London merchant BARTON Progenitor Barton of NSW-127948 See also website: http://www.danbyrnes.com.au/blackheath

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3. Sec AACo, Stockbroker BARTON William-32146 (Mr , Progenitor Barton of NSW ) was born in 1796 in Circa,England. He died on 6 May 1881 in Redfern.

His own entry in Salsbury/Sweeney, p. 36. on p. 5, wealth or social standing not condition of entry to stock exchange, though by 1870s NSW did have makings of an elite, eg Macarthurs, Icelys and Lambs, however, ALL the original members of the Sydney Stock Exchange came from NSW middle or lower middle class at time of entry to exchange, and had accumulated little wealth. On p. 4, the 1870s pattern grew stockbroking dynasties, with names Brownhill, Buckle, Burrows, Cooper, Cran, Degenhardt, Furner, Harriman, Hattersley, Hordern, Jackson, King, Lloyd, McFayden, Minnett, Polkinghorne, Reynolds, Steel, Smith, Tilley and White. On p. 3 of Salsbury/Sweeney on Sydney Stockholders, emphasis on family, and in its first decade, the 1870s, the Sydney stock exchange was 31 men from nine family groupings being Bain, Cape, Chatfield, Fattorini, Mullens, Palmer, North, Rodd and Thompson. See biog of Edmund by John Reynolds. See Stephen Salsbury and Kay Sweeney, Sydney Stockbrokers: Biographies of Members of the Sydney Stock Exchange, 1871-1987. Sydney, Hale and Iremonger, 1992. Their earlier book Salsbury/Sweeney which lists all share traders active 1835-1872. is The Bull, the Bear and the Kangaroo: The History of the Sydney Stock Exchange. details?

William married WHYDA Mary Louisa-32147 daughter of WHYDAH Progenitor-86174 and WNOTKNOWN Miss-69400 in 1827 in Circa. Mary died on 14 Jun 1872.

They had the following children:

	4	F	i	BARTON Elizabeth Lizzie-44717.
				Elizabeth married London merchant RICHARDSON William-27880 son of RICHARDSON Progenitor-220690 and RNOTKNOWN Miss-220691. No notes.
	5	F	ii	BARTON Mary-44609.
				Mary married Of Adelaide BRYANT F.-18489 son of BRYANT Progenitor-81187 and BNOTKNOWN Miss-129481.
	6	F	iii	BARTON Anna-44608.
				Anna married Dr MD HOBBS Dr-17550 son of HOBBS Progenitor-207812 and HNOTKNOWN Miss-207813. Dr was born in ,Brisbane.
	7	M	iv	Prime Minister of Australia BARTON Edmund-29870 was born in 1849. He died in 1920. He is son3, yst child. Who are his own children? His fr is stockbroker and financial agent. His ADB entry. See biog by John Reynolds. TM says this man's father started in Aust as secretary of the AACo.
				Edmund married ROSS Jean Mason-17546 daughter of ROSS Progenitor-121032 and RNOTKNOWN Miss-42388. She is dr of an English engineer and hotel keeper.
	8	F	v	BARTON Harriet Salmon-44606 died on 24 Mar 1910. Burke's LG for Robinson. See note to her husband.
				Harriet married Editor of Age, Melb Anthony Bennett ROBINSON-17549 son of RN ROBINSON Charles Frederick-171156 and ROCKE Eleanor-171157. Anthony was born in 1832. See Burke's LG for Evans of Lovesgrove, subset Robinson, p. 192.
	9	F	vi	BARTON Sarah-29571.
				Sarah married Of Sydney BARKLEY Notknown-17548 son of BARKLEY Progenitor-23689 and BNOTKNOWN Miss-6843.
	10	F	vii	BARTON Alice-27881. She is dr of G. Barton (?) in Burke's LG for Ducat-Hamersley of Pyrton Manor.
				Alice married HAMMERSLEY Edward Samuel-17547 son of HAMMERSLEY Hugh-46628 and BEVON Margaret Bevan-58202. Edward was born on 14 Aug 1839. He died in 1909. He is son2. He has two wives. Burke's LG for Ducat-Hamersley of Pyrton Manor. He is of Oxfordshire in John Reynolds biog of PM Edmund Barton.
	11	M	viii	Lawyer Journalist BARTON George Burnett-25533 was born in 1836. He died in 1901. Does he have dr Alice who marries Hamerseley in Ducat Hamersley? He writes a biog of W. C. Wentworth. There is a G. Barton of Sydney in Burke's LG for Ducat-Hamersley.
	12	M	ix	William Jnr BARTON Stockbroker-53627 died in 1863. Salsbury/Sweeny, stockbrokers, p. 38.

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