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Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1820 - 1876)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Sarah Ann BROUGHTON (1845 - 1923)
Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1847 - 1933)
Frances Eliza BROUGHTON (1848 - 1929)
Emma Church BROUGHTON (1850 - 1933)
William Archer BROUGHTON (1852 - 1852)
Emily Barbara BROUGHTON (1853 - 1939)
Jane Howe BROUGHTON (1855 - 1931)
Marian Church BROUGHTON (1857 - 1897)
John Archer BROUGHTON (1859 - 1929)
James Henry Edward BROUGHTON (1861 - 1935)
 Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1820 - 1876)

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Sarah Emma CHURCH (1820 - 1897)
 William BROUGHTON (1768 - 1821) William Henry BROUGHTON ( - 1776)



Sarah WALKER (1739 - 1823)



Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY (1783 - 1843) James Raworth KENNEDY (1757 - 1826) John KENNEDY (1737 - 1819)
Mary GASCOPODI
Elizabeth (Lydia) PEARCE (1760 - 1794)



Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON Sarah Emma CHURCH
Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON
Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON Sarah Emma CHURCH Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON
b. 06 Sep 1820 at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
m. 1845 Sarah Emma CHURCH (1820 - 1897) at New South Wales, Australia
d. 21 Aug 1876 at Gadara, New South Wales, Australia aged 55
Cause of Death:
Typhoid
Near Relatives of Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1820 - 1876)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather William Henry BROUGHTON 1776 Chatham, Kent, England
Grandmother Sarah WALKER 1739 England 1823 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 84
Grandfather James Raworth KENNEDY abt 1757 Teston, Kent, England 1826 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 69
Grandmother Elizabeth (Lydia) PEARCE 1760 1794 England 34

Father William BROUGHTON Nov 1768 Chatham, Kent, England 20 Jul 1821 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 52
Mother Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY 1783 Nettlestead, Kent England 20 Dec 1843 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 60

Self Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON 06 Sep 1820 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 21 Aug 1876 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 55

Wife Sarah Emma CHURCH abt 1820 London, Middlesex, England 06 Aug 1897 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 77

Daughter Sarah Ann BROUGHTON 05 Nov 1845 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 1923 78
Son Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON 29 Jan 1847 Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jan 1933 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 85
Daughter Frances Eliza BROUGHTON 29 May 1848 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 15 Mar 1929 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia 80
Daughter Emma Church BROUGHTON 22 Apr 1850 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 10 Oct 1933 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 83
Son William Archer BROUGHTON 1852 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1852 0
Daughter Emily Barbara BROUGHTON Jul 1853 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 12 Jan 1939 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 85
Daughter Jane Howe BROUGHTON 1855 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1931 76
Daughter Marian Church BROUGHTON 1857 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 14 Apr 1897 40
Son John Archer BROUGHTON 1859 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 04 Sep 1929 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 70
Son James Henry Edward BROUGHTON 08 Apr 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 16 Jan 1935 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 73

Half Sister Mary Ann BROUGHTON 27 Feb 1793 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 1872 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 79
Half Sister Sarah BROUGHTON 14 Sep 1799 26 Dec 1838 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 39
Half Brother William Henry BROUGHTON 15 May 1802 Norfolk Island 05 Sep 1858 Boorowa, New South Wales, Australia 56
Half Sister Rebecca BROUGHTON 05 Sep 1804 Norfolk Island 1888 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 84
Half Sister Elizabeth Isabella BROUGHTON 04 Feb 1807 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 14 Jan 1891 Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia 83
Brother James Gordon BROUGHTON 22 Oct 1811 23 Jan 1833 21
Sister Frances Matilda BROUGHTON 1814 New South Wales, Australia 1893 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 79
Sister Emma Carne BROUGHTON 1815 New South Wales, Australia 1893 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 78
Brother John Archer BROUGHTON 11 Dec 1818 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 25 Dec 1878 South Yarra, Victoria, Australia 60

