To introduce myself as a new contributor, I am 3rd generation Australian from my great grandfather, Edward Markham of Rose Abbey, Kinsale, Cork, son of Thomas Markham and his last wife, Jane Weldon who married at Gretna, 1826. His home was Rose Abbey, Kinsale. Edward was born 31-7-1828. His father, Thomas, was a soldier of the 83rd Regiment. First an Ensign - enlisted 1782 - by 1790 a Lieutenant. He also held the rank of Colonel as Commandant of the Kinsale Yeomanry while commander during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Thomas inherited the following estates - Rose Abbey, Mansfield Lands, now Summer Cove, Killaney, Co. Cork and Ashtown House, Kilkenny. Thomas had three families:- !st m.2-7-1795 to Elizabeth Elleyne Leary bur. 10-11-1803 daughter of Ellwell Denis Leary. Children !.Mary Fudger Markham - never married d.c.1842 2.Sarah b.1799 m.15-6-1826 at Nohoval Church, Charles Huson of Mt. Anne, Kilpatrick and Springfield, Co. Wexford (a soldier) Children - Narcisssus and Elizabeth Alice. 3.William b.c.1801 d.1872 m.12-8-1831 Mary Hatton of Wexford, dau. of John Hatton of Kilpatrick, Wexford. Mary bur. Kinsale 17-4-1875 - William B.A. Trinity College, Dublin, educated for the bar. Their children:- 1.Thomas Hatton b.6-10-1835 bur. Kinsale 17-4-1875 2.Rev. William of Yorkshire b.9-7-1844 d.31-10-1895 bur. Isle of Wight m. Lucy Ashdown, dau. of George. a.John Hatton b.1882 m.Adorna Wells dau. of Ponlett Peter John Adorna Frida Dorothea b.Charles Ashdown b.1884 m.Mary Lock dau. of Frank York Doris Marion c.Christopher William O'Leary b.1885 m.Marion Wells dau. of Ponlett Clements William Elizabeth d.George Hastings b.1892 e.Mary m.Walter G. Cross f.Lucy m.Charles L. S. Ware 3.Alicia Matilda b.8-8-1832 4.Mary b.3-9-1840 bur. Kinsale 30-10-1862 Thomas does not appear to have married Jane Harris, mother of his second family. they had 8 children. The youngest of this family, Henry, d.v.p. young. The children were:- 1.Thomas b.c.1810 d.1833 Killaney - his father's residence 2.Jane b.c.1811 3.Anne b.c.1813 d.c.1878 m.Michael Aylward of Liverpool - had a sister, Ellen Aylward (1)Anne Jane m.1860 George Morris (2)Sarah (3)William (4)Michael 4.Robert b.c.1815 5.John b.c.1817 m.Elizabeth Doniclift d.6-1-1861 dau. of Samuel Doniclift and Sofia Leggett 6.Lewis b. 1817 d.17-2-1881 m.26-5-1863 Anne Bracken nee Allingham 7.George b.1822 d.3-2-1864 m.2-3-1854 Susan Allingham 8.Henry d.young d.v.p. I have a lot more information to contribute and will do so in sections. In 1994 I compiled a family history on my Markham family. There are many branches of earlier Markhams connected to this family who lived in Clonmel, Tipperary, parts of Kilkenny, Waterford and Cork, Kinsale and Killarney. When I send my next contribution, I will start at the beginning of all the families I know about; it will have to be in instalments and I will be very grateful to anyone who can help me in any way as there are lots of missing links out there somewhere, probably world wide by now. My great grandfather settled in the New England area of NSW with three of his half brothers. He moved around a lot and finally settled in the mining town of Tingha near Inverell. I was brought up in the country and now live at Mooloolaba on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. My personal e-mail is whiteman@ausnetwork.com.au Looking forward to some response. Peg Whiteman