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Ellen Emily Phipps

• Birth*: Ellen Emily Phipps was born in 1846 at Clapham, Surrey, England.
• Marriage*: Ellen Emily Phipps married Thomas McMillan, son of Hugh McMillan and Isabella Johnstone, circa 1872.
• Married Name: As of circa 1872, her married name was McMillan.

Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford

• Birth*: Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford was born circa 1851 at St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia.
• Occupation*: Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford was Clerk of Courts at Portland, Victoria on 20 May 1879.¹
• Marriage*: Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford married Thirza Hannah Brown, daughter of John Hone Brown and Margaret McMillan, on 20 May 1879 at Hope Street, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, by the Rites and Forms of the Baptist Denomination.¹
• Anecdote*: The Argus (Melbourne) newspaper Friday 30 May 1879 has the following marriage notice:
  PONSFORD-BROWN.-On the 20th inst., at Seaview-house, Geelong, by the Rev. W. C. Bunning, Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford, of Portland, to Thirza Hannah, eldest daughter of John Hone Brown, Esq., of Sydney, New South Wales.²
• Death*: Walter Silvester Augustus Ponsford died on 10 July 1908 at "Aberfoyle", 177 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. Aged 57 years.³
• Anecdote*: The following death notice appeared in The Argus (Melbourne) on Saturday, 11 July 1908:
  PONSFORD-On the 10th July, at his late residence, "Aberfoyle", 177 Glenferrie-road Hawthorn Walter Silvester Augustus, beloved husband of Thirza Ponsford, aged 57.³
• Anecdote: An article in the Portland Guardian on Monday 4 October, 1915:
  A HAWTHORN EXCHANGE says: "Leonard C. Ponsford has volunteered for active service and has been accepted. All of Mrs Ponsford's sons, six in number, are now either at the front or in training. This is probably the record for Australia of volunteers from one family. We congratulate Mrs Ponsford and her sons on their patriotism and self sacrifice." Old Portland residents have a very kindly recollection of the family above referred to. The late Mr Ponsford was for many years Clerk of Courts here, and a zealous supporter of all matters of public benefit, Among other activities he was treasurer and a valued member of the committee of the Portland Free Library, and also one of the founders of the Bowling Club.

William Brown

• Birth*: William Brown was born circa 1758.
• Marriage*: William Brown married Mary Stone on 30 August 1783 at Limehouse St Anne, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, Witnesses were Jno Eakers and Thos ...(?) Howard. Married by licence.¹
  
• Occupation: William Brown was a husbandman of Poplar on 27 May 1784.
• Occupation: William Brown was a tea dealer of Poplar on 30 November 1786.²
• Occupation: William Brown was a tea dealer of Poplar on 6 June 1789.²
• Occupation: William Brown was a tea dealer of Poplar on 14 November 1790.²
• Occupation: William Brown was a tea dealer on 31 May 1792.²
• Occupation: William Brown was a tea dealer of Poplar on 23 April 1794.³
• Anecdote: In Feb 1797 William Brown was tried at the Old Bailey for tax offences related to excise duty on liquor and assault of an excise officer. He was sentenced to 12 months hard labour at Cold Bath Fields House of Correction. William is described as a victualler and keeper of The Harrow public house at Poplar. Testimony in the court case by farmer Thomas French states that he has known William Brown for 10-12 years and that before he kept a public house he had dealings with him for teas and sugars, and that he kept a shop at that time. The full transcript can be read by clicking on the link in the source citation below and searching on Reference Number t17970215-41.⁴
• Anecdote: In response to the sentence of 12 months hard labour, William Brown raised a petition for mercy, but it appears that it was unsuccessful.⁵
  
• Anecdote: The Harrow public house was situated on the corner of Harrow Lane and Hight Street, Poplar. The original hotel was demolished and replaced by The Resolute Tavern in 1937. The site was visited by Julitha Barber (nee Brown) in November 2015.⁶
  
