Refer page 56 to 57 of 'Along the Windsor Richmond Road Book 3' - The Early Days of the Ezzy Family - A Story of an Early Pioneer Family, Researched and written by present-day members of the Family, themselves, which can be read online at Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy - Thomas Markwell (1771c - 1841)

Refer Fred Clarke's Rootsweb database[email not current in Jul 2006] for details of parents, etc. and which advises : Thomas Markwell was convicted at Chelmsford, Essex Assizes on 23rd March, 1787 of the felonious offence of burglary. It was alleged in the indictment that about midnight on 11th November, 1786, Thomas broke into the dwelling house of Arthur Heron situated in the parish of Walkham Cross and stole a number of items of clothing to the value of two pounds eight shillings and sixpence. Thomas was sentenced to death but Judge Knappe gave him a reprieve and substituted a sentence of transportation for 14 years. Thomas was transported in the second fleet aboard the "Scarborough" arriving in Sydney Cove in 1790. . Little is known of Thomas' birth and early life. However, the International Genealogy Index (Mormon Church) reveals that he was christened 29.4.1770 in the Parish of Loughton, Essex, about 14 miles north east of London. The records also shows that his parents were Stephen and Elizabeth (nee Pope) Markwell. Stephen was christened at Thoydon Mount on 16th February, 1735 and was the Son of James and Catherine Markwell. Known sisters and brothers of Thomas were Sussana (christened 2.11.1768), James, Elizabeth, George and maybe William and Catherine. When Thomas was 37 years old, he married Maria who was 15 years and about 7 months pregnant.They were married by the Rev. Henry Fulton at St. Peter's Church, Sydney. Neither could write and therefore made their mark. After 3 years of marriage and the birth of the first two children, Maria left Thomas with the children. This could have been caused by the hardships of the day and her very young age. It is not known how long Maria was away but it was 14 years before the next child was born. Maria died in 1830 leaving Thomas with 4 children under the age of 7 years, the youngest being one month old. The children of Thomas and Maria Markwell married into respected families; Sophia to Henry Hewitt, a man of note being a successful farmer, publican and councillor; Elizabeth to George Pitt Wood, a descendent of an old and respected English family; Ellen Maria to William Farlow from a well known pioneering family; Thomas George to Ann Eather Williams, a well respected and successful Hawkesbury farmer and one of the first to take stock over the range to the Liverpool Plains (also with George Cheshire); John to Frances Skuthorpe from a family well known for its horsemen and Mary Ann to Thomas Marsden, related to the Rev. Samuel Marsden.

• Married: 5 OCT 1807 in St. Peters' Richmond NSW Australia ¹
• Married: 5 OCT 1807 in St.Phillip's Sydney NSW Australia ²

1. Sophia MARKWELL b: 11 DEC 1807 in Windsor NSW Australia
2. Elizabeth MARKWELL b: 1809 in of North Richmond NSW Australia
3. Ellen Maria MARKWELL b: 27 DEC 1824 in of NSW Australia
4. George Thomas (or Thomas George) MARKWELL b: 27 SEP 1826 in of Richmond NSW Australia
5. John MARKWELL b: 20 MAY 1828 in Richmond NSW Australia
6. Mary Ann MARKWELL b: 16 JUN 1830 in NSW Australia

1. Author: Rootsweb World Connect (see notes)
   Note:
   Also Rootsweb Archives and BETA Archives Search Engine
2. Author: Grace Douglass & Laurel Legge
   Title: Along the Windsor Richmond Road
   Publication: 1985 (ISBN 0 9589831 0 0 and ISBN 0 9589831 3 5)
   Note:
   Extracts from this book can be read online via my pages at Taylor & Ashdown Family Genealogy
3. Author: Rick Cowey of 25 Lindsay Square, Pimlico, London SW1V3SB
   Note:
   Rick's mother, dau of Samuel George Pitt Lamrock, son of Samuel, son of Robert, son of James, son of John Lamrock..
   [email address on fileJuly 2006]. Refer Rick's
   coweyreidy database on GeneaNet.