Free Settler or Felon
Rev. Richard Hill
Mibrodale - Map 5
Rev. Richard Hill was born in London in 1782. He married Phoebe Saphira Kerrison at Westminster in 1808
Arrival in the Colony
They arrived on the Hibernia in 1819.Sydney
In New South Wales he worked as assistant to the minister to Rev. Cowper at St. Phillip's church. Later he became minister at St. James's Church in Sydney.He was Secretary of the Benevolent Society, Director of the Natives Institution and a trustee for various corporations.
Land Grant
He was granted 1200 acres by Governor Macquarie and selected land at Wollombi. Here he built a stone house at the junction of Wollombi Brook and Parsons Creek.Convict workers at Mibrodale :
Dallenger, John
Convict Ship - Lord Melville 1829
Eather, Samuel
Convict Ship - Morley 1818
Hamlet, William
Convict Ship - Waterloo 1831
Harris, Joseph
Convict Ship - Mermaid 1830
Hickey, John
Convict Ship - Mangles 1822
Howard, John
Convict Ship - General Hewitt 1814
Kinley, David
Convict Ship - Royal Charlotte 1825
McCabe, Parick
Convict Ship - Morley 1828
Pearse, John
Convict Ship - Countess of Harcourt 1824
Whitford, James
Convict Ship - Morley 1828
Mibrodale For Sale
In 1834 Milbrodale was advertised to be let or sold. The estate included 600 sheep, 17 working bullocks, 250 head of cattle and 15 horses. There was a slab cottage, a stone barn, sheep pens, tobacco sheds, carpenter's shops, blacksmith's forge and vineyards.Death
Rev. Richard Hill died at St. James Church, Sydney in May 1836. He was buried in the old Devonshire cemetery in Sydney - his gravestone recorded the following:'In memory of the Rev. Richard Hill, first pastor of St. James's Church Sydney, who departed this life on 30th May, 1836 aged 54 years. 'be thou faithful unto death and thou shalt receive the crown of life'. Phoebe Sapphira, wife of the above, born February 29 1780, and died 7 November 1863 is also buried there. The Devonshire St. Cemetery, Sydney Morning Herald 7 May 1901.