Hi Robert, They most certainly are the JEANS from Stourpaine, (& Durweston) Dorset, England, & yes there are a few NEW - JEANS marriages & JEANS - JEANS marriages between 1st & 2nd cousins. There were several JEANS & related families who come to Australia from Dorset. The first JEANS family member to arrive in Australia was; Frances (Fanny) JEANS & her husband, Benjamin WEEKS in 1837 per "The Brothers" - recruited by Edward Macarthur to work on the Macarthur Estate. Jane NEW (widow) nee Monkton & her children arrived in 1849 per "Emigrant" James BECKINGHAM who married Georgina Ainsworth JEANS also arrived in 1849 per "Emigrant" with his family Malachi JEANS & Martha Jane nee AINSWORTH arrived in 1855 per "Lord Hungerford" John & Martha JEANS nee DIBBEN arrived in 1856 per "Persia" along with 10 other members of the NEW family. All the above JEANS are descendents of Joseph JEANS & Elizabeth nee SHEPHERD m. 1738 Durweston, Dorset, England. I have 21 NEW's in my database. I am descended from John & Martha JEANS nee DIBBEN. Susan JEANS their 9th child who married James William BARDEN , were my g grandparents. Henry John JEANS, the son of Michael JEANS & Catherine nee SCOTT, was the Secretary & later a Director of The Muswellbrook Coal Company. Would love to hear from anyone with a connection to the above to fill in a few gaps but I also have a lot to exchange. Which part of the west did your NEW family settle? I have seen that name mentioned in the Central West & Pilliga areas recently. Regards Helen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Heal" <healr@optushome.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] Listing my names of interest > Hello Helen, > > these Jean's would be some from Dorset England. They were connected > with the New > family also from Dorset England ( around Stourpane ). These New's > lived around > Maitland and Inverell. > > There were other New's from Dorset at Camden and Temora but they were > different > to the Maitland News. > > There were also New's out west, they were from Worcestershire ( my > News ). > > I used to have some information on the Dorset News and Jeans which I > investigated > by mistake. There is also some information about them on Jeans-L at > Rootsweb. > > If my memory serves me correctly one was called Malachi Jeans. > > Hope this helps > > Robert Heal > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Helen Dickinson" <hjayd@myplace.net.au> > To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:12 AM > Subject: [H,H,HV] Listing my names of interest > > > > JEANS - Maitland, Muswellbrook, Camden, Goulburn & further south & > south west > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >