NZ pre 1846

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Person Page 74

John Francis

M, #1826, b. 1832

Parents

FatherJohn Francis (b. 1805)
MotherFrances (b. 1805)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Francis was born in 1832.
John Francis immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Elizabeth Francis

F, #1827, b. 1838

Parents

FatherJohn Francis (b. 1805)
MotherFrances (b. 1805)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Elizabeth Francis was born in 1838.
Elizabeth Francis immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Thomas Joshua Francis

M, #1828, b. 1840, d. 31 October 1841

Parents

FatherJohn Francis (b. 1805)
MotherFrances (b. 1805)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Joshua Francis was born in 1840.1 He died on 31 October 1841, at age ~1, in at sea on the Lord William Bentinck convulsions.
Died at sea 31/01/1841 Convulsions class: steerage. Thomas Joshua Francis had person sources.2 He was in 1841. He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Richard E Pearce

M, #1829, b. 1835

Parents

FatherPearce
MotherFrances (b. 1805)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Richard E Pearce was born in 1835.
Richard E Pearce immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Son of Mrs Francis class: steerage
illigitimate?? He had person sources.1 He was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Edmund Franklin

M, #1830, b. 1813
Pedigree Link

Family: Elizabeth (b. 1817)

DaughterSarah Franklin (b. 1838, d. 25 February 1841)

Biography

Edmund Franklin was born in 1813. He and Elizabeth were married.
Edmund Franklin immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was a Saddle, Harness and Collar Maker in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Elizabeth

F, #1831, b. 1817
Pedigree Link

Family: Edmund Franklin (b. 1813)

DaughterSarah Franklin (b. 1838, d. 25 February 1841)

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1817. She and Edmund Franklin were married.
Elizabeth immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Sarah Franklin

F, #1832, b. 1838, d. 25 February 1841

Parents

FatherEdmund Franklin (b. 1813)
MotherElizabeth (b. 1817)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sarah Franklin was born in 1838.1 She died on 25 February 1841, at age ~3, in at sea inflammation of the lungs.1
Died at sea 25/02/1841 Inflammation of Lungs class: steerage. Sarah Franklin had person sources.2

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

George Glengoe

M, #1833, b. 1822

Biography

George Glengoe was born in 1822.
George Glengoe immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was an Agricultural Labourer in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

William Greenacre

M, #1834, b. 1802
Pedigree Link

Biography

William Greenacre was born in 1802. He and Sarah were married.
William Greenacre immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. He had person sources.1 He was a Farmer in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Sarah

F, #1835, b. 1813
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sarah was born in 1813. She and William Greenacre were married.
Sarah immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 5/1/1841. Class: steerage. She had person sources.1 She was in 1841.

Citations

  1. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Robert Hopton

M, #1836, b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854

Parents

FatherShadrack Hopton (b. about 1780, d. 1843)
Pedigree Link

Family: Charlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)

DaughterMary Emma Hopton (b. 1832, d. 1854)
DaughterEliza Lavinia Hopton (b. 1834)
DaughterSarah Augusta Hopton (b. 1836)
SonRobert William Hopton (b. 1839, d. 1841)
DaughterSusan Mary Jane Hopton (b. 1840, d. 1843)
SonRobert William Hopton (b. about 1845, d. 15 May 1921)

