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  • Alfred Ernest Cobcroft (1846 - 1877)
    GEDCOM Source ===@R853180471@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. === GEDCOM Source ===Ancestry Fami...
  • Ann Annie Cobcroft - Reynolds (1845 - 1938)
    Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy : Aug 31 2019, 14:54:02 UTC * Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy : Jan 26 2022, 9:05:10 UTC
  • Ann Jane Hutchinson (1839 - 1922)
    GEDCOM Source ===@R853180471@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. === GEDCOM Source ===Ancestry Fami...
  • Charles Albert Cobcroft (1843 - 1871)
    GEDCOM Source ===@R853180471@ Ancestry Family Trees Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. === GEDCOM Source ===Ancestry Fami...

About the Cobcroft surname

The Australian Cobcroft family are descended from John Cobcroft of Keighley, Yorkshire, who arrived in Australia as a convict on the 2nd fleet with his partner (and later wife) Sarah Smith. They were allotted land at Wilberforce, NSW, which the family farmed for many years. A portrait of Sarah is held by the State Library of NSW.

John was born with the surname Cockcroft, however had changed his name at the time of his conviction for highway robbery.