Jane Hodgkinson, Free Settler "Margaret" 1841

Richard and Margaret Leeming arrived on the "Margaret" in 1841 with daughters. The daughters moved to live at the Shoalhaven, where their half brother Richard Caleb Leeming moved to join them later.

Eldest daughter Jane moved to the Shoalhaven after her marriage:

Marriage 1849/222 84; Leaming (sic), Jane, to Hodgkinson, Henry.

Children born to Henry and Jane Hodgkinson, Shoalhaven:

1851 Henry R; 1852 George S; 1859 Jane; 1860 Alice B; 1863 Emma; 1865 Henrietta M; 1867 Margaret M L; 1869 Lucy E; 1872 Walter John.

A son, William Leeming Hodgkinson, died March 1898 (married to Catherine, plus children).

Death 1883/11520 Shoalhaven; Hodgkinson, Jane, daughter of Richard and Margaret

Death 1899/10420 Paddington; Hodgkinson, Henry, age 86 years.

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Henry Hodgkinson moved to Paddington after his wife Jane died. He must have been in touch with his wife's half sister Martha:

Martha Alcorn Allerton is the daughter of Richard and Eliza Leeming, half sister of Jane Hodgkinson.

The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) Thu 5 Oct 1899

LEGAL NOTICES.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. PROBATE JURISDICTION. In the Will of HENRY HODGKINSON late ot Paddington in the Colony of New South Wales gentleman deceased. Notice is hereby given that all Creditors and other persons having any Debt or Claim upon or affecting the Estate of HENRY HODGKINSON the abovenamed deceased who died on or about the 17th day of August 1899 and Probate of whose Will was granted by the Supreme Court of New South Wales in its Probate Jurisdiction on the 22nd September 1899 to MARTHA ALCORN ALLERTON of 217 Glenmore-road Paddington the Sole Executrix named in the said Will are hereby required to send in particulars of their claims to the said Martha Alcorn Allerton or to the undersigned Messrs McIntosh and Todhunter Proctors on or before the twentieth day of November 1899 at the expiration of which time the said Martha Alcorn Allerton will proceed to distribute the assets of the said deceased among the persons entitled thereto having regard to the Debts and Claims only of which the said Martha Alcorn Allerton shall then have had notice and the said Martha Alcorn Allerton will not be liable for the assets so distributed to had notice at the time of such distribution. Dated this fourth dav of October 1899, Sydney.