Family of James Brindley BETTINGTON and Rebecca LAWSON
Husband: James Brindley BETTINGTON
Wife: Rebecca LAWSON
| Name: |
Rebecca LAWSON |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Father: |
- |
| Mother: |
- |
| Birth |
c. 1813 |
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| Death |
25 Feb 1882 (age 68-69) |
San Francisco, California |
| Name: |
Ann Brindley BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
22 Aug 1832 |
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| Name: |
Rebecca Brindley BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Birth |
31 Jan 1834 |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Death |
|
England |
| Name: |
James Brindley BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Spouse: |
Caroline Sophie HALLEN (1843- ) |
| Birth |
1 Apr 1837 |
Prospect, New South Wales |
| Death |
9 Dec 1915 (age 78) |
Oatlands House, Dundas, Nsw, Australia |
| Name: |
John Henshall BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
10 May 1839 |
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| Death |
2 Jun 1861 (age 22) |
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| Name: |
William Lawson BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Male |
| Birth |
25 Dec 1842 |
Oatlands House, Dundas, Nsw, Australia |
| Death |
2 Jun 1883 (age 40) |
Petersham, Nsw, Australia |
| Name: |
Susanna Caroline BETTINGTON |
| Sex: |
Female |
| Spouse: |
Robert C GUEST ( - ) |
| Birth |
1848 |
New South Wales, Australia |
Note on Husband: James Brindley BETTINGTON
James Brindley Bettington arrived in Sydney on the Brig "Ionia" 19.12.1827. He at once began and carried on for many years , the business of a shipping agent as well as (until the partenership was disolved 1834) representative of the London firm of John Bettington, Sons & Company, general merchants, in which he was associated with his father John Bettington and brother Joh Henshall Bettington. Being closely identified with the mercantile interests of the community, he was elected in 1828 to the directorate of the Bank of New South Wales and remained on the board for many years. He was appointed a magistrate of the Territory in 1831 and, during the period 1851-53, represented the "Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh", in the Party Elective and Partly Non- Elective Legislative Council of New South Wales. Between 1834 and 1839 he acquired several purchase grants for pastoral purposes, giving to thos continuously situated in the county of Brisbane the name "Brindley Park" which had been provided for in the deed of grant for a comparatively small area near Merriwa. That property was considerably enlarged in subsequent years. He later, about 1840, purchased "Oatlands House", near Parramatta. James was a shrewd business man and at the time of his son's James Brindley Bettington's death in 1915 his Will left just over six million pounds. When Caroline Sophia died James the son's wife her Will left the amount of just over seven million pounds I have copies of both Wills. One of my Bettington contact in Queensland told me her son has just restored one of the Bettington houses and is living in the home.
James Brindley Bettington who died on board ship 2 August 1857 and according to family was buried at Plymouth. James was on his way to England from Australia when he died.
