William Bergen

Level 75

iain Frazier on 6th October 2025

Family connections for William (Burgen) are: BURGE/IN The available information & recorded facts don't give a crystal-clear story for this family. James (Burgin) was born about 1750 in London. He married Margaret (???). Margaret (???) was born about 1753 in London. James (Burgin) and Margaret (???) produced maybe 1child: 1.William (Be/urgen/in) was born perhaps on 3 8 1777 & christened perhaps on 5 8 1777 at East Smithfield St Botolph Aldgate London; he became a photographer (perhaps amateur) in the colony. He was tried w/1other for burglary & stealing silk stockings etc, on 23 4 1797, of William (Higginbotham) at Old Bailey on 11 5 1797, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at London or Middlesex Gaol Delivery & Newgate & hulks LA FORTUNA & CERES in Portsmouth Harbour & arrived in Botany Bay NSW as a convict on 26 7 1799 after a voyage of 9months on HILSBOROUGH; the ship was riddled with typhoid & bad management. He had a first relationship with Sarah (Tandy). He was Free by Servitude by 1808.>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..[Noted a ??? (Burgin) is recorded as born on 2 12 1801-no parents given-perhaps an early liaison] ..Sarah (Tandy) arrived in Australia as a convict in 1794 on SURPRISE according to Smees records--on which much socialising between soldiers & young female convicts is recorded. She was Free by Servitude by 1805.>>> ..Sarah (Tandy) does not have an entry on this Website as yet; but found a Sarah (Tandy) on Fleet COROMANDEL & EXPERIMENT 1804:- >>>a Sarah (Tandy) was tried at Surrey Quarter Sessions, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on COROMANDEL & EXPERIMENT. ..William (Burge/in/an) & Sarah/Mary (Tandy) produced maybe 3children: ..1.Henry William (Burgen) was born on 13 8 1805 & baptised on 8 9 1805 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & seems to have become a blacksmith. His father appears to have purchased land on Windsor Rd Parramatta about 1823 for him; although this was disputed as mentioned on this Website. He & his father obtained publicans licences & operated The Strong Man from 1825-38 & The Farriers Arms from 1833-7 in Church St Sydney. He married Mary (Gowe/an age16 in Smees records her second marriage) on 6 10 1828 at St James CofE Pitt Town. He was recorded in 1830 as a wheelwright. He died on 27 10 1846 age41. ....Mary (Gowe/an) was born on 17 5 1806 & baptised on 15 6 1806 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She married firstly at age15 William Henry (Jones) on 17 8 1821 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. She produced at least 1child in her lifetime. ....Details of Mary (Gowe/an)s presumed family are given in entry for Orderly (Appleyard EARL CORNWALLIS 1801) on this Website. ....Henry William (Burgin) & Mary (Gowan) produced at least 1child: ....1.Henry William (Burgin) was born on 24 1 1830 at Parramatta & baptised on 14 2 1830 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He became an amateur photographer. .. ..2.Sophia (Burgen) was born on 1 1 1808 & baptised on 24 6 1810 age2 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married John (Jami/eson) on 7 7 1825 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool & produced at least 5children. She died on 6 1 1839 age31+. ....John (Jamieson) was born in February 1799 & baptised in February 1799 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was recorded as a gent in 1827 & 1830 & a grazier in 1828. He died on 12 5 1843 age44 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ....Details of John (Jamieson)s family are given below. .. ..3.Frances William (Burgin) was born on 10 8 1812 & baptised on 30 8 1812 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He died on 17 7 1831 age18. .. >>>William (Burgin) appears to have married secondly (Mary (West) emancipist on 29 6 1818 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He was granted land in Church St Sydney & George St Parramatta about 1819, as well as 50acres at Prospect about 1822 to which he added 50acres by purchase. He & his son Henry obtained publicans licences from about 1821. He appears to have purchased land on Windsor Rd Parramatta about 1823 for his son Henry; although this was disputed as mentioned on this Website. He is stated in 1824 to be a Pound keeper for horses. He & his son Henry operated The Strong Man from 1825-38 & The Farriers Arms from 1833-7 in Church St Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 with his family with Conditional Pardon as publican Parramatta. In 1835 he apportioned 5acres in trust to his son & John (Hillas) for his daughter & George (Hillas). He died on 21 12 1838 age61 at Parramatta father of perhaps 5children & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..Mary (West) was born about 1782. She arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on EXPERIMENT.