Hi Listers My great great great great grandparents, Thomas (b1766 Norfolk) and Mary (b 1774 nee Smith) BRAZILL and their son William Thomas Francis BRAZILL and his wife Sarah (nee ROBERTS)and widowed daughter, Elizabeth left Rotherhithe Kent, in 1838 and arrived in Sydney on the Kinnear on April 23rd. They were free settlers and it must have been a huge undertaking for the elderly couple. It also must have been hard to leave their other daughter Sophia, who had married George Dawson and had several children. Unfortunately, Thomas, aged 74 died on May 5th, not very long after setting foot in the colony. Mary, however, went to Newcastle with her family. In 1840 Elizabeth married Michael FOARD and together they ran the Globe Inn at Morpeth until his early death in 1842. Elizabeth died only three years later in Sep 1845 after a short illness. She was mourned by a large circle of family and friends. William Brazill took over the licence of the Globe Hotel, but was dismissed by the trustees of Elizabeth's estate in 1849. He then moved to Waratah and worked as a carpenter. William died in an accident at Waratah Colliery in 1869 (not a mining accident, but fell off a wagon while building scaffolding). Back in England, Sophia DAWSON was widowed in 1849, but I think she and her family were looked after by the Trinity Corporation, a organization for the welfare of those connected with the shipping trade. About 1860, two of Thomas and Mary's grandsons, Samuel and William DAWSON came to New South Wales. They took up the family business of hotelkeeping - William had the "Green Gate" at Waratah and Sam the "Windsor Castle" as East Maitland. William married Abigail Bright CATES and Samuel married Mary Ann RODFORD. A few years later their widowed sister Laura PLATT and her two children Edward and Adelaide Platt arrived in the Hunter. In 1876 Laura married Tracey DAWSON, a widower with several children. As far as I can find, Tracey was not a relative but migrated from Derry, Ireland. Strangely in the 1881 census, a sister, Elizabeth Dawson, was listed as a visitor in the household of one Adam Dawson from Tipperary. Both disappear from England before the 1891 census. As far as I can tell, the Dawson grandchildren were the only descendents of Thomas and Mary Brazill remaining in England, and the census records show that none of the grandchildren who stayed in England had children of their own. William Brazill, Samuel, William and Tracey Dawson all had several children, and many stayed in the Hunter Valley, so I would love to hear from anyone who is connected to my family. Diane Cole -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.13/726 - Release Date: 3/18/2007 3:34 PM