James Zadok Bellamy

  General Notes:

Peter Morris notes:
James Zadok was the eldest child of William and Anne Bellamy. Born at Pennant Hills, he was first granted 60 acres of land at the south side of Castle Hill Road at the west of the present Cumberland National Forest. In 1824 he successfully requested to Governor Brisbane for a further grant of another 60 acres. By this time he had a number of horses and cattle and was supplying wheat to the Government Store. In 1821 James was appointed a Special Constable when he and his younger brother (John) shot and killed a bushranger who had earlier broken into his house. The verdict of the ensuing court case was 'justified homicide'. Later James shot and killed an escaped convict at what is now the suburb of Beecroft.
'In 1833, James "being anxious to form a vineyard" sought to purchase 40 acres at Berowra Creek [and] in 1835 he made an unsuccessful bid for 320 acres adjoining James Milson's 1000 acres near the township of Wollombi. He did purchase several portions of the Parish of Hay, one of which became the site of Murray's Run Public School'. He also acquired 50 acres on the right bank of Watagan Creek. The 'small farms owned by James Bellamy around Watagan Creek were rich pasture lands, good for pig-raising. James would drive herds of pigs to the markets in Sydney, taking four or five days for the journey'. Later James returned to the Castle Hill area and built a house (part of which is still standing) at 99 Castle Hill Road where he ran horses and cattle and started an orchard.
James purchased considerable parcels of land around Pennant Hills and at the site where Hornsby railway station is now situated. In 1843, James gave to his daughter, Susannah and his son-in-law James Smith 63 acres of the Thorn grant, being his first ownership in the valley. When James inherited his father's 'Bellamy Farm' in 1850 he already owned much land in the district. Indeed, James bequeathed land holdings to most of his daughters on the occasions of them marrying and leaving the family home. Not far, to be sure, as they mostly stayed within the Pennant Hills district, then a much larger area than it is at the present time. In fact, the Thorn grant totalled some 640 acres and James had ownership of it all, certainly by 1871 when he wrote his original Will. It should be remembered that the giving of property to one's daughters was not considered normal practice in those days.
'In later life James and Hannah Bellamy made a striking couple. James, tallish and strongly built, had silver hair and wide, deep-set eyes, a well-moulded mouth, a square jaw; on formal occasions he wore a fine frock coat with velvet lapels, a waist coat with matching lapels and the loop a watch-chain, and grey trousers with a swirling excess of cloth. Hannah, too, had strong, well-cut features; she was a good figure of a woman and wore a floral bonnet … they struck an heroic pose, he standing, she sitting, their smiles all the warmer for being all but suppressed … they were Currency Lad and Currency Lass, born and bred in the Colony.'
'James Bellamy became a wealthy man - his goods, excluding land, was valued for probate at in 1875, but details are not so well recorded. His orchards and pig-raising brought in only a moderate income; his buying and selling of land was probably a good source of profit.'
On 18^th June, 1818 James Zadok Bellamy married Hannah Singleton at St. John's, Parramatta and together they had four sons and ten daughters, nine living to adulthood. Hannah died in 1869 and was buried in the small graveyard behind St. Paul's Church of England at Castle Hill. When Hannah died 'James had a vestry added' onto the church building, in her memory.
Two years after Hannah died, on the 18^th July 1871 and at the age of 73, James remarried to a much younger woman, Martha Martin (b. 1845). Two daughters were born of this union, Alberta Amelia (b. 1873) and Florence Matilda (b. 1874). James died on March 6, 1875 (no wonder) and was buried with Hannah, his first wife, at St. Paul's, Castle Hill. Martha, 'his young widow took her daughters to live in Factory Street, Parramatta, where she worked as a midwife for many years.'
A most interesting outcome of the life of James Zadok Bellamy and the resultant impact on the lives of his children can be had by with referring to The Weekly Notes of the NSW Supreme Courts, July, 4^th and August 4^th of 1890 wherein some of the children of James Bellamy opposed the proposal by others to sell off some of the property. This dispute was to stay on the statute books for many years, well into the 20^th century until there were no assets left to continue the legal proceedings and all the original proponents had deceased. The interesting aspect, however, is as indicated on page 13 of Vol. VII, where it states that 'James Bellamy had 17 children, eight by his first wife - all of whom were of age, except one - and nine by his present wife, of whom the eldest was 14 and the youngest three months, all of whom had a contingent beneficial interest in the property. Of these, all of the first family opposed the application on the ground that the land was likely to increase considerably in value. The guardian for the infant children filed a consent in writing to the applications and put on record in an affidavit his reasons…' Fairly obviously more work could to be done to investigate the lives of James Bellamy and his progeny.