• Occupation: William Brown was a victualler on 28 April 1799.^7,8
• Occupation*: William Brown was a victualler on 11 June 1800.⁹
• Anecdote: On 30 Sep 1828 William Brown sells "The Harrow" public house in High St, Poplar to Isaac Walker, John Donnithorne Taylor, and Edwin Walker for 3,308 pounds 5 shillings. The terms were that 308 pounds 5 shillings was paid immediately, and that the remaining 3,000 pounds be paid after 20 years and that interest of 4% p.a. be paid during that time.¹⁰
• Residence*: In 1831 William Brown lived at Ivy House, East Ham, Essex, England.
• Anecdote*: William Brown is noted as "late of Ivy House, East Ham" in the death notice for his son William in The Argus (Melbourne) on Saturday 12 August 1871 ("Mr. William Brown, eldest son of the late William Brown, Esq, Ivey-house, East-ham, Essex"). William's daughter Mary Brown (1786-1849), executor of his will, married Stephen Collier c1810 and it is the Colliers who appear to have owned/occupied Ivy House, as it is not mentioned in William Brown's will and after his death it remains in the Collier family. The 1861 census records Thomas Collier, son of Stephen and Mary Collier, as residing at Ivy House next to the Cock Inn and the Post Office. The 1838 tithe map of East Ham was checked and although Ivy House is not mentioned, Thomas Collier does occupy two plots in the centre of East Ham village (plots 162 & 163) owned by Edmond Pycroft Esq. It seems reasonable to assume that this is the location of Ivy House especially as the Post Office is across the road and the Cock Inn almost adjacent to it.^11,12
  
