William James WADE BROOKER (1796

William James WADE BROOKER (1796 - 1885)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Mary Ann BROOKER (1821 - 1863) Sarah Elizabeth BROOKER (1823 - 1890) William BROOKER (1824 - 1892) Jonathan BROOKER (1827 - 1829) Elizabeth BROOKER (1830 - 1905) Jonathon BROOKER (1832 - 1888) James BROOKER (1834 - 1907) Sophia Jane BROOKER (1838 - 1916) Joseph Henry BROOKER (1840 - 1840) Eliza BROOKER (1843 - 1877)	William James WADE BROOKER (1796 - 1885) + Sophia MITTON (1801 - 1892)	Jonathan BROOKER (1760 - 1833)



		Mary Anne WADE (1777 - 1859)

b. 10 Dec 1796 at Norfolk Island

m. 10 Feb 1817 Sophia MITTON (1801 - 1892)

d. 09 Oct 1885 at Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia aged 88

Near Relatives of William James WADE BROOKER (1796 - 1885)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	Jonathan BROOKER	1760	Kent, UK	14 Mar 1833	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	73
Mother	Mary Anne WADE	1777	London, Middlesex, England	17 Dec 1859	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	82

Self	William James WADE BROOKER	10 Dec 1796	Norfolk Island	09 Oct 1885	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	88

Wife	Sophia MITTON	24 May 1801	Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jan 1892	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90

Daughter	Mary Ann BROOKER	24 Mar 1821	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jan 1863	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	41
Daughter	Sarah Elizabeth BROOKER	20 Mar 1823	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	23 Nov 1890	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	67
Son	William BROOKER	26 Dec 1824		09 Jun 1892		67
Son	Jonathan BROOKER	16 Jun 1827	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	14 Feb 1829	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1
Daughter	Elizabeth BROOKER	11 Mar 1830		08 May 1905		75
Son	Jonathon BROOKER	19 Jul 1832	New South Wales, Australia	03 Jun 1888	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	55
Son	James BROOKER	16 Oct 1834	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	17 Sep 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	72
Daughter	Sophia Jane BROOKER	19 Jul 1838	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1916	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	78
Son	Joseph Henry BROOKER	27 Feb 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Dec 1840	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	0
Daughter	Eliza BROOKER	21 Feb 1843		20 May 1877		34

Sister	Sarah WADE	27 Sep 1793	Norfolk Island	05 Jul 1887		93
Brother	John BROOKER	24 Jun 1809	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia	07 Dec 1886	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	77
Sister	Elizabeth BROOKER	07 Dec 1810	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia
Sister	Mary BROOKER	28 Nov 1812	Hawkesbury District, New South Wales, Australia	29 Sep 1890	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	77
Brother	James BROOKER	30 May 1814	Airds, New South Wales, Australia	15 Mar 1880	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	65
Half Brother	Edward BROOKER HARRIGAN	20 Aug 1803	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1891	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	87

Son in Law	James WARBY	07 Feb 1817	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	12 May 1849	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	32
Son in Law	Thomas BYRNES	abt 1820		10 Aug 1870	Oxley, Victoria, Australia	50
Son in Law	Edward RUDD	08 Jan 1818		08 Nov 1878		60
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth Henrietta FOWLER	1827		09 Nov 1895	Albury, New South Wales, Australia	68
Son in Law	Reuben HANNAM	24 Dec 1828		28 Aug 1914		85
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth RAY	1840		1933	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	93
Daughter in Law	Mary Ann JAMIESON	03 Sep 1838	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	24 Apr 1912	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	73
Son in Law	John BENTLEY	abt 1837		23 Apr 1880	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	43
Son in Law	Samuel LARKIN
Son in Law	William MUNRO
Son in Law	Arthur LENON

