To: AUS-NSW-PENRITH-L@rootsweb.com Hello All, Next year I can think of three events which come to an age of 200 years since they occurred. One is founding of Crane Brook, another is Vinegar Hill (does anybody know what is being planned to commemorate that?) and the one I'm posting about at the moment is the arrival of a young convict from England who gave rise to many descendants including my family. This was Ann Reffin and to remember her and hopefully get together people who know of the different lineages, or other historical aspects of her life and times, I've begun convening a seminar and hope for the assistance of others to find contacts for Ann's decendants. To save postage, email contacts are particularly welcome: =================================================================== SEMINAR on the passage of 200 years since the arrival of Ann Reffin =================================================================== DATE: 20th June 2004 PLACE: Hall of the Castlereagh Methodist church FEE: A small attendance fee to cover afternoon tea etc. Celebrating 200 years since the arrival of convict Ann Reffin. Ann's descendants include Byrnes, Jackson, Wilkinson and many other surnames of the Nepean valley. Ann married David Burns/Byrnes (per Friendship I). Both are buried in the Christ Church cemetery at Castlereagh. Speakers, suggestions and other expressions of interest are welcome. Please contact: John Byrnes Phone: (02) 9901 8789 Email: byrnesj@minerals.nsw.gov.au (or leave comments/corrections or suggestions at http://byrnes.blogeasy.com) ~~~~~ For further detail: [Some PDF documents on history are available on request to the writer] Families linked with David and Ann�s children ............................................. Nicholson, Jackson, Harland, Ablett, Wilkinson, Harris, Lewis (and hence Fredericks), Gorman (and hence Lees), and Nicholas Families linked with David and Ann�s grand-children ................................................... Yeomans, Smith, Becroft, Wilkinson, Johnson, Cunningham, Ford, Dunbar, McCooey, Hamilton, Dyson, Quinn, Price, Harland, Fraser, Irwin, Wright, Dowling, Sheens, Lovell, Pullman, Hollier, Innes, Cummins, Haynes, Kirkness, and Stokes Families linked with some of David and Ann�s great-grand-children (those who are descendants of their youngest son, Samuel Byrnes) ................................................. Vaughan, Boulton, Flanagan, Parish, Richardson, McLenehan, Ness, Alfred, Hall, Mann, Dunstan, Handley, Nixon, Willett, Stanton, Collins, Ahleman, Anderson, Millen, Lenthall, Matthews, Downey, Gates, Forrester, Witcom, Lack, Hindmarsh, Viant and Miller. Also: Curry, Walker, Payne, Taylor, Brightwell, Grant, Taylor, Bunyan, Winchester, Kendall, Upton, Weir, Cassidy, Kay, Clarke, Seach, Edgar, Gilbert, Rapley, East, Mason, Graham, Pond, Guthrie, Leschke, Woodleigh, Beecroft, Lines, Stonehouse, Seymour, Smith, Wilson, Tuckwell, Andrews, Ahleman, Bayliss, Grimmond, Kingsmill, Rose, Boots, Harvey, Webb, Piper, Allan, Andrews, Curry, Mosse-Robinson and Hair.