Hello Bev, I always check the ending of an email incase a family name comes up that I am familiar with. In this case it is Craft, who have married into the Bridge, Medhurst,Woodbury families. These families are very distantly connected to mine. My family of Sweeney/Gillespie. Thomas arrived on "Regalia" 1826, Mary Gillespie arrived on the "Southworth" free with her 2 aunts Mary Gillespie and Mary Fleming and their respective children (4 each). Mary Gillespie 2nr was the wife of Dominick Gillespie, "Asia" 1825, and their daughter Mary married James Perry "Isabella". One of Mary and James's daughters is connected with the Bridge/Craft line. Email me off list and I will give you the email of a distant relative who can give you more information, I also would be interested in swapping pedigree's with you. ANNE ----- Original Message ----- From: Beverle MacLeod <beverle@austarmetro.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:55 PM Subject: [H,H,HV] KELLETT, MASTERS, MANNEL, MARSHALL, STAPLETON, McGOVERN > Hello Listers, > > I am new to this particular list. My name is Bev and I have been > researching my family for three or four years on my mother's side. This is > going well with convict ancestors galore from Mangrove Creek, Windsor and > Wollombi. But at the moment I am researching my husband's maternal arm of > the family who hail mainly from Maitland with one possibly at Cessnock. > > Can anyone please help with the following names: > > Thomas STAPLETON b Killkenny, Ireland1792 d West Maitland 31/1/1880 > we think convict transported Forth 1835 > m. 15/7/1852 Eliza MASTERS b. Southampton, Hampshire UK 1826 d. 28/4/1895 > West Maitland > > Eliza's parents are Mary Ann MARSHMAN, arr John Renwick 1838 b. 1801 d. > Maitland, Northumberland 28/10/1849 and Benjamin MASTERS > > Their daughter Mary Eliza STAPLETON m. Charles Henry McGOVERN 1/3/1876 > > Charles parents are John McGOVERN b. Londonderry Ireland 1833 d. 30/6/1914 > West Maitland and > Lydia Sarah MANNELL b. Jersey 1833 d. 13/8/1907 West Maitland > > Lydia's parents are John MANNELL and Jane MARSHALL. > > There seems to be a Business relationship between Marshall and McGovern as > well as marital, as John McGovern was a partner of Alexander > Marshall/Marshell possibly as bootmakers. Charles was a parter in a firm > called McGovern and Ribee. > > Walter Reginald McGOVERN s/o Charles and Lydia m. Mary Elizabeth KELLETT in > 1904. > Mary's parents are John KELLETT and Emily SEYMOUR b. 4/5/1858 Maldon, Vic > > Hope this is not too much at once! > > Happy Hunting > Beverle MacLeod > Researching BAKER (Neptune 1790), RAYCRAFT (William Pitt 1806), PEAULETT > (Scarbourough 1788),DIXON (Tottenham 1818), ROBINSON (Earl Cornwallis 1801), > FERGUSON (Asia 1820), STAPLETON (Forth 1835), MASTERS (John Renwick 1838), > CRAFT (Albemarle 1791) > > > > > > ============================== > 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 > >

Hi Anne, Thanks for your reply. My connection with Craft is a tentative one, through one of his wives, Sarah Robinson (Earl Cornwallis 1801). Sarah had a daughter from a previous association with James Peulett (Scarborough 1788) also named Sarah. The daughter Sarah also married twice. The second marriage was to William Dixon (Tottenham 1818). They met, we think, at the property of John Grono - a famous figure in the Windsor area I believe - he assigned, she as a servant. Their youngest daughter Eliza married James William Ferguson of Mangrove Creek. His father John Ferguson arrived Asia in 1820, and a great many of his family came later, free. John married Harriet Forner and had a number of children, two of whom married into the Chaseling family, who also have an association with Craft I think. John Ferguson had an affair with Sarah Bridge (nee Woodbury), Agnes Bridge was the product of that union. This same Sarah had associations (and children) to Edward Craft, James