Grandson	James Edward WARBY	07 May 1839	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	11 May 1910	Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia	71
Granddaughter	Harriet Anne WARBY	1841	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1856	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	15
Granddaughter	Adelaide WARBY	1843	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1856	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	13
Grandson	John Joseph WARBY	1846	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	04 May 1924	Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Mary Jane WARBY	1849	Williams River, New South Wales, Australia	19 Aug 1934	Burwood, New South Wales, Australia	85
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Sarah BYRNES	11 Jan 1854	Tumut, New South Wales, Australia	1942		88
Grandson	William Henry BYRNES	1858	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1923		65
Grandson	James Henry RUDD	11 Oct 1850	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jan 1935	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Adelaide A RUDD	1862
Granddaughter	Elizabeth JAnr HANNAM	1861	Currawarna, New South Wales, Australia	1939	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	78
Grandson	William BROOKER	1861	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1862	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1
Grandson	John BROOKER	1863	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1863	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	0
Grandson	James BROOKER	11 Sep 1864	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	23 Mar 1911	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	46
Granddaughter	Elizabeth A BROOKER	1866	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Amelia BROOKER	1872
Grandson	Arthur Albert BROOKER	1873	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Louisa BROOKER	1876	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson	William BROOKER	1879		1885	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	6
Granddaughter	Emma BROOKER	1883	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Elizabeth BROOKER	17 Aug 1857	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	30 Nov 1904	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	47
Grandson	Richard BENTLEY	1862	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1943	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Emma BENTLEY	1864	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Clara BENTLEY	1866	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1934	Redfern, New South Wales, Australia	68
Grandson	John Lawless BENTLEY	1868	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1945	Petersham, New South Wales, Australia	77
Grandson	Ernest BENTLEY	1872	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1949	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	77
Grandson	Walter BENTLEY	1872	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1872	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Kate BENTLEY	1874	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1875	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	1

Niece	Mary RAY	16 Sep 1809		1837		28
Niece	Sophia RAY	28 May 1812	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	1877	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	65
Nephew	William RAY	07 Dec 1814		30 May 1885	Marrickville, Sydney, Australia	70
Nephew	John RAY	12 Oct 1817	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	10 Sep 1859		41
Niece	Maria RAY	16 May 1822		22 Apr 1924	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	101
Nephew	Nathaniel BOON	14 Sep 1825		11 Feb 1911	Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Margaret BOON	17 Sep 1826		09 Jul 1904		77
Nephew	Thomas BOON	12 Aug 1828
Nephew	James BOON	20 Nov 1830
Nephew	Jonathan BOON	20 Nov 1830		15 May 1901		70
Nephew	Nicholas BOON	20 Nov 1830		18 Nov 1899		68
Niece	Sarah Ann BOON	02 Jun 1832		12 Oct 1854		22
Nephew	Daniel BOON	25 Nov 1852		19 Jul 1876		23
Niece	Mary BROOKER	18 Dec 1848		20 Jul 1931	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Jonathan BROOKER	03 Dec 1849	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	17 Jun 1906	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	56
Nephew	William BROOKER	24 May 1851	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	05 Apr 1935	Kangaloon, New South Wales, Australia	83
Nephew	Murdo BROOKER	13 May 1853	Charcoal Creek, New South Wales, Australia	29 Jun 1913	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	60
Niece	Sophia LOWE	14 Apr 1828	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	29 Mar 1893	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	64
Nephew	John Christopher LEDWIDGE	26 Jul 1832	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	01 Jul 1873	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	40
Nephew	Christopher LEDWIDGE	05 Feb 1834	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	08 Aug 1869	Balranald, New South Wales, Australia	35
Nephew	Henry ANGEL	16 Nov 1836	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	09 Jul 1924	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	87
Nephew	William ANGEL	17 Oct 1838	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	28 Oct 1891	Newtown, New South Wales, Australia	53
Niece	Keturah ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	22 Nov 1932	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	91
Nephew	Robert ANGEL	05 Oct 1841	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 May 1870	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	28
Nephew	Richard ANGEL	19 Feb 1844	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	16 Jun 1907	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	63
Niece	Mary ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	07 Jul 1932	Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Sarah M ANGEL	10 Feb 1847	Hay, New South Wales, Australia
Nephew	James ANGEL	08 Mar 1850	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	05 Jun 1926	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	76
Nephew	Edward Jonathon ANGEL	13 Jun 1852	Hay, New South Wales, Australia	08 Nov 1934	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	82
Nephew	Samuel ANGEL	18 Feb 1853	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia	21 Apr 1938	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia	85
Niece	Louisa Willison BROOKER	1853		1854		1
Niece	Rosina BROOKER	1855	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	20 Jan 1944	Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia	89
Nephew	James Albert BROOKER	22 May 1858		27 Oct 1939		81
Niece	Mary Louisa BROOKER	15 Mar 1860		02 Nov 1937		77
Nephew	William Willison BROOKER	03 Nov 1862	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	19 Mar 1863	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia	0
Niece	Mary Anne HARRIGAN	1835		07 Aug 1870		35
Niece	Elizabeth HARRIGAN	10 Jun 1837		20 Dec 1915		78
Nephew	James Edward HARRIGAN	28 May 1839		12 May 1929		89
Niece	Sarah Jane HARRIGAN	1855		28 Oct 1893		38
Nephew	William HARRIGAN	22 Dec 1857		04 Sep 1948		90
Niece	Louisa Emily HARRIGAN	22 Mar 1860		17 Jan 1889		28
Niece	Alice Clara HARRIGAN	05 Aug 1863		17 Jan 1956		92