>>> ..Mary (West) does not have an entry on this Website as yet; although a Hannah (West) is:- ..William (Burgin) & Mary (West) produced maybe 1child: ..1.Elizabeth (Burgi/en) was born on 29 11 1818 & baptised on 12 4 1819 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She apparantly married George (Hillas) about 1835; 5acres had been apportioned in trust to her brother & John (Hillas) for the marriage. She died on 4 1 1869 age50. ...[Noted both Frances William & Elizabeth's mothers are shown in Smees records as Sarah/Mary (Tandy)-perhaps showing uncertainty of who was the real mother] ....George (Hillas) was born in 1806. He was publican at The Strong Man from 1838. He resided at ‘Stanhope’ at the Junction of Old and New Windsor Roads. He died on 27 7 1875 age about69. ....Details of George (Hillas)s family are given in entry for Thomas (McArthur ALEXANDER 1816) on this Website Despite the layout of this information - this Website contains information that Sarah (Tandy) & Mary (West) are the same person. JAMIESON Thomas John (Jamieson) married Mary (???) in Scotland. He arrived in NSW as an official with his family on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. Mary (???) arrived in NSW with her family on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. Thomas John (Jamieson) & Mary (???) produced 4children: 1.John (Jamieson) was born in Scotland. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. It may be he who married Sophia (Burgin) in 1825 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool-see ch3. .. 2.Phillip (Jamieson) was born in Scotland. He arrived in NSW with his parents on 7 10 1792 after a voyage of 4months on ROYAL ADMIRAL. 3.William Thomas (Jamieson) was born on 22 9 1796 & baptised on 17 10 1796 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. 4.John (Jamieson) was born in February 1799 & baptised in February 1799 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. It may be he who married Sophia (Burgin) on 7 7 1825 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool-seee ch1. He was recorded as a gent in 1827 & 1830 & a grazier in 1828. He died on 12 5 1843 age44 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. ..Sophia (Burgen) was born on 1 1 1808 & baptised on 24 6 1810 age2 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 6 1 1839 age31+. ..Details of Sophia (Burgin)s family are given above. ..John (Jamieson) & Sophia (Burgin) produced at least 5children: boys ..1.John (Jamieson) was born on 13 6 1826 at Argyleshire & baptised on 4 2 1827 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Same person as ch.2?] ..2.John Thomas (Jamieson) was born in 1826. [Same person as ch.1?] ..3.William (Jamieson) was born on 26 2 1827 at Argyle & baptised on 10 10 1830 age3 w/Philip at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Same person as ch.4?] ..4.William (Jamieson) was born on 26 3 1828 at Argyle & baptised on 1 4 1828 at St Pauls CofE Cobbity. [Same person as ch.3?] ..5.Philip (Jamieson) was born on 24 8 1829 at Argyle & baptised on 10 10 1830 w/William at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Info from Smee; there are date discrepancies here] .. ..5a.a Sophia (Jamieson) may have been born to this family >1830. She apparantly married Frederick (Sams). .......Details of Frederick (Sams)s family are given in entry for Samuel (Sams HILSBOROUGH 1799) on this Website. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

Level 221

D Wong on 7th May 2021

Old Bailey: WILLIAM BERGEN, JOSEPH CHAFE. Theft: burglary. 31st May 1797 Reference Number t17970531-17 Verdict Guilty Sentence Death WILLIAM BERGEN and JOSEPH CHAFE were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Higginbotham, about the hour of two in the night of the 23d of April, and burglariously stealing twenty pair of silk and cotton stockings, value 5l. thirty pair of cotton stockings, value 4l. 10s. five pair of silk and worsted stockings, value 20s. and three silk and cotton purses, value 1s. 6d. the property of the said William Higginbotham. WILLIAM HIGGINBOTHAM sworn. - I keep a hosier's shop , No. 103, Ratcliffe-highway : I was alarmed, on Monday morning the 24th of April, by the watchman, that my house was broke open about three o'clock; I threw up my sash, and the watchman said, here is a bad misfortune, one of your shutters is down; I asked him if the window was broke, he said it was. I had myself bolted the door, and the shutters were fastened by a bar; we all went to bed about half past nine o'clock, when I was alarmed by the watchman; I opened the street door, and found the shutter was gone, a pane of glass broke, and the stockings that laid in the window gone; I got a light to see what mischief was done; I missed about twenty pair of silk and cotton stocking, five pair of silk and worsted, five pair of cotton and worsted, and about thirty pair all cotton; and two or three purses made of silk and cotton. Q. What were the value of those articles? - A. They cost me about sixteen pounds, they are worth about thirteen pounds; I never had any part of them back again; I saw one of the prisoners the same morning go by my door, in company with another man in custody; in consequence of the information I had given, I attended