I thought listers maybe interested in the following info about Hobartville estate. I have abridged it from some research I did some years ago. Hobartville estate is located on the outskirts of Richmond with views to the mountains. Originally 2 grants (Blackman & Lutterell) the property was purchased by William Cox (senior or junior is not known) in 1816. The property became the home of William Cox junior who was the eldest son of William Cox and Rebecca Upjohn who arrived in the colony of NSW onboard the Minerva in 1800. (William Cox senior was wellknown in the Hawkesbury as a roadbuilder and was responsible for building many fine Hawkesbury buildings some of which are still standing today) William jnr purchased a commission with the NSW Corps in 1808 and returned to England and served in the Peninsular Wars, he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1812. William married Elizabeth Piper daughter of John and Frances Piper on the 12th August 1813 at St. George Bloomsbury in London. They returned to Australia on the Wyndham in 1814, William was then a member of the 46th Regiment. William leased Luttrell's Farm at Richmond from Luttrell's son-in-law Lt. Atkins & purchased the 400 acre property in 1816, expanding with Blackman's 100 acre farm in 1818. The Georgian house was completed by 1828. William Cox junior died on the 20th January 1850 and was buried in St. Peter's Cemetery, Richmond. Following the his death, son Sloper Cox leased the property from his older brother, William (who was already involved with running the Negoa property in the Hunter Valley). Sloper married Adelaide Sophia Garling in 1856, sister of Frederick Garling, famous Australian artist. The Hobartville property was eventually conveyed to Sloper in 1865 by his mother Elizabeth and William. The association of the Cox family and Hobartville ended when Sloper died bankrupt on the 24th September 1877 aged 53 years. Andrew Town (1840-1890) was the next owner and purchased the property from the Cox estate in 1877 to expand his horse breeding business. Town was very well known in the horse racing and breeding arena owning some very famous sires and mares. Town went bankrupt and the property was sold. The house and much of the land still stands today and is used as a horse stud. It can be seen on the left, on the road from Richmond to Kurrajong. The following is a list of persons (& their occupations) employed at Hobartville in 1828, according to the “Census of NSW, November 1828”. There were 42 males + 3 females. WILLIAM BARRY SHEPHERD WILLIAM BENYON LABOURER RICHARD BOOTHRIGHT LABOURER THOMAS BRAY TAILOR WILLIAM A. BRETT SCHOOLMASTER BRIDGET BUCKLEY NURSEMAID THOMAS CLARKE SHEARER ENOCH COLE STOCKMAN DAVID CONWAY WATCHMAN JOSEPH COPE SHEPHERD CORNELIUS CULLEN SHEPHERD WILLIAM DAWSON STOCKMAN JOHN FITCH LABOURER AMBROSE GILLATT STOCKKEEPER SARAH HOLMES GOVERNESS (**came free) JAMES HORN BULLOCK DRIVER JOHN JOHNSTONE LABOURER WILLIAM JONES SHEPHERD EDWARD KELLY BULLOCK DRIVER DANIEL KELLA SHEPHERD WILLIAM LANAGHAN LABOURER RICHARD LEE SHEPHERD RICHARD LEWIS STOCKKEEPER TIMOTHY LYNCH WATCHMAN JOHN McCABE HOUSESERVANT JOHN McLEAN STOCKMAN JOHN MALONG REAPER JOSEPH MANCER PLOUGHMAN JAMES MARTIN OVERSEER PATRICK MATTHEWS SHEARER THOMAS MELVILLE OVERSEER PETER NEE SHEARER MICHAEL O'HEARN PLOUGHMAN JOHN PARKER SERVANT RICHARD PUNCHARD WATCHMAN JOHN QUINT HOUSE SERVANT CHARLES READ COACHMAN HENRY READING SHOEMAKER JOHN SAUNDERS SHEPHERD HELEN SIDDELL HOUSEMAID WILLIAM STEWART SHEPHERD JAMES SUTHERLAND LABOURER WILLIAM TAYLOR SERVANT THOMAS WELSH CARPENTER FREDERICK WINGROVE SHEPHERD Michelle Nichols _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Hello Michelle I was very interested in this and found it particularly helpful. Thank you for posting it. I've been muddling around trying to work out the William Coxs of Hobartville etc and so on for ages. My ancestor said that he worked for "Mr William cox of Hobartville" for two years. This must have been somewhere between 1833 and 1839 but I haven't yet found any records or other leads. Do you have any suggestions about available records for that time? My ancestor was a free man and came to Australia with his wife and six children so I assume they too - or at least the wife and younger children were with William Murray Borthwick when he worked for "Mr William Cox of Hobartville". Any thought s you have about available records for me to search would be greatly appreciated. Ann Carson amcarson500@optusnet.com.au ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My website, including data for the BORTHWICK worldwide One Name Study (GoONS 3727) http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~anncarson/ -----Original Message----- From: Michelle Nichols [mailto:michelle_nichols@hotmail.com] Sent: Friday, 24 January 2003 1:04 PM To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [H,H,HV] Hobartville, Richmond I thought listers maybe interested in the following info about Hobartville estate. I have abridged it from some research I did some years ago.

Michelle, Ann, and others, You may also find these pages of interest http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/mrbirrell/ The author is a descendant of the COX family Diane last one for the evening :)