• Will*: William Brown left a will made on 26 May 1831 at East Ham, Essex, England.¹⁰
• Will/Adm Transcript*: This is the last Will and Testament of me William Brown formerly of Poplar but now of East Ham in the County of Essex Gentleman First I direct that all my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences be fully paid and satisfied Whereas by deed of enfranchisement and conveyance bearing date the fourteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight between James Humphreys Lord of the Manor of Poplar in the County of Middlesex Esquire of the first part me the said William Brown of the second part and Andrew Duncan therein described of the third part It is witnessed that the said James Humphreys for the considerations therein mentioned did grant bargain sell alien release and confirm unto me the said William Brown and my Heirs all that customary and heritable Messuage Tenement or Cottage with the Appurtenances commonly called or known by the sign of “The Harrow” in the High Street Poplar and all that piece of Land lying behind the said Tenement and other the premises therein mentioned and particularly described in the plan or Ground plot thereof made and drawn in the margin of those presents To hold the same unto me the said William Brown my Heirs and assigns to such uses upon such trusts and under and subject to such powers provisoes and declarations as I the said William Brown by any deed or deeds or by my last Will and Testament or any Codicil thereto attested by three or more credible Witnesses should appoint And Whereas by a certain Indenture of Appointment bearing date the thirtieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight made between me the said William Brown of the one part and Isaac Walker John Donnithorne Taylor and Edwin Walker therein described of the other part It is witnessed that for the considerations therein mentioned I did appoint and bargain sell alien release and confirm all and singular the Messuages or Tenements and other Hereditaments hereinbefore mentioned or referred to unto the said Isaac Walker John Donnithorne Taylor and Edwin Walker (in their actual possession then being) To hold the same upon the several uses and subject to the proviso therein mentioned And wherein by a certain other Indenture bearing date on or about the said thirtieth day of September one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight made between me the said William Brown of the first part and the said Isaac Walker Donnithorne Taylor and Edwin Walker of the second part after writing the said last mentioned Indenture and as is in the said last mentioned Indenture recited that the consideration money agreed to have been paid to me the said William Brown by the said Isaac Walker Donnithorne Taylor and Edwin Walker was three thousand three hundred and eight pounds five shillings but that the sum of three hundred and eight pounds five shillings only had been paid on account thereof and that default been made in the proviso had therein contained It is witnessed that for the considerations therein mentioned I the said William Brown did declare and argue that the payment of the remaining sum of three thousand pounds should stand over for the space of twenty years then next ensuing and that they the said Isaac Walker Donnithorne Taylor and Edwin Walker duly paying the interest to accrue due thereon after the rate of four pounds per centum per annum should not be called on nor required to pay the said principal sum of three thousand pounds during the aforesaid space of twenty years by me the said William Brown my Executors or Administrators Now my will is and I hereby direct that my Executor and Executrix hereinafter named do and shall receive and take the interest to grow due on the said outstanding sum of three thousand pounds or which shall arise therefrom upon trust to pay and apply the same in the proportions and to the several persons hereinafter named that is to say to my daughter Harriet Hodgson Wife of Thomas Hodgson of Stepney in the County of Middlesex for and during her natural life the sum of twenty eight pounds per annum to and for her sole use and benefit to be paid to her by quarterly payments the first payment thereof to be made within six months next after my decease and her receipt alone notwithstanding her coverture to be a good and sufficient discharge but in case of the decease of my said daughter Harriet Hodgson before the expiration of the said term of twenty years then to pay and apply the said sum of twenty eight pounds per annum towards the maintenance and education of all and every the child and children of my said Daughter Harriet Hodgson lawfully begotten or to be begotten and in default of such issue to her own right Heirs To my daughter Elizabeth Shaw Wife of Thomas Shaw of Ilford in the County of Essex for and during her natural life the sum of twenty eight pounds per annum to and for her sole use and benefit to be paid to her by quarterly payments the first payment thereof to be made within six months next after my decease and her receipt alone notwithstanding her coverture to be a good and sufficient discharge but in case of the decease of my said daughter before the expiration of the said term of twenty years then to pay and apply the said sum of twenty eight pounds per annum towards the maintenance and education of all and every the child and children of my said daughter lawfully begotten or to be begotten and in default of such issue to her own right Heirs To my Son William Brown of Poplar in the County of Middlesex for and during his natural life the sum of twelve pounds per annum to be paid to him by quarterly payments the first payment thereof to be made within six months next after my decease but in case of the decease of my said son William Brown before the expiration of the said term of twenty years then to pay and apply the said last mentioned sum of twelve pounds per annum towards the maintenance and education of all and every the Child or Children of my said son William Brown lawfully begotten or to be begotten and if he should happen to die leaving also a Widow then to pay and apply a proportionable part of the aforesaid sum of twelve pounds towards her maintenance and support or if my said son William Brown shall happen to die without any such lawful issue leaving only a Widow then to pay and apply the said sum of twelve pounds towards her maintenance and support (but so long only as she shall continue single) and in default of any such issue and if he shall die a widower then to his own right Heirs To my Son Thomas Brown of Poplar aforesaid for and during his natural life the sum of eight pounds per annum to be paid to him by quarterly payments the first payment thereof to be made within six months next after my decease but in case of the decease of my said son Thomas Brown before the expiration of the said term of twenty years then to pay and apply the said last mentioned sum of eight pounds per annum towards the maintenance and education of all and every the child or children of my said son Thomas Brown lawfully begotten or to be begotten and if he should happen to die leaving also a Widow then to pay and apply a proportionable part of the aforesaid sum of eight