William Mobbs Jnr



William Mobbs Jnr was born in London on 7 Apr 1791, the son of William Mobbs (1763-1839) and Anne Grover (1761-1850).

He arrived in Australia in 1801 as a free immigrant aboard the Earl Cornwallis, along with his mother Anne and siblings Isaac, Anne and George. They followed William Snr, who had been convicted of stealing salt petre in 1796 and had been sentenced to 7 years transportation.

William Jnr followed in his father's footsteps and farmed land in what is the present day Carlingford area of NSW. In the 1828 Muster Books, William is identified as a farmer with 300 acres.

William married Maria Grono (1800-1871) on 14 Dec 1818 at St Matthew's Church in Windsor, NSW. Maria was the daughter of prominent ship builder John Grono.

William and Maria had 17 children - John (1818-1819), Elizabeth (1819-1891), Ann (1820-1872), George (1820-?), Maria (1821-1903), John (1824-1898), Sarah (1825-1891), Matilda (1827-1887), James (1829-1896), William (1830-1879), Susannah (1831-1877), Jane (1833-1911), Thomas (1835-1904), Rebecca (1836-1913), Joseph (1839-1909), George (1843-1911) and David (1847-1915).

William died on 14 Jul 1851 at Carlingford, NSW.