Brother in Law	William RAY	abt 1759		17 Oct 1835		76
Brother in Law	Nathaniel BOON	1792		18 Feb 1839		47
Sister in Law	Janet MCKENZIE	abt 1809		04 May 1901	Robertson, New South Wales, Australia	92
Brother in Law	Daniel LOWE	07 Oct 1810
Brother in Law	John HART			1830	Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Christopher LEDWIDGE	1799		05 Feb 1834	Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia	35
Brother in Law	Henry ANGEL	abt 08 Jan 1791	Woodgreen, Hampshire, England	07 Dec 1881	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia	90
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Willison WOOD	abt 1821	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	03 Jan 1916	Gosford, New South Wales, Australia	95
Sister in Law	Mary WEBBER	abt 1797	Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK	07 Feb 1854	Dapto, New South Wales, Australia	57
Sister in Law	Jane Willison WOOD	1820	Cork, Co Cork, Ireland	1916	Tarrawanna, New South Wales, Australia	96

Events in William James WADE BROOKER (1796 - 1885)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
10 Dec 1796		William James WADE BROOKER was born	Norfolk Island		85
10 Feb 1817	20	Married Sophia MITTON (aged 15)			85
24 Mar 1821	24	Birth of daughter Mary Ann BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
20 Mar 1823	26	Birth of daughter Sarah Elizabeth BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
26 Dec 1824	28	Birth of son William BROOKER			85
16 Jun 1827	30	Birth of son Jonathan BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
14 Feb 1829	32	Death of son Jonathan BROOKER (aged 1)	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
11 Mar 1830	33	Birth of daughter Elizabeth BROOKER			85
19 Jul 1832	35	Birth of son Jonathon BROOKER	New South Wales, Australia		71
14 Mar 1833	36	Death of father Jonathan BROOKER (aged 73)	Airds, New South Wales, Australia
16 Oct 1834	37	Birth of son James BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
19 Jul 1838	41	Birth of daughter Sophia Jane BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
27 Feb 1840	43	Birth of son Joseph Henry BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
21 Dec 1840	44	Death of son Joseph Henry BROOKER	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia		85
21 Feb 1843	46	Birth of daughter Eliza BROOKER			85
17 Dec 1859	63	Death of mother Mary Anne WADE (aged 82)	Fairy Meadow, New South Wales, Australia
09 Jan 1863	66	Death of daughter Mary Ann BROOKER (aged 41)	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia		85
20 May 1877	80	Death of daughter Eliza BROOKER (aged 34)			85
09 Oct 1885	88	William James WADE BROOKER died	Lake Albert, New South Wales, Australia		85

Source References:

76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/

- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187798803/william-brooker (Name, Notes)

85. Type: Book, Abbr: Mary Wade to Us, Title: Mary Wade to Us, Auth: Mary Wade Family History Association, Publ: Mary Wade Family History Association, Date: 1986, Locn: https://www.marywadefamily.org/items/show/1

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- Notes: Mary Wade's second son, William, was born on Norfolk Island in 1796. As he is listed in the Victuall Book of that year as "Wade- convict's child," there is no dear identity of his father. Mary, on her return from Norfolk, shared consecutive relationships in New South Wales with Teague Harrigan and Jonathan Brooker, both of whom were convicts on Norfolk Island at the time of William’s birth. However, her long-standing relationship was with the latter, who became the father figure in William's life.