Biography

Robert Hopton was born in 1809 in GLOC, ENG.1,2 He and Charlotte Fagan were married. He died on 19 June 1854, at age ~45, in Hutt Valley, NZ, accidental blow to head.1
Class: steerage
for details on family history see: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
The HOPTON family came to New Zealand under the Colonial Emigration Scheme of the New Zealand Company. Free passage and land was offered to all manner of trades including cabinet maker, which was Robert?s trade. It is not known why the HOPTON?s left Cheltenham for New Zealand but possibly a depression in the trade was affecting their work prospects. Robert?s father Shadrach HOPTON, committed suicide in 1843 and it was discovered that he was very depressed about his cabinet making company.
On the 8th January 1841, the HOPTON family, comprising Robert (aged 31), Charlotte (aged 29) and their five children Mary Emma (9), Eliza Lavinia (7), Sarah Augusta (5), Robert William (2) and baby Susan Mary Jane left Gravesend, near London, for Port Nicholson (Wellington).
They came on the LORD WILLIAM BENTINCK, which arrived at Port Nicholson on the 24th May 1841. There were 39 married couples, 24 single men, 15 single women, 51 children under 14 and 52 under 7 on board. Five births and nine deaths had occurred during the voyage.
The HOPTON family stayed in Wellington, and Jury Lists show Robert living at Ghuznee St, Willis St, Te Aro and later in Molesworth Street. Around 1853 the family moved to the Hutt Valley.
The HOPTONs had a sad beginning to their life in New Zealand ? shortly after arrival, their son Robert died, and then in 1843 the baby Susan died, both of decline. The eldest daughter Mary Emma married Mr Francis EYARE, a stonemason, at the home of Mr John CLEMENT, Thorndon in 1854. However, this was to be short lived as she died in her residence on The Terrace, Wellington 3 months later. The next month, Robert was killed by a fracture to the skull, at his residence at the River Hutt.
Charlotte HOPTON remarried shortly after. She married a widower, William THOMAS, on the 8th April 1855 at the residence of Mr James TAVNER, Lower Hutt. They lived in Taita, where William was a carpenter. Charlotte had a stepson, Michael THOMAS, who called one of his sons Robert Hopton THOMAS. Both Michael and Robert are buried in the Greytown Cemetery. Charlotte died on the 5th November 1875 at Taita. Charlotte?s brother Stephen FAGAN, and their mother, also came to New Zealand.
Robert and Charlotte?s second daughter, Eliza Lavinia married Almon BOULCOTT, son of John Ellerker BOULCOTT, a director of the New Zealand Company. Almon and his brother Joseph arrived in Wellington in 1841 and took up farming on land owned by their father in the Hutt. The area is still known as Boulcott, and was the site of the ?Battle of Boulcott?s Farm? in 1846.
The third daughter, Sarah Augusta HOPTON, later became Mrs John CLEMENT .
For more on the Hopton family see - HOPTON FAMILY HISTORY. Thanks to Patrick Hopton for this. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/patrickhopton.htm site not functioning 12/7/2013. Robert Hopton had person sources.3 He was a Cabinet Maker, carpenter in 1841.4 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.4

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S26] Christine CLEMENT, Christine Clement , note have several word documents on file. BAKER, TAPSELL, CHAPMAN, FARROW, ROGERS
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Charlotte Fagan

F, #1837, b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875

Parents

FatherFagan
MotherUnknown
Pedigree Link

Family: Robert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)

DaughterMary Emma Hopton (b. 1832, d. 1854)
DaughterEliza Lavinia Hopton (b. 1834)
DaughterSarah Augusta Hopton (b. 1836)
SonRobert William Hopton (b. 1839, d. 1841)
DaughterSusan Mary Jane Hopton (b. 1840, d. 1843)
SonRobert William Hopton (b. about 1845, d. 15 May 1921)

Biography

Charlotte Fagan was born in 1812.1 She and Robert Hopton were married. She and William Thomas were married on 8 April 1855 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ, need to prove this is the right William.1 She died on 5 November 1875, at age ~63, in Taita, NZ.1 She was buried in November 1875 in Taita Cemetery, Hutt, NZ.1
Class: steerage. Charlotte Fagan had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.3

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Eliza Lavinia Hopton

F, #1838, b. 1834

Parents

FatherRobert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)
MotherCharlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Eliza Lavinia Hopton was born in 1834 in ENG.1 She and Almon Boulcott were married.1
Class: steerage. Eliza Lavinia Hopton had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.3

