Greetings forwarding this Wiltshire Chant
Family details.
I have Abraham, Ingram, Johnson and Snook Family connections in Wiltshire
hence the connection here with Ingram.
Regards
Michael Cheeseman
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat.McGufficke(a)ntu.edu.au [mailto:Pat.McGufficke@ntu.edu.au]
Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2000 9:25 AM
To: michaelc(a)tower.net.au
Subject: Re: Chant Family
Dear Michael,
Here are the details of my Chant line.
My Chants came from Broadchalk, Wiltshire, England,
where the earliest in my family was a
JOHN and MARY CHAUNT. Details from Church records,
Broadchalk.
Issue:
THOMAS CHANT chr. 23 October 1743 Broadchalk
JOHN CHANT CHR. 27 March 1744 Broadchalk, marr. MARY
ELIZABETH chr. 17 Jan 1773, marr. GEORGE EMM 2 Aug 1790
ALEY chr. 10 July 1774
MARY chr. Aug 13 1776 marr. GEORGE SELWOOD 1800
JOHN chr. 4 April 1778
JAMES chr. 14 May 1780
SARAH chr. 23 Feb 1784
WILLIAM chr. 26 June 1791
MARY chr. 27 Oct 1748, marr. WILLIAM KING 18 Jan 1766 Broadchalk
WILLIAM ANTHONY CHANT was chr. 28 Mar 1756 at Broadchalk.
William's wife was JEAN.
JOHN CHANT chr. 1775 Broadchalk
VIRTUE CHANT chr. 24 Aug 1788 Broadchalk
WILLIAM CHANT chr. 13 Feb 1791 Broadchalk, marr.
PEGGY SNELL 15 Dec 1808 Broadchalk
Issue:
JANE CHANT b. 25 Apr 1808 near Fifield,
Wiltshire marr. HENRY INGRAM 2 July 1832 at
Chalk Mills, Fisherton
Anger, Wiltshire. Jane died 26 May 1894 at Bombala, NSW, Aust. Fifield is
a small hamlet just along the road
from Broadchalk in Wiltshire, near Salisbury. Her father, William Chant,
was a watchmaker.
MARY ANN CHANT chr. 4 Dec 1811,
Fisherton Anger,Wiltshire marr. ISAAC SAUNDERS 18 Oct 1836 at
Fisherton Anger.
WILLIAM CHANT b. 1813, Broadchalk
JOHN CHANT, chr. 2 Jul 1814, Broadchalk, marr. 1834
Fisherton Anger, CHARLOTTE PHILIPS
VIRTUE CHANT, chr. 2 Dec 1817 Broadchalk, marr.18 Jan
1843 Broadchalk, JAMES SCAMMELL, labourer. Witness was James Chant.
HENRY CHANT (base born) 1838, marr. EDITH
JAY 23 Nov 1861.
EMMA JANE 1863
MARY ANN SCAMMELL chr. 25 Apr 1847
JAMES SCAMMELL chr. 3 Nov 1849
JAMES SCAMMELL chr. 2 Mar 1851
WILLIAM CHANT, chr. 5 Oct 1820 Broadchalk, marr. 17 Oct
1842 Broadchalk, ELIZABETH LEVER aged 22. Elizabeth's father was Job
Lever, labourer.
MARGARET chr. 11 Dec 1842
GEORGE chr. 7 Apr 1848
JAMES JOHN chr. 31 Mar 1850
JANE chr. 8 May 1853 marr. GEORGE UNWIN 1871
HARRIETT b. 1857
ELIZABETH CHANT, chr. 7 Nov 1822, Broadchalk
JAMES CHANT chr. 8 Oct 1824, Broadchalk marr. Emma
FANNY b. 1851
THOMAS 1853
ELLEN 1856
ELIZA 1859
Other info from Broadchalk IGI:
1835 THOMAS (M: MARY ANN CHANT)
1876 GEORGE FOYLE CHANT bapt. 4 June
WILLIAM CHANT marr. ANN VINCENT 5 June 1756 at Wilton by Salisbury
ELIZABETH chr. 19 Nov 1757
JAMES m. ANN
MARY chr. 25 Jan 1738
MARY chr. 23 Oct 1748
ELIZABETH CHANT m. WILLIAM CASE 20 Dec 1802
WILLIAM CHANT m. CATHARINE
HUGH CHANT 24/5/1872
JOHN CHANT m. CLARA JANE HARDIMAN 18 Aug 1894.
