James W Schofield, Convict "Earl St Vincent" 1820

BDM NSW

Parents' marriage V1828/4413 3B or V1828/791 12: Schofield, James, to Angis or Angus, Janet or Jannet.

Births to James Schofield and Jennett (Angis): 1828 Louisa; 1829 William;

Births to James and Louisa Scofield (sic): 1833 James; 1835 Mary A; 1835 George; 1837 Robert; 1839 Jennett;

Birth to James and Jenet Sckofield: 1845 Charlotte (Sckofield).

Death? V1855 2071 43A: Schofield, James, aged 59.

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW) Sat 24 Mar 1855

THE Friends of the late MR. JAMES SCHOFIELD are respectfully informed that his FUNERAL will take place To-morrow (Sunday) Afternoon. The procession will move from his late Residence, Bolwarra, at Half-past Two o'clock precisely. W. T. MITCHELL, Undertaker. West Maitland, March 24, 1855.

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LINKS WITH EARLY DAYS in The Maitland Daily Mercury Sat 22 Jun 1935:

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser Sat Jan 18 1845

Rejoicing Overmuch

On Tuesday, James Schofield and Janet Schofield were brought before the bench, charged with being drunk, in the streets the previous ovening. Both pleaded guilty, and were fined 5/ each and costs, or four hours each in the stocks.

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Could this be the same James?:

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW) Wed 28 Mar 1849

Fire.-

On Saturday evening a small settler, named Jas. Schofield, residing on land belonging to Mr. Dight, close to West Maitland, but on the opposite bank of the river, sustained a very heavy loss by fire. Schofield had reaped a good crop of wheat this season, and had sold the whole of it except a quantity he kept for seed ; after thrashing he had made a large stack of the straw at a short distance from his hut, and in consequence of the dry season he has latterly been selling the straw readily at 7s. per load.

A good deal of loose straw was scattered about between the stack and the hut, and on Saturday, when a hot westerly wind was blowing strongly (after three days of hot winds previously), Schofield cautioned his eldest daughter and other children to be very careful in regard to fire, everything being as dry as tinder. In consequence, no more fire was kept up after dinner than barely sufficient to keep the fire in, but in spite of this precaution, about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, when his daughter returned into the house, after a few minutes' absence, she found the articles inside in flames.

She gave an immediate alarm, and Schofield himself, who was at work on a neighbour's ground, hurried home immediately, but a few minutes, with the strong wind that was blowing, had sufficed to make the hut and its contents one body of fire, and to communicate the flames along the loose straw to the stack, which lay eastward from the hut. There was a box in the hut containing £12 in notes and coin, but it was by this time in the midst of the fire, and Schofield could not reach it ; the only thing indeed that he and his children could get out were a few bags of flour, a much larger quantity, with every article of furniture, stores, &c, being totally consumed ; in getting out these bags, so fierce were the flames that Schofield's hat was burnt off his head.

Meanwhile the fire had reached the stack, and in a few minutes had got so firm a hold that no human power could afterwards arrest its progress, and the neighbours, who had hurried to Schofield's assistance, could only assist in preventing the fire from passing beyond Schofield's ground, as the remaining stubble and weeds quickly carried it along The heavy wind, almost amounting to a gale, and so hot that it seemed as if coming from a furnace, made this effort appear hopeless for some time, and fears were entertained that the farm of another small settler further down the bank, and after it the farm and dwelling of Mr. C. M. Doyle, would both be reached and destroyed by the fire, as both lay eastward from Schofield's.

Happily Mr. Doyle and a number of men succeeded in keeping the fire within Schofield's ground ; and some time after sun-down the wind moderated, and the danger was over, although men remained on the watch all night.

The loss to Schofield has been very heavy, in fact he is ruined, his losses amounting altogether to between £120 and £150. Among the articles entirely destroyed on his farm and in his hut were the following : a ton and a half of flour, 21 bushels seed wheat, 10 bushels seed . barley, 7 cwt. of pork and bacon, a quantity of tea and sugar, £12 in cash, a saddle and a set of cart harness, a large stack of straw estimated as at present prices worth £20, all kinds of farming implements, with saws, mauls, wedges, &c, beds and bedding, furniture, and wearing apparel ; in fact, leaving himself and three children, with his daughter's husband, completely denuded of everything except the clothes they had on, with a few bags of flour and one or two small articles saved at first.

In this extremity we are happy to find that some of Schofield's friends have commenced a subscrip-tion for him, which we have no doubt will be cheerfully responded to by all who can afford a mite, the inhabitants in and around Maitland being habitually liberal on such occasions.

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