Public servant and settler William Broughton arrived in the transport Charlotte accompanying Surgeon White as a servant. Son of Sarah and Henry Broughton, he was born in Chatham, Kent in the year 1768.On arrival in Sydney Cove, William became a storekeeper at Rose Hill (Parramatta) and in 1800 was appointed Acting Deputy Commissary of Norfolk Island and later Deputy Commissary of stores in Sydney Town. He worked diligently in these positions and was praised by Governor Continue Reading »
Faddy Naval Family
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JOHN FADDYBorn: 1746 Married: 17 November 1784 to Martha Escott Johnson at St Paul’s Exeter Died: 1 August 1798 on Admiral Horatio Nelson’s ship Vanguard at the Battle of the NileWilliam John Faddy was 2nd Lieutenant of Marines with the 88th Company serving on HMS Champion, Medway and Crescent then in 1783 on Continue Reading »