CHANT FAMILY GROUPS FROM MERRIOTT CHURCH RECORDS - LDS Microfilm
JOHN CHANT m JOAN SWEET - Lower Street Merriott, Collier
JOAN chr. 22/1/1837
JOHN chr. 31/5/1829
ANN chr. 12/5/1823
JULIAN chr. 12/5/1823
JOHN CHANT (Labourer) m. JANE
MARY chr. 4/1/1827
HENRY chr. 28/9/1834
ROBERT CHANT (Possibly b. 1810, d. 1901 of South Molton District) m.
ELIZABTH SHUTTER 30/8/1830
REGINALD CHANT m. HANNAH TRASK (b. 1810, d. Yeovil district 1901)
SAMPSON chr. 12/5/1834 d. 1901
WILLIAM CHANT m. MARIA FOLLETT 10/1/1830
THOMAS CHANT m. JOAN
WILLIAM chr. 26/5/1805 d. 26/2/1806
WILLIAM chr. 5/4/1808 d. 8/5/1808
SUSANNA chr. 24/12/1809 marr. WILLIAM WILLIAMS 14/11/1831
GEORGE chr. 26/5/1812 m. HANNAH TRASK 5/5/1833, Broadway, Merriott (Samuel
Pattemore was a witness at the wedding).
ELIZABTH chr. 25/12/1836
DIANA chr. 18/4/1813
HANNAH chr. 3/5/1818
ROBERT CHANT m. SUSAN OSBORNE of Merriott 21/1/1816
JOHN CHANT (labourer) m. JEAN
JEAN chr.. 16/5/1825
WILLIAM CHANT m HANNA
JAMES chr. 30/11/1823
WILLIAM CHANT d. 8/5/1809 marr. ELIZA d. 1812
GEORGE chr. 16/2/1770
JOAN chr. 25/12/1783
JOSEPH bur. 5/5/1782
JOAN bur. 6/8/1782
ELIZABETH CHANT m. CHARLES LAWRENCE 7/12/1823). Witness: Thomas Rousell
THOMAS CHANT m. MARY b. 1739, d. 1821
THOMAS chr. 6/9/1770
CHANT DEATHS FROM MERRIOTT CHURCH RECORDS
THOMAS b. 1798 d. 17/7/1836 aged 38
JOAN b. 1768 d. 1831 aged 63
ROBERTY b. 1763 bur. 1834 aged 71
LUCY b. 1760 d. 1830 aged 70
MARY b. 1739 d. 1821 aged 82
HANNAH b. 1737 d. 1819 aged 82
HARRIETT b. 1830 d. 1830 aged 1 month
WILLIAM CHAUNT d. 26 Feb 1806 (son of Joseph)
ELIZABETH d. 7 Jan 1812
ROBERT bur. 18 Jul 1782
JOAN (parents WILLIAM/ELIZA) died 18 Aug 1782, bur. 20 Aug 1782
1841 CENSUS OF KINGSTON MAGNA, DORSET
Living in Ryland Street -- GEORGE CHANT 25, b. 1816 Ag. labourer
GRACE CHANT 20, b. 1821
GEORGE CHANT 2, b. 1839
ELIZABETH CHANT chr. 18 Jan 1692 at Fisherton Anger, marr. JOHN PEAK chr.
8/9/1692 at Fisherton Anger.
1841 CENSUS FOR MANSTON, DORSET
JOSEPH CHANT 25 b. 1816 Baker
THOMAS CHANT 6 b. 1835
JOSEPH CHANT 3 b. 1838
INGRAM - WILTSHIRE
Parish records record Henry's birth as son of LOVE INGRAM - no father's name
was listed.
HENRY and JANE CHANT's family - 3 children listed below, plus
ELIZABETH b. 18 Jun 1840 Bombala, NSW, Australia
JAMES b. 1841
MARY ANN b. 1843
HENRY b. 1845
JANE b. 1848
THOMAS b. 1848
CHARLES b. 1850
Henry Sr.'s brother, JOHN HENRY, also came to Australia. There was also
another brother, WILLIAM, b. 1813 in Salisbury.
Ingram is derived from the British for Pastureland, homestead, river-meadow
or from the Germanic Angleramn/Ingibramn which means angel raven.
