Williams River - Map 10
Thomas Gill arrived as a free passenger on the Royal George, Captain William Powditch, in November 1821.
The new Governor Major General Sir Thomas Brisbane with his family and suite came on the Royal George...upon the vessel coming to an anchor in Sydney Cove, a salute of 19 guns was fired from Dawes' Battery; and immediately afterwards His Honor Lieutenant Governor Erskine proceeded on board, to pay his respects to His Excellency and to greet him on his safe arrival in New South Wales. The Royal George also brought a valuable and extensive assortment of merchandise for Berry and Wollstonecraft. Passengers included Mr. Murdoch, Mr. Ross, Mr. Robert Crawford, Mr. Cavenaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Acres, Mr. Bunker, Mr. McLeod, Mr. Weaver and 14 steerage passengers. Mr. Russell, a cabin passenger died on the voyage. 
After a Memorial to the Governor requesting a grant of land, Thomas Gill was granted 640 acres in 1825.  He selected this land on the Williams River.
Thomas Gill didn't immediately occupy this grant as he was employed as assistant Commissariat Clerk at Newcastle. The Commissariat Store was situated in Watt Street; the location can be found on John Armstrong's 1831 Map of Newcastle.
He married Elizabeth Shoard at St. John's Church, Parramatta in 1824 
Thomas Gill drowned in the first branch of the Hunter River on 15th October 1826 by falling over the side of his boat. His daughter Isabella Maria was just four months old.
In 1838 his 640 acre grant was offered for sale - A most important and valuable portion of land on the navigable bank of the Williams River within about three miles of its junction with the Hunter. Six hundred and forty acres as originally charted and granted by the Crown to Mr. Thomas Gill, situated in the parish of Thornton, and County of Gloucester, being bounden on the West by the Williams River about a mile and a quarter; on the north by Mr. Jacob Newton's Farm; on the East by the celebrated Irrawang Vineyard and Pottery of James King Esq., and on the South by Mr. James Thew's Grant; a most valuable Lagoon is on the south eastern part of it. - 
In 1845 James King of Irrawang made a claim for the Deed of Grant having purchased the land from the heirs of Thomas Gill.
References Sydney Gazette 10 November 1821
 Colonial Secretary's Correspondence, Memorials to The Governor, 1810-1826
 New South Wales Births, Deaths and Marriages Index
 Sydney Gazette 4 January 1838
"Map 10 ya Mto Williams: ""Thomas Gill"" aliwasili kama abiria huru kwenye Royal George, Kapteni William Powditch, mnamo Novemba 1821." Gavana Mkuu mpya Sir Thomas Brisbane na familia yake na suite alikuja Royal George, juu ya meli kuja kwa nanga katika Sydney Cove, salamu ya bunduki 19 ilitolewa kutoka Dawes 'Battery, na mara moja baada ya hapo, Gavana Mkuu Erskine aliendelea juu ya bodi, kutoa heshima yake kwa His Excellency na kumsalimu juu ya kuwasili kwake salama katika New South Wales. Meli ya Royal George pia ilileta bidhaa nyingi zenye thamani kwa ajili ya Berry na Wollstonecraft. Abiria walitia ndani Bw. Murdoch, Bw. Ross, Bw. Robert Crawford, Bw. Cavenaugh, Bw. na Bi. "Akaandika: ""Bunker, McLeod, Weaver na abiria wengine 14." Mheshimiwa Russell, abiria wa kabati alikufa katika safari. Baada ya kuandikishwa kwa Gavana, Thomas Gill alipewa ekari 640 za ardhi. Alichagua ardhi hii kwenye Mto Williams. Thomas Gill hakuwa mara moja kuchukua ruzuku hii kama yeye alikuwa kuajiriwa kama msaidizi Commissariat Clerk katika Newcastle. Kituo cha kuhifadhi vitu vya zamani cha Newcastle kilikuwa katika barabara ya Watt Street, ambayo ilikuwa na alama ya tatu kwenye ramani ya 1831 ya Newcastle iliyoandikwa na John Armstrong. Aliolewa na Elizabeth Shower katika St. John's Church, Parramatta, mwaka 1824, lakini baada ya kuanguka kwenye mto Hunter, akafa maji. Binti yake Isabella Maria alikuwa na umri wa miezi minne tu. Katika 1838, ardhi yake ya ekari 640 ilitolewa kwa ajili ya kuuza - sehemu muhimu na yenye thamani ya ardhi kwenye ukingo wa meli ya Mto Williams ndani ya maili tatu ya makutano yake na Hunter. "Six hundred and forty acres, kama awali mapped na kupewa na Crown kwa Mheshimiwa Thomas Gill, iko katika parokia ya Thornton, na Kaunti ya Gloucester, kuwa bounded katika Magharibi na Mto Williams, karibu maili moja na robo, kaskazini na Mr. Jacob Newton ya Farm, mashariki na maarufu Irrawaddy Vineyard na Pottery ya James King Esq., na kusini na Mr. James ""The"" Grant, na muhimu zaidi Lagoon ni katika sehemu ya kusini mashariki ya." Katika 1845 James King wa Irrawang alifanya madai kwa ajili ya Deed ya Grant baada ya kununua ardhi kutoka warithi wa Thomas Gill. "Sydney Gazette, 10 Novemba 1821: ""Kumbukumbu kwa Gavana, 1810-1826: New South Wales: Kuzaliwa, Kifo na Ndoa Index"""