Legal Action and Death
Unfortunately for him, about the year 1811 he had become security for the purchase of a vessel by a friend, Garnham Blaxcell, who had left the colony in 1817 and subsequently died. Proceedings were taken against Throsby which became drawn out, and eventually a verdict against him was obtained for £4000. His health had not been good for some time, and becoming depressed, on 2 April 1828 he committed suicide by shooting himself.
Charles Throsby had no children, and his estate was inherited by his nephew, Charles Throsby. He had previously been sent for and arrived on the Mangles on 7 August 1820 The nephew and his family prospered in the Moss Vale area. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) Broughton, one of the survivors of the Boyd Massacre, and had many children. Throsby Park in Moss Vale was occupied by five generations of the family.
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