pounds towards her maintenance and support or if my said son Thomas Brown shall happen to die without any such lawful issue leaving only a Widow then to pay and apply the said sum of eight pounds towards her maintenance and support (but so long only as she shall continue single) and in default of any such issue and if he shall die a widower then to his own right heirs To my daughter Mary Collier Wife of Stephen Collier of East Ham in the County of Essex for and during her natural life the sum of forty four pounds per annum being the residue and remainder of the interest on the aforesaid sum of three thousand pounds to be paid to her by like quarterly payments the first payment thereof to be made within six months next after my decease but in case of the decease of my said daughter before the expiration of the said term of twenty years then to pay and apply the said residue towards the maintenance and education of all and every the child and children of my said daughter Mary Collier and also toward the maintenance and support of the said Stephen Collier if he shall survive my said daughter and in default of any such child or children or of the said Stephen Collier her surviving then to her own right heirs and further my will is and I direct that my said Trustee and Executrix do and shall at the expiration of the said tern of twenty years or whenever the same shall happen receive and take the said principal sum of three thousand pounds upon trust to pay apply and dispose thereof in manner following that is to say to pay unto my said son William Brown or in case of his previous decease unto his Children in equal shares the sum of three hundred pounds sterling and to my said son Thomas Brown or in case of his previous decease unto his Children in equal shares the sum of two hundred pounds sterling but in case my said sons or either of them shall die without issue then the sums hereby bequeathed to them respectively shall go and be paid to their respective Heirs and to lay out and invest the remainder of the said principal sum of three thousand pounds in the purchase of public stocks or other Government securities and to receive and take the annual interest and produce thereof and to apply the same in the payment of the like several yearly sums hereinbefore bequeathed unto my said daughters Harriet Hodgson Elizabeth Shaw and Mary Collier or suffer and permit them to receive their respective shares for and during the remainder of their respective lives but in case of the decease of any one or two of them then to pay the share or shares of her or them so dying until the decease of the Survivor of my said daughters unto their respective children and from and after the decease of the Survivor of my said daughters my will is and I hereby direct that my said Trustee shall divide transfer or pay the said principal money or stock and all accumulations thereof unto and amongst all the Children of my said three daughters as shall be then living in equal shares and if there shall be but one such child then to transfer or pay the same unto such only Child And I give and bequeath to Mary Ann Curtis Wife of Robert Curtis of Stratford the sum of fifty pounds New three and a half percent Annuities and to Maria Collier the daughter of the said Stephen Collier the like sum of fifty pounds New three and a half percent Annuities and I direct such stock to be transferred to the said Mary Ann Curtis and Maria Collier respectively within six months after my decease And as to all the Rest Residue and Remainder of my Estate and Effects of whatsoever nature or kind soever I do hereby give and bequeath the same subject to the payment of my just debts and funeral and testamentary expences and legacies unto my said daughter Mary Collier her Heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns for her and their own absolute use and benefit and I do hereby declare that my said Trustee and Executrix hereinafter named their Heirs Executors or Administrators shall be expressly charged or chargeable only for such monies as they shall respectively actually receive notwithstanding he she or they shall join in any receipt or receipts for the sake of conformity and that any one or more of them shall not be answerable or accountable for the others or other of them or for the acts receipts neglects or defaults of the other or others of them but each and every of them for his her and their own acts receipts neglects or defaults only and that they or either of them shall not be answerable or accountable for any Banker Broker or other person whom or in whose hands or custody any part of my said monies Estate or Effects shall or may be deposited or lodged for safe custody or otherwise and I further authorise and empower my said Trustee and Executrix by and out of the monies which shall come to their or any or either of their hands to retain to and reimburse himself herself and themselves respectively and allow each other all cost charges and expences which they or any of them shall or may sustain expend disburse or be put unto in or about the execution of this my will And I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my son in law the said Stephen Collier Trustee and my said daughter Mary Collier Executrix of this my Will and I do hereby revoke and make void all former and other Wills and Codicils by me at any time heretofore made and declare this to be my last Will and Testament In Witness whereof I have to this my last Will and Testament contained in five sheets of paper set my hand and seal that is to say to the first four sheets thereof my hand and to this the fifth and last sheet thereof my hand and seal this twenty sixth day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty one W Brown Signed sealed published and declared by the said Testator as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who in his presence and at his request and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as Witnesses A H Hutchinson Crown Court Threadneedle Street J Bonnet J W Horine his Clerk
  Proved at London 5^th December 1831 before the Worshipful Jesse Addams Doctor of Laws and Surrogate by the oath of Mary Collier (Wife of Stephen Collier) the daughter and sole Executrix to whom Admon was granted having been first sworn duly to Administer.¹⁰
• Will/Adm Transcript: Marginal note on the Will
  On the 23rd May 1849 Admon (with the Will annexed) of the Goods Chattels and Credits of William Brown formerly of Poplar in the County of Middlesex but late of East Ham in the County of Essex deceased left unadministered by Mary Collier deceased whilst living the Daughter sole Executrix and the Residuary Legatee named in the said will was passed to Stephen Collier the Husband and Administrator of the Goods of the said Mary Collier deceased having been first sworn duly to Administer The said Executrix died intestate.
  (Transcribed by Rosie Ansell November 2012 from a downloaded copy supplied by Geoffrey Barber).
• Death*: William Brown died in 1831 at East Ham, London, England.
• Burial*: William Brown was buried on 29 November 1831 at St Anne Limehouse, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, "Abode: East Ham, age 73 years."¹³
• Probate: His estate was probated on 5 December 1831.¹⁰