Son in Law Henry John SHARP 01 Sep 1843 Sharp's Creek, New South Wales, Australia 25 Sep 1903 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 60
Daughter in Law Mary Ann HAYES
Son in Law Bland CLAYTON 12 Oct 1848 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 25 Feb 1936 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 87
Son in Law William Charles Cozens WEBB
Son in Law William Oke MANNING
Daughter in Law Mary Ann SMITH 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 25 Jul 1948 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 86

Granddaughter Margaret Jane SHARP 1877 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1964 87
Granddaughter Mary Elizabeth Jane SHARP 1879 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1950 71
Grandson Robert Kennedy H BROUGHTON 1907 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Archer W "Tim" BROUGHTON 1910 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Jessie Matilda CLAYTON 1875 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Frances Garland CLAYTON 1877 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1958 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 81
Granddaughter Sarah Ellen CLAYTON 1878 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1962 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 84
Granddaughter Emma Hume CLAYTON 1880 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 86
Grandson William Bland CLAYTON 1881 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1965 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 84
Granddaughter Roberta Wilhelmina CLAYTON 1884 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1972 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 88
Granddaughter Florence K CLAYTON 1886 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 1886 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 0
Granddaughter Violet Broughton CLAYTON 1892 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1973 Wentworthville, New South Wales, Australia 81
Grandson James BROUGHTON 1891 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 04 Sep 1946 Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 55
Granddaughter Sarah BROUGHTON 1892 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Rhoda BROUGHTON 1894 Adelong, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jun 1981 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 87

Uncle John KENNEDY 1780 1843 New South Wales, Australia 63
Aunt Jane KENNEDY 1785 1859 Australia 74
Aunt Louisa Sophia KENNEDY 1790 1837 Australia 47

Nephew Thomas B CARNE 1816 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Elizabeth S CARNE 1818 New South Wales, Australia
Nephew Joseph W CARNE 1822 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Eliza Clarissa SMITH 1826 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 1910 Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia 84
Niece Maria Rebecca SMITH 1828 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 1921 93
Niece Emma Broughton SMITH 1830 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 1913 Paddington, New South Wales, Australia 83
Niece Sarah Ann SMITH 17 Jun 1832 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 1898 Cowra, New South Wales, Australia 66
Nephew Charles Frederick SMITH 10 Nov 1834 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 21 Oct 1915 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 80
Niece Elizabeth Martha SMITH 1836 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 18 Oct 1921 85
Nephew Phillip Life SMITH 1836 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 1895 Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia 59
Nephew William Robert BROUGHTON 16 Apr 1828 Appin, New South Wales, Australia 13 Apr 1904 Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 75
Nephew Benjamin CLAYTON 23 Dec 1837 New South Wales, Australia 1926 Murrumburrah, New South Wales, Australia 89
Niece Frances Eliza CLAYTON 18 Jun 1841 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 1925 Bowral, New South Wales, Australia 84
Niece Emma Johnson CLAYTON 25 Apr 1843 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 1919 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 76
Nephew Broughton Garland CLAYTON 15 Feb 1845 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 20 Aug 1854 New South Wales, Australia 9
Nephew Kennedy CLAYTON 1846 New South Wales, Australia 1935 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 89
Nephew Bland CLAYTON 12 Oct 1848 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 25 Feb 1936 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 87
Niece Margaret Jane CLAYTON 08 Feb 1851 Gunning, New South Wales, Australia 02 May 1932 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 81
Niece Ultima CLAYTON 10 Aug 1853 New South Wales, Australia 1936 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 83
Nephew James Robert GARLAND 1840 New South Wales, Australia 1915 Burwood, New South Wales, Australia 75
Nephew Thomas Archer Sparling GARLAND 1842 New South Wales, Australia 1937 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 95
Nephew William John GARLAND 1844 New South Wales, Australia 1935 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 91
Niece Eliza Jane GARLAND 1845 New South Wales, Australia 1936 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 91
Niece Isabella Catherine GARLAND 1847 New South Wales, Australia 1924 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 77
Nephew Frances Marion GARLAND 1848 New South Wales, Australia 1933 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 85
Nephew Broughton Clayton GARLAND 09 Nov 1850 Tooma, New South Wales, Australia 11 Apr 1934 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia 83
Nephew Edward Adam GARLAND abt 1853 New South Wales, Australia 1914 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 61
Niece Emma GARLAND 1855 New South Wales, Australia 1928 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 73
Nephew George Benjamin GARLAND 1857 Concord, New South Wales, Australia 1938 Moree, New South Wales, Australia 81
Nephew Kennedy Theodore GARLAND 1859 Concord, New South Wales, Australia 07 Dec 1902 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 43
Nephew Henry Bingham BROUGHTON 16 Jan 1845 New South Wales, Australia 05 Mar 1902 Mosman, New South Wales, Australia 57
Nephew John Archer BROUGHTON 03 Jun 1847 Gocup, New South Wales, Australia 19 Jul 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 15
Nephew William Robert BROUGHTON 1848 New South Wales, Australia
Niece Blakeney BROUGHTON 1850 New South Wales, Australia 1911 Brewarrina, New South Wales, Australia 61
Niece Grace Helena BROUGHTON 1854 New South Wales, Australia
Nephew James Gordon BROUGHTON 1856 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia Aug 1862 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 6
Niece Isabelle (Ida) Gertrude BROUGHTON 1859 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1937 Toorak, Victoria, Australia 78
Nephew Lachlan Wentworth BROUGHTON 1861 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 81
Niece Mabel BROUGHTON 06 Jul 1863 Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 05 Aug 1919 Toorak, Victoria, Australia 56
Niece Frances Kennedy BROUGHTON 1866 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia 1946 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 80
Niece Beatrice Emma BROUGHTON 06 Jun 1869 Deniliquin, New South Wales, Australia 22 Sep 1932 Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia 63

