A significant purchaser of Charles Simpson’s land was Benjamin Baker who we saw was also at New Freugh with George Gray and Edmund Bull and was in February 1851 on a NSW Government Gazette unclaimed letter as ‘Benjamin Baker, Newcastle’ just as Charles Simpson was listed in April. Of interest to the early settlement ofContinue reading “Benjamin Baker – Waratah, Mayfield”
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Building Waratah House
Building a house & estate at ‘the folly’ 1850 -1853 A thesis submitted in 1971 by Ross M. Deamer – Houses Erected on Original Land Grants in the Lower Hunter, Paterson and Williams River Valleys Between 1800 – 1850 2 encompasses aspects of building some of the original houses in the Hunter Rover regions. Including inContinue reading “Building Waratah House”
Waratah House – Myths, Legends and Facts
‘The Folly’ 1849 – 1854 As a starting point for the time frames for George Gray, Edmund Bull and Benjamin Baker arriving as the first settlers on Charles Simpson’s land at ‘the folly’, it can noted that Charles Simpson Title Deeds for allotment 50 are dated 22 October 1849 and for allotment 50 are dated 11Continue reading “Waratah House – Myths, Legends and Facts”
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”
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 