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Facts and Events
Notes on James bignell[1]
50 years in NSW (1830)
Often mistakenly thought to have been born in Alverstoke, Hampshire in 1804 (no relationship to either the William Bignell in Titchfield, Hampshire and no known relationship to the unmarried convict, William Bignell who was transported to Australia in 1813).
Family Search website:
James BIGNELL (AFN: H3WJ-T1) Pedigree
Sex: M
Submitter(s):
ROSALIE KING Microfilm: 1512616
12 THROSBY COURT
NARRABUNDAH Submission: AF89-003886
AUSTRALIA 2604
Westminster Baptisms
| First name(s) | JAMES
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| Last name | BIGNELL
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| Birth year | 1806
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| Birth day | 16
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| Birth month | Jun
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| Baptism year | 1806
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| Baptism day | 29
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| Baptism month | Jun
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| Parish | St Clement Danes
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| Father's first name(s) | James
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| Mother's first name(s) | Elizabeth
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| County | Middlesex
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| Record set | Westminster Baptisms
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| Category | Life Events (BDMs)
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| Record collection | Births & baptisms
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| Collections from | United Kingdom
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| 1834 'CLAIMS TO LAND.', The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), 3 July, p. 4,
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THE Commissioners for hearing and determining upon Claims to Grants of Land within the Colony of New South Wales, under the Act of the Governor and Council 4th Wm. IV. No. 9, do hereby give Notice that they have appointed the several Day set opposite the same respectively, at the Supreme Court-house, King street, Sydney, at Ten o'clock in the forenoon, for hearing and determining the undermentioned Memorials, of which the several claimants interested therein, are hereby required to take notice.
JULY 18, FRIDAY.
No. Applicants. .. .. Agents
141 James Bignell, .. .. Mansfield.
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| TO FARMERS, GRAZIERS, AND OTHERS.
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| FARMS on the Williams and Chichester Rivers, being the Unsold Portions in the Estate of the late Mr. Walter Thomson, DODDS & CO. have received instructions from Messrs. Campbell and Co., to sell by auction, at the Royal Hotel, West Maitland, on THURSDAY, 21st February, at Twelve o'clock, to close accounts,The Unsold Portions of the Estates belonging to theEstate of the late Mr. Walter Thomson.
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| Lot 11, on the Williams River, fronting a portion of Rookin's Grant, and lying between Mr. James Bignell's farm on the Chichester River and that of Mr.Wm. Fisher's on the Williams, and containing Lot 12, on the Williams River, adjoining Mr. Wm. Fisher's farm, and next to Rookin's Grant of 2569 acres, comprising in this lot 580 acres.
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| The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893), Saturday 26 January 1861, page 4
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| PARISH ROAD from the Bandon Grove Crossing place, at the Williams River, to tho Cedar Road, leading to the Little River, running through the lands supposed to be the property of Alexander Smith, Samuel Kingston, James Bignell, James Kingston, James Barnes, A. Tighe, George Skelton, and John Hutchinson, and through Crown lands : Plan and Book of Reference, showing the intended line of tho road abovenamed, are now deposited at the Office of the Surveyor-General, in Sydney, and at the Police Office, Dungog. All objections to be addressed, in writing, to the Clerk of the Executive Council, within one month from 23rd June, 1868.
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| See GOVERNMENT GAZETTE of the same date.
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| The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Friday 26 June 1868, page 8
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| SALES BY AUCTION. SPECIAL NOTICE. CONTINUATION OF SALE OF WELL-BRED STOCK, AT THE CAMPBELL'S HILL YARDS, WEST MAITLAND, THIS DAY, AT ELEVEN O'CLOCK,
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| BRUNKER & SPARKE have received instructions from Mr. James Bignell, Sen , to sell by auction at Sale Yards, Campbell's Hill, on THURSDAY, 20th March, 1873, at Eleven o'clock, 40 Head of Choice WELL-BRED STEERS, from 2 to 3 years old.
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| Terms cash. 1687
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| The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893), Saturday 15 March 1873, page 4
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION.
| In the WILL of JAMES BIGNELL, late of Willow Grove, near Dungog, in the Colony of New South Wales, Farmer, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given that, after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, APPLICATION WILL BE MADE to this Honorable Court that PROBATE of the LAST WILL and TESTAMENT of the above-named deceased may be granted to JOHN CHARLES SMITH, of Sydney, in the said Colony, Agent, and JOHN WALKER, of Dungog, in the said Colony, Miller, the Executors named in said Will.
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| Dated this 19th day of March, A.D. 1881.
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| R. W. THOMPSON, Proctor, 2146 West Maitland.
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| The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843-1893) Tuesday 22 March 1881 Page 1 of 8
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NSW BDM Death Certificate
| Registration Number
| Last Name
| Given Name(s)
| Father's Given Name(s)
| Mother's Given Name(s)
| District
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| 6531/1880
| BIGNALL
| JAMES
| WILLIAM
| DIED DUNGOG
| DUNGOG
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Name: Mr James Bignell
Port of Departure: Nasiagtor Islands
Port of Arrival: Port Jackson, New South Wales
Voyage Arrival Date: 1 Dec 1839
Vessel Name: Camden
Westminster Baptisms Transcription
References
- Contact me privately and I will forward copies of all source records that confirm there is no relationship between this James and the William Bignell, convict, who was transported in 1813 from Dorset. There is no relationship between the Hampshire Bignells and either of the Bignells (James or William) who ended up in Australia
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