the Justice. Q. Was any of your property found in their possession? - A. Not to my knowledge; there is one that was concerned in the robbery, turned evidence; I had never seen any of them before. THOMAS DEW sworn. - On the 23d of April, Sunday evening, I saw these three persons hanging about all the evening; I saw them a little way from this house at two o'clock in the morning, and about three o'clock on the Monday morning, the 24th of April, I heard a rattling, as if a shutter fell; when I saw them they had nothing at all, it was a very dark morning; I saw the shutter gone, and the window broke, my walk and stand is just by the prosecutor's house; there was a whole pane of glass broke, and only one shutter down; I called Mr. Higginbotham up, he came down in his shirt, with only his breeches on; he got a light, and went into the shop, and said the shop was robbed; the shutter was taken about fifty yards from the shop; I took particular notice of them, they had aprons on like gardeners, I am certain they are the same persons I saw at two o'clock in the morning; they were all three together. Q. What is the accomplice's name? - A. Thomas Booth , he is the same man I saw in company with the prisoners. ALICE NEGUS sworn. - I had been to a christening on the Sunday: I was coming by the house on the Monday morning, the 24th of April, and I saw the prisoners in the act of trying to slide the shutters; I am sure they are the same persons, one was taking the bar from the shutters, the other receiving it, and the third sliding the shutter. I gave an account of them at the Justice's, at Shadwell; it was upon my information they were taken into custody; I knew nothing of them before: one of them had a dark brown coat with a black collar on; the other man had the same coat on that he has now; and the accomplice had a green coat on and red waistcoat. JOHN COOK sworn. - I am a constable belonging to the Public-office, Shadwell: On the 24th of April, I apprehended Burgen and Booth, on suspicion of being concerned in robbing Mr. Higginbotham's house; I did not apprehend Chase, another officer apprehended him, in consequence of an information given by the prosecutor, and the last witness; they were carried before the Magistrate, and committed for further examination. THOMAS BOOTH sworn. - I was an accomplice with the prisoners: On the 23d of April, Sunday night, Chase and myself went along Ratcliffe-highway, to look for a place convenient to break open against it got later; we went to the further end of Shadwell, and we could not see a place convenient there; on our return back, in Ratcliffe-highway, we observed the shutter of the prosecutor's shop rather loose, this was about ten o'clock at night; Chase and myself agreed to come about one o'clock to break it open, and then we went home to Chase's house; William Bergen came in a little before twelve, and a little after twelve we all went out together; it was near one o'clock when we came to the prosecutor's house, but we could not conveniently move the shutter till near two, when we got the shutter down from the window, and at three o'clock we took the shutter quite away; Bergen broke a pane of glass, and took out a great quantity of silk and cotton stockings, and two purses; we neither of us got into the shop, we took the stockings from the window; we delivered the stockings to Chase, Bergen left Chase and me, and went up to the house of Levy; I and Chase told Bergen we would leave the stockings in an old house; we sold the stockings to Levy, and he agreed to give us six pounds one shilling; he gave Chase one shilling, and after I was taken to prison he brought me one shilling, and afterwards a dollar; we had not the whole money, for the same morning as we were going for the money the officers took us; I cannot say whether Bergen had any of the money. JOHN REILY sworn. - I am a constable belonging to the Police-office, Shadwell: On the 26th of April, I apprehended the prisoner, Chase, in company with two of my brother officers. ROBERT BLUNT sworn. - I assisted in apprehending Chase. Bergen's defence. On Sunday night, when I came home, I went to bed about half past eleven o'clock, there was Chase, and his brother and sister there; I laid till nine o'clock the next morning, when I met Booth. Chase's defence. I know nothing of the matter; Booth is a notorious thief. ELIZABETH COLE sworn. - I have known William Bergen these eight or nine years, I never knew any harm of him till this; I am a laundress, I have trusted him to carry home my linen, I never missed any thing; he has been in my house almost every day of his life. JOSEPH WHITEHOUSE sworn. - I have known the prisoner, Chase, five or six years; he got his livelihood by lamp-lighting, he worked for me about a twelvemonth ago, and he used to come through my premises at different times, I never knew that I lost any thing by him. Bergen, GUILTY Death . (Aged 21.) Chase, GUILTY Death. (Aged 32.) Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron PERRYN. **Joseph Chase was also onboard the Hilsborough - Listed on our records as CHAFE.