Brother in Law Thomas CARNE
Brother in Law Charles Throsby SMITH 01 Mar 1798 Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England 25 Sep 1876 Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia 78
Sister in Law Mary WARD
Brother in Law Cornelius O'BRIEN
Brother in Law Charles THROSBY
Brother in Law Benjamin CLAYTON 22 Feb 1805 Co Wicklow, Ireland 15 Sep 1854 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 49
Brother in Law James GARLAND 13 Aug 1813 Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 17 Nov 1904 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 91
Sister in Law Isabelle E BINGHAM 18 Mar 1827 Co Cork, Ireland 12 Jun 1899 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 72
Events in Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON (1820 - 1876)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
06 Sep 1820 Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON was born Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
20 Jul 1821 Death of father William BROUGHTON (aged 52) Appin, New South Wales, Australia V1821567 2B/1821
20 Dec 1843 23 Death of mother Elizabeth Charlotte KENNEDY (aged 60) Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia V1843658 27B/1843
1845 25 Married Sarah Emma CHURCH (aged 25) New South Wales, Australia Note 1
05 Nov 1845 25 Birth of daughter Sarah Ann BROUGHTON Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 73
29 Jan 1847 26 Birth of son Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 73
29 May 1848 27 Birth of daughter Frances Eliza BROUGHTON Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 73
22 Apr 1850 29 Birth of daughter Emma Church BROUGHTON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1852 32 Birth of son William Archer BROUGHTON Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 73
1852 32 Death of son William Archer BROUGHTON 73
Jul 1853 32 Birth of daughter Emily Barbara BROUGHTON Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 73
1855 35 Birth of daughter Jane Howe BROUGHTON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1857 37 Birth of daughter Marian Church BROUGHTON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1859 39 Birth of son John Archer BROUGHTON Gadara, New South Wales, Australia 73
08 Apr 1861 40 Birth of son James Henry Edward BROUGHTON Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 13523/1861
21 Aug 1876 55 Robert Kennedy BROUGHTON died Gadara, New South Wales, Australia
Note 1: V1845330 30B/1845, MX, Sarah E Stein
Personal Notes:
Robert Kennedy Broughton took up Gadara on the Gilmore River not far from Tumut on the Adelong Road. He was married at Appin in 1845 by the Reverend Sparling to Sarah Emma Stein who was the daughter of Captain John Forster Church and his wife Barbara Anne (Nee George) and sister of Walter Church, first manager of Australian Mutual Fire Assurance Company. Sarah was the widow of John Stein who was a whaling captain, and she spent the first seven months of her marriage to him at sea. On his next trip he was shipwrecked and survived for nine months to be killed by the natives. They also had a daughter named Eliza George. Sarah who was deaf and dumb was known for her sweet & gracious personality.

