Samuel James

  General Notes:

Records show that Samuel was known as Samuel James the Younger. On the 26.11.1797 at the age of thirteen Samuel did a very silly thing, he stole some money from a Samuel Miler. He was charged on the 29.11.1797, convicted and sentenced to seven years transportation on the 05.03.1798. He was held on a hulk until the 12.02.1802, then put on the "Perseus" which sailed for NSW arriving on the 04.08.1802. His time expired in 1805 but he did not receive his Certificate of Freedom until the 09.06.1810. In 1817 he became a Police Constable, and in 1820 he was the constable and pound keeper at Baulkham Hills. Samuel was granted 80 acres of land on the 13.01.1818 which faced onto Showgound Road. He still had the land when the census was taken in 1828.
his Certificate of Freedom until the 09.06.1810. In 1817 he became a Police
Constable, and in 1820 he was the constable and pound keeper at Baulkham
Hills. Samuel was granted 80 acres of land on the 13.01.1818 which faced onto
Showgound Road. He still had the land when the census was taken in 1828.

  Research Notes:

source: & Tony Asquith who notes:
I'm Anthony Asquith, 8^th generation (I think) of Samuel Taylor
Question…Is there any information about the actual site of the
Land grant given to Samuel? Since Castle Hill Showground area
Fronts Showground road (as per your page), is that land the site of the land grant.
I have information that says
In 1818 Samuel James received a grant of land at Castle Hill..
"Unto Samuel James His Heirs and Assigns to have and to hold
Foe Ever Eighty Acres of land - lying and situate in the District of Castle Hill '96
Bounded on the East by Williams, Fishburn and Tiernan farms bearing North twenty five
Degrees East Thirty seven Chains '96 on the North by a line West Twenty five Degrees
North twenty four Chains '96 on the west by a line South twenty five degrees West to
James Farm '96 and on the South by that and Bradley's farm to Beans North Corner '96
Etc
Signed by L. Macquarie 13 '96 1 '96 1818

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 27 Jun 1784, Theydon, Garnon, Essex England.

• Occupation: Labourer/Constable/Farmer.

• connection.

Samuel married Ann Bean, daughter of James Thomas John Bean Snr and Elizabeth (Betty) Taylor, on 28 Nov 1808 in St Johns C of E, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Ann Bean was born on 12 Nov 1789 in Westminster, London, Middlesex England, christened in 1799 on board the 'Buffalo' on way to Australia, died on 11 Mar 1854 in Baulkham Hills, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried on 14 Mar 1854 in St Johns C of E Cemetery, Parramatta, Sydney NSW Australia.)