Purvey and Joseph Bridge - got around that girl! Back to Eliza and James Ferguson - their daughter Lucilla J. Ferguson married William Raycraft Baker (hails from William Baker, Neptune 1790), their son Frank Henry Baker is my grandfather. Around this time the family is at Grafton. So there you have it. Not much in common, but if there is anything more you would like to know about any of it, let me know. I have some maps of land grants and that sort of thing around Mangrove creek. On the off chance that your relative can help, I would kill for any information on Harriet Forner, married to both John Ferguson (as above) and William Douglass. Many thanks and happy hunting, Beverle MacLeod ----- Original Message ----- From: "anne marie mobbs" <asnedden@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] KELLETT, MASTERS, MANNEL, MARSHALL, STAPLETON, McGOVERN > Hello Bev, > > I always check the ending of an email incase a family name comes up that I > am familiar with. > In this case it is Craft, who have married into the Bridge, > Medhurst,Woodbury families. These families are very distantly connected to > mine. My family of Sweeney/Gillespie. Thomas arrived on "Regalia" 1826, > Mary Gillespie arrived on the "Southworth" free with her 2 aunts Mary > Gillespie and Mary Fleming and their respective children (4 each). Mary > Gillespie 2nr was the wife of Dominick Gillespie, "Asia" 1825, and their > daughter Mary married James Perry "Isabella". One of Mary and James's > daughters is connected with the Bridge/Craft line. > > Email me off list and I will give you the email of a distant relative who > can give you more information, I also would be interested in swapping > pedigree's with you. > > ANNE > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Beverle MacLeod <beverle@austarmetro.com.au> > To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:55 PM > Subject: [H,H,HV] KELLETT, MASTERS, MANNEL, MARSHALL, STAPLETON, McGOVERN > > > > Hello Listers, > > > > I am new to this particular list. My name is Bev and I have been > > researching my family for three or four years on my mother's side. This > is > > going well with convict ancestors galore from Mangrove Creek, Windsor and > > Wollombi. But at the moment I am researching my husband's maternal arm > of > > the family who hail mainly from Maitland with one possibly at Cessnock. > > > > Can anyone please help with the following names: > > > > Thomas STAPLETON b Killkenny, Ireland1792 d West Maitland 31/1/1880 > > we think convict transported Forth 1835 > > m. 15/7/1852 Eliza MASTERS b. Southampton, Hampshire UK 1826 d. 28/4/1895 > > West Maitland > > > > Eliza's parents are Mary Ann MARSHMAN, arr John Renwick 1838 b. 1801 d. > > Maitland, Northumberland 28/10/1849 and Benjamin MASTERS > > > > Their daughter Mary Eliza STAPLETON m. Charles Henry McGOVERN 1/3/1876 > > > > Charles parents are John McGOVERN b. Londonderry Ireland 1833 d. 30/6/1914 > > West Maitland and > > Lydia Sarah MANNELL b. Jersey 1833 d. 13/8/1907 West Maitland > > > > Lydia's parents are John MANNELL and Jane MARSHALL. > > > > There seems to be a Business relationship between Marshall and McGovern as > > well as marital, as John McGovern was a partner of Alexander > > Marshall/Marshell possibly as bootmakers. Charles was a parter in a firm > > called McGovern and Ribee. > > > > Walter Reginald McGOVERN s/o Charles and Lydia m. Mary Elizabeth KELLETT > in > > 1904. > > Mary's parents are John KELLETT and Emily SEYMOUR b. 4/5/1858 Maldon, Vic > > > > Hope this is not too much at once! > > > > Happy Hunting > > Beverle MacLeod > > Researching BAKER (Neptune 1790), RAYCRAFT (William Pitt 1806), PEAULETT > > (Scarbourough 1788),DIXON (Tottenham 1818), ROBINSON (Earl Cornwallis > 1801), > > FERGUSON (Asia 1820), STAPLETON (Forth 1835), MASTERS (John Renwick 1838), > > CRAFT (Albemarle 1791) > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >