John B. Lisson Gorrick

   Another name for John was John Lisson Gorrick.

  Research Notes:

source: & Jamie Thomson who notes:
Here's an interesting biographical note that you might like to add to your invaluable 'tree.of.us' site.

It's for my gt.gt.gt.gramp b.1808 - John Lisson (husband of Sarah Yeomans) - who not only adopted his stepfather's surname, Gorrick, but also took on a nom de guerre, 'Bungaree' - after the fierce Aboriginal identity of the same name.

In 1842 our boxing forebear, John Lisson Gorrick (the white Bungaree) made a special trip to England to accept the challenge
offered by their champion, Johnny Broome.

At the start of the fight (held at Mildenhall in Suffolk on the 27th of May) JLG unfurled his gorgeous light-blue flag. At its centre was a portrait of himself adorned by brilliant yellow corn cobs. Beneath this ran the legend:

"Advance Australia! Who'd have thought it!"

However, the English champ beat Bungaree in 42 rounds (57 minutes).

But although he lost that fight, he did win L300. Which was not a bad day's pay back then!

During his 3 year stay in England (living and training at Richmond, Surrey) John Lisson Gorrick fought 4 more bouts: notably beating both 'the incorrigible' Reuben Martin and the dancing Sambo Sutton ; a black professor of pugilism at Cambridge University.

  Noted events in his life were:

• connection. The connection between Jamie Thomson and myself goes like this:

Jamie Thomson . . .
His G G G Grandfather was John Lisson (Bungaree) (1808)
His father was Thomas Lisson (1771) & his mother was Ann Bradwell but Thomas also married Ann Thorley (1790) & they had
Hannah Lisson (1824) who married Gabriel Bradley (1860)
They had Hannah Bradley (1849) who married Archibald Gosper (1842)

His father was (1) * John Gosper (1801) & he also had Margaret Gosper (1829) who married Henry Townsend (1831)
They had Margaret Townsend (1853) who married John Peck (1852)
They had Ernest Peck (1875) who married Grace Giffen (1879)
Her father was John Giffin (1852)
His father was Alexander Giffin (1828) who married Elizabeth Frogley (1826)
Her father was (2) * John Frogley (1801) & he also had Richard Frogley (1833)
He had Alfred Frogley (1869)
He had Vera Frogley (1897) who married Edwin Blackburn (1894)
They had Edwin Blackburn (1931) who married Dorothy Rootes (1934)
Her father was Sivyer Rootes (1900)
His father was John Rootes (1870)
His father was William Rootes (1838) who married Sophia Gumbleton (1844)
Her father was Henry Gumbleton (1810) & he also had Jane Gumbleton (1853) who married Richard Phillips (c1839)
They had Henry Phillips (1882)
He had Joseph Phillips (1905) who married Kathleen Philp (1910)
Her father was Alexander Philp (1871)
His father was Alexander Philp (1850) who married Sarah Allen (1852)
Her father was John Allen (1822) & he also had Joshia Allen (1867)
He had Louis Allen (1891)
He had Enid Allen (1928) who married Ronald Whaites (1931)
His father was Hurtle Whaites (1886) & he also had William Whaites (1915) who married Doris Davies (1917)
Her father was Thomas Davies (1881)
His father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

A second connection to me is via John Gosper (1801)

(1) * John Gosper (1801) & he also had Archibald Gosper (1842)
He had Amy Gosper (1872) who married William Shrimpton (1869)
His father was Richard Shrimpton (1826) & he also had Richard 3^rd Shrimpton (1855) who married Susannah Jeffery (1857)
Her father was John Jeffery (1834)
His father was John Jeffery (1808)
His father was James Jeffery (1781) & he also had William Jeffery (1803)
He had James Jeffery (1837)
He had Mary Jeffery (1860) who married William South (1854)
They had Annie South (1891) who married Leslie Rice (1885)
They had Hazel Rice (1913) who married Emmett Whyte (1899)
They had Sandra Whyte (1943) who married Colin Parker (1936)
His father was Arthur Parker (1894)
His mother was Martha Parker (1872)
Her mother was Elizabeth Roser (1844)
Her father was John Roser & he also had John Roser (1838)
He had George Roser (1868)
He had Charles Roser (1897)
He had George Roser (1923) who married Olive Elliot (1924)
Her mother was Doris Emery (1903)
Her mother was Phoebe Davies (1876)
Her father was Joseph Davies (1852) & he also had G A Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

Another third link to me through Donna via John Frogley (1801) is:

(2) * John Frogley (1801) also had John Frogley (1831)
He had Susanna Frogley (1864) who married Henry Burgess (1860)
They had Cleve Burgess (1899)
He had Doreen Burgess (1922) who married John Judge (1914)
They had Donna Judge (1949) who was partners with Robert Bray (1947) who also married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

John married Sarah Yeomans, daughter of John Yeomans and Mary Cassidy, on 9 Aug 1828. (Sarah Yeomans was born on 26 Jan 1809 in Windsor, NSW Australia and died in 1870 in NSW Australia.)