Marg tells me I sent this to her only and not the list > My John Smith is 1855/56 but there will be many who will doubtless beat > me. He was a butcher from Oving in Bucks > > From my position here at the computer in beautiful Green Point I can see > across the water to the land he once owned! > > Judy , again! > >> Dear Listers >> >> This area of NSW was starting to be inhabited by the early 1830s . I >> wondered which of you silent subscribers can claim their ancestor as >> the earliest settler/convict ??? >