Thomas Bervin Brown

Parents:

• Baptism*: Thomas Bervin Brown was baptized on 28 April 1799 at All Saints, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England. William's occupation is a victualler of Poplar. Thomas Brown is 48 days old giving his birth date as likley 11 Mar 1799. The middle name "Bervin" is not recorded.^1,2
• Anecdote: Another source has the baptism of Thomas, son of William Brown of Poplar, victualler, and Mary on 28 Apr 1799 (48 days old). Image of original register has been sighted to verify this. The was no record of the name "Bervin".²
• He was the son of William Brown and Mary Stone.
• Marriage*: Thomas Bervin Brown married Ann Sheargold Miller, daughter of James Miller and Ann Davies, on 1 April 1821 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, witnesses: Henry Miller and the parish clerk.³
• Occupation*: Thomas Bervin Brown was a wheelwright on 12 January 1824.⁴
• (Witness) Will: Thomas Bervin Brown is mentioned in the will of William Brown dated 26 May 1831 at East Ham, Essex, England.⁵
• Emigration*: Thomas Bervin Brown emigrated in 1833 to Australia with wife Ann, children Ann, Eliza, Amelia, Harriet & Thomas. They sailed from London on the same ship "Indiana" as his brother William and wife Hannah Brown arriving in Hobart Town on the 9th of September, 1833. Also on the ship was Mr & Mrs Collier and 2 children (a family relative?).
  They arrived in Hobart Town on the 9th of September, 1833. The Indiana was a 4000 ton vessel with two guns. The ship's master was James Webster. There were 14 passengers and 37 in steerage including 30 children. The Indiana then sailed onto Sydney departing 15th of November and arriving 29th of November 1833. The two Brown brothers and a John Collier (thought to be the brother of Stephen Collier who married Mary Brown) received £20 each from the Government in Hobart:
  Thomas Brown with his wife, one male child, 3 female children. (Thomas was a Wheelwright).
  William Brown with his wife, one male child, 2 female children. (William was a Blacksmith).
  John Collier with his wife and 2 female children. (John was also a Blacksmith).
  Of interest, is the fact that John Collier's brother William was sentenced to transportation for life on 2 January 1834 at the Old Bailey for forgery against the Bank of England. It is thought that John Collier may have been his accomplice but was never implicated by his brother.⁶
• Emigration*: Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller emigrated circa 1846 to Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The death certificate of their daughter Ann Caroline Lester (nee Brown) states 66 years in Victoria which would put the move at c1845. They lived in a house and smith shop in Maitland Street, Geelong near the Crown Hotel in Ashby.
• Will*: Thomas Bervin Brown left a will made on 7 December 1852 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
• Will/Adm Transcript*: This is the last will and testament of me Thomas Brown of Geelong in the colony of Victoria, Wheel Wright. First I direct all my just debts, funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid by my exectrix and executor herin after named. I give devise and bequeath unto my dear wife Ann Brown and to her heirs executory administatory and assign all my real and personal estate and effects whatever and situate to have and to hold the same according to the nature and quality of the same to my said dear wife Ann Brown during her natural life and I do hereby nominate constitute and appoint my said wife Ann Brown and Henry Benson of Geelong in the colony of Victoria aforesaid gentleman and Samuel Hubbard of Geelong in the said colony of Victoria gentleman and executrix and executory of this my last will and testament and in case of either of my said executors hereby appointed being desirous or unwilling to act under this my will or being about to leave the said colony of Victoria other or continuing executor or exectrix shall be at liberty should they see occassion appoint a new trustee or trustees. I hereby expressly direct and appoint that my said dear wife should remain continue and be in the peaceable and quiet possesion and enjoyment of my said real and personal estate and the rents proceeds and profits thereof during the term of her natural life and from and after the decease of my said wife then I also direct that the same may be held in trust by my said trustees or executors to receive the rents issues and proceeds thereof for the benefit maintenance support and education of my daughters Jane and Ann and on either of my said daughters arriving at maturity or the age of twenty one years or become lawfully married after the decease of my said wife then I also direct that the sum of one hundred pounds should sufficient money be in the hands of my said trustees be paid to each or either of my said two daughters so arriving at maturity or the age of twenty one years or becoming lawfully married so as aforesaid AND I give devise and bequeth the sum of one hundred pounds to be paid to my grand daughter Mary Jane Benson the daughter of the said Henry Benson such sum to be paid to her on her arriving at the age of twenty years or in the event of her decease then the same sum to be paid to her sister Emily Benson AND I declare that in the event of the decease of my said wife or of my said daughters Jane and Anne or thier becoming married then the whole of the rents issues and proceeds of my said real and personel estate shall be equally divided between my other children Eliza the wife of the said Samuel Hubbard my son Thomas, Amelia the widow of Joseph Mather deceased and Harriet the wife of the said Henry Benson and I also declare the receipt or receipts of my said exectrix or executors shall be good and sufficient discharges to any person or persons paying money AND in the event of the decease of either of my said daughters before attaining such age of twenty one years then her share or shares shall go to such of the others as may be then living after the decease of my said wife AND I appoint my said wife Ann Brown, Henry Benson and Samual Hubbard to be exectrix and executors of this my said will hereby revoking all other wills by me heretofore made. I publish and declare this to be my last will and testament in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this seventh day of december in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty two. Thomas Brown Signed by the said Thomas Brown the testator as his last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who at his request in his presence and in the presence of each other have subscribed our names as wittnesses Thomas Wood William Lester of Geelong John Rose of Melbourne This is the parchment writting mentioned or refered to in the affidavit of Ann Sheargold Brown, Henry Benson and Samual Hubbard shown before me this third day of september AD1853. Harry S Combe
  
