William Kentwell 1761–1809 – Australian Royalty

William Kentwell, 1761–1809 (aged 48 years)

Name William Kentwell

Name: William /Kentwell/
Given names: William
Surname: Kentwell

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Birth	March 23, 1761 Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Christening	September 29, 1765 (aged 4 years) London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Shared note: At. St. Marylebone Church. William lived at St. Giles Cripplegate near Covent Garden. At. St. Marylebone Church. William lived at St. Giles Cripplegate near Covent Garden.
Immigration	October 16, 1791 (aged 30 years) Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: William was a convict. At 22, he was convicted of stealing 'with force of arms' two linen handkerchiefs valued at two shillings and goods and chattels of 'other persons unknown'. William was sentenced to seven years transportation on 27 Jun 1788 at Clerkenwell Green Quarter Sessions, Middlesex, England. He spent almost three years in prison of in one of the hulks before he sailed aboard the ship 'Admiral Barrington' which departed Portsmouth in 1791 and arrived at Port Jackson on 16 Oct 1791, the last of the eleven ships of the Third Fleet to arrive in Sydney.
Religious marriage	Elizabeth Morris — View this family January 21, 1796 (aged 34 years) Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Source: Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Text: No 2. William Kentwell of the parish of Parramatta and Elizabeth Morris were married by Banns this twenty first day of Jan in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six by me Samuel Marsden William signed the register and Elizabeth made her X mark In the presence of William Harper who signed the register and Briget [sic] Conley who made her x mark
Property	Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1796 (aged 34 years) Note: The Surveyor General's notebook for 1796 details a 60 acre block for William. Governor Phillips's policy was to allocated 30 acres to 'worthy' convicts on the expiry of their sentence. Twenty further acres were given for a spouse and ten acres for each child. The grant is situated near the present Pendle Hill Railway Station around the intersection of Binalong and Darcy Roads.
Census	1800 (aged 38 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: The 1800 Muster recorded William as free and farming 15 cleared acres of land at Toongabbie. The Kentwells were neighbours of Thomas Williams and Ann Davis.
Census	1805 (aged 43 years) Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: This muster records William and Elizabeth as having one female child born before their marriage (Hannah) and another (Charlotte) along with two boys after their marriage (William and John).
Occupation	Trustee of Prospect Common 1805 (aged 43 years) Prospect, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Note: In 1805 the settlers of the district elected William as one of the trustees of Prospect Common. The Common was 9,345 acres and used for common pasturing by settlers and those holding leases.
Property	Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1806 (aged 44 years) Note: By 1806 William had 75 acres and was assigned a convict servant - Lawrence Kirwan. He was now a prosperous small farmer and a member of an association of like-minded emancipists known as the Association of Settlers.
Death	August 1809 (aged 48 years) Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Cause of death: drowning. Source: Pigott, Chris, ''William WOOD, b 1826, son of John WOOD & Maria KENTWELL' email to Marion Purnell, Nov 02 2009 Text: There were two floods in 1809. The first resulted in property & crop damage, but no loss of life. The second, on 31 Jul-1 Aug, drowned 8, & some of the bodies were never recovered for burial. Shared note: William and seven others drowned in the /Nepean River near Windsor during a flood. He was returning… William and seven others drowned in the /Nepean River near Windsor during a flood. He was returning home after purchasing horses for the Government when the accident happened. Elizabeth now aged 31, was left with 6 children, t he younge st being just a few months old. [Green Hills, comprising in 1809 a Church, Government Stores & a wharf, was renamed Windsor by Government Decree dated 8 Dec 1810]. Note:

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father	Links Birth: England, United Kingdom? Marriage: 1752 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: England, United Kingdom? Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Martha Capper John Kentwell Richard Kentwell William Kentwell Richard Kentwell – Birth: England, United Kingdom? Death: England, United Kingdom?
mother	Links Birth: England, United Kingdom? Marriage: 1752 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: England, United Kingdom? Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard Kentwell John Kentwell Richard Kentwell William Kentwell Martha Capper – Birth: England, United Kingdom? Death: England, United Kingdom?
Marriage	Marriage: 1752 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
12 months elder brother	Links Birth: 1752 — England, United Kingdom? Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Kentwell 1752– Birth: 1752 — England, United Kingdom? Death:
8 years elder brother	Links Birth: 1759 — England, United Kingdom? Marriage: March 2, 1792 — England, United Kingdom? Death: England, United Kingdom? Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary King Richard Kentwell 1759– Birth: 1759 — England, United Kingdom? Death: England, United Kingdom?
2 years himself	Links Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Christening: September 29, 1765 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Immigration: October 16, 1791 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1796 Census: 1800 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1805 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Trustee of Prospect Common — 1805 — Prospect, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1806 Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell William Kentwell 1761–1809 Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia

Family with Elizabeth Morris
himself	Links Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Christening: September 29, 1765 — London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Immigration: October 16, 1791 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1796 Census: 1800 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1805 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Trustee of Prospect Common — 1805 — Prospect, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia — 1806 Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell William Kentwell 1761–1809 Birth: March 23, 1761 — Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Death: August 1809 — Green Hills, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852 Birth: about 1778 Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years son	Links Birth: November 24, 1799 38 21 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships William Kentwell 1799– Birth: November 24, 1799 38 21 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death:
3 years daughter	Links Birth: 1802 40 24 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: November 13, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 8, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: April 10, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Thomas Williams John Williams Thomas Williams Elizabeth Williams Ann Williams Charlotte Williams Hannah Williams Thomas Williams Mary Williams Harriet Williams Sarah Williams Maria Susannah Williams William Ephriam Williams Charlotte Kentwell 1802–1881 Birth: 1802 40 24 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: April 8, 1881 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years son	Links Birth: about 1804 42 26 — New South Wales, Australia Occupation: farmer — May 1820 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1824 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: October 9, 1897 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth James Elizabeth Kentwell Ann Kentwell William Henry Kentwell John Robert Kentwell Lucy Jane Kentwell Henry Kentwell Mary Ann Kentwell Samuel Kentwell Jane Kentwell George Kentwell John Kentwell 1804–1897 Birth: about 1804 42 26 — New South Wales, Australia Death: October 9, 1897 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1806 44 28 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: May 5, 1823 — Windsor, Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: March 17, 1834 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: March 6, 1854 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1881 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Wood Elizabeth Wood William Wood John Wood Mary Ann Wood Eliza Wood Family with spouse John Greenwood Henry Greenwood James Thomas Greenwood Samuel Robert Greenwood Robert Greenwood George Henry Greenwood Sarah Jane Greenwood Family with spouse Samuel Baldwin Maria Kentwell 1806–1881 Birth: about 1806 44 28 — New South Wales, Australia Death: 1881 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
4 years daughter	Links Birth: about 1809 47 31 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 10, 1840 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: July 24, 1867 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Roughley Charlotte Roughley James Roughley Joseph Roughley Elizabeth Roughley Eleanor Roughley Family with spouse Samuel Warner Harriet Kentwell 1809–1867 Birth: about 1809 47 31 — New South Wales, Australia Death: July 24, 1867 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

