William James

1808 - 1878  (70 years)

• Name	William James
  Born	30 Oct 1808	Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	23 Jan 1809	St John's Church of England, Parramatta, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Buried	Dec 1878	the Cemetery, Yass, NSW, Australia
  	The Headstone reads: In Memory of William James Sen. Who Died Dec 11 1878 Aged 70 Years Native of Seven Hills Parramatta Erected by His Affectionate Children
  		000033g1 The Headstone for William James in the Yass Cemetery. Photograph taken in 1980 by Gordon Mote.; headstone
  Died	11 Dec 1878	Yass, NSW, Australia
  Person ID	I33	Mote/McInnes
  Last Modified	25 Jun 2009

  
  

  Father	Samuel James,   b. 26 Mar 1784, Theydon Garnon, Essex, England ,   d. 06 Mar 1855, Parramatta, NSW, Australia  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ann Bean,   b. 12 Nov 1789, London, England ,   d. 11 Mar 1854, Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia  (Age 64 years)
  Married	28 Nov 1808	St John's Church of England, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
  	The ceremony was performed by James Milcham J.P. and the witnesses were Benjamin Jacobs and Ann Briant
  Family ID	F20	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Esther Beckett,   b. 02 Apr 1798, Parramatta, NSW, Australia ,   d. 24 Aug 1840, Parramatta, NSW, Australia  (Age 42 years)
  Married	24 Jul 1832	St John's Church of England, Parramatta, NSW, Australia   [2]
  	Both William and Esther signed the register with their marks, so apparently they could not write. The witnesses were Thomas and Ester Best of Castle Hill
  Children	1. Ann James,   b. 10 Aug 1830, NSW, Australia ,   d. 25 Jul 1895, Albury, NSW, Australia  (Age 64 years)   2. William James,   b. 12 Jun 1832, Parramatta, NSW, Australia ,   d. Australia   3. Thomas Edward James,   b. 20 Feb 1836, Parramatta, NSW, Australia ,   d. 06 Nov 1876, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 40 years)   4. John Henry James,   b. 14 Jun 1838, Parramatta, NSW, Australia ,   d. 31 Jul 1902, Australia  (Age 64 years)   5. Martha Jane James,   b. 1840, Parramatta, NSW, Australia ,   d. 1937  (Age 97 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F30	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary O'Hara
  Married	Abt 1842
  	No documentation has been found for the marriage but some of the children are mentioned in William's Will
  Children	1. Mary Ann James,   b. 20 Sep 1843, Windsor Road, NSW, Australia ,   d. 17 Mar 1844  (Age 0 years)   2. Samuel James,   b. 17 May 1845, Windsor Road, NSW, Australia   3. George James,   b. 15 Feb 1847, Boorowa, NSW, Australia   4. Elizabeth Ann James,   b. 20 Jan 1849, Boorowa, NSW, Australia   5. Esther Adeliza James,   b. 18 Aug 1850, Tangmangaroo, Boorowa, NSW, Australia ,   d. 03 Feb 1901, Warren, NSW, Australia  (Age 50 years)   6. Henry Augustus James,   b. 24 Aug 1852, Tangmangaroo, Boorowa, NSW, Australia ,   d. 08 Aug 1936, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 83 years)   7. Louis Philip James,   b. 27 Jul 1854, Boorowa, NSW, Australia ,   d. 15 Jul 1938, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia  (Age 83 years)
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F31	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Lewis,   b. Abt 1803
  Married	17 Dec 1827	St John's Church of England, Parramatta, NSW, Australia   [3]
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F32	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 30 Oct 1808 - Baulkham Hills, NSW, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S43] New Family History, Compiler: T S New, (T S New, dyna-duo@bigpond.net.au, December 1981). [S2] NSW BDM, Compiler: NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages, (Royal Melbourne Institute of Techno, Melbourne, Vic, 1995), Parish of Registration: Parramatta, St John's; Year: 1832; Number: V1832896 16. [S49] Thomas Beane, Smith, Lynn, (2 May 1999), Record #7.