From: Sean Leyland <pleyland(a)bigpond.net.au>
Date: 11 February 2007 8:18:55 PM
To: chant(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [CHANT] Sherborne Chant's
Hello Michael,
There was also Thomas bap and buried 1777 at Sherborne.
Regards,
Sean
On 11/02/2007, at 5:28 AM, Michael Cheeseman wrote:
> Further to this
>
> My 6x and 5x great grandfather George Chant (of Nether Compton)
> married on
> the
> 24th June 1765 at Sherborne to Mary Rogers. For them I have the
> following
> children,
> all baptised at Sherborne:
>
> i) Jane Chant bap 3rd Oct 1767
> ii) William Chant bap 20th July 1771
> iii) Sarah Chant bap 3rd Feb 1773
> iv) Susanna Chant bap 1st Feb 1777
> v) George Chant bap 14th August 1779 father of James below.
> vi) Samuel Chant bap 22nd July 1882
> vii) James Chant bap 28th May 1787
>
> What became of brother Samuel b 1782 is a mystery at present.
>
> Anyone know or have details for him or suggest what may have
> become of him?
>
> regards
>
> Michael Cheeseman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: chant-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:chant-
> bounces(a)rootsweb.com]On
> Behalf Of Michael Cheeseman
> Sent: Friday, 9 February 2007 8:44 AM
> To: Chant(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [CHANT] Sherborne Chant's
>
>
> Hello List
>
> My 4x and 3x great grandfather was James Chant. James was born
> around 1816
> at Sherborne in Dorset, England.
> He was the youngest child of George Chant and Elizabeth Noakes. James
> married Mary Bunter in 1837
>
> In 1839 George Chant was born in Sherborne, followed by William in
> 1841. In
> 1844 my 3x great grandfather Luke Chant was
> born. followed by Grace in 1847. In 1848 James mother Elizabeth
> died and
> Mary's brothers were considering moving to Australia.
>
> In 1849 Mary's younger brother William Bunter and his family left for
> Australia soon to be followed by Mary and her husband
> James Chant and their children. Mary's elder brother Richard
> Bunter and his
> family arriving late in 1849. The three families were to
> reunite at Sutton Forest in the Southern Highlands region of NSW.
> Mary's
> elder brother Luke Bunter was still serving in the marines
> but would later come out to Western Australia in the late 1850's.
>
> The Chant's had travelled on the Ship called "The Sea" approaching
> the cape
> of good hope daughter Grace died. But Mary heavily pregnant
> and maybe due to the shock of loosing her only daughter went into
> labour and
> gave birth to Anne Sea Chant days later.
>
> Upon arrival in Sydney NSW the family
>
> James and Mary Chant.of Sherborne
> children George Chant 10
> William Chant 7
> Luke Chant 5 (my 3x great grandfather)
> Anne Chant infant
>
> Soon the first Australia born from this family was James b 1851
> followed by Samuel in 1854, Elizabeth in 1856, Richard b 1858 (my
> 2x great
> grandfather)
> lastly Robert Chant b 1862
>
> 1 George Chant b1839 would later marry Eliza Izard daughter of
> Eleanor
> Izard.
> by coincedence the Izard Family were neighbours of my Freebody etc
> ancestors
> from Windsor New South Wales.
>
> 1790 2nd Fleeter Simon Freebody (distant cousin of US president
> George
> Washington a Freebody descendant),
> 1790 2nd Fleeter Daniel Hanchard, 1791 3rd Fleeter Issac Cornwall
> and their
> families whose records have some
> details come up regards the Izard family. (The first of many
> interconnections in the families)
>
> 2 William Chant b 1841 married Catherine McDonald
>
> 3 Luke Chant b 1844 married Margaret Mott (sister of Rosetta) 3x
> great
> grandparents
>
> 4 Anne Chant b 1849 married Isaac Manns (brother of Thomas)
>
> 5 James Chant b 1851 married Emily Bunter (daughter of uncle
> William Bunter)
>
> 6 Samuel Chant b 1854 married Rosetta Mott (sister of Margaret)
>
> 7 Elizabeth Chant b 1856 married Thomas Manns (brother of Issac)
>
> 8 Richard Chant b 1858 married 1st Grace Bunter (daughter of uncle
> William
> Bunter)
> 2nd Margaret Chant
> (daughter
> of elder brother Luke Chant)
> As you can imagine a sensitive issue amongst descendants
>
> 9 Robert Chant b 1862 married Martha Mudford daughter of William
> Mudford and
> Eliza Ford of West Chinnock
> Martha Mudford was the great grandaughter of Mary Chant b 1751
> West
> Chinnock a grandaughter of Robert
> Chant b 1700 as per Janette's ancestoral tree.
>
> Martha Chant's sister Eliza Mudford married James Chant b 1864
> the eldest
> child of George Chant and Eliza Izard.
> Marha Chant's sister Mary Ann Mudford married William Bunter
> brother of
> Grace Bunter who married Richard Chant
> my 2x great grandfather.
>
> Already the intercconections messy and there are many many more such
> interconnections between my lines
> for the next generation.
>
> If anyone has contact with descendants or additional details I
> would welcome
> details.
>
> regards
>
> Michael
>
>
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