DEATH: Cert No NSW:8954/1904 Clarencetown.

MARRIAGE: Cert No NSW:2890/1874 Maitland.

BIOGRAPHY: Joseph and Jane Gorton's second son was born on the 15th of December, 1850. The early years of his life were spent with the family below the timbered range called the "Brothers", from which the cattle-run took its name. Joseph Ambrose attended Clarencetown School from the time when the family took up residence there in 1860. On leaving school he went to work on the property with his brother George, and sister Charlotte. He developed into a fine horseman, a fact which was often proven during the mustering of the Durham bullocks on the steep sides and rocky gullies of the Brothers Range. He eventually married Jessie Amelia Farley (the youngest sister of Mary Ann, who had married John Gorton of "Glenholme", Washpool, a first cousin of Joseph Ambrose Gorton). Naturally, there were often visits on horseback across the country between "Glenholme" and "Brothers" families. Joseph and Jessie had two sons and four daughters. Their eldest child, Tryphena Sarah Jane ("Phena") was born on the 24th of February, 1881 and died on the 31st of October, 1971 at the age of 90 years. Joseph Ambrose and his elder son, Clarence purchased a considerable area of grazing and fattening country which was originally part of the old "Brothers Station" held on lease by Joseph Gorton, Snr. Joseph Ambrose Gorton's property included the whole of Brothers Mountain Range and the region of the Little Black Camp Creek, where the shocking massacre of the Aborigines is said to have taken place. The area of freehold land amounted to 2,530 1/2 acres. ( The total area of land owned by Joseph Gorton, Snr, his sons George, Joseph and grandson, Clarence Gorton was 4,545 1/2 acres, all of which was part of the "Brothers Station" on Black Camp Creek and the Williams River in earlier years.) In about 1894, Joseph Ambrose Gorton sold a spotted roan Durham bullock to Mr S.J. Robards, a Clarencetown butcher, which was to break all previous records of size and weight for a fat bullock. The animal, which was bred by Joseph Ambrose Gorton from stock he had brought from the A.A.Company, tipped the scales with a depressed weight of 1,695 pounds; Joseph Ambrose received less than 5 pounds for it. The beast was about six years old. During his life, Joseph Ambrose was a quiet, serious man, with a deep sense of responsibilty. He was a devoutly christian man, whose principles were a reflection of his spiritual life, enriched by prayer and regular reading of the New Testaments. He had a deep sense of humour, which often expressed in droll and waggish remarks. Joseph Ambrose Gorton died on the 21st of July, 1904 at the age of 54 years. He was well-prepared for death and hid deep faith was most apparent when it was put to its final test. He was buried, following a funeral service in St Thomas' Church, Glen William, in the Churchyard where the remains of so many of the Gorton family have been laid to final rest. His good wife, Jessie Amelia, was buried beside Joseph following her death on the 10th of August, 1941 at the age of 87 years.

• Married: 21 OCT 1874 in St Marys C of E, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
• Event: Marriage reg. in No 2890.

1. Tryphena Sarah T. Jane Gorton b: 24 FEB 1881 in Port Stephens, New South Wales, Australia.
2. Clarence John Ambrose Gorton b: 24 MAY 1883 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
3. Cora Alice Mary Gorton b: 19 OCT 1885 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
4. Beatrice Myra Gorton b: 1 OCT 1887 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
5. Letitia Maud Gorton b: 25 NOV 1889 in Clarencetown, New South Wales, Australia.
6. Stanley Sedgwick Gorton b: 30 DEC 1894 in Stroud, New South Wales, Australia.