John Dalton + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	Links Birth: about 1776 Immigration: October 13, 1791 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia Emigration: November 15, 1794 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris Hannah Dalton John Dalton 1776– Birth: about 1776 Death:
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852 Birth: about 1778 Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia
14 months step-daughter	Links Birth: February 12, 1793 17 15 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Baptism: April 4, 1793 17 15 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: May 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Seven Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: July 2, 1834 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1837 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: September 20, 1837 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Samuel Beckett Ann Beckett Elizabeth Beckett Jane Eliza Beckett Family with spouse Robert Hathaway William Hathaway Mary Hathaway Sarah Hathaway Hannah Dalton 1793–1837 Birth: February 12, 1793 17 15 — Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1837 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Murtagh Shields + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	Links Birth: Immigration: February 21, 1801 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Stockman — after 1801 — Penrith, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia Property: 40 acres — after 1813 — Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1822 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1835 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris James Shields Murtagh Shields –1835 Birth: Death: 1835 — Liverpool, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852 Birth: about 1778 Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia
1 month step-son	Links Birth: February 3, 1813 35 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: October 19, 1844 — Ryde, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 1, 1890 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Carlingford, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Ann Bellamy James Shields William Shields … Shields Joseph Henry Shields Thomas Shields George Shields Samuel Shields Arthur Shields Albert Shields Rachel Shields Mary Ann Shields Martha J. Shields Sarah Shields James Shields 1813–1890 Birth: February 3, 1813 35 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: November 1, 1890 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Thomas Thompkins + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	Links Birth: about 1791 Immigration: June 11, 1813 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — New South Wales, Australia Occupation: Free man — December 13, 1817 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Property: 1822 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: December 1829 — New South Wales, Australia Burial: December 27, 1829 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Morris Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins Thomas Thompkins 1791–1829 Birth: about 1791 Death: December 1829 — New South Wales, Australia
wife	Links Birth: about 1778 Immigration: July 9, 1791 — Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1792 — New South Wales, Australia Marriage: January 21, 1796 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: about 1813 — New South Wales, Australia Census: 1814 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: about 1825 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Dalton Hannah Dalton Family with spouse William Kentwell William Kentwell Charlotte Kentwell John Kentwell Maria Kentwell Harriet Kentwell Family with spouse Murtagh Shields James Shields Family with spouse Thomas Thompkins Henry Thompkins Sarah Thompkins Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852 Birth: about 1778 Death: January 25, 1852 — Castle Hill, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage	Marriage: August 21, 1820 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
-5 years step-son	Links Birth: August 15, 1815 24 37 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: February 27, 1838 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1893 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Dural, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Esther Best Elizabeth Thompkins Thomas Thompkins Mary Thompkins Sarah Tompkins Henry Thompkins Sophia Tompkins John Tompkins Henry Thompkins 1815–1893 Birth: August 15, 1815 24 37 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: 1893 — Central Cumberland, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
2 years step-daughter	Links Birth: October 29, 1817 26 39 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Census: November 1828 — Baulkham Hills, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: 1836 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Marriage: after 1849 Death: June 2, 1893 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Burial: Cherrybrook, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse James Wharfe Elizabeth Wharfe Mary Ann Wharfe Sarah Wharfe James Thomas Wharfe Hannah Wharfe Robert Henry Wharfe Lucy Jane Wharfe Family with spouse John Sutherland Sarah Thompkins 1817–1893 Birth: October 29, 1817 26 39 — Toongabbie, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Death: June 2, 1893 — Parramatta, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Marriage	Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, 1790-1966 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Text: No 2. William Kentwell of the parish of Parramatta and Elizabeth Morris were married by Banns this twenty first day of Jan in the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety six by me Samuel Marsden William signed the register and Elizabeth made her X mark In the presence of William Harper who signed the register and Briget [sic] Conley who made her x mark
Death	Pigott, Chris, ''William WOOD, b 1826, son of John WOOD & Maria KENTWELL' email to Marion Purnell, Nov 02 2009 Text: There were two floods in 1809. The first resulted in property & crop damage, but no loss of life. The second, on 31 Jul-1 Aug, drowned 8, & some of the bodies were never recovered for burial.