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Marion Purnell where it is noted:
In 1818 he was granted 60 acres situated west of the present Cumberland State Forest in Castle Hill Road. It is here that he built his timber home for his wife and family. He was to replace this home with a stone building.
Pennant Hills was heavily wooded and a haven for bushrangers. The Sydney Gazette published a colourful account of james' confrontation with some escaped convicts who favoured as a hiding place the heavily timbered and sparsely settled district of Pennant Hills.
Extract from Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser:
'On Sunday morning last, a young man of the name of Bellamy, in company with his brother, a youth, of 16, together with another lad, were kangaroo-hunting in the district of Pennant Hills. In their route, and on approaching the house of one Hall, a settler, the dogs gave an unusual alarm, at which juncture Geary, unexpectedly made his appearance. Reflection of course was out of the question; and pursuit was immediately the consequence. Two others, viz Beckett and Butler, now presented themselves to view. Geary soon disappeared ; but the others made for the fence; and Butler, who was equipped with a musket, occasionally looked back. The young man Bellamy commanded him to desist from running, on pain of having his brains blown out; when Butler gained a stockyard, at which he made a stand for the purpose, apparently, of contesting the point ; as he presently turned round and faced his pursuers, at the same moment levelling his musket at Bellamy, when the latter fired, and Butler fell. Upon reaching him, it was discovered the vital spark had flown ; the piece was examined, and found to be well loaded with slugs and pieces of metal, and also primed and cocked. Geary got clear away. The body of Butler, who has been a bushranger for a length of time past, and who delayed not an instant in joining Geary upon his late enlargement from custody, was taken into Parramatta.
Mr EYRE, the Coroner, considered it necessary to convene an Inquest on the occasion, and the verdict returned was - Justifiable Homicide.'
James, after his first three children were born, wrote to the Governor requesting more land (he had already been granted 60 acres on the southern side of Castle Hill Road, on the west of the present Cumberland National Forest.) In his petition, he stated that he had a number of cattle and horses and required more pasture and was able to support five men off stores. Governor Brisbane granted him a further 60 acres.
In the supplement to the Sydney Herald of 24th October 1831 a government notice dated 14 Oct 1831 announced land grants at South Colah to William Bellamy, one hundred acres, and to John and James Bellamy (William's sons) sixty acres each. William's grant being bounded on the south by the farms of John and James Bellamy.
Quit rent on each portion was to commence on 1 Jan 1827, the amount of William's land being two shillings per acre, and on the other portions one shilling. The grants were promised by Governor Macquarie on 16 Jan 1816.
William's grant was portion 86, lying south of the present (1979) Mildred Avenue and Stephen Street, Hornsby. Portion 87 granted to John Bellamy, and Portion 88, James Bellamy's land, extended southwards to half way between the present (1979) Florence Street and Edgeworth David Avenue.
These three grants appear to have reverted to the Crown as they were advertised in the name of Thomas Hyndes on 1 Oct 1838, at the request of the promisees. The three portions, totalling 220 acres, were transferred to Thomas Hyndes on 15 Jan 1839.
There seems to have been no permanent settlement by the Bellamy family at Hornsby, but the use of the word 'farms' in the description of the grants of John and James Bellamy, suggests that these portions were occupied or worked at some period.
The Bellamy Grants acquired by Thomas Hyndes became part of the 580 acres held by Burns, Withers and Smith (R.B. Smith & Co.).
Extract from Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 7 Jan 1836:'CAPTURE OF BUSHRANGERS.-On Saturday night last, Mr. Horne, who has long filled the station of Assistant Chief Constable at Parramatta, with credit to himself and service to the country, accompanied by Mr. Bellamy, a Native of the Colony, who has also at various times rendered himself extremely active in ridding the country of desperadoes, succeeded in capturing four bushrangers,
who have long and successfully carried on their depredations. Several robberies had been committed in the neighbourhood, and two suspected persons, the one a free man, the other an assigned servant to Major Lockyer, being taken, they revealed to Mr. Home the haunt of the bushrangers, situated in a rocky ravine
at Lane Cove, whither Mr. Horne, Mr. Bellamy, and assistants went, and after evechanging shots, by which one of Mr. Home's party and two of the bushrangers were wounded, secured them. The bush rangers were well armed, and it was an act of courageous daring on the part of Messrs, Horne and Bellamy (both family men) highly praiseworthy. Mr. Bellamy is the young man who captured tho celebrated and notorious bushranger, Butler, who for a long time was the terror of the Country.'
In 1836 he received the 63 acre Thorn grant which lay to the west of 'Bellamy Farm', making a total of over 280 acres reaching from the present Castle Hill Road to Aiken Road and south of the same road and being in the 'West Pennant Hills Valley'.
James purchased a 60 acre property originally granted to James Reynolds on New Line Road. This land James gave to his daughter Sarah wjen she married James Allen in 1855. He held 60 acres near the present Hornsby Station and another block adjacent to his father's, and a 60 acre one next to his brother John's. These three blocks were sold in 1838.
In 1840, James' parents William and Ann, drew up a legal document of lease for their 100 acre 'Bellamy Farm' in West Pennant Hills to James. He was to pay them £78 a year during their lifetimes. After their deaths he was to become the owner of the land and all its buildings and orchards.
In 1841 he was granted 60 acres, which were the two 30 acre grants of Michael McDonald and Timothy Connors who did not take up their land and which were situated between James Bellamy's 'Bellamy Farm' and 'Bellamy Homestead'.
James inherited 'Bellamy Farm' on his father's death in 1850.
In 1856 James purchased the Thorn estate in its entirety (it has been subdivided into 20 farms and put up for sale in 1856. In 1830 Governor Darling had promised the land to Chief Constable Thorn of Parramatta as a reward for his part in the capture of two bushrangers. Thorn died in 1838 before the title deeds had passed to him, and so the grant was made on 15th April 1840 to George Henry Thorn, his youngest surviving son, then nine years old).
The whole portion was bought for £900, and when the land was surveyed the area was found to be 723 acres.
In 1858 his son James Bellamy Jr. built his cottage on his portion of the estate. It was located between present day Pennant Hills and Thornleigh (2009).
In 1862, because of the 'natural love and affection for his son' Joseph, and for his better maintenance, livelihood and support' conveyed 70 acres of the 100 acres of 'Bellamy Farm' (which himself he had inherited from his parents) James' will perhaps tells the story of the difficulties of two families living under the one roof. In his Will, James left this property and house, 'Bellamy's Homestead', together with all his horses, cattle, pigs and pountry, plus 60 acres of adjoining land, to Zadoc. To James Jr., he bequeathed 440 acres of what had been the Thorn grant and to two grandsons, James and William Shields, 24 acres in the Field of Mars when they reached the age of 21 years. To his new wife, Martha, he left £200 and the furniture of two rooms of the house in which they were living.
Three months later he added a codicil dated 22 Dec 1871 by which he left Martha £100, plus their bedstead and bedding. Nearly two years later he added another codicil, revoking the first one. By the second codicil, Martha was to receive £200 and all the bedroom furniture and bedding, china and crockery from the parlour adjoining the bedroom, and the kitchen utensils. The remainder of the furniture was to go to Zadoc. Other items were £15 to the Asylum for Destitute Children at Randwick, £15 for patients at the Parramatta Infirmary, and to the Church of England, Pennant Hills (Carlingford), £15 to increase the stipend of the Minister for three years at £5 per annum, and £25 was to go tot he vestry room at St. Paul's Castle Hill.
lying 'northwest of the road running through it'. The remaining 30 acres on the south-east side of the road, was left to his daughter May Ann, wife of James Shields.
James' property was valued for probate at £1600 in 1875. Details of how he amassed such a fortune are not recorded. Orchards and pig raising brought in only a moderate income. His buying and selling of land was probably a good source of profit. Another possibility is an income from horse breeding. Horses were itemised in his will, and his land running down the slope from Castle Hill Road was adjacent to that of Henry Curtis, and it was here, in the 20th Century, race horses were bred and trained for many years.

