Hi Elizabeth, I think you get the prize for the longest generations or did James Wright marry very late in life, I thought our average generation of 30 years was long but my grandsons 3 1/2 and due next week, one to each of my children will be 7th Generation from our first fleeter, Benjamin Cusley , Marine Regards Elizabeth Roberts -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth & Paul Kangro [mailto:pkangro@bigpond.net.au] Sent: Monday, 2 February 2009 12:09 PM To: aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PJ] FW: re Generations from First Fleeters Hi all my 5 year old son is only 6th generation from our FF ancestor James Wright (Scarborough) cheers Elizabeth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ross McDougal" <rossmcdougal@optusnet.com.au> To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:14 AM Subject: Re: [PJ] FW: re Generations from First Fleeters > Hi Cherilyn > Our 2 year old grandson is a 10th generation from my husbands 1st convict > Catherine Owens who came out in 1794 on "Surprise" but only a 8th > generation > from my 1st fleet convicts James Squire, Edward Goodin, Nathaniel Lucas > and > Olivia Gascoigne. > > Cheers Linda >>From hot western Sydney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cherilyn Bonney" <clbonney@optusnet.com.au> > To: <aus-pt-jackson-convicts@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 10:19 PM > Subject: [PJ] FW: re Generations from First Fleeters > > >>> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > to our First Fleeters and also to our new great >> grandson (five months) who >> is the latest generation. I said he was the ninth generation born here >> but >> before I fell asleep I was trying to count the generations without much >> success. Went straight to the computer next morning hoping it wasn't >> eight >> generations and found to my surprise that Jordan is the tenth generation >> born here! Everyone was very pleased. Are there any eleven generations >> from >> First Fleeters out there? > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-PT-JACKSON-CONVICTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message