Friday, December 21, 2012

Convict Thomas Moxon IS related!

We've just discovered, thanks to a Moxon Society member in the UK, that Thomas Moxon, the first Moxon convict to arrive in Australia is connected to the Joshua Middleton Moxon family.  Thomas was Joshua's great uncle.  He'd probably never heard of Thomas since it would have been a scandal to have a convict in the family.  Joshua's grandfather was Joshua Moxon, born 1751, baptised in Silkstone, and Thomas was his younger brother born 1759.  They were two of the many sons of John Moxon or Moakson of Silkstone born 1717.