Joseph was boarded out to Mr & Mrs Gosling of Shrivenham, when his parents died.
BIOGRAPHY: Indentured to A.A.Co 16-5-1827 for 7 years at a yearly wage of 10 pounds with rations.Father: William Gorton
Left England at the age of 15 on the 25-6-1827.
Sailed on the 'Marquis of Angelsea', arriving in Port Stephen's, Sydney, Australia 5-11-1827 in the care of Mr Thomas Street, saddlemaker of A.A.Co.
Mother: Martha Telling
Marriage 1 Jane Ferguson b: 1822 in Harwich, England.
- Married:
10 JUL 1839
in Puen Buen Farm, Scone, New South Wales, Australia.
Children
Janet Jane Gorton b: 1 MAY 1840 in Cassilis, Goulburn River, New South Wales, Australia.
Mary Anne Elizabeth Gorton b: 26 DEC 1841 in Cassilis, Goulburn River, New South Wales, Australia.- Charlotte Sophia Gorton b: 15 NOV 1843 in 'Brothers Run' Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Martha Josephine Gorton b: 2 MAR 1845 in Williams River, New South Wales, Australia.
- Eliza Georgina Gorton b: 17 JUL 1846 in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia.
- George John Gorton b: 28 MAR 1848
- Joseph Ambrose Gorton b: 15 DEC 1850
- Alice Eda Gorton b: 1851
- Robert James Gorton b: 1853 in 'Brothers Run' Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Emma Mary Gorton b: OCT 1854 in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia.
- David Albert Gorton b: 16 SEP 1856 in Dungog, New South Wales, Australia.
- William Henry Gorton b: 26 JAN 1858 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Edwin Arthur Gorton b: 23 NOV 1859 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Emily Ellen Gorton b: 18 JUN 1861 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
- Julia Maria Fanny Gorton b: 8 MAR 1863 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.