An article written by Sheila Barber, 149 Wellington Street, Bombala,
appeared in the Bombala Times on 14 September 1988, headed:
"150 Years of Ingrams on the Monaro 1838-1988
In this our Bicentennial year, I would like to pause for a while to think
about our Ingram forebears. One hundred and fifty years ago this month,
they were out at sea in a small wooden ship, heading towards a strange new
land. They were possibly seasick, some of the women were pregnant, and 55
women and children were suffering from dysentry, which caused the death of a
few. The voyage was to last 18 weeks and five days and their only port of
call on the way was at Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope, where they took on
fresh beef and vegetables. How brave these people must have been and how
bright the future in NSW must have seemed, after the conditions back home in
England."
Henry Ingram: b. 1809 Wiltshire England, son of William JOY and LOVE
INGRAM, occupation: shepherd, in 1832 married Jane Chant, b. 24-4-1809,
daughter of William Chant, watchmaker of Salisbury. On May 2, 1838 Henry
and Jane, with their three children John b. 2-8-1833, Margaret (Peg) b,
25-1-1835 and William b. 17-12-1836 left England, via Portsmouth, on the
ship "Woodbridge" of 516 tons, with 270 Government immigrants aboard of
which the Ingram family was included, arriving at Port Jackson on 15
September 1838. Jane was treated for dystentery from 2 - 18th July by the
ship's surgeon, Alexander Stewart - see Surgeon's records. (The ship was an
AE1class ship built in Calcutta in 1809. The shipping records list Henry as
a shepherd who could not read and write, and Jane as a housemaid who could
read and write a little. Both were 30 years of age).
Henry was employed by William Klensendorlffet of Canberra Plain (Yarralumla
ACT) for a fee of 25 Pounds a year quarrying shale. The family lived in a
hut on the property, which is the site of Government House, for about 14
months, later travelling south by dray to Bombala, arriving Christmas Day
1839. Jane was heavily pregnant at this time. They shared their Christmas
dinner with a family named Garrity, who were shepherds on the Mahratta
Estate, living in a hug at what is now known as Cunninghams Point; the only
other hut in Bombala at this time was on the rise at the back of the
Showground. The Ingrams contributed a goose and a bucket of potatoes
towards the meal. Their daughter, Elizabeth, was born January 18, 1840, and
is believed to be the first white English female child to be born in
Bombala, and it was from Elizabeth that Maybe Street got its name, when she
asked some men who were digging what they were doing, and she was given the
reply that it maybe a street one day.
Henry worked for one year with John Nicholson, manager of Mahratta Estate,
and Captain Ronald Campbell of Cambalong Station for 18 years before taking
up land at Saucy Creek, then Tombong, where Ingram descendants are still
living. Henry worked as a teamster-carrier using bullocks and horses. By
the 1950s, five generations of the Ingram family had been at one time or
another employed at Cambalong Station as shepherds, teamsters, shearers,
farmhands, fencers, gardeners, scullery maids, parlour maids, housemaids,
cooks and even chauffeur.
Henry Ingram is believed to have been a boxer of some repute, winning a
boxing title in Salisbury Plains, England. From these two pioneers, over
the 150 years, Bombala has gained many keen sportsmen and women, some still
carrying on with boxing, but possibly more outside the ring than inside.
Some of our top football and tennis players through the years were Ingram
descendants, also golf in later years, one of world renown being Bruce
Devlin.
Henry died 19 June 1884 at his property "Fifield", near Bombala, aged 75
years. The property was named after the small hamlet of "Fifield" in
Wiltshire from where he and Jane originated. Jane died 26 Jun 1894 at
Bombala, aged 85 years. Both were buried in the Church of England Cemetery,
Bombala. They had a family of 13 children, four deceased in infancy and the
other nine lived to remarkable ages: Margaret 100, Elizabeth 95 and Mary
Ann 92. Henry and Jane Ingram may have come to the colony as shepherds, but
the name Ingram has been very prominent in settling, improving and refining
the living conditions on the Monaro. None of their children were schooled
as free-schools did not come to Bombala until 1863.
Probate was granted on Henry's will on 9 August 1894.
Broadchalk is 9 miles WSW of Salisbury and the largest of a series of
villages which shelter along the valley of the River Ebble. The quietest of
the valleys whose streams come togethr in and around Salisbury, it runs into
the Avon 3 miles south of the city. The 17th c. diarist John Aubrey lived
in a modest family estate at Broadchalke before going to live in London:
his home was at the Old Rectory. He was a warden at the parish church,
which he said possessed one of the 'tunablest' ring of bells in Wiltshire.
