THOMAS FARROW

Thomas Farrow arrived on the Mangles in 1833. He went by the name of 'Rolling Eye Tom' a reference to an unfortunate inward cast of his left eye. He was a Broom maker by trade; and was 5' 4 ½ with dark sallow pock-pitted complexion and dark brown hair. He was said to be a most ferocious, savage-looking fellow. Farrow absconded from Edward Gostwyck Cory (see HV settler map 2) on the 6th January 1838 and robbed the house of Mathew Chapman at Dungog. He remained at large in the Liverpool Plains area in company with William Rowley and another. They were captured by the Mounted Police when they ventured into the Singleton area 'armed to the teeth and well mounted on stolen horses. Rowley was captured in December 1840 by Magistrate Percy Simpson  'amongst the broken hills of Mount Royal and the Patterson' .