Hello Ray and Lynette In 1829, my 3rd great grandfather, John Ross, bought 100 acres of the Newington estate from John Rotton. I have 2nd great grandparents, Michael and Maria O'Leary buried in the Queen St Catholic Cemetery in Singleton and when I was photographing their headstone, I came across headstones for the McMenamin family and one for a Parmeter, which I photographed, because I knew someone researching the two families. The Parmeter headstone is for Jane Meredith Parmeter, died 25 July 1892, aged 2 years and 9 months. I believe she was the daughter of Thomas Parmeter (not the doctor) and Mary McMenamin. Little Jane Meredith Parmeter must have been a descendant of Dr Thomas Parmeter and Jane Meredith. We all seem to have connections in some way. Regards Jan Koperberg Blue Mountains > Hello Lynette. > Quite a few years back, we were visiting the Singleton Museum, in a park > right in Singleton itself; and the local historical society who run the > museum had a small booklet for sale about the ROTTON family. > HTH: Ray

Hi Jan Thanks for the info very interesting, it sure is a small world & I bet most of us with family from around this area would have some connection in some way. Regards Lynette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Koperberg" <jank@eftel.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-hills-hawkesbury-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:41 AM Subject: Re: [HHHV] Dr Parmeter & ROTTON > Hello Ray and Lynette > > In 1829, my 3rd great grandfather, John Ross, bought 100 acres of the > Newington estate from John Rotton. I have 2nd great grandparents, Michael > and Maria O'Leary buried in the Queen St Catholic Cemetery in Singleton > and > when I was photographing their headstone, I came across headstones for the > McMenamin family and one for a Parmeter, which I photographed, because I > knew someone researching the two families. The Parmeter headstone is for > Jane Meredith Parmeter, died 25 July 1892, aged 2 years and 9 months. I > believe she was the daughter of Thomas Parmeter (not the doctor) and Mary > McMenamin. Little Jane Meredith Parmeter must have been a descendant of > Dr > Thomas Parmeter and Jane Meredith. We all seem to have connections in > some > way. > > Regards > Jan Koperberg > Blue Mountains > >> Hello Lynette. >> Quite a few years back, we were visiting the Singleton Museum, in a park >> right in Singleton itself; and the local historical society who run the >> museum had a small booklet for sale about the ROTTON family. >> HTH: Ray > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > message >

...... A bit off the beaten track I realise , but I wonder if John Rotten was related to a 'Henry Rotton' who delivered mail between Bathurst and Carcoar around the 1850's ... I only came across the name 'Rotton' last week as I am trying to work out who the poor soul was who ran over and killed little Susanna Mary NORTH in 1855 .... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Koperberg" <jank@eftel.com.au> To: <aus-nsw-hills-hawkesbury-hunter-valley@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:41 AM Subject: Re: [HHHV] Dr Parmeter & ROTTON > Hello Ray and Lynette > > In 1829, my 3rd great grandfather, John Ross, bought 100 acres of the > Newington estate from John Rotton. I have 2nd great grandparents, Michael > and Maria O'Leary buried in the Queen St Catholic Cemetery in Singleton > and E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (6.1.0.447) Database version: 6.13560 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/

Henry Rotton was originally was in charge of cedar felling on the Manning River. Then he lived at Mt Lambie before going to Bathurst. By 1849 he had over 20 Mail coaches with runs extending as far as Penrith. He was originally from Frome, Somerset, born 1814, son of Gilbert and Mary. He was later a member of the 2nd Legislative Assembly NSW and also represented Hartley i the 3rd and 4th Parliaments. Information taken from Bathurst Pioneers Register. HTH Marie