Legacy in Stone: Mary & John
Jason’s great-great-great grandmother, Mary Butler, was shipped aboard the Lady Juliana as property of the Crown. Her sentence was borne not just in shackles, but in silence. Her body was conscripted into empire. Her story, erased.
She arrived in a colony not of her choosing, branded by a system that saw her as expendable. But she endured—not as a heroine in the traditional sense, but as a quiet architect of survival. Her legacy was carried in blood, grit, and the unspoken resilience of women who bore history without applause.
On the paternal side, John Bresnehan, Jason’s great-great grandfather, was illiterate. He couldn’t spell his own name. History misspelled it for him—and the error became permanent. But he worked. He built. He stood in the soil of Tasmania and made something of nothing.
And here stands Jason:
The writer who carries his name.
The storyteller who picks up the thread John could never write himself.
The descendant of a woman whose silence was forced, and a man whose voice was never transcribed.
The Bresnehan Family Office is a soul-debt paid forward. A structure built to honor those who endured without recognition. A tribute to those whose stories were buried beneath empire, illiteracy, and erasure.
Lineage & Partnership
Jason’s wife, Alison, carries a vibrant Scottish and German heritage. That legacy is equally honored—woven into the family’s story through effort, resilience, and reverence.
Legacy here is not just remembered. It is activated—through work ethic, adversity overcome, and the collection of stories written, spoken, and lived.
The Bresnehan Family Office Logo
The Bresnehan Family Office’s logo is modeled on stone Celtic crosses—the kind carved into sacred ground across Ireland and early Tasmania. These weren’t ornamental. They were declarations of permanence.
The logo echoes that weight. It’s a digital engraving, designed to reflect the stone theology of Jason’s Irish Catholic ancestral faith. The cross features 27 engraved ribs, representing four pivotal calendar dates in Jason’s life.
Beneath the surface lies the power of three—nine trinitarian references, embedded in the design. Jason’s frameworks are built on threes: easier to remember, process, and implement in chaos. The number nine carries biblical resonance—nine fruits of the Spirit, the ninth hour of Christ’s surrender, the finality of divine judgment.
This logo isn’t branding.
It’s spiritual architecture.
A compass. A field guide.
A tribute to stone theology and tactical grace.
Jason’s personal logo shares the cross, as does Hadspen Foundation Pty Ltd.