Hi Carol, May or may not be a searchable lead for "your" Thomas Wright but in the CSO3 index (Arthur Period) there is a Thos. Wright - application for land, file 9435. The file appears in this volume and doesn't appear missing - http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/default.aspx?detail=1&type=I&id=CSO1/1/420 Could tell you the ship he arrived on, where he hailed from and what properties he bought to the colony with him? Seemingly a "well to do" Esquire I guess land application would be a quite natural thing to do? What year did William Longshaw marry in Hobart? I can only find Francis William Longshaw marrying in 1894? Cheers, Peter On Sat, Jan 17, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Carol Brill <seebee.cazza@bigpond.com> wrote: > Dear All, > > > > Peter's email re the wonderful new maps online have reminded me of two > queries I have - my step-grandfather, Henry Ernest Wright, descended from > the Thomas Wright who had Wright's Mill shown in this wonderful map: > http://stors.tas.gov.au/AF396-1-15 > > > > Thomas Wright moved in pretty illustrious circles, and "married well": > > MARRIED. - On the 27th of November last, by special licence, by the Rev. > W. Bedford, Thomas Wright, Esq. of Liverpool-street, to Miss Ann Maria > Warpole, who is a branch of the Orford family, her father being nearly > [i.e. closely] related to the late Sir Edward and Robert Warpole, Barts.- > Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen’s Land Advertiser (Tas. : 1821 - 1825) > Friday 17 December 1824." > > I have found stacks about him once he arrived in Hobart Town in September > 1822, but nothing to indicate his British origins - can anyone shed light > on who his family was and where he came from?. (I have all I need re. the > Walpoles, of course, as they're thoroughly covered on the Net.) > > > > My other question relates to the identity of the man who sold James > Mitchell, first postmaster, his house and land on the corner of Argyle and > Macquarie Streets opposite Ingle Hall and almost a carbon copy. (It's now a > hotel.) William Longshaw sold the block to James Mitchell for seventy > pounds in August 1814, after Mitchell sold two allotments he owned in > Collins Street to Thomas MacNeelance (sp.?) I haveWilliam Longshaw's > marriage in Hobart Town, and the birth of a child, but that's all - does > anyone know anything else about him? > > > > Any information on either man would be gratefully received, > > Carol Brill. > > > > > > >