Phillip GREENTREE, in his "They Stood Tall" In mid-life, Thomas later left the Hawkesbury, becoming as with the others, a man of the land, eventually owning his own holding near Tamworth.

Thomas was born at his parent's Wilberforce farm 23 December 1831 and as with the rest of his family, never received a formal education.

Apart from his birth, the next record of Thomas was when the Reverend Matthew Adam married Thomas, and Catherine Cohen [Cowan] of Pitt Town, at the Presbyterian Manse, Pitt Town, 19 February 1855.

Catherine was the daughter of James and Isabella Cowan, one of her sister's to later marry Thomas's older brother Henry. Witnesses at the wedding were James Shepherd and Caroline Greentree, who themselves were engaged to marry.

At first glance, they may seem a fairly itinerant couple, if the abodes given on various birth registrations are taken for granted. They were living at Windsor when their first child, Mary Ann was born December 1857, and at MCGraths Hill for Sarah Jane's birth during 1863. When Thomas James was born, they were at Clydesdale. However, it is quite possible they were at all times living along the Windsor Road, in the Clydesdale/ MCGraths Hill area.

We know from the roll of the Nemingha school in 1878, that Thomas and Catherine Greentree's property was just half a mile from the school. Clara Ann [15], Thomas James [12], Harriet [9], William [6], Anne Maria [4] and Alfred Shepherd [8] were all enrolled