‘We arrived at a place then called The Folly now Waratah. The name given to an estate bought by a man named Charles Simpson, it was situated near the old Mill Padock which was a government grant to a man named Platt. He worked the place by government men who were convicts … We andContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Small Portions Sale of Land at The Folly, Waratah”
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Charles Simpson Land Purchases – The Folly, Waratah
Charles Simpson 1848 – 1854 – Land Purchase at ‘The Folly’ The link between the Charles Simpson of Black Creek (Brinkburn Farm) is established when Charles Simpson purchased the land known as ‘The Folly’ in 1848 he was recorded on the Title Deeds as ‘Charles Simpson of Black Creek’. Charles Simpson – ‘The Folly’ andContinue reading “Charles Simpson Land Purchases – The Folly, Waratah”
Charles Simpson – Waratah and Warden of Newcastle
Brinkburn Farm to the Folly, Waratah In order to trace Charles Simpson’s story we need to find where he was employed. He appeared to be a judicious man not prone like some others to rush out and buy extravagant large land or property portions nor to seek advancement politically. He appears to plan the leasingContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Waratah and Warden of Newcastle”
Charles Simpson – Brinkburn Farm on the Hunter
Magistrate and Justice of the Peace Charles Simpson 1845 – 1846 – Patrick’s Plains and Singleton On 16 September 1844, Charles Simpson was appointed a Church Warden at the Scone Parish of the Church of England: ANGLICAN DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE – SCONE PARISH: [See also A5252 (i)] + GRAY, NANCY: A6083 (i) Agreement to appointContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Brinkburn Farm on the Hunter”
Charles Simpson – Scone, NSW
Marriage, Magistrate and Justice of the Peace Charles Simpson – Scone, New South Wales The arrival of ‘Mr Simpson’ on the ‘Frankfield’ on 3 July 1841 taken alongside the advertisement of a property just outside Scone where we know Charles Simpson was living in 1842 with the addition of C Simpson living at the residenceContinue reading “Charles Simpson – Scone, NSW”
Charles Simpson Esquire
Magistrate – Justice of the Peace – Warden of Newcastle One question that appears to have never been explored is: Who was Charles Simpson? In relation to the story of Waratah House and the building of that important first significant property, and one could also correlate to the an importance in the white settlement atContinue reading “Charles Simpson Esquire”
New Freugh to Waratah
The Gray, Bull & Baker Families – New Freugh to the Folly It needs to be remembered that the population of these areas are very small, people would travel further to see neighbours and organise social activities where they could all meet and spend time together. So it is important to look at the proximitiesContinue reading “New Freugh to Waratah”
Benjamin Baker – New Freugh Station
When recalling an encounter with a fearsome Aboriginal man who he called ‘Better Bread’, George Abner Gray: ‘My sister, brother and I were sitting at the end of our hunt and sister was reading … Better Bread was at his camp as usual and seems to think we were teasing him; all at once heContinue reading “Benjamin Baker – New Freugh Station”
George Gray – New Freugh Station
George Gray – New Freugh It was after the death of Frances and George’s insolvency, that George and Ann Gray set out to emigrate to join his brother in law, now a widower, Edmund Bull and his family of three young children. The story recent family conveys, is that Edmund Bull wrote to his brotherContinue reading “George Gray – New Freugh Station”
Edmund Bull – New Freugh Station
Frances and Edmund Bull in Sydney When they came to Australia under the bounty scheme via the ‘Herald’ in 1845, Edmund Bull recorded his occupation as ‘farm labourer’, his wife as Frances as a ‘Cook’. Frances’s place of birth was Whitwell and her parents were Morris and Anne Lot [sic]. Like the Gray’s the BullContinue reading “Edmund Bull – New Freugh Station”
George Gray - Stonemason & Builder 