​​Jacob Fuller was born about 1826 in Newtown, Cambridgeshire, England. In 1848 he married Sarah née Barker. Soon after, in August, they sailed for Australia on the Cheapside. Shipping records gave Jacob's age as 22 and Sarah's as 21. They were assisted immigrants. Soon after arrival, on 25 August, Sarah died. She was buried in an unknown location in the old Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.​

On 8 February 1853 Jacob married Helen Gilchrist in Geelong. She was born in 1826 in Leith, Scotland. She had come to Australia on the ​Bourneve with her sister Jane arriving in September 1852. Helen was assigned to Mrs Armytage of the Hermitage. After marrying, Jacob and Helen settled in Ballarat for a short time then moved to the Geelong district, settling on the Barwon Heads Road on a property known later as Tara.

photos of Jacob and Helen (at left) contributed by Martin Klabbers

They had the following children:
Robert — born 1854 in Ballarat, married Susannah McLeary in 1877, died on 8 June 1936
William — born 1956 in Connewarre, died in 1942 at Meeniyan
Ann Elizabeth — born 1859 in Connewarre​, married Henry Arthur Barnett, died 16 October 1946 at Geelong
Jacob — born 16 May 1861 in Geelong, married Caroline Sophia Woodfine on 24 July 1891, died on 19 September 1941
Jemima — born 1864 in Connewarre, married John Bell Edward Harkness (son of James and Rebecca Harkness) in 19 September 1887, died on 20 August 1935 at Colac
​Helen — born 1866 in Connewarre, married James Harkness (also a son of James and Rebecca Harkness) in 1897, died 12 June 1963
George — born about 1872, died 1874 in Connewarre
Ellen — born 1868 in Geelong, died 1868 in Barwon Heads
Andrew John Charles — born 1872 in Geelong

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​Jacob died in May 1910, aged 84, and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Helen died aged 88 in 1914 and was buried with him. (pictured at left)

James Piper was born in 1818. He arrived in Geelong in 1846 and leased land in the Merrawarp Estate. Newlands was established after he purchased 109 acres at Ceres. He was one of the first Barrabool Shire councillors, serving from 1865 until some time after 1868. 

He married Elizabeth Greenaway. Their children were:
John Thomas — born on 12 December 1841, married Emma Grace Ching, died on 2 April 1890 aged 47 from dropsy at the home of his brother Reuben at Barrabool Hills, buried at Mount Moriac Cemetery
James — born in 1843 at Melbourne, married May Foley, died on 27 April 1905 at Melbourne
Charles — born in 1846 at Geelong, married Jane Grigg, died on 22 June 1927 at Geelong
Reuben Philip — born in 1853 at Geelong, married Penelope Broderick in 1880, died on 6 May 1935 at Geelong West
Eva Mary Jane — born in 1891 at Ceres, died on 8 June 1892
Gladys Nellie — born in 1894 at Ceres, married Fred Howard Foster Marshman in 1926, died on 2 September 1971
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James retired to Geelong and died on 26 December 1911 at the age of 93 and was buried in the Church of England section of the Highton Cemetery beside Elizabeth who had died in October 1884 at the age of 69.
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​James and Elizabeth's son Reuben Philip was also a Barrabool Shire councillor, serving from 1887 until 1914. He was shire president in 1893, 1896, 1897, 1907 and 1913. 

​He took over running Newlands after his father retired. ​He was born about 1854. In 1880 he married Penelope Broderick. They had the following children:
Arthur — born 1881 at Ceres, married Sarah Ann Browne in 1908, died 1959 at Geelong
James Ernest — born 1884 at Ceres, married Honora Catherine (Nora) ​Connolly in 1923, died 25 May 1949 at Geelong West
Reuben Philip — born 1886 at Ceres, married Emma Hill in 1914, buried 4 January 1952 in the Church of England section of the Highton Cemetery
Eva Mary Jane — born 1891 at Ceres, died 8 Jun 1892, buried at Highton Cemetery
Gladys Nellie — born 1894 at Ceres, married Fred Howard Foster Marshman in 1926, died 3 September 1971, buried in the lawn section of the Highton Cemetery

​Reuben died on the 6 May 1935, aged 81, at Geelong West and was buried at the Highton Cemetery with Penelope who had died on 16 March 1927 aged 70 and daughter Eva Marie Jane.​

​​Reuben and Penelope's second son, James Ernest, attended Ceres State School and Geelong College. He was a student residing at Ormond College while studying for a medical degree at Melbourne University. He graduated in 1910 and became the honorary pathologist at Geelong Hospital during World War 1. He became medical officer for the Geelong West Council, St Catherine's and St Augustine's Orphanages. He lived and ran his medical practice at a new house built on the north west corner of Villamanta Street and Latrobe Terrace and lived there for the rest of his life. He played for the Geelong Football Club during the 1905 season. He was president of the club between 1923 and 1926. He was honorary medical officer for many years. He was churchwarden and vestryman for 34 years at St Paul's Church of England.

Thomas Cornelius Caldwell, son of James and Elizabeth (née Quinn) Caldwell, was born about 1827. He married Eleanor Jane, third daughter of Edward and Mary (née Harrison) Cole on 29 March 1854. He was a Barrabool Shire councillor serving from 1884 until 1890. He was appointed a member of the school board of advice for the Coast Riding of the Barrabool shire. He was a trustee of the Wesleyan Methodist church at Jan Juc (Bellbrae) in 1895. At the jubilee celebrations of the Jan Juc (Bellbrae) school, held in August 1911, Thomas Caldwell was given three cheers as the only surviving founder of the school. At this time he was living at Germantown (Grovedale). He died on 5 November 1917 at  the age of 90 and was buried at Bellbrae Cemetery. He left bequests to his sister in law, Mrs A Bird and his nephews John Thomas Whitten and Robert Caldwell. The interest and income arising from his estate was to provide for the maintenance of Percy Natcott. Eleanor died at Mount Duneed at the age of 73 and was buried at the Bellbrae Cemetery on 14 February, 1904.