mayfield-history – George Gray – Stonemason & Builder

Benjamin Baker – Waratah, Mayfield

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”

Edmund & Mary Bull – Waratah to Whitebridge

Edmund Bull – Family recollections of Waratah With the close ties between Edmund Bull and George Gray and their families, it is relevant to look the story of Edmund Bull and his family at Waratah and finally at ‘Glen Eureka’ known as Bull’s Gardens at Whitebridge south of the town centre of Newcastle. Sydney Bull,Continue reading “Edmund & Mary Bull – Waratah to Whitebridge”

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”