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William Warby was born on 31st July, 1801, in Prospect, Sydney, he was christened on 23rd December, 1804, in St Johns C of E, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia and died on 18th August, 1885, in his daughter, Sarah Eliza's home in Hotham, Victoria.
Warby’s Daughter Scalded
The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser
22 September 1810
On Thursday last an infant daughter of Mr. J. Warby, of Prospect Hill, was so severely scalded as to leave but little hope of the unfortunate child's recovery.
This dreadful accident was occasioned by the upsetting of a large pot of boiling water, which had a few moments before been taken off the fire, and unguardedly left on the open floor.
William Warby married Miss Jemima Middleton on 18th January, 1821, in St Lukes C of E, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW. emigrated. She was a free settler arriving on the "Kangaroo" in 1813 with her mother, Sarah Middleton
She was Born in 1803.
Jemima died in January, 1839, Sydney, at the age of 36 years.
Buried on 7th January, 1839, St Lawrence Church of England, George St, Sydney. .
Sarah Eliza
In 1885 William died in Victoria.
It appears that in about 1828 Mr William Warby settled at Darbalara on the junction of the Tumut and Murrumbidgee Rivers. At the time the aboriginals called the Tumut River "Bewuck" Explorers Hume & Hovell when they passed through the area in 1824 about 40 miles south from Warby's had named the river "Medway".
A local settler named 'Warby' is recorded as having followed Hume and Hovell's tracks to the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers and having taken up a pastoral lease of 19,200 acres ... at a rent of thirty-three pounds per annum. ... He called the property 'Minghee' later called 'Mingay - (Ref - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundagai)
From records held in the Government Gazette in 1829 it was reported that Captain Charles STURT wrote in his diary whilst travelling down the Murrumbidgee River - "at 9am on the 27th November, 1929 he arrived at the property of a Mr Warby at a place called Darbalara on the junction of the Tumut River".
Included in the party was Dr Benjamin Clayton who would in about 9 years in the future settle in the Tumut area on the "Blowering Run" in 1838.- (Ref - Government Gazette in 182
Of further interested it is noted that - Mr Warby told him about a Mr James Hannibel Rose who's Tumut Plains Station was situated further south on the Tumut River. And a Mr Stuckey and a Mr Roberts who were on the land further down the Murrumbidgee River.
Valued employees of William Warby's Mr & Mrs Thomas and Caroline McAlister, were to go on and and become long term residence of the Tumut area. Caroline is reported to be the first or second white women in the area. Whilst living there she gave birth to a beautiful daughter they called Elizabeth on the 10th May, 1830, who of course would then have been the first white baby born in the region.This family is of particular interest as they finished up owning
"Wereboldera" situated on the Blowering Road, Tumut.
In 1847, Elizabeth at the age of 17 years married John Wilkinson of Yellowin, NSW in Yass, NSW.
On the 8th December,1832, a Dr George Bennett, M.R.C.S., M.D., a naturalist whilst doing a horse back tour of the area, after staying with the ---- at "Jugiong Run" he visited the William Warby property at their "Darbalara Run".
Dr Bennett
Mr Mr J A Broughton took up the Gocup area.
In 1838 another nearby run is mentioned in records "Adjunbilly Run" was occupied by Captain George Macdonald This would have been a very isolated run situated up in the hills.
The property was sold to Mr de Sallis
For the Quarter ending 3 Jan 1859.
[NSW Government Gazette, 1859 Book 1]
[Rusheen Craig - 9 Sept 2005]
"Junee" - From L. F. De SALIS to H. N. LOUGHNAN. "Oura" - do (Ref-http://www.dcstechnical.com.au/Rusheen/1.0_People.htm
William Warby
•Born: 31 Jul 1801, Prospect, Sydney, NSW Australia
•Christened: 23 Dc 1804, St Johns C of E, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia
•Marriage: Jemima Middleton on 18 Jan 1821 in St Lukes C of E, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia
•Died: 18 Aug 1885, in his daughter, Sarah Eliza's home in Hotham, Victoria Australia at age 84
Noted events in his life were:
• connection. Luigi & Dawn Villani (nee Fawcett) are linked to Les in the following way:
Dawn Fawcett married Luigi (Lou) Villani
Her father was Walter Fawcett who married Lillian Payton
Her father was Charles Payton (1892)
His father was Thomas Payton (c1864)
His father was William Payton (1821) who married Sarah Warby (1833)
Her father was William Warby (1801)
His father was John Warby (c1767) & he also had Elizabeth Warby (1802) who married James Layton (c1804)
They had Eleanor Layton (1821) who married James Keighran (1808) who also had John Joseph Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keigrhan (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)
• Occupation. squatter on Murrumbdgee River, NSW Australia. In 1833 William applied in his father's name, for a section of land bounded in the north by the Murrumbidgee River.
Because he was held in high esteem by his neighbours, no one suspected that his success was due to anything but endeavour on his part and luck.
However, his destiny changed when a warrant for his arrest on the suspicion of cattle stealing.
In February 1836 William was chared in the Supreme Court with receiving cattle form "Robert Beaver" knowing them to have been stolen from "Henry O'Brien".
William was transported to Tasmania on the "Siren" which left Sydney on 30th July 1836 and arriving in Hobart on 11 August, for receiving stolen cattle and several members of the family followed, probably only for a short time, to ascertain conditions in that colony.
He received his ticket of leave on 18th November 1842 and his free pardon on 14 Spetember 1843
Property. In Aug 1821 William received a grant of 60 acres at Airds and he promised to deliver 30 bushels of wheat into His Majesty's Magazines at Liverpool the following January. Twelve months after receiving his grant, William had cleared thirty acres and was growing seventeen acres of wheat, one acre of barley and one acres of potatoes.
He owned eight horned cattle, fifteen hogs and had fifty bushels of maize in hand.
On 12th Sept 1830 William appled for an allotment of town land in Campbelltown, Sydney on which he planned to build a cottage for the accommodation of his wife and family.
By this time he owned four hundred head of horned cattle, four breeding mares, two saddle horese, five hundred sheep and two teams of bullocks which were constantly employed.
In September 1833 William applied to purchase two sections of land. The first was for himself and became know as "Darbalara" comprising long river frontages of flat rich land with a fork formed by the junction of the Tumut and Murrumbidgee Rivers.
The second section was on behalf of his father and was described as being on the east side of William's station, bounded on the norht by the Murrumbidgee River about two miles below its junction with the Tumut River.
These properties sloped back to the ranges and were covered with grass and light timber.
Medical. died of bronchial pneumonia
William married Jemima Middleton, daughter of William Middleton and Unknown, on 18 Jan 1821 in St Lukes C of E, Liverpool, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Jemima Middleton was born in 1803, died in Jan 1839 in Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 7 Jan 1839 in St Lawrence Church of England, George St, Sydney, NSW Australia ?. - (Ref- www.thetreeofus.net}.
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