  He signed a will Codicil on 21 Jul 1853. Be it known unto all men by those present that I Thomas Bervin Brown of Geelong Wheel wright have made and declare my last will and testament in writting hearing date the 21st of Jul 1853 I the said Thomas Bervin Brown by this present codicil do satisfy and confirm my said last will and testament and do further bequeth unto my son Thomas Stephen Colier Brown jnr the wheel wright and blacksmith shop and the ground standing thereon to be given unto him at the death of my wife Ann Sheargold Brown by my exectrix out of my estate and my will and meaning is that this codicil be ajudged to be a part and parcel of my last will and testament and that all things therein mentioned and contained be faithfully and truly performed and as fully and amply in every respect and if the same were so declared and set down in my said last will and testament writings my hand this twenty first day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty three. Signed in the presence of us John (Hone) Brown William Vincent R Smith Thomas Bervin Brown X his mark This is the paper writing mentioned or refered to in the affidavit of Robert Smith of Geelong in the colony of Victoria sworn before me on the 5th day of October AD 1853 Harvey S Combe.⁶
• Death*: Thomas Bervin Brown died on 22 July 1853 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia, at age 54. He died of apoplexy.
• Burial*: Thomas Bervin Brown was buried on 24 July 1853 at Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, Church of England reg # 94023, type B, COEO-B-423 Wheelwright, Ashby, Headstone erected by wife and family.⁶
• Anecdote*: OBITUARY: published on 22nd July 1853 in Geelong, Vic, Australia: Died at his late residence in Maitland St. near the Crown Hotel Ashby, Mr Thomas Brown Wheel Wright aged 52 having been suddenly seized with an appelectic [sic] fit in Corio St on Wednesday last; he was much esteemed as an old resident tradesman in Geelong, and deeply deplored [sic] by his beloved wife and large family. The friends of the late Thomas Brown are respectfully invited to attend the funeral at 2 o'clock on Sunday July 24th Maitland Street near the Crown Hotel Ashby.

Mary Stone

• Marriage*: Mary Stone married William Brown on 30 August 1783 at Limehouse St Anne, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, Witnesses were Jno Eakers and Thos ...(?) Howard. Married by licence.¹
  
• Married Name: As of 30 August 1783, her married name was Brown.
• Anecdote*: Note that a John Eakers witnessed the marriage of William Brown and Mary Stone in 1783.
  A marriage allegation dated 23 Mar 1781 between John Eakers of St Ann, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Stone (widow) of Shoreditch St Leonard would indicate that he married the wife of Mary Stone's brother.
  Note also that a John Eakers of Poplar was buried at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, on 12 May 1793. Elizabeth Eakers was buried 7 Jan 1789 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney.^2,3

Ann Sheargold Miller

Parents:

• Birth*: Ann Sheargold Miller was born on 20 November 1802 at Stepney, Middlesex, England. Date of birth from baptismal record.¹
• She was the daughter of James Miller and Ann Davies.
• Baptism: Ann Sheargold Miller was baptized on 12 June 1803 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, parents recorded as James Shergold Miller and Ann Miller.¹
• Marriage*: Ann Sheargold Miller married Thomas Bervin Brown, son of William Brown and Mary Stone, on 1 April 1821 at St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England, witnesses: Henry Miller and the parish clerk.²
• Married Name: As of 1 April 1821, her married name was Brown.
• Emigration*: Ann Sheargold Miller and Thomas Bervin Brown emigrated circa 1846 to Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The death certificate of their daughter Ann Caroline Lester (nee Brown) states 66 years in Victoria which would put the move at c1845. They lived in a house and smith shop in Maitland Street, Geelong near the Crown Hotel in Ashby.
• Marriage*: Ann Sheargold Miller married Matthew Lovenbury on 4 October 1854 at O'Connell St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 4 October 1854, her married name was Lovenbury.
• Death*: Ann Sheargold Miller died on 27 May 1864 at Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, at age 61. The cause of death was disease of kidney and bladder.

