hunter-river-history – George Gray

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”

Charles Simpson Esq – Home to England

Return to life in England There are no references to Charles Simpson living in New South Wales or the colony after 1854 except in 1857 in reference to road works that had occurred on 7 March 1853 ‘To C Simpson, warden, Newcastle, for repairs to Ironbark Bridge, £50’ 1 The final records in New SouthContinue reading “Charles Simpson Esq – Home to England”

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”

Edmund Bull & Frances Lock

Isle of Wight Edmund Bull’s Parents : Edward and Grace Bull Edward Bull’a family stretches back generations specifically living in the Arreton region of the Isle of Wight. In a previous chapter of the Gray family the Arreton region is known as a rich agricultural farming area. So the Bull family had been generations ofContinue reading “Edmund Bull & Frances Lock”