Hi Barbara, I live in Victoria, Aus. and I am afraid I have not been to Tassie either so do not know exactly where Green Ponds is. I do not know if the inn still exists. I have attached a sheet sent from another researcher which lists some references to John Presnell and his family which you may find informative. Although it says there were 5 children I only have 3. I do not have any info on the one from your family - Edward. The 3 i have are Christiana, William and John (jnr). Do you know who the other one was? I have a great deal of info on the descendants of the 3 children I do have. If you are interested I can send it to you. It was supplied by another researcher, so I have not checked the accuracy of it all. Do you have any other info on Edward, such as birth ,death, etc, or his descendants? If so, I would be very interested in obaining a copy. I checked the copy of the Tas Presnell records and found their marriage and Ann's death. If you have her birthdate and parents that would also be good. John Snrs mother, Sarah, came to Australia in 1822 at the age of 85. Imagine that! I am a descendant of one of her other sons, William, who was sent to Australia as a convict in 1798. Several of the family later followed him here. If you would like any info on these other Presnell's, please also let me know. I have some sheets on some of them similar to what I have attached as well as many descendants. Note: because your email address didn't work, I have added a copy of what I was going to attach below. Looking forward to hearing from you. Regards, Sharon. JOHN PRESNELL Senior & Junior (1) John Presnell arrived per Midas, Watson Master, on 12 January 1821. (CSO 1/79/1760 HTG 13/1/1821 P. 2c1) (2) In a Memorial to Governor Arthur, dated 8 February 1825, John Presnell supplied the following information (a) Governor Sorell granted him 300 acres of land which Presnell located at Sorell Springs. (b) Presnell was a blacksmith by trade. (c) In 1825 he had a wife and four children, the eldest of which was a daughter, Christianna, aged 17 years. Presnell applied again in 1827 for land. He was granted 500 additional acres in 1831 and 1832. John Presnell and his wife Eleanor made further applications for land and these were unsuccessful. (CSO 1/79/1760). (3) John Presnell was licencee of the White Hart Inn, Sorell Springs from 18221828. (Hobart Town Gazzette 5/10/1822 Tasmanian 3/10/1828). (4) Eleanor Presnell was licencee of the White Hart Inn in 1833 (HTG 13/12/1833). (5) John & Eleanor Presnell had the following child baptised at St Davids. John was an innkeeper at Antill Ponds. : William, born 11 January 1826, baptised 21 February 1826 (NS 282) (6) Hobart Town Courier 25 June 1831 Died: On 20 May last Mr John Presnell of the White Hart Inn, Antills Wells. He has left a wife and five children to deplore his loss. As a father, kind and affectionate, as a husband, always kind, his loss will be deeply felt by all his family John was an innkeeper aged 45 (NS 356/17). (7) John Presnell, Bachelor, married Harriet Presnell, spinster, in the School House at Campbell Town, on 20 July 1836 The witnesses were Elleanor Presnell of Ross, Charlotte McVicker of Campbell Town and J.E. McVickar of Campbell Town. (RGD 3573/1836). (8) William Presnell, son of John Presnell Senior, died on 8 July 1904. (WC 23/7/1904 p.25, p. 26 C1) (9) Christianna Presnell was baptised 9 October 1808 at Stepney, St. .Mary Whitechapel. London. She was the daughter of John & Eleanor Presnell who arrived per "Midas" in 1821. -----Original Message----- From: Johnson Family <peterj1@ihug.co.nz> To: AUS-TAS-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com <AUS-TAS-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, 6 March 2002 12:58 Subject: Re: [AUS-TAS-SURNAMES] Presnell Family Hi Sharon, On a family sheet I received on the ADAMS Family who came from Tasmania, Albert ADAMS was my ggrandad, there was a note on the botton which reads:- Ann Thomasine ADAMS ( Alberts mother) married a second time to Edward PRESNELL , son of John and Eleanor (nee SKELTON) PRESNELL, who had a Inn at Anthill Ponds called the "White Hart Inn" The PRESNELLs arrived in Hobart on the "Midas", 12/1/1821. The Inn was situated on 300 acres at Antill Ponds district Green Ponds, Tasmania. This is all the information I have and I have not been able to get any more and I was wondering if this family could be contected to your PRESSNELLS. You may even be able to add to the bit about the Inn, whether it did or still does exsist and where Anthill ponds is. I come from Invercargill in New Zealand, and my knowledge of Tasmania is pretty scarce. Lookinf forward to hearing from you. Regards Brenda ==== AUS-TAS-SURNAMES Mailing List ==== Please link your webpages to the Tasmanian Convicts Webring - let's unite!!! The navigation bar is located at: Http://hometown.aol.com/romniroser/myhomepage/newsletter.html ============================== 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