Thomas Gilberthorpe learnt from an early colony business gun

By By Jan Barkley-Jack for Hawkesbury Historical Society
Updated August 2 2016 - 11:28am, first published July 27 2016 - 11:31am
Thomas Gilberthorpe’s early farm (originally that granted to John Fenlow in 1794) at Pitt Town Bottoms, with its corn crop in 2009. Corn has been planted continuously on or near it for 222 years. Picture: Jan Barkley-Jack
Thomas Gilberthorpe’s early farm (originally that granted to John Fenlow in 1794) at Pitt Town Bottoms, with its corn crop in 2009. Corn has been planted continuously on or near it for 222 years. Picture: Jan Barkley-Jack

When the celebrated Hawkesbury ex-convict Andrew Thompson died in 1810, there were several vying for his top business position, including Thomas Gilberthorpe.