William is next mentioned in the NSW muster of 1806 as one of three children living with his mother at Sydney Cove. Mary was assigned as housekeeper to Teague Harrigan who had since gained his freedom. A Harrigan family reminiscence has it that their home was a tent by the Tank Stream, Sydney's earliest water supply, now situated beneath Pitt Street. At about this time a child born of the Harrigan- Wade relationship died. The death occurred in 1803 and is recorded in the Mutch Papers and in St Philip's church records.

It seems that Mary's relationship with Teague Harrigan ceased when he departed on a whaling expedition, as related elsewhere in this book. Jonathan Brooker then renewed, or established his association with Mary, and the couple settled near the Hawkesbury River where another child, John, was born in 1809. William would have lived with his parents in the Hawkesbury district until the family made its move to Airds (now Campbelltown) a year or so after John's birth.The family soon increased with the births of three more children: Elizabeth (1810), Mary (1812) and James (1814). Jonathan at this time was a land-holder, supporting his family as a carpenter. In 1811 he received a land grant of 60 acres in the Illawarra region but did not immediately settle on it. This land, situated at Corrimal, north of Wollongong, was inherited by William as eldest son at law when his father died in 1833.

On 10th February 1817 William married Sophia Mitton, eldest of ten children born to a convict couple, John Mitton and Catherine Lahey. John Milton had received an unconditional pardon while employed as a police constable at Toongabbie, upon his apprehension - leading to a conviction - of a person using an illegal still. Catherine had been transported for forgery, having attempted to make a copper coin look like a shilling. William was about 20 when he married; Sophia was 16. On 5th April 1821 William became a landholder at Airds, on receipt of a Macquarie grant of 60 acres. It would appear that he had learnt the carpentry trade from his father and that he worked as a carpenter and joiner in tne Campbelltown area. Sophia was 19 when her first child, Mary Ann, was born in March 1821 She bore eleven more children during the next 25 years. The last of her children, twin boys were born in 1846 when Sophia was 45. St Peter's Church records reveal that William, having such a large family, could not pay his pew rents and cleared his debt by completing building tasks for the Church. No doubt many couples with large families would have acted similarly.

In 1826 William was a suspect in the sensational murder of Frederick Fisher at Campbelltown. There had been iII-feeling between Fisher and William after Fisher short-changed him for his work on Fisher's Inn, the Horse and Jockey. Fisher lost a court case held over the matter and maintained a deep grudge which finally resulted in his stabbing William after an argument in the Horse and Jockey in 1825. Fisher was charged and convicted but received a surprisingly light sentence of six months imprisonment and a fine. William gave forth to a loud display of bad temper at the judgement in the court room, and was rebuked by the magistrate. As a result of this connection with Fisher, William became a prime suspect when Fisher's badly bashed badly body was discovered buried in a swamp in October 1816. In fact, William was not responsible for the murder. The assailant committed and found guilty was George Worrall, with whom Fisher had shared residence and signed over custody of his property while serving time in prison for the assault on William. During Worrall's trial evidence was also given that Fisher had attempted to default William's brother-in-law Nathaniel Boon.

William qualified to serve as a juror on 4th December 1826. Testimony to his skill as builder is provided by the fact that William, a Protestant, successfully tendered for and proceeded to construct the roof of the Catholic Church at Campbelltown. The 1828 Census listed him as the holder of 60 acres in the Parish of St Peter County of Cumberland, 20 acres of which were cleared and stocked with 10 or 20 head of cattle. On 15th May 1852 he increased his holding in the Campbelltown district through the purchase of his father-in-law, John Milton's Macquarie grant (portion 131 Parish of St Peter): and in addition to this, he had earlier acquired Charlotte Wair's land (Portion 130). William also inherited his father's 60 acres on the Illawarra, but he sold this to his brother, James.

