----- Original Message ----- From: Beverle MacLeod <beverle@austarmetro.com.au> To: <AUS-NSW-HILLS-HAWKESBURY-HUNTER-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [H,H,HV] KELLETT, MASTERS, MANNEL, MARSHALL, STAPLETON, McGOVERN > 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 > >