara, New South Wales, Australia	55

Son in Law	Thomas CARNE
Son in Law	Charles Throsby SMITH	01 Mar 1798	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	25 Sep 1876	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	78
Daughter in Law	Mary WARD
Son in Law	Cornelius O'BRIEN
Son in Law	Charles THROSBY
Son in Law	Benjamin CLAYTON	22 Feb 1805	Co Wicklow, Ireland	15 Sep 1854	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	49
Son in Law	James GARLAND	13 Aug 1813	Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	17 Nov 1904	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	91
Daughter in Law	Isabelle E BINGHAM	18 Mar 1827	Co Cork, Ireland	12 Jun 1899	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	72
Daughter in Law	Sarah Emma CHURCH	abt 1820	London, Middlesex, England	06 Aug 1897	Gadara, New South Wales, Australia	77

Grandson	Thomas B CARNE	1816	New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elizabeth S CARNE	1818	New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	Joseph W CARNE	1822	New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Eliza Clarissa SMITH	1826	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	1910	Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Maria Rebecca SMITH	1828	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	1921		93
Granddaughter	Emma Broughton SMITH	1830	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1913	Paddington, New South Wales, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Sarah Ann SMITH	17 Jun 1832	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1898	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia	66
Grandson	Charles Frederick SMITH	10 Nov 1834	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	21 Oct 1915	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	80
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Martha SMITH	1836	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	18 Oct 1921		85
Grandson	Phillip Life SMITH	1836	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	1895	Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia	59
Grandson	William Robert BROUGHTON	16 Apr 1828	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	13 Apr 1904	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	Benjamin CLAYTON	23 Dec 1837	New South Wales, Australia	1926	Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia	89
Granddaughter	Frances Eliza CLAYTON	18 Jun 1841	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1925	Bowral, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Emma Johnson CLAYTON	25 Apr 1843	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	1919	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	76
Grandson	Broughton Garland CLAYTON	15 Feb 1845	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	20 Aug 1854	New South Wales, Australia	9
Grandson	Kennedy CLAYTON	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1935	Yass, New South Wales, Australia	89
Grandson	Bland CLAYTON	12 Oct 1848	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	25 Feb 1936	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Margaret Jane CLAYTON	08 Feb 1851	Gunning, New South Wales, Australia	02 May 1932	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Ultima CLAYTON	10 Aug 1853	New South Wales, Australia	1936	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	83
Grandson	James Robert GARLAND	1840	New South Wales, Australia	1915	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	75
Grandson	Thomas Archer Sparling GARLAND	1842	New South Wales, Australia	1937	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	95
Grandson	William John GARLAND	1844	New South Wales, Australia	1935	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	91
Granddaughter	Eliza Jane GARLAND	1845	New South Wales, Australia	1936	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	91
Granddaughter	Isabella Catherine GARLAND	1847	New South Wales, Australia	1924	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	77
Grandson	Frances Marion GARLAND	1848	New South Wales, Australia	1933	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	85
Grandson	Broughton Clayton GARLAND	09 Nov 1850	Tooma, New South Wales, Australia	11 Apr 1934	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	83
Grandson	Edward Adam GARLAND	abt 1853	New South Wales, Australia	1914	Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Emma GARLAND	1855	New South Wales, Australia	1928	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	73
Grandson	George Benjamin GARLAND	1857	Concord, New South Wales, Australia	1938	Moree, New South Wales, Australia	81
Grandson	Kennedy Theodore GARLAND	1859	Concord, New South Wales, Australia	07 Dec 1902	Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia	43
Grandson	Henry Bingham BROUGHTON	16 Jan 1845	New South Wales, Australia	05 Mar 1902	Mosman, New South Wales, Australia	57
Grandson	John Archer BROUGHTON	03 Jun 1847	Gocup, New South Wales, Australia	19 Jul 1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	15
Grandson	William Robert BROUGHTON	1848	New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Blakeney BROUGHTON	1850	New South Wales, Australia	1911	Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia	61
Granddaughter	Grace Helena BROUGHTON	1854	New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	James Gordon BROUGHTON	1856	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	Aug 1862	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	6
Granddaughter	Isabelle (Ida) Gertrude BROUGHTON	1859	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1937	Toorak, Victoria, Australia	78
Grandson	Lachlan Wentworth BROUGHTON	1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1942	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Mabel BROUGHTON	06 Jul 1863	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	05 Aug 1919	Toorak, Victoria, Australia	56
Granddaughter	Frances Kennedy BROUGHTON	1866	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia	1946	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	80
Granddaughter	Beatrice Emma BROUGHTON	06 Jun 1869	Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia	22 Sep 1932	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia	63
Granddaughter	Sarah Ann BROUGHTON	05 Nov 1845	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	1923		78
Grandson	Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON	29 Jan 1847	Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jan 1933	Adelong, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Frances Eliza BROUGHTON	29 May 1848	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia	15 Mar 1929	Walcha, New South Wales, Australia	80
Granddaughter	Emma Church BROUGHTON	22 Apr 1850	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	10 Oct 1933	North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	83
Grandson	William Archer BROUGHTON	1852	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1852		0
Granddaughter	Emily Barbara BROUGHTON	Jul 1853	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	12 Jan 1939	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Jane Howe BROUGHTON	1855	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1931		76
Granddaughter	Marian Church BROUGHTON	1857	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	14 Apr 1897		40
Grandson	John Archer BROUGHTON	1859	Gadara, New South Wales, Australia	04 Sep 1929	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	70
Grandson	James Henry Edward BROUGHTON	08 Apr 1861	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jan 1935	Gadara, New South Wales, Australia	73

Brother in Law	John KENNEDY	1780		1843	New South Wales, Australia	63
Sister in Law	Jane KENNEDY	1785		1859	Australia	74
Sister in Law	Louisa Sophia KENNEDY	1790		1837	Australia	47

Events in William BROUGHTON (1768 - 1821)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
Nov 1768		William BROUGHTON was born	Chatham, Kent, England
1776	8	Death of father William Henry BROUGHTON	Chatham, Kent, England
1792	24	Married Ann GLASSOP	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
27 Feb 1793	24	Birth of daughter Mary Ann BROUGHTON	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
14 Sep 1799	30	Birth of daughter Sarah BROUGHTON
15 May 1802	33	Birth of son William Henry BROUGHTON	Norfolk Island
05 Sep 1804	35	Birth of daughter Rebecca BROUGHTON	Norfolk Island
04 Feb 1807	38	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Isabella BROUGHTON	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1809	41	Death of wife Ann GLASSOP	New Zealand
10 Dec 1810	42	Married Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY (aged 27)	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
22 Oct 1811	42	Birth of son James Gordon BROUGHTON
1814	46	Birth of daughter Frances Matilda BROUGHTON	New South Wales, Australia
1815	47	Birth of daughter Emma Carne BROUGHTON	New South Wales, Australia	V1815488 7/1815
11 Dec 1818	50	Birth of son John Archer BROUGHTON	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
06 Sep 1820	51	Birth of son Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON	Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
20 Jul 1821	52	William BROUGHTON died	Appin, New South Wales, Australia	V1821567 2B/1821

Personal Notes:

BROUGHTON, WILLIAM (1768-1821), public servant and settler, was baptized in November 1768 at Chatham, Kent, England. He came to New South Wales in the First Fleet as a servant to Surgeon John White. He was appointed store-keeper at Parramatta on 20 February 1789 and was granted small plots of land in 1793 and again in 1795. In December 1800 he replaced William Chapman as store-keeper and acting deputy commissary at Norfolk Island. In April 1804 Captain Wilson ordered Broughton to be court-martialled, but Lieutenant-Governor Joseph Foveaux could find no grounds for his suspension; he recommended that the charges be dropped and Broughton be reinstated. Next year Broughton was discharged on the reduction of the Norfolk Island establishment, and on 1 November replaced Chapman as deputy-commissary of stores in New South Wales at 5s. a day.

