Oooooh, Me, Me ME!!!!! (Waving) I have to admit I cannot put my Jane Hale in Hawkesbury, and she first appears in 1809 in Kingswood as Mrs Thomas Vaisey. But by complicated cousinage, her son comes out to Australia in 1839 with some of the Hawkesbury SARGEANTS. I never have found the relatives in Australia (unfortunately mine went to New South Wales, not Tasmania) who wrote and said you could find gold in the streets. Good family story, pity gold hasn't been discovered at the time. Think they may have been referring to the fact land was basically being given away. My HALES are also said to be connected to Sir James HALE, but have never been able to confirm that, either. Thanks for the offer! Linda >______________________________X-Message: #4 >Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:47:27 +0800 >From: "Wessex Estates & Securities" <[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: [HWK] Hannah HALE > >I've just stumbled across a fascinating article concerning Hannah HALE of >Hawkesbury and her descendants in Australia. The article contains a wealth >of fascinating information about her life in Australia and that of her >sister, Emma. Hannah's father is not named, although it was he who took >the family out to Tasmania and is described as a weaver and Napoleonic war >veteran. Is anyone on the list interested in this family? > >Roderick