William Sherwin (Australian settler)

William Sherwin was an Australian settler. He arrived in Australia 1792 aboard the "Pitt" as Sergeant in the NSW Corps. He went on to become a storekeeper and a constable at Parramatta and had significant land holdings. He cohabited with Mary Duggan, who arrived on the "Marquis Cornwallis"; they did not marry because Sherwin had a wife, Ann, in England. She gave birth to ten children. William travelled between his farm in Whittlesea, Victoria, and Sydney. Members of his family can be found along this route.
William grew the first oranges in Australia. He founded a big family that included, among many others, the first Australian-born doctor, two members of parliament in Victoria and the first shire clerk of. His son William Sherwin Jr. returned to England and became the first Australian to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1826.