Level 6

Stephen Kirby on 7th May 2021

Ancestors of William Burgin 7 May 2021 First Generation 1. William BURGIN was christened on 3 Aug 1777 in East Smithfield, St Botolph Aldgate, London, England.1 He was born on 5 Aug 1777 in Shadwell, London, England.2 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Court Hearings] [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Goal/Prison]3 He immigrated on 27 Jul 1799 to Convict 'Hillsborough'.4 William appeared in the census in 1828 in New South Wales, Australia.5 He was buried in Dec 1838 in St Johns, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 2 Dec 1838 at the age of 61 in Parramatta, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.4 [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Initiatories (LDS)] William was also known as William Bergen. NOTES: He was Sentenced at Newgate after a trial to Life at Old Bailey 1797; (Transcript of hearing in copy in possession of Stephen Kirby); aged 21yrs for stealing silk stockings and silk purses . History :- Until the nineteenth century, except for the King's Bench, Marshal sea and Fleet prisons (debtors prisons) and Newgate goal which were all Crown prisons attached to the central courts, prisons were administered locally and were not the responsibility or property of central government. They were used for the correction of vagrants and those convicted o f lesser offences, for the coercion of debtors and for the custody of those awaiting trial or the execution of sentence. During the 18th and the first half of the 19th century, most convicted felons who were not execute d were transported to the North American colonies. With American independence in 1776, prisoners were accommodated in disused ships awaiting trans portation - Hulks. The establishment of the hulks, moored at Plymouth, Portsmouth, in the Thames and elsewhere, marked the first involvement of central government in the ownership and administration of prisons. In 1787 transportation to Australia began and lasted for 80 years until 1 867. Sentence of transportation was finally abolished in 1887, and for much of that time large numbers of convicts were confined in the hulks pending the building of prisons at Millbank (1816), Parkhurst (1838), Pentonv ille (1842) Portland (1848), Portsmouth (1850) and Chatham (1856). The Government also had contracts for the use of cells in county gaols. The Prisons Act 1877 placed all prisons under the administration of a new Prison Commission. After being delivered to goal on 31 May 1797 on a sentence term of Life , William served his time originally on the Lafortuna & Ceres Hulks in Portsmouth up until 24 November 1798. He arrived in Botany Bay on 27 July 1799 on "Hillsborough". (see Voyage t o Sydney in the Hillsborough 1798-1799 by William Noah; Library of Australian History Sydney 1978. Only 1000 copies printed ) The Horror Voyage of the Hillsborough The Hillsborough was a ship weighing 764 tonnes. It arrived in Port Jacks on on 26 July 1799 having sailed from Portland on the 23 December, 1798 . The voyage took 212 days. Of the 300 convicts who embarked, 95 had die d by the end of the voyage. William Burgin was one of the 205 survivors . The Master of the ship was William Hingston and the Surgeon was John Justice William Kunst. The Hillsborough was the worst of the transports in terms of lives lost during the voyage. Although the master had been short changing the convict s of their rations, the real killer was the typhoid which had arrived on board through the convicts who had been transferred to the ship from the hulks at Langstone Harbour, Portsmouth. These hulks had been fever ridden for many months. Despite the advice from the surgeon who inspected th e ship that the convicts should not be made up of those in the Langston e hulks, his advice was ignored. Although the regulation stated that only convicts who were fit to travel should be transported, this requirement was rarely enforced in practice, at least in the early years of transportation. The following is an extract from the book "The Convict Ships 1787-1868" b y Charles Bateson regarding the ill-fated voyage of the Hillsborough. "The Hillsborough sailed in