James Grady (1815 - 1887)

Born 1815 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland

Ancestors

Son of Patrick James Grady and Margaret (Whalan) Grady

Husband of Rose Mary (Donnelly) Grady — married 1835 in Holy Trinity Church of England, Kelso, Bathurst NSW

Descendants

Died 1887 at about age 72 in Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

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James Grady was born in Ireland.

Early Life James was born in 1815. In 1828 the family emigrated from Waterford to Australia on the City of Edinburgh, with mother Margaret, the daughter of Timothy Whalan and Margaret Kelley. She had eight children, three of whom died as infants. She emigrated to join her convict husband Patrick Grady, with her children: Mary (c1807 - 1880 Rawson), Ellen (c1812 - 1894), James (c1815 – 1887), Judith (c1816 - 1883 Casey/Kessey) and Patrick (c1823 - 1892). James and Ellen were treated by the ship's surgeon. His age is given as 13 on the manifest. City of Edinburgh

James and Rose James applied to lease land in the Fish River district in 1837, and in 1854 (In 1854 1 Feb 1853 Land proclamation – James was granted 4 lots in Fish River area) he bought three 30 acre blocks near the source of Fish River Creek and acquired numerous other blocks until 1859 when his estate was considerable.

James was charged and acquitted of cattle stealing in 1851 ^[1] CATTLE STEALING. James Grady was indicted for stealing at Kelso, on the 14th of June, three cows, each valued at forty shillings, and' one ox, valued at twenty shillings, the property of William Lee, the younger. The prisoner was defended by Mr. Hol royd ; attorney, Mr. M'Intosh. The evidence in this case showed, that in June last Mr. Lee had three cows branded TK on one side, and WL on the other. They were in the habit of running in Mr. Lee's paddock, but were left out one night by mistake, and were immediately after missed. The possession of cattle of the same brand and description was traced to the prisoner, who had been trying to dispose- of them, he being rather the worse for liquor at the time. It also appeared that the prisoner had purchased cattle from Thomas Casey, who branded TK, and it was suggested that he might have taken these cattle by mistake, being rather under the influence of liquor at the time, which view of the case was strengthened by the fact that he had immediately after let the cattle go, but did not take the cattle back to Mr. Lee's, and they were some time after impounded from the estate of William Lawson, Esq. Verdict, not guilty.

He is listed at Charley's Hill Black Springs in Grevilles Post Office Directory 1872. A James GRADY, farmer is listed at Native Dog Ck in Greville's Post Office Directory 1872 SWALLOWS NEST.

James and his son John endowed the Catholic Church at Black Springs, there is a lovely little book about it, Avoca, the faith of the pioneers / G.M. Cashman. The Gradys are mentioned in this article on Avoca church

James and Rose had 12 children:

1. Judith, 1837-5 Aug 1905 m 1859 Eugene PARKER
2. John, 1839-12 Jan 1935 m 1860 Mary McGUIRK
3. James,10 Oct 1840 27 Apr 1871 m 1864 Lucy CASH
4. Patrick, 5 Aug 1842-7 May 1928 Jane ROSSER, Lucy CASH
5. Anne, 9 July 1845 Died 14 years 1859
6. Henry, 2 Nov 1847- 14 Jul 1922 1882 m Ellen BELL .
7. William, 20 July 1849 17 Jul 1927 Unmarried
8. Michael, 16 Aug 1852-14 Mar 1860
9. Timothy, 4 Sep 1854-24 Mar 1860
10. Margaret, 1856-1933, m 1878 William GORMAN; 1891 Michael JOYCE
11. Thomas 1859-1873
12. Timothy J 1860-1943 Unmarried ^[2]

In his will executed in 1888, first written in 1859 when the children were not yet adult, Rose is the main beneficiary. He leaves Rose:

-30 acres Fish River Creek

-2560 acres Parlour Creek + houses sheds etc

-horses, (hounds or horned) cattle

-personal furniture and effects

-Then all the same to John (not clear if in event of R predeceasing or after R death) conditions on children re marrying with consent

Then to

-Henry/Michael: 40 acres Brisbane Valley Creek

-William is struck out

-Timothy 30 acres Fish River Creek

Rose's father James Donnelly a witness

John (1839-1925), his wife Mary (McGuirk 1838-1925) and his son James (1861-1921), are buried in the Black Springs Cemetery.

DNA

• Maternal and Paternal relationship to MRCA Patrick 1788 and Margaret nee Whalan 1785 is confirmed. ^[3]
• Note descendants have numerous matches to the name Kennedy. A Judith Jude or Judy Grady married William Kennedy around 1814, potentially James' cousin.

Sources

1. ↑ James Grady 1813-1887 - Charged with Cattle Stealing - SMH 27 Aug 1851, p2 Newspaper article from Trove Accessed Jan 2022
2. ↑ Bathurst Pioneers http://sites.rootsweb.com/~nswbfhg/BathurstPioneers.pdf [479]
3. ↑ Relationship is confirmed by:
   • Family Finder third cousin matches between great grand daughter EMG and great grand daughter BB via John Grady, third cousins (175 centimorgans shared across 11 DNA segments) and great great grand daughter WAM, third cousins 1 remove (100 centimorgans shared across 6 DNA segments).
   • Family Finder match between great grand daughter EMG and descendants of sister Johanna Kessey, RS ( third cousins sharing 102 centimorgans) and JC (third cousins 1 remove sharing 63 cM , through son William Stanley Kessey ( Casey ) Feb 8 1853 Mar 1 1928, daughter Mary Anne Ilma Kessey (m John Cross) Newtown, NSW , Mar 17 1933
   • Family Finder 3rd Cousin 53cM match between great grand daughter EMG and DB descendant of sister Mary Rawson and sister Ellen Foran, match through Johannah "Julia" (Foran) Murphy b1836