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Hello Whiteout7
It's all rather puzzling as Mary had her last child in 1838 Margaret Lindsay in Tipperary.this John Singleton doesn't arrive until 1851 in Australia.margaret & Dora arrive the following year aged 14 & 17.
I have looked for a link with him & the girls before but not with him & their mother?
There is no arrival records for a Mary Lindsay between 1839 till that time in Victoria. She may have arrived into another port? Ship records show Dora engaged as a servant to a Mr O'Brian in Williams st
Melbourne & I can't decipher whom Margaret was employed by. Records for the ship Bombay.

Cheers
Kat

Wow
That is such amazing news!Margaret & Dora were placed in the orphanage at aged 3 & 7.
The girls were shipped to Australia in 1852 on the ship the Bombay. The other brother was Andrew Lindsay & on the records is stated as being taken by friends. I have had no luck finding him. There is no record of Nicholas being with the orphan society so I assume he stayed with the surviving parent?
He took Dutton to New York aboard the President in 1851.the records showed he was a Painter.he went on to marry Bridget Hicker/Hieher who was also Irish born in Charlestown Massachusettes in 1851. Dutton appears to have disappeared! Nicholas's war file shows he joined up in Mass. In 1863 & died of gun shot woundsin 1864 rank Corporal & is buried in the soldiers cemetery in Washington DC
I have no record of a sister in the U.S. Unless it was a sister in law!
I recall the info from my childhood of Dr Singleton so will def chase this up as explains their mother Mary.
On the records their father was stated as being a Steward.on the girls marriage records one declares he was a colonial in the army & the other has stated Land Steward. The girls were raised by the orphan society to be servants & there were 2 separate names I am yet to decipher whom they were employed by.
William Beedham Pritchard is my second GG His father William was an upholsterer who lived in Black Lion st in Brighton & died at 40 in 1844. His mother Dorothy Beedham 1807-1879 remarried a Joseph Strong in 1845 who lived in the same street.He appears to have left her by 1851 & William B  sailed to Australia on the ship Adelaide 1853.Dorothy went on to marry again haha! To a Walter Underwood
In 1875 in Lambeth Surrey & died in Nottinghamshire .ive followed her tree back to Claypole to 1540 where it appears 5 generations of Beedhams lived.
William B did become a Clerk of the Courts in Ballarat & eventually a Bailliff.I have found some very amusing newspaper articles on him! I like you have doubts on the Eton myth?
I notice you r in the UK & would love to learn more?
Much appreciated hearing from you
Cheers
Kat

Thanks Ladyhawk & Steve
 In looking at the 1851 census Elizabeth Jnr (niece)has the surname Fry. In the 1841 census it is Langdon So it appears she must be the daughter of Elizabeth's brother?
There are two new children to the 2nd marriage Emily Jenkins 5, john Jenkins 1. In 1871 census emily has married a Henry ford & is running the pub.john must have passed away as he is not on any further records.
In 1861 Elizabeth Snr is widowed so Thomas Jenkins must have passed away some time in the previous decade.

I learnt that lesson 😆and an 8 week wait & no clues😆😆😆johns daughterClara was my gg grandmother who arrived in Australia in 1854.sadly she lost 4 children went on to have another 5 & only 3 survived .i only recently found her grave that only bares her sons name & would dearly love to know more about this amazing woman!