a convoy from Portland Roads on December 23 , and at once ran into heavy weather. As her decks required caulking, an d the sea was breaking over her continuously, the convicts’ quarters were deluged and their bedding soaked. When the weather moderated a few day s later, a youthful informer told the captain that many of the convicts w ere out of their irons and intended to murder the officers. Those found out of their irons were flogged, receiving from one to six dozen lashes each, and were shackled and handcuffed, some with iron collars round their neck. Their allowance of rations and water was also reduced, so that for several days the prisoners were half starved. In all the circumstances it is not 1 Ancestors of William Burgin 7 May 2021 surprising that the disease carried aboard by the Langstone convicts spread rapidly, and from the beginning of January deaths became a larmingly frequent. Yet the convicts were kept closely confined and double-ironed, were short of water, and were half starved . “It was, one would think,” wrote William Noah, a convict who left a moving account of the prisoners’ sufferings in his diary of the voyage, “enough to soften the heart of the most inhuman being to see us ironed, handcuffed and shackled in a dark, nasty, dismal deck, without the least wholesome air, but all this did not penetrate the breasts of our inhuman captain , and I can assure you that the doctor was keep at such a distance, and s o strict was he look after, that I have known him sit up till opportunity would suit to steal a little water to quench the thirst of those who we re bad, he being on a very small allowance for them. According to Noah, thirty convicts had died when the Hillsborough anchored in Table Bay on April 13. There were then about 100 prisoners very ill , and although fresh provisions were served, deaths became so frequent th at the authorities were alarmed, and the ship was ordered to move to False Bay. Noah alleges that to avoid further interrogation, the master burie d some of the convicts at the harbour entrance, but within a few days th e bodies were washed ashore. On May 5, by which time at least 28 convict s had died since the ship’s arrival at Table Bay, the surgeon, J. J. W. K unst, returned from Capetown with an order permitting the sick to be land ed. Why this step was so long delayed is incomprehensible but it was usel ess because no provision was made for the proper accommodation of the pat ients ashore. When 146 were landed on May 6 they found that their miserab le hospital had previously been a stables and was without a fireplace, wi ndows and lavatory accommodation, and next morning 56 of the prisoners we re returned to the ship. When the Hillsborough sailed on May 29 at leas t 50 of the convicts had been buried at the Cape . Governor Hunter, when the Hillsborough reached Sydney, described the surv ivors as “the most wretched and miserable convicts I have ever beheld, i n the most sickly and wretched state”. Almost every prisoner required hos pital treatment. The frightful mortality was due primarily to the embarka tion of the Langstone prisoners, but also partly to the harsh treatment o f the convicts on the voyage. Noah’s diary proves that they were kept dou ble-ironed, and when on deck were chained together, so that they could no t walk about at all, but had either to stand up or lie down on the deck . They were inadequately fed, and, especially between the Cape and Port J ackson, the weather was so stormy that the prison was continuously damp a nd the convicts’ bedding seldom dry." Lived in Parramatta. He and his Son Henry held Licences for two Hotels in Church St. Parramatta "The Strong Man" from 1825-38. "Farriers Arms" 183 3-37. He was granted land in Church St. and George St, Parramatta and 50 acre s on Great Western H/way at Prospect and purchased another 30 acres. At the ti me he was sentanced in England, the two spellings of the surname were Bergin an d Burgin. He is listed in the November 1828 NSW Census as being Father of a liste d family) 58 years of age, on a L or Life sentence but give a Conditiona l Pardon, a publican, living in Parramatta Ref. No. *B3187 Also on the ship at the same time was a man by the name of Samuel Sams wh o may well be the grandfather of his Granddaughter's(Sophia's) husban d (Frederick Sams) To His Excellency Sir J Brisbane KCB Captain General and Governor in Chiefs in and over the Territory of New South Wales The Humble Petition Of William Burgin Most respectfully states, That your humble Petitioner in the Month of November 1822, purchased of t he late John KENNEDY of Parramatta, a Piece or parcel of land containin g about 60 Rods, and situated on the Windsor Road Parramatta, contiguou s (near or touching) to 2 Ancestors of William Burgin 7 May 2021 the Gaol, but which land is now leased to Rose Ke nnedy, wife to the deceased, in consequence of her having informed W.C. B urn, at the last incasarement of the Township, that the Land was hers, al though she had sold it to your humble Petitioner . That the Reverend Mr Samuel Marsden, and Mr H.G. Douglas have both, at th e Court House in Parramatta, heard the said Rose Kennedy a ?? wage havin g sold the said land to your humble Petitioner, in addition to which you r humble Petitioner can prove, by the evidence of several neighbours, th e sale of the land in question to him . Your Excellency's humble Petitioner begs to acquaint you that this land w as bought for his eldest son, to build a strong house thereon . Your humble Petitioner presumes to inform your Excellency that the Deput y Surveyor General Mr Phillip Cavenagh, has the lease of the said land no w in his possession and percussing the (deformed) intended to be practise d by the said Rose Kennedy withholds the said lease and dissected your hu mble Petitioner, to add to your Excellency and know your pleasure therein . Your Excellency's most humble Petitioner did in promising your Excellency 's Government and General Other regularly apply at the office of the Surv eyor General for a lease of the said land . Under these circumstances your Excellency's most humble Petitioner doth t rust that your Excellency will be pleased to de that a lease may be mad e and in the favour of your humble Petitioner . And for which act of generosity and justice, Your most humble Petitioner , as in duty bound will ever pray. William Burgin Parramatta the 10 December 1823 From the 16 Dec 1817 to 29 Oct 1819 during the Reign of King George III , at Parramatta in the County of Cumberland, William Burgin was a membe r of the jury for three Inquests. 1. in the Death of Mary Brown who was f ound to of hung herself due to temporary insanity. 2. the death of Thoma s Gorman who had killed himself. 3. John Holland who accidently drowned . (reel 6058; 4/1819 pp. 57,233, 273) 10 Sep 1818 On list of persons to recieve grants of land in 1818 (fich e 3266; 9/2652 p 48) 18 Sep 1820 On list of persons for whom grants of land have been hane d over to the Surveyor General for delivery (fiche 3266; 9/2652 p.59 1822 Land and Stock Muster of NSW - He is listed as bein g Granted and Purchaser of 80 acres of land 30 of which was cleared. He h ad one Horse, 16 Cattle and 8 Hogs. He also had 15 bushels of Maize. Hi s occupation was listed as Lic Victualler . 6 Jan 1823 5 Apr 1823 10 Dec 1823 pp. 287-90) Claiming to have paid five pounds to Rose Kennedy as par t of payment for an allotment of land . On return of allotments in the twon of Parramatta (fiche 3 265; 4/7576 p. 17) Memorial re dispute with Rose Kennedy over land on Windor R oad, Parramatta (fiche 3061; 4/1834A No. 48A 13 Sep 1824 6061; 4/1780 p.277b) Proposed as a surety by Joseph Grose for the payment of an y duties required for an auctioneer's licence (Reel He was also a Pound keeper for horses and listed in the Colonial Revenu e Account as be Mr Burgan. Letter sent to Jean Whyte and Bill Temple on 050503 Allotments 5 (1 rood 6 perches) and 5a (3 roods 23 perches) were leased t o William Burgin in 1823. 3 Ancestors of William Burgin William Burgin (c1776-1832) arrived in the colony as a convict in 1799. H e married Sarah Tandy, also known as Mary West, with whom he had four children, al l born in Parramatta. From 1828 to 1838, Burgin and his son Henry held licences fo r two hotels in Church Street; the Farriers’ Arms and the Strong Man. Henry was also a blacksmith.1 In 1835 Allotment 5a was in the occupation of William Burgi n and David Austin.2 Allotment 5a was, in 1835, given by William and Mary Burgin to John Hilla s and Henry William Burgin the younger in trust for their daughter Elizabeth Burgin , who was about to marry George Hillas.3 In 1842 Allotments 5 and 5a were granted to John Hillas and Henry Willia m Burgin in trust for Elizabeth and George Hillas. 2.1.1 Supplementary Documentation Allotments 5 and 5a were not subdivided until 1873. Prior to this time hi storical records indicate that there was a hotel on the north-eastern corner of Ch urch and Pennant Streets, Parramatta. William Burgin is listed as publican of ‘The Strong Man’ from 1830-1838, 4 and George Hillas was listed in 1838.5 Henry Burgin, a blacksmith,6 is liste d as publican of ‘The Farrier’s Arms’ from 1833 – 1837.7 It is possible that ‘ The Farriers Arms’ was on the western side of Church Street, as Henry Burgin also owne d land there. An 1844 advertisement and a conveyance from 1846 indicate that the name o f the hotel may have changed from ‘The Strong Man’ to ‘The Duke of Wellington . In May 1844, the Parramatta Chronicle and Cumberland General Advertiser ran an advertisement regarding ‘The Duke Of Wellington”. It read: 1 Parramatta Family History Group (2000) 48-49. Brown (2000) 9, 21. William Burgin’s son, Henry William Burgin (born 1805 ) and his son, also Henry William Burgin (born 1828), became the earliest local amateur photographe rs. It is claimed that both the junior Burgins were born in a house built by their grandfather. Some of t heir work is preserved in the Houison Collection. 2 LTO Bk N No.978. 3 The Hillas family principally resided at ‘Stanhope’, at the Junction o f Old and New Windsor Roads. 4 State Records; Reel 1355, 5049. 5 State Records; Reel 5054, 1356. 6 Parramatta Family History Group (2000) p.48-49. 7 State Records; Reel 5051, 1355, 1356. Site History – 384-394 Church St and 18-22 Victoria Rd, Parramatta 6 _________________________________________________________________________ Archaeological Management & Consulting Group Pty Limited September 2006 To be Let, That long established and well-known Public-house, ‘The Duke o f Wellington,’ situate at the corner of Church and Pennant-streets, opposite to Hamilton and Miller’s, and now in the occupation of Mr. Robert Davis.8 This House, formerly better known as ‘Burgen’s,’ has been regularly licensed f or the long period of six and twenty successive years. Has excellent accommodations, with good stabling, and possesses the advantage of a larg e and very productive garden. The Burgins were granted the land in 1823 and owned it until 1846. The advertisement indicates that a hotel may have been on the site and run b y the Burgin family from as early as 1818. In 1846, a conveyance from George Hillas to Mark Hillas describes the pro perty as All that Piece or Parcel of Ground situate lying and being in the Town of Parramatta County of Cumberland in the Colony of New South Wales being at the corner of Church and Pennant Streets in the said Town and on which is erected a Dwelling House known by the Sign of the “Duke of Wellington Inn ” which is said to contain seven rooms with detached Kitchen and Stable also a Garden.9 7 May 2021 4 Ancestors of William Burgin 7 May 2021 Of note would be that the naming of the hotel gave some indication as t o the stature of both William and Henry Burgin, Strong and mighty men t o be a blacksmith as well. Stabling of horses in those days was just as important and shoeing them was a good job on the side. Second Generation 2. James BURGIN was born about 1750 in London, England, United Kingdom. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Initiatory (LDS)] 3. Mrs. Margaret BURGIN was born about 1753 in London, England, United Kingdom. [NEED TO DEFINE SENTENCE:Initiatory (LDS)] James BURGIN and Margaret BURGIN had the following child: 1 i. WilliamBURGIN,born5Aug1777,Shadwell,London,England;died2Dec1838,Parramatta,Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Preparer: Stephen Brian Kirby 12 Jancoon Court, Carrara, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, 4211 07 5579 8826 skirby10@bigpond.net.au