Thomas Gordon

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. http://www.easystreetretreat.com.au/australianroyalty where it is noted:
Upheavals in the shoemaking trade in London during the early 19th century, when attempts to form closed shop combinations threatened the livelihood of the smaller shoemakers, are thought to have influenced the decision of Thomas to emigrate, joining two farmer friends, Carlisle and Freeman. In 1803 they wrote to Lord Hobart for permission to go as free men to New South Wales.
With his wife Alice and a young family of four, Thomas embarked on the ship 'Experiment'. Turned back because of a severe storm in the Bay of Biscay, the Experiment had to set sail again some three weeks later from Cowes, Hampshire, without some of her original passengers, arriving at Sydney on 24 Jun 1804.
Thomas was granted 100 acres at Mulgrave Place at Richmond on 16 Jul 1804. 'Gordon's Farm' seems to have prospered, with the help of his teenage son Charles and convict workers.
Thomas had several brushes with the law which occurred when a still to make peach brandy was twice found operating on the farm. A character reference from Rev. Samuel Marsden and the attribution of the offence to a convict servant soon resolved the matter.

• connection. The connection between Jim Bray & Robert is as follows:
Jim Bray (c1950)
His father was James Bray (1920)
His father was Ernest Bray (1896)
His father was Edward Bray (1857)
His father was James William Bray (1822) who married Ann Blackman (1828)
Her father was Samuel Blackman (1791)
His father was James Blackman (1759) & he also had Elizabeth Blackman (1801) who married William Carlisle (1784) & he also married Marg Gordon (1792)
Her father was Thomas Gordon (c1764) & he also had Charles Gordon (1791) who married Marian Lees (1802)
Her father was John Lees (c1771) & he also had Mary Lees (1802) who married George Nash (1797)
His father was William Nash (1764) & he also had Sarah Nash (1798) who married John Williams (1787)
They had Robert Williams (1815) who married Susannah Tindall (1807)
Her father was Daniel Tindall (1758) & he also had Mary Tindall (1797) who married Stephen Burcher (1794)
They had William Burcher (1820) who married Ann Bull (1823)
Her father was John Bull (1804) & he also had Anna Bull (1825) who married John Neale (1823)
His father was John Neale (1797) & he also had Thomas Neale (1830) who married Selina Meurant (1832)
Her father was Ferdinand Meurant (1765) & he also had Albert Meurant (1815)
He had Albert Meurant (1843) who married Elvira Pike (1843)
Her father was William Pike (1817)
His father was John Pike (1778) & he also had John Pike (1808)
He had Elizabeth Pike (1834) who married Robert Power (1833)
They had Amelia Power (1875) who married William McKelvey (1867)
They had Sheila McKelvey (1911) who married George Irwin (1911)
His father was Thomas Irwin (1888)
His father was Thomas Irwin (1855) & he also had Miriam Irwin (1883) who married Austen Stewart Dawes ((1874)
He was the son of William Dawes (1847)
Who was the son of Phillip Dawes (1809)
Who was the son of Aaron Daw (1799) who also had Edward Dawes (1813)
Who had James (1843) who married Charlotte Peck and had Annie Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Bray (1869)
Who had Albert Bray (1896)
Who had Robert Albert Bray (1920)
Who had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Thomas married Alice Smith on 8 May 1790. (Alice Smith was born circa 1770 and died circa 1806.)