Amelia Brown

Parents:

• Birth*: Amelia Brown was born on 30 December 1823 at Stepney, Middlesex, England. Date of birth from baptism record.
• She was the daughter of Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller.
• Baptism: Amelia Brown was baptized on 12 January 1824 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Born 30 Dec 1823. Abode: Ratcliff, father's occupation: wheelwright.¹
• Marriage*: Amelia Brown married Joseph Mather on 31 July 1839 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 31 July 1839, her married name was Mather.
• Marriage*: Amelia Brown married Thomas Betts in 1854 at Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 1854, her married name was Betts.

Joseph Mather

• Birth*: Joseph Mather was born in 1810 at Staffordshire, England.
• Marriage*: Joseph Mather married Amelia Brown, daughter of Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller, on 31 July 1839 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Frederick Albert Mather

Parents:

• Birth*: Frederick Albert Mather was born on 17 November 1846 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
• He was the son of Joseph Mather and Amelia Brown.
• Marriage*: Frederick Albert Mather married Ellen Marie Douglas on 27 August 1870 at Talbot, Victoria, Australia.
• Death*: Frederick Albert Mather died on 4 September 1937 at Victoria, Australia, at age 90.

Ellen Marie Douglas

• Birth*: Ellen Marie Douglas was born in 1849 at Islington, London, England.
• Marriage*: Ellen Marie Douglas married Frederick Albert Mather, son of Joseph Mather and Amelia Brown, on 27 August 1870 at Talbot, Victoria, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 27 August 1870, her married name was Mather.
• Death*: Ellen Marie Douglas died on 2 April 1928 at Victoria, Australia.

Birvin Brown

Parents:

• Birth*: Birvin Brown was born on 18 May 1800 at Poplar, London, Middlesex, England.
• She was the daughter of William Brown and Mary Stone.
• Baptism: Birvin Brown was baptized on 11 June 1800 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, 24 days old. William's occupation is victualler. Born 18 May 1800.¹
• Death*: Birvin Brown died in November 1800 at Poplar, London, Middlesex, England.
• Burial*: Birvin Brown was buried on 12 November 1800 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, name recorded as Bivin, "at Poplar", no age given.²

Arthur John George Brown

Parents:

• Birth*: Arthur John George Brown was born on 14 November 1862 at Britannia St, Ashby, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The informant was "Anne Gunn, Mother, of Ashby", the mother of Jane Brown (nee Gunn).^1,2
• He was the son of John Hone Brown and Jane Gunn.
• Anecdote*: Ashby was once a suburb of Geelong located in the area of Geelong West, west of Latrobe Terrace, between Aberdeen Street and Church Street. By 1850 this area had become known as Little Scotland, and Kildare. At this point, Ashby referred to the area between Autumn Street and Waratah Street.³
• Anecdote: Possible death in Tenterfield, NSW in 1919 - Arthur G Brown, parents John and Jane Brown, but a family tree on Ancestry.com has the parents as John Brown and Jane Spence.⁴

Matthew Lovenbury

• Birth*: Matthew Lovenbury was born in 1805 at Bath, Somerset, England.
• Marriage*: Matthew Lovenbury married Ann Sheargold Miller, daughter of James Miller and Ann Davies, on 4 October 1854 at O'Connell St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

Jane Poynter

• Birth*: Jane Poynter was born in 1830 at Chatham, Kent, England^B.
• Marriage*: Jane Poynter married William Gladman, son of Thomas Gladman and Frances Bailey, on 3 September 1854 at St Andrew's, Hove, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Married Name: As of 3 September 1854, her married name was Gladman.
• Death*: Jane Poynter died in 1911 at Islington, London, England.

Jane Dodson

• Birth*: Jane Dodson was born circa 1832 at Buxted, Sussex, England^B.
• Marriage*: Jane Dodson married John Gladman, son of Thomas Gladman and Frances Bailey, in 1876 at Lewes, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Married Name: As of 1876, her married name was Gladman.