Their home was the centre of church life in that part of the district. Prior to the erection of St Jude's Church at Gilmore services were held at Gadara.

At Sarah's christening she had been given a bowl and this was used at the baptism of all of the Broughton Children as well as those of their neighbours. When the church hall was built three of Robert and Sarah's children donated the communion vessels. Sarah must have had lonely times when Robert went off droving cattle,. In 1847 Robert wrote a diary of an overland trip to Adelaide starting from the Murray on 8th March and going firstly to Toomah. Some of it seems worth reading. Returning briefly to Tumut on 23 March he sees Sarah at Gadara " Briefly forgetting his troubles which were over and those which were to come" He writes of his swell stockman, Garland, Hay, Chalmers and Medlar. Going on to Gocup the other side of Tumut he had a parting glass of " old Tom" at bedtime with Archer David Melville and John Church. He later mentions stockmen Quilty, Carter, Pobey & McEvoy, so they had a big team.

On 12th April they crossed the Lachlan and on the 17th he meets a shepherd and his wife & children a girl, eight and a boy eleven. She was teaching them to read & write at night. Robert saw her washing and longed for a clean shirt. On 19th April he wrote;-

" Give me a kindred heart with mine to share

The smiles of fortune when she favours me,

And When she frowns, will ever willing be

A portion of the woe she bring to bear

And to the last extremity to dare

Her deadliest frown or worst extremity

Then in the desert lone, I still am free

From solitude, will never never care

For further intercourse with human kind

With one such heart with mine to sympathise

And for my souls sake one congenial mind

With sweet content to lure me to the skies

Not bear to soar and leave me all behind

Whose thoughts with mine will blend and teach

then how to rise.

On 21 April they see the Hume (Murray) and the Murrumbidgee for the first time.

Robert loved to write poetry & in his diary there were other poems written. There was no further information in the diary or any mention of how he returned to Gadara.

Robert was an exemplary husband and father and was apparently a man of quiet humour, for he wrote odd poems on subjects which amused him as well as the more serious ones.

Robert & Archer's family maintained a very close relationship over the years before Archer went to Deniliquin. Nineteen children in the two families being born in the years from 1844 to 1865.

On 8th September 1876 Robert died so missed the visit of Hal and Elizabeth and their children during October that year, Sarah lived for another 23 years dying on 6th August 1899.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 33 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Robert Kennedy Broughton selected at Gadara. He held a grazing licence for a considerable area extending from the Gilmore Creek across to the Adelong Creek. He was among the first to take out a grazing licence which was issued to him in l840.

Later he purchased and then added to his original freehold of 425 acres on the left bank of the Gilmore Creek at the junction of the Gadara Creek.

On 21 August 1876 Robert Kennedy Broughton died at his home at Gadara from typhoid fever. He was 55 years of age. From the time they first settled at Gadara until at least 1967 generations of the Broughton family have lived on the property.
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187828821/robert-kennedy-broughton (Name, Notes)
77. Type: Book, Abbr: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Title: Tumut Pioneer Cemetery, Auth: Gay Stuckey and Pam Archer, Publ: Tumut Family History Group, Date: 1989
- Reference = page 52 # 329 (Name, Notes)
- Notes: BROUGHTON R.K., died at Gadara 21 Aug 1876 aged 55 years.
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