In November 1809 Robert Fitz, whom the rebels had made commissary in place of John Palmer on the deposition of Governor William Bligh, was suspended for malversation; Lieutenant-Governor William Paterson appointed Broughton as acting commissary in his place. When Governor Lachlan Macquarie arrived he restored Palmer to his post, but in March 1810 when Palmer returned to England for the court martial of Colonel George Johnston, Broughton was made acting commissary again. Macquarie warmly praised Broughton for his diligence and honesty during his three years control of the commissariat, though he had been harassed by the debts which Fitz had contracted, and which Palmer had neglected and made difficult to collect by taking the books to England. Macquarie urged that Broughton's appointment be made permanent, but the British government decided on a new establishment under David Allan. Broughton was made deputy assistant commissary general in June 1813, but on Macquarie's further strong recommendation in 1814 he was promoted acting assistant commissary general at a salary of £365.

In May 1815 Broughton, who had been a magistrate since November 1809, clashed with Jeffery Bent when with Alexander Riley he wished to allow, temporarily, ex-convict attorneys to appear as agents before the newly established Supreme Court. Bent did not forget this dispute and in June 1816 had Broughton arrested for contempt when he refused to return a servant who had been legally transferred from Mrs Ellis Bent's employ to Broughton's. Bent's action was held to be illegal and in refusing him bail Bent was said to have behaved in an ungentlemanly way.

Broughton was soon in trouble again when in July 1816 Macquarie sent him to relieve Patrick Hogan at Hobart Town and correct abuses in the commissariat there. He quickly did so, so it was not surprising that Edward Lord, who had been trading profitably with the store, charged him with malversation. An inquiry into Broughton's conduct in July 1817 found grounds for a general court martial, but when Macquarie ordered the witnesses to Sydney, they refused to come, and Judge-Advocate (Sir) John Wylde found Lord's charges frivolous and false. In March 1818 Broughton was ordered to resume his duties at Sydney. Macquarie recommended that he should succeed Allan, but again the British government passed him over and appointed Frederick Drennan. Broughton strongly disapproved the promissory notes which Allan and Drennan issued, and which Macquarie stopped in 1815, and again in 1820 when Broughton advised that they led to fraud and negligence. Broughton upheld the system of store receipts which he had found very satisfactory in 1810-13 and which Commissioner John Thomas Bigge later approved. Partly because of these commissariat quarrels Broughton was charged with 'scandalous and derogatory' conduct to Mrs Allan at a ball. Found guilty at first, he was later acquitted because the Mutiny Act under which he had been tried was not then applicable to commissariat officers in New South Wales.

Broughton had been granted 1000 acres (405 ha) near Appin in 1811, gave valuable evidence to Bigge on the employment of convict labour, was a large shareholder and had briefly been a director of the Bank of New South Wales, and supporter of the Benevolent Society. Between 1792 and 1807 he had five children by Elizabeth Heathorn (alias Ann Glossop), who had arrived in the Pitt in February 1792 after being sentenced at Welshpool, Montgomeryshire, to transportation for seven years. She sailed for England in October 1809 in the Boyd but perished in the massacre in New Zealand of all on board except four, of whom her daughter Betsey was one. This child was brought back to New South Wales, where all the others grew up as did the five born from Broughton's marriage on 4 December 1810 to Elizabeth Charlotte, a daughter of James R. Kennedy, of Nettlestead, Kent, and widow of Captain Roger Simpson of Parramatta. Broughton died on 22 July 1821 and was buried at St Luke's, Liverpool. Elizabeth remained at their farm, Lachlan Vale, Appin, and died on 20 December 1843.

Among a motley crowd of dissolute officials Broughton stands out as a loyal, trustworthy public servant, who, as Macquarie reported, performed 'faithful, honest, useful and ardous Service' for thirty years; but because he had no powerful patron in London, he was consistently passed over in favour of less competent men.
Select Bibliography

Historical Records of New South Wales, vols 2, 4, 6, 7; Historical Records of Australia, series 1, vols 1-5, 7-10, J. T. Bigge, Report … on the State of Agriculture and Trade in the Colony of NSW, Parliamentary Papers (House of Commons, Great Britain), 1823 (136); mansucript catalogue under William Broughton (State Library of New South Wales). More on the resources

Author: Vivienne Parsons

Print Publication Details: Vivienne Parsons, 'Broughton, William (1768 - 1821)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, pp 157-158.

http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010145b.htm

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