I am seeking to make contact, and to share CHISMAN family history notes, with any descendant or researcher of the family of my ancestor, James CHISMAN senior. James CHISMAN, senior, [the name Cheesman was corrected to Chisman in the baptismal register] was born approximately 1774, and baptized in East Knoyle in 1775. In 1808, in East Knoyle church, he married Martha SANGER. James senior was a yeoman farmer of East Knoyle. James died in 1844, aged 70 and was buried in East Knoyle; the will of James CHISMAN, gentleman of East Knoyle, proved in 1845, is available at the Wilts and Swindon History Centre. Martha died in 1839, aged 58 years and was buried with m.i. in East Knoyle. James senior and Martha had issue, including: 1. William CHISMAN, baptized in East Knoyle in 1810. William was enumerated in the East Knoyle 1841 census as a farmer and his father James as an independent man. In 1842, in Tisbury district, he married Hannah BROTHERS. They first farmed in Charlton Tything, where William was a farmer of 646 acres in Standlynch, Wilts. In the 1850s, they moved to Upavon Farm House, Upavon, Wilts, where William was a farmer of 815 acres. Hannah died in Pewsey district, in Q1 of 1862; William’s death, aged 63, was registered in Pewsey district in Q2 of 1873. William and Hannah had issue. 2. John CHISMAN, baptized in East Knoyle in 1811. In 1837, in St. Denys, Warminster, John married Louisa KNIGHT. John and Louisa farmed in Stockton and, from the late 1840s, in Codford St. Peter, Wilts. John, aged 64, was buried in Codford St. Peter in 1875. Louisa died, aged 75, in 1886, in Warminster district. John and Louisa had issue. 3. James CHISMAN, junior, baptized in East Knoyle in 1816. In 1843, in West Knoyle church, he married Ann RUMSEY. James junior was a yeoman farmer of 520 acres in Lushill, near Castle Eaton (census of 1851); by the census of 1861, James 42 was a farmer in Pewsey; lastly, James was a farmer of 1,103 acres in Winterborne Bassett (census of 1871), all in Wiltshire. James was buried (m.i.) in Winterborne Bassett, Wilts, in 1876, aged 60; Ann, a widow, was buried in St. Michael’s church, Wilsford, Wilts, (m.i.) in May 2nd., 1883, aged 63. James junior and Ann had issue. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.