INTRODUCTION
To the family of Thomas Clarkson  

    We came from Kingsbury, many generations ago. Our family ties stretch over the seas to this small village in the northern part of Warwickshire, England.
Kingsbury itself, is surrounded by open heathland and distant from the large city of Birmingham some twenty miles. Before the Industrial Revolution, Kingsbury would have been a small agricultural community, but later, collieries, brickworks and gravel pits were the main industrial developments. (1)
    Various Clarkson families can be traced back through the Parish Registers here. The earliest recorded event was the baptism of James Clarkson, son of Samuel and Deborah Clarkson. (2) Their babe was baptised in the church in Kingsbury in 1658. That these people are direct ancestors of Thomas Clarkson, is not easy to prove, as there is a gap in the registers of about three generations. However, from these records a line for Thomas Clarkson can be traced as follows; (3)
   
    Thomas' grandparents were Samuel and Hannah (Cox), who were married in Birmingham on 18 January 1727. They had five children, of whom Thomas' father was the fourth.
            Ann baptised March 1727 Kingsbury
            Sarah baptised I January 1729 Kingsbury
            Hannah baptised 20 April 1731 Kingsbury
            *Samuel baptised 13 February 1732 Kingsbury
            James baptised 27 June    1735 Kingsbury

    Thomas' parents were Samuel and Mary (Hargraves).
        Samuel Clarkson baptised 13 February 1732 at Kingsbury_
        Mary Hargraves    baptised 2S July 1738 at Curdworth_
        Samuel and Mary were married in Kingsbury 24 August 1758. The couple had eight children, all baptised in Kingsbury.
            Sarah    baptised 21 June 1759
            Samuel baptised 31 December 1760
            **Thomas baptised 25 March 1763
            William baptised 12 April 1765
            Mary baptised 2 October 1768
            Elizabeth baptised 20 October 1771
            Hannah baptised l6 March 1774
            James    baptised 1 January 1776

    Clarkson Children
    Catherine     Bapt 29 May 1798 Kingsbury, Eng
                        Married Thomas Rowley 27 February 1818 Castlereagh, NSW Died    19 July 1858 Minto NSW
    John             Bapt 2 December 1799 Kingsbury, Eng
    Mountford    Born 6 June 1802 Kingsbury, Eng
                        Died 18 November Kingsbury, Eng
    Hannah        Bapt 18 November 1802 Kingsbury, Eng
    Sarah            Born 23 February 1804 Kingsbury, Eng
                        Bapt 2 June 1816 St Phillips Syd. NSW
                        Married Michael Cook 9 August 1824    St Luke's Liverpool NSW
                        Died 17 August 1877 St Leonards, Syd NSW
    Thomas        Born 13 January 1810 Sydney NSW
                        Bapt 2 June 1816 St Phillips Syd. NSW
                        Married Maria Fielder 26 December 1830 Scots Church Sydney  Presbyterian
    Mountford    Born 15 March 1812 Sydney NSW   
                        Bapt 2 June 1816 St Phillips Syd. NSW
                        Married Jemima Fisher 21 October 1833 St Phillips Sydney, NSW
                        Married Mary Ann Smith 14 March 1850 St James Sydney, NSW
                        Died 15 July 1885    Camperdown C of E
    Ann              Born 20 March 1815 Sydney NSW   
                        Bapt 2 June 1816 St Phillips Syd. NSW
                        Married William Simons 22 February 1831 Goulburn Plains NSW   
                        Died 27 December 1864 Goulburn NSW
    Mary            Born 19 September 1818 Sydney NSW   
                        Bapt 2 January 1819 St Phillips Syd. NSW
                        Married William Harris 3 February 1840 Goulburn NSW C of E

     Page last updated -  7 July  2006