Hi Annette Any connection to William James Piper son Charles Henry Piper b 1866 married Mary Chant The Chant's settled in Dubbo but earlier in Albury, Jellore, Sutton Forest, Bowral, Lavington, Mittigong, Germanton (Holbrook) and other areas. Luke and Margaret Chant are my 3x great grandparents buried in Old Dubbo Cemetary. Mm Blackman are a cousin line from Samuel Blackman of Windsor NSW in 1842 married Jane Hodgekinson/Hoskisson daughter of Sarah Freebody. Sarah Freebody was my 4x great grandmother Anne Freebody's sister. I descend from the Oldfield line. The Freebody line number 173 by 1870 and spread throughtout NSW and Eastern Australia etc. Also have a Martha Blackman daughter of James Blackman and Elizabneth Harley. Martha was born in Richmond in 1813 and highly likely related to Samuel? I am also researching the Bunter and Mudford family lines in NSW. regards Michael Cheeseman Descendant of Ann Sandlin and John Winter arr 1788 Simon Freebody and Daniel Hanchard arrived 1790 Isaac Cornwall/Cornwell arr 1791 Mary Wells arr 1792 Margaret Stocker arr 1796 Thomas Boulton arr 1801 Richard Sargeant arr 1818 James Chant and Mary Bunter arr 1849 Josesph Thomas arr 1870's William and Maria Harris arr 1877 -----Original Message----- From: Annette Piper [mailto:annette.piper@bigpond.com] Sent: Friday, 31 January 2003 12:43 PM To: AUS-NSW-PILLIGA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Blackman Family Hi I have borrowed some information on the Blackman family from the historical records in Coolah. The information includes a press clippings from the Cowra Guardian of 8 April 1938 and many typed pages given to the historian from a Blackman descendant A J Botfield of Coolah. It traces the Blackman family back to 1801. I have received numerous emails over the months from Blackman descendant(s) as a result of information in the Western Posts I have been transcribing. If any of you are interested in this information, please let me know. Cheers Annette Piper Coolah NSW ______________________________