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Martha died in 1851 aged 76 (reg V18512529 102/1851). They had no children.
James' bio is at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010097b.htm
A book was written about Martha in 1972: Martha Matilda of Sydney town : (wife of Captain James Birnie of Alpha Farm, Kurnell) / by M. Hutton Neve, publihsed by the Sutherland Shire Historical Society
http://www.suthshirehistsoc.org.au/
Birniemere (now part of Kurnell) was named after James. It was originally 'Alpha Farm' which belonged to Captain James Birnie, who was granted '700 acres, Portion No. 1' in the area in 1815. This was the first farm in what later became Sutherland Shire, 'alpha' being Greek for 'first'.
Hope this helps!
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HASSALL, Thomas (Revd). Clergyman; son of Rowland Hassall
Arrived from Tahiti with his parents per "Nautilus" in 1798; employed as a clerk to Robert Campbell and James Birnie; he went to England on the "Kangaroo" in 1817 to enter the ministry, was ordained in June 1821, and returned to Sydney in 1822 per "Mary"; he was Samuel Marsden's curate until 1824 when he became chaplain to Port Macquarie.
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Also for Alexander:
BIRNIE, Alexander
1819 Jul 21
Re arrangement for payment for annual supply of provisions to Governor Macquarie's family (Reel 6048; 4/1742 pp.358-9)
COUTTS, Thomas & Co. Of London
1819 Jul 21
Arrangements for disposal of half-year's salary and for payments to agent, Alexander Birnie (Reel 6048; 4/1742 pp.358-9)
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"QUEEN CHARLOTTE"
1813 Apr 17
Bond to the Naval Officer (Fiche 3283; X702 pp.95-8)
1813 Sep 11
Re capture of, at Pearl Islands by natives, whilst under command of William Shelley (Reel 6043; 4/1728 pp.195-6)
1816 Dec 2
Her master, John Powell, appointed to committee to investigate damaged brig "Elizabeth Henrietta" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 pp.323-4)
1817 May 24
Owned by James Birnie (Reel 6046; 4/1737 pp.313-6)
1819 Mar 26
Letter sent by to Cape of Good Hope regarding the plan adopted in respect of vessels departing Port Jackson; and re attested copy of muster roll of (Reel 6018; 4/3521 p.212)
1819 Nov 22,23
Re terms of hire for the use of the Commissioner of Enquiry (Reel 6007, 4/3501 pp.56, 62; Reel 6048, 4/1743 pp.127-30)
1819 Dec 6
Survey and report on value and seaworthiness of (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.131-3)
1819 Dec 7
Re survey and report on and the repairs to be carried out (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.95)
1819 Dec 8
Re repairs set out in report of committee of survey; no canvas available in Sydney for sails (Reel 6048; 4/1743 p.140)
1819 Dec 8,9
Particulars re fitting out (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.134-7)
1819 Dec 10
Refusal of James Birnie to hire out "Queen Charlotte" for any service until accounts due by Robert Campbell had been settled (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.138-9)
1819 Dec 10
Re terms for hiring (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.141-2)
1820 Mar 11
Purchased by Edward Sindrey (Reel 6050; 4/1746 p.224)
1822 Jul 10; 1823 May 17
Re capture of the American brig "Prudence", in reality the "Arocano", in Jun 1822 at Tubonai near Tahiti (Reel 6052, 4/1753 pp.165-6; Reel 6056, 4/1765 pp.117-21)
1823 May 26-Jul 5
Re tender by her master, Samuel Henry, for the Government cutter "Snapper"; the cutter was received from John Nicholson (Reel 6056; 4/1765 pp.127-30)
1825 Mar 25-Apr 8
Re dispute concerning pilotage fees for (Reel 6017; 4/5782 pp.306-14)
1825 Mar 27
Re clearance for (Reel 6063; 4/1785 p.181)
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1817 May 24
Petition seeking exemption from duty on pearl shell (Reel 6046; 4/1737 pp.313-6). Reply, 26 May (Reel 6005; 4/3496
1817 Aug 15,16
Appointed member of committee to survey "Matilda" (Reel 6046, 4/1738 pp.213-4; Reel 6005, 4/3495 pp.304-5)
1817 Aug 18
Report of committee of survey of "Matilda" (Reel 6046; 4/1738 pp.215-9)
1817 Sep 20
Re committee to survey "Lady Nelson" for survey of coast of Australia (Reel 6005; 4/3497 pp.65-6)
1817 Sep 26
Report of survey of "Lady Nelson" re repairs (Reel 6046; 4/1738 pp.296-300)
1817 Oct 4
Re appointment to committee to survey "Mermaid" for proposed survey of coast of Australia (Reel 6005; 4/3497 pp.86-7)
1818 Mar 14,16-7
Re appointment to committee to survey "St Antonio de Padua" and cargo (Reel 6006; 4/3498 pp.83-4, 91, 102)
1818 Mar 16
Report of Committee of Survey of "San Antonio de Padua" (Reel 6047; 4/1740 p.110)
1818 Mar 31-Dec 31
Estimates of duties collected by the Naval Officer (Reel 6023; X700 pp.17, 31, 45, 63)
1818 Apr 20
Re sending of provisions for "Henrietta" at Botany Bay on Birnie's whale boat (Reel 6006; 4/3498 pp.164-5)
1818 Sep 8
Re his appointment to a committee to survey and estimate the value of the "Mary" (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.35)
1818 Dec 26; 1819 Jan 7
Re voyages to settlements of the East India Company, Isle of France and Cape of Good Hope (Reel 6006; 4/3499 pp.235, 252)
1819 Jan 4
On list of new settlers and other free persons who are to receive grants of land in Jan 1819; at Botany Bay (Reel 6006, 4/3499 p.287; Fiche 3266, 9/2652 p.56)
1819 Jan 21
Re returning documents submitted to the Governor (Reel 6006; 4/3499 p.278)
1819 Jun 15
Letter requesting title deeds of illegal land grant (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.148)
1819 Jun 22
Re illegal land grant made to the late Admiral Bligh (Reel 6006; 4/3500 p.154)
1819 Aug 24
Paid from the Police Fund for iron hoops for Government use (Reel 6038; SZ1044 p.84)
1819 Nov 22,23
Re hire of the "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6007; 4/3501 pp.56, 62)
1819 Nov 22
Re terms for fitting out "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.127-8). Reply, 22 Nov (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.61)
1819 Nov 23
Re terms of hire of "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.129-30)
1819 Dec 1,2
Re Government hire of "Queen Charlotte" and the appointment of a committee to survey the vessel (Reel 6007; 4/3501 pp.84-85, 86-88, 89)
1819 Dec 7
Letter transmitting survey and report of the "Queen Charlotte" and requesting that necessary repairs be made (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.95)
1819 Dec 8,9
Re fitting out of "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.134-7). Replies, 9-10 Dec (Reel 6007; 4/3501 pp.98-9)
1819 Dec 10
Re terms of hire of "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6048, 4/1743 pp.141-2; Reel 6007, 4/3501 pp.102, 105)
1819 Dec 10
Refusal to hire out "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6048; 4/1743 pp.138-9). Reply, 13 Dec (Reel 6007; 4/3501 p.109)
1820 Dec 24
Store receipts of for salt pork (Reel 6049; 4/1745 p.355)
1821 Jan 15
Recommending that John McQueen be granted an auctioneer's licence; not granted (Reel 6051; 4/1748 pp.95-7)
1821 May 24
Store receipts of for salt beef (Reel 6051; 4/1748 p.185)
1822 Jun 26
Applying for clearing party and for William Munn as overseer (Reel 6022; 4/7014 p.175)
1825 May 9
Signature in recommendation of Thomas William Middleton's memorial re retaining the situation of Inspector of Cattle (Reel 6062; 4/1782 p.48b)
1825 Nov 1
On list of persons liable to serve as jurors in the district of Sydney (Reel 6062; 4/1782 p.112b)
BIRNIE, Martha Matilda. Came free per "Mary Ann", 1809; wife of James Birnie
1821 Sep 22
On list of persons to receive grants of land in 1821; at Lake Bathurst (Fiche 3266; 9/2652 pp.69, 73)
1822 Apr 6-1823 Mar 15
On list of persons receiving an assigned convict (Fiche 3290, 4/4570D pp.17, 55; Fiche 3291, 4/4570D p.130)
1823 Jun 14
On list of applicants for clearing gangs; for 100 acres to be cleared on her estate at Appin (Reel 6010; 4/3508 p.515)
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Hi Margaret
On the site www.records.nsw.gov.au in the Colonial Secretary's Index there is a lot about James:
BIRNIE, James. Merchant and shipowner
Arrived as captain of the "Mary Ann" in 1809 accompanied by his wife Martha Matilda; he was on the committee of the New South Wales Philanthropic Society from Jan 1814, a shareholder in the Bank of New South Wales and a landholder at Botany Bay.
1806 Nov 14
Re purchase of "Commerce" to convey skins and oil to England (Reel 6041; 4/1721 p.51)
1809 Oct
Appointed Coroner at inquest on Eleanor Allicot (Reel 6021; 4/1819 p.9)
1809 Oct 30
Juror at inquest on Ann Farlay held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 p.203)
1809 Nov 6
Re payment for supplying provisions to Government (Reel 6001; SZ757 pp.80a-82a)
1810 Mar 8
Juror at inquest on William Piper held at Sydney (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.531, 533)
1810 May 26
Re inquest on James Farren (Reel 6021; 4/1819 pp.205-7)
1810 Jul 9
Re proposed commercial voyage and importation of goods (Reel 6002; 4/3490C pp.115-7)
1812 Aug 13
Asking permission for "Mary Ann" to berth alongside Campbell & Company's wharf (Reel 6043; 4/1727 pp.277-8). Reply, 14 Aug (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.312)
1813 Mar 31
Seeking permits re project to bring flax from New Zealand (Reel 6043; 4/1728 pp.35-6). Reply, 1 Apr (Reel 6002; 4/3491 pp.410-1)
1813 Apr 3
Appointed member of Court of Civil Jurisdiction (Reel 6038; SZ758 p.360)
1813 Apr 12
Application for permission for Thomas Crump to proceed on "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6043; 4/1728 p.358). Reply, 12 Apr (Reel 6002; 4/3491 p.426)
1813 Apr 12
Re permission to remove spirits from stores for use on "Perseverance" and "Queen Charlotte" (Reel 6002; 4/3491 pp.425-6)
1813 Apr 17
Bond to Naval Officer (Fiche 3283; X702 pp.95-7)
1813 Apr 24, Jul 31
Paid from Police Fund for cases of port wine for use of General Hospital (Reel 6038; SZ758 pp.366, 399)
c.1814
Certifying to Thomas Raine's competence as a master mariner (Reel 6044; 4/1731 p.2)
1814 Jul 5
Re recapture of "Seringapatam"; Birnie agent for owners (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.211)
1814 Jul 9
Power of attorney from William Millish and William Stavers to Birnie, re "Seringapatam" (Reel 6044; 4/1730 pp.173-9)
1814 Aug 9
Re his appointment to a committee to survey condition of "Seringapatam" (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.241)
1814 Aug 18
Letter to as member of Committee of Survey requesting that the Committee examine Thomas Raine on his qualifications as a master mariner in order that he might take command of the "Surrey" (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.259)
1814 Aug 18
Signatory to report on Thomas Raine's competency to take command of any merchant ship (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.264)
1815 Feb 25
On return of horned cattle issued from the Government Herds between 8 May 1814 and 9 Jan 1819; payment for horse (Reel 6048; 4/1742 p.44)
1815 Mar 25
Letter to Allan forbidding issue of spirits purchased from Birnie (Reel 6004; 4/3493 p.502)
1815 Apr 1
Report of the committee appointed to survey the condition of the brig "Emu"; found unfit for the service of the Colony (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.109-10)
1815 Apr 20
Re appointment of committee to survey "Emu" (Reel 6004; 4/3494 pp.56-7)
1815 Apr 21
Member of committee to survey "Emu" (Reel 6045; 4/1732 pp.109-10)
1815 Aug 5
Paid from the Police Fund for olive oil supplied for use of the sick in the General Hospital (Reel 6038; SZ759 p.122)
1816
Seeking permission to import goods [Rio rum, Rio sugar, rice & coffee & 10,000 gallons of wine, 1,000 gallons of brandy, dried fruit etc] from the Cape of Good Hope (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.43-4)
1816
Permission sought to import 40 tons of sugar from Rio de Janeiro (Reel 6046; 4/1736 pp.43-4)
1816 Oct 2
Requested to assess cost of hire of "Rosetta" (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.168)
1816 Oct 8, Nov 18
Re remuneration due to Jonathan Griffiths for hire of "Rosetta" (Reel 6045, 4/1735 pp.154-6; Reel 6005, 4/3495 pp.281-2)
1816 Nov 19
To be invited to attend meeting of magistrates and merchants to discuss the colonial currency (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.285)
1816 Nov 25
Attendance requested at meeting to discuss an average wage rate (Reel 6005, 4/3495 p.306; Reel 6045, 4/1735 pp.222-4)
1816 Dec 31-1817 Dec 31
Estimates of duties collected by the Naval Officer (Reel 6023; X699 pp.103, 117, 131, 149, 163)
1817 Jan 31
To inspect "Kangaroo" before her voyage to England (Reel 6005; 4/3495 pp.478-9)
1817 Feb 5
Report of survey of "Kangaroo" re repairs needed (Reel 6046; 4/1737 p.250)
1817 May 6
Affidavit re seaworthiness of the "Emu" (Reel 6046; 4/1737 p.310)
1817 May 6
Requested to re-examine report of survey made of "Emu" (Reel 6005; 4/3496 pp.135-6)
1817 May 9
Request that the Crown Solicitor, Thomas Wylde, take steps to recover debt of (Reel 6005; 4/3496 p.142)
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Does anyone have any information about James Birnie born 1762 and died 14th July 1844 in New South Wales, Australia? He had a brother, Alexander who was a whaling ship owner in London and also owned whaling ships himself.
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