Hi everyone. The children of Richard and Camilla that I am aware of so far include: 1. Male King 1860 - 1860 2. Mary Ellen King 10.11.1861 - 1861 3. William Thomas King 20.10.1862 - 04.12.1938; m. 09.09.1884 Mary Ann Finn 4. Maryann King 08.12.1863 - 1931; m. 13.11.1885 George T Jones 5. Charles King 15.07.1865 - 1929; m. 1889 Elizabeth A Darke 6. Sarah King 02.07.1866 - 1866 7. James King 1867 - 1867 8. Benjamin King 31.07.1868 - 16.05.1933; m. 27.06.1895 Martha Darke 9. Camilla Ellen King 1870 - 1870 10. Male King 05.05.1871 - 13.05.1871 11. Lucy Jane King 05.05.1872 - 23.05.1925; m. 29.12.1892 Karl F Selin 12. John Edward King 27.08.1874 - 12.05.1898 13. Elizabeth King 08.03.1876 - 1948; m. 1901 John C. H. Aurisch 14. Camilla King 20.01.1877 - 1877 15. Henry King 01.04.1878 - 12.05.1957; m. 04.07.1905 Mary Jane Smith 16. Matilda King 25.05.1879 - 14.02.1938; m. 1904 William J Weekes 17. Emma King 05.05.1880 - 27.05.1965; m1 1900 Isiah Jackson; m2. C. Jones 18. Harriet May Maud King 10.03.1881 - 1882 19. Hannah Maria King 18820 - 1882 20. Charlotte Selina King 1884 - 1960; m. Frederick Thomas King 21. Camilla Caroline King 1889 - 1961; m. 1919 Edward Thomas Jones At the time of Richard's death (07.09.1922) the children were listed on his death certificate as follows: William T 60; Mary A J 59; Charles 57; Benjamin 54; Lucy J 51; Eliza 46; Henry 44; Matilda 43; Emma 42; Charlotte T 38; Camelia C 33; 7 females 2 males deceased; 9 deceased sex unknown. For further interest, here are details of Richard King's parents and their children: Charles King (1806 Chesterton, OXF - 13.12.1879 Mt Dee, Maitland, NSW) married Sarah Ann Bowden (1807 Middleton Stoney, OXF - 01.12.1879 Mt Dee Maitland, NSW) on 03.07.1825 at Middleton Stoney, OXF. They emigrated to Australia on board the "Templar" in 1844. Their children were: 1. Ann King (1826 Chesterton, OXF - 27.11.1895); m.1 1846 Michael Finnegan; m2. 1853 John Finn; m3. 1878 John Saunders 2. Elizabeth King (1828 Chesterton, OXF - 13.12.1898 West Wallsend, NSW); m. 1846 Bernard Connolly (This is my line...) 3. Thomas King (1830 Chesterton OXF - 29.01.1901Fishery Creek, Maitland, NSW); m. 1856 Elizabeth Lamb 4. Mary Anne King (1833 Chesterton, OXF - 21.06.1897 Leichardt NSW); m. 1849 Robert Elliott 5. Hannah King (1835 Chesterton, OXF - 25.06.1891 Ourimbah NSW); m. 1851 Joseph James Welch 6. Richard King (1838 Chesterton, OXF - 07.09.1922 Mt View, Cessnock, NSW); m. 1859 Camilla Locock 7. William King (1840 Chesterton, OXF - 27.04.1915 Mt View, Cessnock, NSW); m1. 1862 Mary Jackson; m2. 1884 Ellen Locock 8. Benjamin King (1843 Chesterton, OXF - 23.08.1849 Eldon, Raymond Terrace, NSW) 9. Charles King (10.11.1845 Eldon, Raymond Terrace, NSW - 19.07.1912 Pokolbin NSW); m. Elizabeth Hollingshed (This man owned the land on which McWilliams Mount Pleasant winery is now located) 10. Sarah Jane King (02.04.1848 Eldon, Raymond Terrace, NSW - 01.09.1899 Ryde NSW); m. 1878 Samuel Harris 11. John King (14.02.1851 Eldon, Raymond Terrace, NSW - 06.09.1899 Gladesville, NSW); m. 1874 Alice Bloye Woods Most of these children went on to have large families, several with more than 10 children. I have no idea how many grandchildren Charles and Sarah King had but the mind boggles. Whenever my great-grandfather went to Cessnock when my grandfather was a boy, he would warn my grandfather, "Don't say a word about the Kings here. EVERYBODY is a King here. Even us and we are Halpins!") The families all intermarried with various other well known Cessnock families (eg the Crafts, Connollys and Lococks) and so the man in the street could be a cousin of a different name and anything you said could spread like wildfire. The newspaper articles I have seem to show the Kings as a litigious lot who were not always best of friends with each other. There were lots of disputes about land etc. I think they were a bit wild myself... Anyway, just because I want to, here are the children of my Elizabeth King and her husband Bernard Connolly (1816 Dublin, Ireland - 13.06.1888 Pokolbin NSW); m. 11.01.1846 West Maitland NSW. 1. Joseph Connolly (13.12.1846 - ?) 2. Bernard Connolly (18.05.1848 Williams River, NSW - 06.01.1871 Pokolbin, NSW) 3. Jane Connolly (? - bef. 1854) 4. Sarah Connolly (15.09.1854 Peel River, NSW - ?) 5. Mary Ann Agnes Connolly (1858 Peel River, NSW - 1892 East Maitland, NSW); m. 1880 Henry Wells 6. Unnamed Connolly (1858 - 1858) 7. Thomas Connolly (1860 - 31.01.1861) 8. Bridget Connolly (1862 - ?) 9. John Richard Connolly (30.05.1862 Cessnock, NSW - 06.03.1917 Cessnock, NSW); m. 1893 Laura Lavinia Craft 10. Charles Mark Connolly (01.06.1864 Cessnock, NSW - 1943 Wyong NSW) 11. Teresa Connolly (22.05.1866 Cessnock, NSW - 03.09.1899 West Wallsend, NSW); m. 1887 Patrick Halpin 12. Stephen Mark Connolly (13.11.1867 - 28.04.1944 Cessnock, NSW); m. 1894 Alice Ada Craft There was lots of sad history there - Joseph Connolly was charged with manslaughter for the death of his brother Bernard while "skylarking" and wrestling but was later acquitted as the coroner found Bernard had a congenital heart defect; Mary Ann Agnes died leaving a large number of children fostered out to various family members; my Teresa died at age 33 leaving a family of young children. Their father Patrick Halpin left his oldest son (my great grandfather) in the care of the Hedley family of Newcastle / Adamstown and the rest of the children were left at the Benevolent Asylum in Sydney in early 1901. They were later found by my great-grandfather having been adopted by the Foley family in Goulburn, but nobody ever heard from Patrick again. Well, my fingers are tired form typing now... Hope this has been interesting, Sean Halpin

Hi Sean, What a wonderful article you put together. It has given me more names for my family tree. We must be 1st cousins of some sort. I am a GGG grandson of Charles and Sarah King. I am still very interested in any info you could give me re Welch, Perkins and Kings. Regards John Rice Qld. -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of S Halpin Sent: Friday, 26 January 2007 3:54 AM To: aus-nsw-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com Subject: [HV] King Children