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Mary Emma Hopton

F, #1839, b. 1832, d. 1854

Parents

FatherRobert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)
MotherCharlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Emma Hopton was born in 1832 in ENG.1 She and Francis Eyare were married in 1854 in Wellington, NZ.1 She died in 1854, at age ~22, in The Terrace, Wellington, NZ, 3 months after marriage.
Class: steerage. Mary Emma Hopton had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.3

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Sarah Augusta Hopton

F, #1840, b. 1836

Parents

FatherRobert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)
MotherCharlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Sarah Augusta Hopton was born in 1836 in Cheltenham, GLOC, ENG.1 She and John Clement were married in NZ.1
Class: steerage. Sarah Augusta Hopton had person sources.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.3

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  3. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Robert William Hopton

M, #1841, b. 1839, d. 1841

Parents

FatherRobert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)
MotherCharlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Robert William Hopton was born in 1839.1,2 He died in 1841, at age ~2, in Wellington, NZ, LEW has age 4 but = age 2?1,3
Class: steerage
Note article in NZ genealogist by descendant Christine CLEMENT has information on Robert William HOPTON which wold appear to show that he did not die in Wellington in 1841 but grew to adulthood, gold mining on the West Coast and later in Australia. and died 15 may 1921 in Queensland. CMC
Update: actually seems there was a second Robert William HOPTON born in Welligton abt 1847 Birth details not found but Baptism record in Sydney Street Primitive Methodist Registers. (Turnbull Library) CMC. Robert William Hopton had person sources.4 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.5

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S617] Christine CLEMENT, article page 139
  3. [S538] Louis E WARD, Early Wellington
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  5. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Susan Mary Jane Hopton

F, #1842, b. 1840, d. 1843

Parents

FatherRobert Hopton (b. 1809, d. 19 June 1854)
MotherCharlotte Fagan (b. 1812, d. 5 November 1875)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Susan Mary Jane Hopton was born in 1840.1 She died in 1843, at age ~3, in Wellington, NZ, decline.1,2
Class: steerage. Susan Mary Jane Hopton had person sources.3 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.4

Citations

  1. [S539] web site, http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/HOPTONFrame1Source1.htm
  2. [S538] Louis E WARD, Early Wellington
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

John Howell

M, #1843, b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. about 1775)
MotherJane Norris Kent (b. about 1779, d. 1861)
Pedigree Link

Family: Ann Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)

SonDavid Howell+ (b. 2 February 1830, d. 18 July 1891)
SonIsaac Howell (b. 18 October 1831)
DaughterHannah Jane Howell (b. 31 December 1833)
DaughterBetsy Howell (b. 15 April 1836, d. 18 November 1903)
DaughterEllen Howell (b. 21 June 1838, d. 3 October 1899)
SonWilliam Bentink Howell (b. 24 January 1841, d. 26 May 1929)
SonJohn Howell (b. about July 1843, d. 14 March 1844)
SonJohn Howell (b. 28 January 1845, d. 11 September 1928)
SonJoseph Donald Howard Howell (b. 10 July 1847, d. 17 November 1848)

Biography

John Howell was born in 1804 in Heathrow, ENG.1,2 He died on 2 April 1851, at age ~47, in Mirimar Peninsula, WGTN, NZ.3,4
Class: steerage
Jury List Wellington 1844, 1850, 1851. John Howell had person sources.5 He was a Labourer in 1841.1 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1115] NZGenealogist, Searching for the Origins of John HOWELL Alison HOWELL and Kaye BATCHELOR
  3. [S257] Kerry MacINTOSH
  4. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  5. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Ann Cordery

F, #1844, b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868

Parents

FatherWilliam Cordery (b. about 1774, d. 1851)
MotherElizabeth Thatcher (b. 1775, d. 1868)
Pedigree Link

Family: John Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)

