Hi Wendy, Joanne and others listers, What great stories and family records, will have to keep a file on all the families mentioned. Regarding the FLACK family, I have the following and wonder if you can verify this for me. JOHN SHARPE married ANNIE McCabe in Sydney, they had a daughter ELIZA born in Paddington, ANNIE married WILLIAM FLACK in MUDGEE 1872. I have some records on the SHARPE family and wonder if this is the same line ? THOMAS SHARPE arrived in NSW 1839 per Susan, a few years later he married another passenger of the ship, her name was SARAH PETERS who arrived in NSW with a few brothers, the Peters and Sharpe families spread thought-out NSW and VIC, but the Sharpe family stayed mainly in the Menangle & Camden regions, do you have any details on William or if I have the correct line of Sharpe ? Thank you Colleen Eliza Sharpe daughter of John and Annie Sharpe married William Flack in Mudgee 1872 ----- Original Message ----- From: "ian" <iandwmckenzie@optusnet.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: Re: [ANCC] Who was your earliest Central Coast ancestor ? > Hello MargM and Everyone, > this latest thread is very interesting. I thought there would be quite a > few people on the list with pioneer ancestors much earlier than mine so I > wasn't going to mention them. However as mine are from 1841 and 1846, I > guess they deserve a mention. > > Robert Creighton and his wife [Eliza Ann Dunlop] arrived in Sydney Cove > on 19 Feb 1839 per 'Jessie', with four of their children, as free > settlers. After staying in Sydney for awhile, they moved to Gosford. By > the time of the 1841 Census, Robert Creighton was living in Russell > Street, East Gosford. Robert Creighton is my gt. gt. gt. grandfather. > > John Cockcroft was a convict who arrived in Sydney Cove per 'Westmoreland' > on 15 July 1835 . He was born in 1810. In 1846 he was in the Gosford > district and he applied to marry Jane Ann Turner, aged 21yrs. I don't have > information on John Cockcroft's TOL, so I don't know when he first moved > [or was sent] to the Central Coast. Jane Ann was the eldest daughter of my > Gt. Gt. Gt. grandmother, Margaret Bates, and her first husband, William > Turner. > > Best wishes > Wendy McKenzie > > > ==== AUS-NSW-CENTRAL-COAST Mailing List ==== > For other AUS mailing lists check out: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/AUS >