Henry Virgo

• Birth*: Henry Virgo was born circa 1828 at Portslade, Sussex, England^B.
• Marriage*: Henry Virgo married Hannah Gladman, daughter of Thomas Gladman and Frances Bailey, in 1857 at Steyning, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Occupation*: Henry Virgo was a bricklayer.

Susan Allen

• Marriage*: Susan Allen married Henry Gladman, son of Thomas Gladman and Frances Bailey, in 1854 at Lewes, Sussex, England^B.¹
• Married Name: As of 1854, her married name was Gladman.

William Gladman

Parents:

• Birth*: William Gladman was born circa 1856 at Islington, London, England.
• He was the son of William Gladman and Jane Poynter.

Thomas Gladman

Parents:

• Birth*: Thomas Gladman was born circa 1858 at Islington, London, England.
• He was the son of William Gladman and Jane Poynter.

Sarah Jane Gladman

Parents:

• Birth*: Sarah Jane Gladman was born circa 1859 at Islington, London, England.
• She was the daughter of William Gladman and Jane Poynter.

George Albert Gladman

Parents:

• Birth*: George Albert Gladman was born circa 1865 at Islington, London, England.
• He was the son of William Gladman and Jane Poynter.
• Marriage*: George Albert Gladman married Emma Edith Wortley on 30 March 1889 at Islington, Middlesex, England.
• Death*: George Albert Gladman died in 1945 at Uxbridge, London, England.

Eliza Brown

Parents:

• Birth*: Eliza Brown was born on 21 February 1822 at Stepney, Middlesex, England. Date of birth from baptism record.
• She was the daughter of Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller.
• Baptism: Eliza Brown was baptized on 21 April 1822 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Father's occupation: wheelwright. Abode M.E.O.T (Mile End Old Town.)¹
• Death*: Eliza Brown died in 1892 at Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia.

Harriet Margaret Brown

Parents:

• Baptism*: Harriet Margaret Brown was baptized on 21 March 1830 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Father's occupation: wheelwright. Abode: Ratcliff.¹
• She was the daughter of Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller.
• Marriage*: Harriet Margaret Brown married Henry Benson on 18 June 1846 at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, (reg. 2358/1846 ref: rgd 37.)
• Married Name: As of 18 June 1846, her married name was Benson.
• Death*: Harriet Margaret Brown died on 27 August 1898 at Fitzroy South, Victoria, Australia, at age 68. (reg. 11974.)

Thomas Stephen Collier Brown

Parents:

• Baptism*: Thomas Stephen Collier Brown was baptized on 22 July 1832 at St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Middlesex, England, Father's occupation: wheelwright. Abode: Poplar.¹
• He was the son of Thomas Bervin Brown and Ann Sheargold Miller.
• Marriage*: Thomas Stephen Collier Brown married Catherine Close on 11 October 1852 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
• Marriage*: Thomas Stephen Collier Brown married Maria Smith, daughter of Thomas Smith and Maria Laver, on 7 October 1862 at Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
• Death*: Thomas Stephen Collier Brown died in 1900 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

George James Standley

• Birth*: George James Standley was born on 7 October 1850 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• Marriage*: George James Standley married Ida Woodcock, daughter of Hanson Woodcock and Bethia Franklin, on 12 August 1887 at Elliston, South Australia, Australia.
• Death*: George James Standley died on 18 October 1934 at Cleve, South Australia, Australia, at age 84.

Ida Woodcock

Parents:

• Birth*: Ida Woodcock was born on 19 January 1869 at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• She was the daughter of Hanson Woodcock and Bethia Franklin.
• Marriage*: Ida Woodcock married George James Standley on 12 August 1887 at Elliston, South Australia, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 12 August 1887, her married name was Standley.
• Anecdote*: In 1929 was awarded an MBE for services to teaching Aboriginal children.
• Death*: Ida Woodcock died on 29 May 1948 at Frenchs Forest, New South Wales, Australia, at age 79.

Hanson Woodcock

• Marriage*: Hanson Woodcock married Bethia Franklin on 29 October 1849 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Bethia Franklin

• Marriage*: Bethia Franklin married Hanson Woodcock on 29 October 1849 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• Married Name: As of 29 October 1849, her married name was Woodcock.