By 1865 William had moved part of his family to Wagga, joining other relatives already settled there. In the lake Albert district his sister, Mary, lived with her husband, Henry Angel; while in the Albury district, his son, William, resided. William's second daughter, Sarah and her husband, Edward Rudd, also made the move to Wagga. Edward, the youngest son of Thomas Rudd of Campbelltown, had three brothers who were settled on the Murrumbidgee. Edward aquired land by the Albury Road and raised a family there.

The Robertson land Acts were clearly encouraging a south-west drift of settlers from Campbelltown towards Wagga and Albury.
When William moved to the Lake Albert area, south of Wagga, his son James and his wife, Mary Ann (nee Jamison), chose to live on William's Wagga property. Via one of Mary Ann's descendants, her grand-daughter, Hazel Denton, the following incident has been l preserved. Apparently, neighbours of William and Sophia, the Holders, contracted typhoid. On earning of this, Mary Ann left her baby with her mother-in-Iaw, Sophia, in order to nurse the Holder family. However, as she had to breast-feed her baby, she would cross a paddock and come to the fence where Sophia would pass the baby over for feeding. Such was an example of he kind of co-operation that existed amongst pioneering families.

Upon William's death in 1885, lames inherited the Lake Albert property he had worked with his father. Most of the land acquired was still held by members of the family.

William's eldest daughter, Mary Ann, married James Warby in 1824 and had five children. James died in 1849 and Mary Ann married Thomas Byrne in 1853, later having two children to him. The couple became licensees of he Australian Hotel in Wagga, which was renovated by William for them. According to an 1872 description of the building, it was situated in 1½ acres on the high side of the street and because of its trade was known - like other successful hotels - as a "quartz reef", having 55 rooms, several private suites, being a brick building with kitchens and out-houses at the rear. Today it still stands, an arcade being constructed within its walls.

Only one child from Mary Anne's marriage to James Warby had issue - namely, James Edward Warby who in 1865 married Sarah Lakeman and had 12 children. it appears James E. Warby dealt in property and settled on BiIlenbah' near Narrandera, where a fine home was built. Tragedy struck in January 1911 when a young men working for him murdered his wife and his youngest daughter, Amy Mayo. For this crime they were hanged.

William's first son, William, married a widow, Elizabeth Henrietta Warby, whose first husband was Robert Warby, brother-in-law of William’s eldest daughter. William raised children from Elizabeth's first marriage as well as children of his own. They lived in the Albury area on a farm eventually absorbed into the city of Albury.

William's daughter, Elizabeth, married Reuben Hannan and lived near her father at Lake Albert - now a suburb on the southern side of Wagga.

Jonathan married Elizabeth Rea (later Ray) at Wagga on 5th December 1860. The couple had 10 children, four of whom married and settled in the Wagga district.

Sophia Jane (known as Jane) married John Bentley who started the Wagga Express. They had eight children. When Bentley died in 1880, Jane married Samuel Larkins. She appears on the Wagga electoral roll of 1908 but cannot be traced after this date. Her eldest son, Richard, was a milk vendor residing at 2 King Street Newtown, Sydney, in 1908. He was married and had issue, but no further details about him are known.

Joseph Henry died in 1840 when only 10 months of age.

Eliza married William Munro who had died by 1869 when she then married Arthur Lenon. She died at Liverpool in 1877 and was buried next to her grandfather, Jonathan Brooker, in St Peter's Churchyard, Campbelltown. Her tombstone states that she had "5 children lament her loss" but no details about them can be found.

The last of William and Sophia's children were the twins, Joseph and Henry. Joseph did not marry, and died at Wagga in 1929. An obituary in the Wagga Advertiser states that his twin, Edward was alive at the time but we have no further information about him.

With the sole exception of Eliza then, all of William's children settled permanently in the vicinity of Wagga and Albury. Their story, in the main, is that of pioneering stock who participated in the south-westward drift of smaller land-holders from Campbelltown to the eastern Riverina. Hard-working and respectable, they had before them the example set by William, the Norfolk Island-born son of convict parents, who himself never shied from heavy toil. It is recorded of William for example, that at the age of 96, three months before he died, he carried two kerosene tins full of water from a nearby creek to his home. Doubtless a great number of William's descendants showed similar strength and determination in their struggle to make good in a harsh land.

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