• connection. Rhonda Ware 's connection to me is as follows:

Rhonda Ware (c1950)
Her father was Reginald Ware (1923)
His father was Leonard Ware (1898)
His father was Edward Ware (1869) who married Eliza Peters (1873)
His father was James Ware (1836) & he also had Eliza Ware (1867) who married Albert Burbidge (1862)
His father was Henry Burbidge (c1815) who married Charlotte Bellamy (1819)
Her father was James Bellamy (1798) who married Hannah Singleton (1802)
Her father was William Singleton (c1745) & he also had Benjamin Singleton (1788)
He had Benjamin Singleton (1817) who married Eliza Horne (1825)
Her father was Samuel Horne (1798) & he also had Clementina Horne (1833) who married George Compton (1823)
They had Charles Compton (1856)
He had Clementina Compton (1895) who married Arthur Parker (1894)
His father was William Parker (1868) who married Martha Butler (1872)
Her father was Joseph Butler (1844) who married Elizabeth Roser (1844)
Her father was John Roser (1812) & 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 father was Frank Elliot (1891) who married Doris Emery (1903)
Her father was Jack Emery (1867) who married 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 2nd connection between Rhonda Ware & myself is:

Rhonda Ware (c1950)
Her father was Reginald Ware (1923)
His father was Leonard Ware (1898)
His father was Edward Ware (1869) who married Eliza Peters (1873)
His father was James Ware (1836) & he also had Eliza Ware (1867) who married Albert Burbidge (1862)
His father was Henry Burbidge (c1815) who married Charlotte Bellamy (1819)
Her father was James Bellamy (1798) who married Hannah Singleton (1802)
Her father was William Singleton (c1752) & he also had Benjamin Singleton (1788)
He had Benjamin Singleton (1817) who married Eliza Horne (1825)
Her father was Samuel Horne (1798) & he also had Clementina Horne (1833) who married George Compton (1823)
They had Charles Compton (1856)
He had Clementina Compton (1895) who married Arthur Parker (1894)
He had Colin Parker who married Sandra Whyte (1943)
Her father was Emmett Whyte (1899) & her mother was Hazel Rice (1913)
Her father was Leslie Rice (1885) who married Annie South (1891)
Her father was William South (1854) who married Mary Jeffery (1860)
Her father was James Jeffery (1837) who married Bridget Naughton (1828)
Her father was Edward Naughton (1803) & he also had Catherine Naughton (1831) who married John Broderick (1823)
They had Bridget Broderick (1857) who married Charles McAleer (1850)
His father was Owen MacAleer (c1810) & he also had Rose McAleer (1850) who married John Dooley (1845)
They had Roy Dooley (1896)
He had Gloria Dooley (1928) who married Leslie Peterson (1925)
His father was Levin Peterson (c1890) who married Alice Lillian Hall (1893)
Her father was William Hall (c1870) who married Matilda Darnley (nee Pye) who also married Joseph Keighran (1879)
They had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

• connection. ¹⁹ The connection between Greg Matheson and myself through the Emery line is as follows:

Greg Matheson (1954)
His father is Ernest Matheson (1923)
His father was Murdow Matheson (1881)
His father was Alexander Matheson (c1837) & his mother was Ann Cross (1842)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776)
& he also had Jane Cross (1809) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had Victoria Hinton (1874) who married Jonathan Green (1860)
His father was Thomas Green (1833)
His father was Thomas Green (1803)
His father was William Green (c1780) who married Mary A. Rose (c1782) & who also married James Singleton (1777)
His father was William Singleton (c1745) & he also had Benjamin Singleton (1788)
He had Benjamin Singleton (1817) who married Eliza Horne (1825)
Her father was Samuel Horne (1798) & he also had Clementina Horne (1833) who married George Compton (1823)
They had Charles Compton (1856)
He had Clementina Compton (1895) who married Arthur Parker (1894)
His father was William Parker (1868) who married Martha Butler (1872)
Her father was Joseph Butler (1844) who married Elizabeth Roser (1844)
Her father was John Roser (1812) & 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 father was Frank Elliot (1891) who married Doris Emery (1903)
Her father was Jack Emery (1867) who married 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)

Greg Matheson's links to me through the Keighran line are as follows:
Greg Matheson (1954)
His father is Ernest Matheson (1923)
His father was Murdow Matheson (1881)
His father was Alexander Matheson (c1837) & his mother was Ann Cross (1842)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776)
& he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had Victoria Hinton (1874) who married Jonathan Green (1860)
His father was Thomas Green (1833)
His father was Thomas Green (1803)
His father was William Green (c1780) who married Mary A. Rose (c1782) & who also married James Singleton (1777)
His father was William Singleton (c1745) & he also had Benjamin Singleton (1788)
He had Benjamin Singleton (1817) who married Eliza Horne (1825)
Her father was Samuel Horne (1798) & he also had Clementina Horne (1833) who married George Compton (1823)
He had Colin Parker who married Sandra Whyte (1943)
Her father was Emmett Whyte (1899) & her mother was Hazel Rice (1913)
Her father was Leslie Rice (1885) who married Annie South (1891)
Her father was William South (1854) who married Mary Jeffery (1860)
Her father was James Jeffery (1837) who married Bridget Naughton (1828)
Her father was Edward Naughton (1803) & he also had Catherine Naughton (1831) who married John Broderick (1823)
They had Bridget Broderick (1857) who married Charles McAleer (1850)
His father was Owen MacAleer (c1810) & he also had Rose McAleer (1850) who married John Dooley (1845)
They had Roy Dooley (1896)
He had Gloria Dooley (1928) who married Leslie Peterson (1925)
His father was Levin Peterson (c1890) who married Alice Lillian Hall (1893)
Her father was William Hall (c1870) who married Matilda Darnley (nee Pye) who also married Joseph Keighran (1879)
They had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

3) A shorter link to the Keighran line is as follows:

Greg Matheson (1954)
His father is Ernest Matheson (1923)
His father was Murdow Matheson (1881)
His father was Alexander Matheson (c1837) & his mother was Ann Cross (1842)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776) & he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had William Hinton (1872) who married Emily Keighran (1881)
Her father was William Keighran (1854)
His father was James Keighran (1808) & he also had John Keighran (1845)
He had Joseph Keighran (1879)
He had Leslie William Keighran (1904)
He had Mary Keighran (1927) who married Mervyn Collins (1924)
They had Les Collins (1950) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies)

