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Husband: Thomas Tollis
   Born: 1777             at: Maidstone,Kent,England  
Married: 1799             at: Sydney,NSW  
   Died: 25 JUL 1821      at: Sydney,NSW  
 Father:William Tollis (Tolliss)
 Mother:Mary unknown
        Other Spouses: Ann Waters  
It has for some time been a mystery to us exactly who Thomas Tollis was, and how he got to Australia.  All we knew was that he was a soldier.
In the process of other searches we at last found the following records in the Colonial Secretarial Records:


TOLLIS, Thomas
3 Jan 1810
Corporal, Light Horseman. On list of persons holding civil and military employment at Sydney & settlements adjacent.
22 Apr 1815
Corporal of Governor's Bodyguard. Paid from the Police Fund from the date of his transfer from the 73rd to the 46th Regiment; appears as Tolhurst
1 Jan 1816
Governor's Guard of Light Horse. On list of persons holding civil & military employments in New South Wales and its dependencies.
19 Sep 1818
 On return of horned cattle issued from the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 & 9 Jan 1819; donation for long services.
19 Sep 1818
 Corporal. Cow issued to Tollis from the Government Herd for long services.
25 Jul 1821
Apparent date of his death. From the following we can only assume that his wife was already dead...
TOLLIS, Nathaniel William
18 Aug 1821
Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian.
Nathaniel was about 3 yrs old.
TOLLIS, Thomas (jr)
18 Aug 1821
Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian.
Thomas was about 12 yrs old. Later, on 2 May 1823, he was apprenticed to the Male Orphan Institute, presumably a workshop associated with the school.  He would have been 14 yrs old.
TOLLIS, Samuel
18 Aug 1821
Admitted to the Male Orphan School; Elizabeth Fowler his parent/guardian.
Samuel was about 4 yrs old. Elizabeth Fowler was a seamstress, according to other records.
10 Oct 1821
 Three orphan boys of Tollis' sent to the Male Orphan Institution by order of the Governor. (Presumably the Governor had to ratify the above)
TOLLIS, Harriett
14 Nov 1821
To be admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of John Gandell.

TOLLIS, Thomas
1822
His daughter cured of blindness by Simeon Lear.

12 Feb 1823
Re property of his four children in the Female Orphan Institution.
TOLLIS, Ann
14 May 1823
To be admitted to the Female Orphan Institution on petition of Daniel Cooper.
Ann was about 12 at this time.
TOLLIS, Harriett
14 Aug 1823
Assigned to Mrs Wills from the Female Orphan Institution.
(Presumably as servant)


   Wife: Elizabeth (Betty) Atkinson
   Born:                  at: Lancashire,England  
   Died:                  at: Sydney,NSW  
 Father:
 Mother:
        Other Spouses: 
CHILDREN
   Name: Elizabeth Atkinson Tollis
   Born: 20 AUG 1799      at: Parramatta,Sydney,NSW  
Married: 25 DEC 1815      at: St. Johns,Parramatta,NSW  
   Died: 25 MAR 1867      at: Te Puna,Bay of Islands,NZ  
Spouses: Thomas Hansen