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ChristeningView	At. St. Marylebone Church. William lived at St. Giles Cripplegate near Covent Garden.
Immigration	William was a convict. At 22, he was convicted of stealing 'with force of arms' two linen handkerchiefs valued at two shillings and goods and chattels of 'other persons unknown'. William was sentenced to seven years transportation on 27 Jun 1788 at Clerkenwell Green Quarter Sessions, Middlesex, England. He spent almost three years in prison of in one of the hulks before he sailed aboard the ship 'Admiral Barrington' which departed Portsmouth in 1791 and arrived at Port Jackson on 16 Oct 1791, the last of the eleven ships of the Third Fleet to arrive in Sydney.
Property	The Surveyor General's notebook for 1796 details a 60 acre block for William. Governor Phillips's policy was to allocated 30 acres to 'worthy' convicts on the expiry of their sentence. Twenty further acres were given for a spouse and ten acres for each child. The grant is situated near the present Pendle Hill Railway Station around the intersection of Binalong and Darcy Roads.
Census	The 1800 Muster recorded William as free and farming 15 cleared acres of land at Toongabbie. The Kentwells were neighbours of Thomas Williams and Ann Davis.
Census	This muster records William and Elizabeth as having one female child born before their marriage (Hannah) and another (Charlotte) along with two boys after their marriage (William and John).
Occupation	In 1805 the settlers of the district elected William as one of the trustees of Prospect Common. The Common was 9,345 acres and used for common pasturing by settlers and those holding leases.
Property	By 1806 William had 75 acres and was assigned a convict servant - Lawrence Kirwan. He was now a prosperous small farmer and a member of an association of like-minded emancipists known as the Association of Settlers.
DeathView	William and seven others drowned in the /Nepean River near Windsor during a flood. He was returning home after purchasing horses for the Government when the accident happened. Elizabeth now aged 31, was left with 6 children, t he younge st being just a few months old. [Green Hills, comprising in 1809 a Church, Government Stores & a wharf, was renamed Windsor by Government Decree dated 8 Dec 1810].
Death
Shared note	Also referred to as William Cantwell.

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father	Richard Kentwell –
mother	Martha Capper –
elder brother	John Kentwell 1752–
elder brother Family Mary King	Richard Kentwell 1759–
himself	William Kentwell 1761–1809

Family with Elizabeth Morris
himself	William Kentwell 1761–1809
wife	Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852
son	William Kentwell 1799–
daughter Family Thomas Williams John Williams Thomas Williams Elizabeth Williams Ann Williams Charlotte Williams Hannah Williams Thomas Williams Mary Williams Harriet Williams Sarah Williams Maria Susannah Williams William Ephriam Williams	Charlotte Kentwell 1802–1881
son Family Elizabeth James Elizabeth Kentwell Ann Kentwell William Henry Kentwell John Robert Kentwell Lucy Jane Kentwell Henry Kentwell Mary Ann Kentwell Samuel Kentwell Jane Kentwell George Kentwell	John Kentwell 1804–1897
daughter Family John Wood Elizabeth Wood William Wood John Wood Mary Ann Wood Eliza Wood Family John Greenwood Henry Greenwood James Thomas Greenwood Samuel Robert Greenwood Robert Greenwood George Henry Greenwood Sarah Jane Greenwood Family Samuel Baldwin	Maria Kentwell 1806–1881
daughter Family James Roughley Charlotte Roughley James Roughley Joseph Roughley Elizabeth Roughley Eleanor Roughley Family Samuel Warner	Harriet Kentwell 1809–1867

John Dalton + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	John Dalton 1776–
wife	Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852
step-daughter Family Samuel Beckett Ann Beckett Elizabeth Beckett Jane Eliza Beckett Family Robert Hathaway William Hathaway Mary Hathaway Sarah Hathaway	Hannah Dalton 1793–1837

Murtagh Shields + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	Murtagh Shields –1835
wife	Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852
step-son Family Mary Ann Bellamy James Shields William Shields … Shields Joseph Henry Shields Thomas Shields George Shields Samuel Shields Arthur Shields Albert Shields Rachel Shields Mary Ann Shields Martha J. Shields Sarah Shields	James Shields 1813–1890

Thomas Thompkins + Elizabeth Morris
partner’s partner	Thomas Thompkins 1791–1829
wife	Elizabeth Morris 1778–1852
step-son Family Esther Best Elizabeth Thompkins Thomas Thompkins Mary Thompkins Sarah Tompkins Henry Thompkins Sophia Tompkins John Tompkins	Henry Thompkins 1815–1893
step-daughter Family James Wharfe Elizabeth Wharfe Mary Ann Wharfe Sarah Wharfe James Thomas Wharfe Hannah Wharfe Robert Henry Wharfe Lucy Jane Wharfe Family John Sutherland	Sarah Thompkins 1817–1893

William Kentwell(1761–1809)
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