The link to me through the Firkin / Bray line is as follows:
Greg Matheson (1954)
His father is Ernest Matheson (1923)
His father was Murdow Matheson (1881)
His father was Alexander Matheson (c1837) & his mother was Ann Cross (1842)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776)
& he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had Victoria Hinton (1874) who married Jonathan Green (1860)
His father was Thomas Green (1833)
His father was Thomas Green (1803)
His father was William Green (c1780) who married Mary A. Rose (c1782) & who also married James Singleton (1777)
His father was William Singleton (c1745) & he also had Hannah Singleton (1802) who married James Bellamy (1798)
They had Ann Bellamy (1831) who married James Bellamy (1825)
They had John Thomas Bellamy (1851 - 1905)
He had John Ernest Bellamy (1877 - 1951)
He had Thelma M Bellamy (1908 - 1972) who married Keith Morris (1906 - 1947)
He had Peter Morris (1938) who married Valerie Pimbley (1940)
Her father was Sidney Pimbley (1910) who married Gwendoline Hore (1919)
Her father was William Hore (1888) who married Ruby Robinson (1889)
Her father was John Robinson (1854) who married Eliza Williams (1851)
Her father was Robert Williams (1815) who married Susannah Tindall (1807)
Her father was Daniel Tindall (1758) & he also had Mary Tindall (1797) who married Stephen Burcher (1794)
They had William Burcher (1820) who married Ann Bull (1823)
Her father was John Bull (1804) & he also had Anna Bull (1825) who married John Neale (1823)
His father was John Neale (1797) & he also had Thomas Neale (1830) who married Selina Meurant (1832)
Her father was Ferdinand Meurant (1765) & he also had Albert Meurant (1815)
He had Albert Meurant (1843) who married Elvira Pike (1843)
Her father was William Pike (1817)
His father was John Pike (1778) & he also had John Pike (1808)
He had Elizabeth Pike (1834) who married Robert Power (1833)
They had Amelia Power (1875) who married William McKelvey (1867)
They had Sheila McKelvey (1911) who married George Irwin (1911)
His father was Thomas Irwin (1888)
His father was Thomas Irwin (1855) & he also had Miriam Irwin (1883) who married Austen Stewart Dawes ((1874)
He was the son of William Dawes (1847)
Who was the son of Phillip Dawes (1809)
Who was the son of Aaron Daw (1799) who also had Edward Dawes (1813)
Who had James (1843) who married Charlotte Peck and had Annie Dawes (1873) who married Arthur Bray (1869)
Who had Albert Bray (1896)
Who had Robert Albert Bray (1920)
Who had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

The link to me through the Dawes line is as follows:
Greg Matheson (1954)
His father is Ernest Matheson (1923)
His father was Murdow Matheson (1881)
His father was Alexander Matheson (c1837) & his mother was Ann Cross (1842)
They had Annabella Matheson (1870) who married Frederick Cross (1861)
His father was Ralph Cross (1810)
His father was Robert Cross (1776)
& he also had Jane Cross (1803) who married Thomas Millington (1807)
They had Mary Millington (1842) who married William Hinton (1842)
They had Victoria Hinton (1874) who married Jonathan Green (1860)
His father was Thomas Green (1833)
His father was Thomas Green (1803)
His father was William Green (c1780) who married Mary A. Rose (c1782) & who also married James Singleton (1777)
His father was William Singleton (c1745) & he also had Hannah Singleton (1802) who married James Bellamy (1798)
They had Ann Bellamy (1831) who married James Bellamy (1825)
Hannah Singleton (1802) who married James Bellamy (1798)
They had Ann Bellamy (1831)
She had John Bellamy (1851)
Emily Bellamy (1884) who married Albert McDonald (1878)
His father was Alexander McDonald (c1860) who married Sophia Newman (1862)
Her father was David Newman (1828) who married Sarah Roffe (1835)
Her father was Edward Roffe (1799) & he also had Mary Roffe (1876) who married Thomas Southwell (1813)
They had Elizabeth Southwell (1861) married David Boon (1861)
They had Gladys Boon (1891) who married Arthur Firkin (1897)
His father was Caleb Firkin (1863)
He also had Caleb Firkin (1892) who married Laura Effie Landeryou Bray (1893)
Her father was Thomas Alfred Inglis Bray (1872)
His father was Thomas Alfred Bray (1848)
His father was Thomas Bray (1821) & he also had Arthur Augustus Bray (1869)
He had Albert Alan Bray (1896)
He had Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
He had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (1950)

James married Hannah Singleton, daughter of William Singleton and Hannah Parkinson, on 15 Jun 1818 in St Johns C of E, Parramatta, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Hannah Singleton was born on 11 Mar 1802 in Mulgrave Place, Windsor, NSW Australia, died on 14 Oct 1869 in Castle Hill, Sydney, NSW Australia and was buried in St Pauls, Castle Hill, Sydney, NSW Australia.)

James next married Martha Martin on 18 Jul 1871. (Martha Martin was born in 1845 ⁸³¹.)