I should have Googled before replying June! I think your information might be a clue well worth pursuing - and it fits with something Robert Heal also sent me. Have found Maryland National Park near the Queensland border. It is much further north than I assumed my family to have been at this time but will do some more research. In the meantime if anyone else knows of BORTHWICKS (BOTHWICK in the directory) in the Hunter / New England area in the 1830s I'd be very pleased to hear. Thank you Ann -----Original Message----- From: June Reeks [mailto:juneree@turboweb.net.au] Sent: Friday, 10 January 2003 8:17 AM To: AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] BORTHWICK, BROUN / BROWN and many others Ann This may be an area now known as "The Marylands" and is shown on my map as Maryland, situated about 15 kms NNE of Stanthorpe just on the NSW side of the border with QLD. htth June ----- Original Message ----- From: Ann Carson <amcarson500@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 3:18 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] BORTHWICK, BROUN / BROWN and many others > In response to Diane's invitation some of the names I am researching > are: > > BORTHWICK -- my own family in Australia commencing with William Murray > Borthwick who arrived in 1833 and eventually settled at Inverell > following some years in the Hunter district. I would love to trace his > movements in the Hunter. All I know is that he worked for William COX > of "Hobartville" for two years and for Colonel DUMARESQ for two years. > Another clue is that in the 1839 Post Office directory for NSW William > Murray Borthwick and his son John are listed at Murrurundi, one at a > place named Maryland, which I have been unable to trace. (If it was > there own place it could have been named after Maryland in Glasgow.) > Murrurundi and District Historical Society has been unable to help so if > anyone on the list has any ideas at all about "Maryland" Murrurundi I > would be truly delighted to hear! > > One Borthwick son, John, married Anne CLIFT, daughter of Samuel Clift of > Maitland and Breeza, and another son married Catherine Elizabeth Amelia > MAYO. There are many other Hunter district marriages and connections > within the family. > > As well as researching my own family I am doing a BORTHWICK worldwide > One Name Study (registered with the Guild of One name Studies). So I am > interested in any Borthwick information at all, anywhere in the world. > I have posted a great deal of Borthwick data on my web site for other > Borthwick researchers to share. > > Another side of my family, the BROUN / BROWN family had Hunter > connections, originally living at "Colstoun" Upper Paterson. While the > BROUNS are being researched by other family members, including Charlotte > who is a member of this list, I am always interested in sharing > information and hope to fully research my own line of the BROUN (in our > line more commonly known as BROWN) family at some point. > > Best wishes to all on the list for a peaceful, happy and healthy 2003. > > Ann Carson (Sydney, Australia) > amcarson500@optusnet.com.au > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > My website, including data for my BORTHWICK worldwide One Name Study > (GoONS 3727) > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~anncarson/ > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237