SonDavid Howell+ (b. 2 February 1830, d. 18 July 1891)
SonIsaac Howell (b. 18 October 1831)
DaughterHannah Jane Howell (b. 31 December 1833)
DaughterBetsy Howell (b. 15 April 1836, d. 18 November 1903)
DaughterEllen Howell (b. 21 June 1838, d. 3 October 1899)
SonWilliam Bentink Howell (b. 24 January 1841, d. 26 May 1929)
SonJohn Howell (b. about July 1843, d. 14 March 1844)
SonJohn Howell (b. 28 January 1845, d. 11 September 1928)
SonJoseph Donald Howard Howell (b. 10 July 1847, d. 17 November 1848)

Biography

Ann Cordery was born in 1812 in Berks, ENG.1 She and William Membery were married on 11 May 1852 in Wellington, NZ.2 She died on 12 January 1868, at age ~56, in Wellington, NZ.2
Class: steerage. Ann Cordery had person sources.3 She was baptized on 12 January 1812 in Bisham, BERKS, ENG.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.4

Citations

  1. [S257] Kerry MacINTOSH
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists

Isaac Howell

M, #1845, b. 18 October 1831

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)
MotherAnn Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Isaac Howell was born on 18 October 1831 in Ham, SRY, ENG.1,2 He and Christina Gilbert were married on 25 May 1882 in Napier, NZ.2
Class: steerage. Isaac Howell had person sources.3 He was baptized on 9 February 1834 in St Andrews, Ham, SRY, ENG.2 He immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Henry Mann

M, #1846, b. about 1810

Biography

Henry Mann was born about 1810 in US.1
Spent a 9 weeks in Pahia helping COLENSO in printing MKI. Henry Mann was a crew on US whaler, pressman in 1837.1

Citations

  1. [S644] Marie KING, A Most Noble Anchorage

Hannah Jane Howell

F, #1847, b. 31 December 1833

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)
MotherAnn Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Hannah Jane Howell was born on 31 December 1833 in Ham, SRY, ENG.1,2
Class: steerage. Hannah Jane Howell had person sources.3 She was baptized on 9 February 1834 in St Andrews, Ham, ENG.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Betsy Howell

F, #1848, b. 15 April 1836, d. 18 November 1903

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)
MotherAnn Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Betsy Howell was born on 15 April 1836 in Ham, SRY, ENG.1,2 She and John Bicknell were married on 29 August 1852 in Hutt Valley, Wellington, NZ.2 She died on 18 November 1903, at age 67.2
Class: steerage
AKA Elizabeth Rachel. Betsy Howell had person sources.3 She was baptized on 8 May 1836 in St Andrews, Ham, SRY, ENG.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

Ellen Howell

F, #1849, b. 21 June 1838, d. 3 October 1899

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)
MotherAnn Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ellen Howell was born on 21 June 1838 in Ham, SRY, ENG.1 She and Thomas Gilbert were married on 11 September 1855 in Wellington, NZ.2 She died on 3 October 1899, at age 61, in Feilding, NZ.2
Class: steerage. Ellen Howell had person sources.3 She was baptized on 12 August 1838 in St Andrews, Ham, SRY, ENG.2 She immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 on 5 January 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database

William Bentink Howell

M, #1850, b. 24 January 1841, d. 26 May 1929

Parents

FatherJohn Howell (b. 1804, d. 2 April 1851)
MotherAnn Cordery (b. 1812, d. 12 January 1868)
Pedigree Link

Biography

William Bentink Howell was born on 24 January 1841 in at sea on the Lord William Bentinck.1,2 He and Mary Ann Gilbert were married on 3 November 1864.2 He died on 26 May 1929, at age 88, in Otaki, NZ.3,2
Born at sea - 24/01/1841 class: steerage. William Bentink Howell had person sources.4 He immigrated to to NZ on the Lord William Bentinck arriving NZ 19/5/1841 in 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S431] various, Shipping Lists
  2. [S1123] Alison HOWELL, descendant email exchange jan 2023
  3. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index
  4. [S145] Shipping Lists, various Personal Database