Aubrey wrote of the village and its river ('There are not better trouts in
the kingdom of England than here') and the surrounding countryside with its
g entle slopes and avenues of trees. There are groups of cottages north of
the river, but the main village clusters round a quadrilateral of lanes
sloping up to the south. Two continue uphill and one crosses the Oxdrove -
the Roman road which forms the county boundary with Hampshire; and finally
A354 (Salisbury-Blandford) en route for Martin and Rockbourne.
An extract from Wilfred Ingram's letter dated June 1988:
"The Ingrams went north to Scotland and when the Scottish clans were founded
they were incorporated into the clan of Colquhoun, and the Castle of Luss on
the shore of Loch Lomond has been the home of the chief Ingram, but has
fallen to ruins. In 1602 they were massacred at Glenfruin by the McGregors
who were outlawed by King James VI of Scotland, then the Ingrams fled to
Ireland".
Extract from "The Family History Book of McGregors":
3.4.1603. Act of Privy Council, the name of MacGregor was expressly
abolished and those born of the name, was commanded to change it for another
surname, the pain of death denounced against those who used Gregor or
MacGregor. All those who had been party to the conflict of Glenfruin, were
prohibited to carry weapons, except a pointless knife to be used to eat
with.
If you would like more information on the Australian Ingrams, I will be
happy to send it to you. They had very large families, and there is a lot
of information.
With good wishes, and expectations that I will connect with someone,
Patricia McGufficke, Darwin, Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: <Pat.McGufficke(a)ntu.edu.au>
To: <EWU99(a)OCTA4.NET.AU>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 3:33 PM
Subject: RE: Chant Family
---------------------- Forwarded by Pat McGufficke/Business/NTU on
26/06/2000
15:34 ---------------------------
"Michael Cheeseman" <michaelc(a)tower.net.au> on 26/06/2000 12:44:42
To: Pat McGufficke/Business/NTU@NTU
cc:
Subject: RE: Chant Family
Hi Pat
I will introduce myself again in case I was vague
before.
My name is Michael Cheeseman and I descend from a
Chant family that arrived in Australia in 1849.
To date the line has been traced to Sherborne in
Dorset circa 1760's.
Recently I took over as administrator to the Free
Rootsweb Email list for the Chant surname. All
Postings on this list are recieved by ever member
so you access the whole group at once unlike with
message boards. Email postings average about 6 Emails
per day. the Dorset and Somerset Chants assume we
are all related and are trying to link up.
Rootsweb was the largest site visited by UK, New Zealand
Canadaians etc though those from the US doing their family reseach also
visit once they find where their family came
from before going to the states. It has now merged with
Ancestry.com and
MyFamily.com to become the largest
Geneology Site around. While Ancestry .com and
MyFamily.com are dominated
by
research for those doing family lines
in the US and parts of it require paying to access.
Rootsweb has remained free to access but you get
little ads at the bottom of each Email or at
the top of their Web pages. I don't endorse these
advertised products and have added my own tagline
to the Mailings so most of the time you won't even
notice the advert.
Anyway the aim of this list is to bring together
Chant family researchers from all over the world
to share and help each other connect up or progress
their own or others family lines.
The dominant Chant family researcher lines are in
Dorset and Somerset. We do have some Wiltshire
Chant researchers on the list. It is hoped we
will get more. As a result of the list Somerset
and Dorset researchers are joining up family
lines all over the place. Including myself who
has new found cousins in New Zealand.
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If you like you could post your interests to
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Chant researchers and hopefully make contact
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lines of Johnson,Ingram,Abraham, Snook to name
some if any of these are familiar would love to
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I wish you well and Happy Hunting with your research.
Regards
Michael Cheeseman
Perth, Western Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: Pat.McGufficke(a)ntu.edu.au [mailto:Pat.McGufficke@ntu.edu.au]
Sent: Monday, 26 June 2000 8:20 AM
To: Michael Cheeseman
Subject: Re: Chant Family
My daughter had actually forwarded your message to her. Our Chants are
from
Broadchalk, Wiltshire. If you think they may be connected to yours,
I'll
be
happy to send you details.
On 24/06/2000 18:56:37 Michael Cheeseman wrote:
>Pat McGufficke
>
>Found your entry on Rootswen RSL
>
>Seeking details re your Chant family Line
>
>Regards
>
>Michael Cheeseman
>Perth, Western Australia
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