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Hi
William Arrowsmith is my husband's GGG/grandfather.
There is a John Harrowsmith and a Susannah Morgan who both arrived on the Hercules in July 1835.
William and Susannah Morgan married on 24 Mar 1838 in Bathurst. It looks as if Susannah (nee Morgan) died the following year on the 31 May 1839 in Bathurst.
William went on to have several children with Hannah Doherty, who is named as his wife on his 1872 death certificate.
The living children listed on William's death certificate were: William, John, Margaret, Mary, twins Edward & Elizabeth, and George. By the time that Hannah died in 1900 John had predeceased her.
Daughter Jane died in 1857 & son Charles was accidently killed earlier in 1872.
My husband is descended from Elizabeth, she was employed as a general servant by a lady in Newcastle, upon the death of that lady, Elizabeth became the 'wife' of the husband and lived most of her life under the identity of his dead wife.
Elizabeth had her surname recorded at times as 'Harrowsmith' & 'Harris-Smith'
Regards
Ciara 

Sterling was born in Mohawk New York. His Father was Samuel A Miner who was a cooper, his mother was Polly, both were from Connecticut. Samuel resided in Martinsburg New York until his death in the 1860's. There is a entry for a Samuel Miner of Connecticut having enlisted in the US Army in September 1814, he was struck off the roll in December the same year as he was unfit for duty, it seems he was continually sick from September to November and never saw any 'action'. Sterling left New York on the whaling/sealing ship the Huron and after a very lengthy time at sea collecting Sperm Oil, he deserted the ship when it docked here in Australia.
Sterling is my GG/grandfather and from all accounts quite a character, My GG/grandmother Harriet 'did a runner' from him in the 1850's with her then youngest child (my G/grandfather) in a very public spat that was published in the Sydney Morning Herald.