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From: Phoenix <>
Subject: Re: Jerrys Plains.
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 16:29:48 +1000


Hi Gregory

Noted your references to partial biographies of the Bowman, Alcorn Hobden &
Ellis Families and an very interested in these references as these families are
my kin( through various marriages to my Saunders family of the siad Jerrys
Plains /Deman area), and was wondering would it be possible to get copies of
these biographies and also as to where you obtained the said biographies ( if
from members of these families any contacts you may be able to pass on to me.

Regards
Phil Saunders

Gregory Ball wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
> Many thanks to all the listers who made valuable suggestions
> regarding my J.P. enquiry. What I am seeking is any information which may
> shed some light on James Ball (ggf) and Charlotte Grey (ggm) who married
> there by banns in 1844. I have been unable to trace this couple, although I
> have checked many shipping records and SMH passenger lists and ECRs.
> James Ball was a cordwainer (shoemaker) by trade and worked on the John
> Smith grant of 'Birnamwood' or 'Birnam Wood' which was close to the gazetted
> village of Lymington, now Lemington and not far from the historic Hobden
> owned 'Great Lodge'.
> They had four children, the first three of whom were baptised in St
> Philips at Warkworth (then Wirkworth) and their abode was given as Redburn
> Ck.. This was probably part of Smith's grant. The last child was baptised in
> St James at J.P. Both churches were part of the J.P. parish.
> I have Wood's "Dawn in the Valley', the Singleton Centenary booklet,
> Ball's farm is mentioned) Parish maps of the area and copies of the
> relevant entries in the Church Registers as well as several partial
> histories of a number of prominent early settlers (Bowman, Brown, Alcorn,
> Hobden & Ellis)
> I know the J.P. area well, have listed the old C of E cemetery and asked
> questions of all and sundry, but to no avail. I was hoping that someone may
> have done some research of the area which may have given a clue of these
> ancestor's beginnings--perhaps through the
> GREY family.
>
> Greg Ball
> Queensland.
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