Samuel Ludbrook Clarke was born on 13 August 1824 in Kerikeri, BOI, NZ.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7 He and
Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher were married on 30 June 1857 in Auckland, NZ.
7 He died on 15 March 1897, at age 72, in Wymondley, Otahuhu, Auckland.
5 Sent to England aged 10 june 1834 for further education AMID
went to England with two other lads, E M WILLIAMS and Henry KEMP.
returned to NZ abt 1841
"It is with much regret that I have to record the death of Mr Samuel Ludbrook Clarke, an old and respected colonist who passed way at Otahuhu on the morning of March 15,1897. His life really forms part of N.Z. history. Mr Samuel Clarke was the second son of the late Mr George Clarke who, when Governor Hobson arrived in New Zealand, held the office under the Imperial Government, of Protector of Aborigines.
The deceased was born at Kerikeri, Bay of Islands, in 1824, in the first wooden house built by the Church Missionaries. The house is still standing and occupied. It is the oldest wooden house in New Zealand (North Island). Mr Clarke was 10 years old when he was sent by his parents in company with two other lads to England, under the charge of one of the missionaries returning to England, in H.M.S. Buffalo afterwards wrecked at Mercury Bay. The two lads who accompanied Samuel to England were Judge E M Williams, now living in the Mount Eden district, and Mr Henry Kemp, who, I believe, is still living in the Auckland area.
After spending seven years in England, Mr Clarke returned to Auckland and became a pioneer settler at Waipuna, on the Tamaki, in 1844 near the present township of Panmure from James Hamlin, until 1845. Early in the forties he bought the Wymondley estate, East Tamaki, known as Clarke and Ludbrook's farm (The partnership formally dissolved in 1857).
Married (at the home of the bride's mother 'Brick House, and her school' Queen Street Auckland) on 30th June 1857 Mary Lee (Hannah) Christopher. Born: 2 April 1826, in Thetford, in the County of Norfolk, England. Mary Lee Christopher was the daughter of William and Rhoda (nee Codling). Christopher, at birth was registered in Dr Williams' Library, Red Cross Street, near Cripplegate, London; she died September 3, 1903. Rhonda Christopher was the daughter of Jane Codling. Rev. Alexander MacDonald conducted the marriage ceremony. He was Congregational minister of High Street, Auckland. (Notes from the family Bible of Mary Lee Clarke, Wymondley, Otahuhu 30/6/1857). see website for more details CLFA
They had seven children, George, Frederick, Rebecca, Bessie, Emily, Thomas and Reginald. CLFA. Samuel Ludbrook Clarke was baptized on 12 September 1826 in Kerikeri, BOI, NZ.
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