NZ pre 1846

early european contacts

Person Page 1,040

T William Bessant

M, #25976, b. about 1800

Parents

FatherBessant
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Biography

T William Bessant was born about 1800.1,2,3
Represented Sydney land speculators 1840 HFW
possibly killed by natives in the South Seas 1841 ? HFW. T William Bessant immigrated to from Sydney to Port Molyneaux, Otago on the Portenia arriving 28 jun 1840, on 29 May 1840.1,2,3 He emigrated about 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S531] ed John WILSON, Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago, Hocken Library, Dunedin
  2. [S536] Bob MATTHEWS, OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  3. [S753] Hon F WAITE, Port Molyneux

Robert Conning

M, #25977, b. about 1800

Biography

Robert Conning was born about 1800.1,2,3
Robert Conning immigrated to from Sydney to Port Molyneaux, Otago on the Portenia arriving 28 jun 1840, in 1840.1,2 He emigrated from to Sydney about 1842.1

Citations

  1. [S531] ed John WILSON, Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago, Hocken Library, Dunedin
  2. [S536] Bob MATTHEWS, OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  3. [S753] Hon F WAITE, Port Molyneux

Mata Makariri

F, #25978
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Biography

Mata Makariri and George (WILLSHER) Willcher were married.1

Citations

  1. [S531] ed John WILSON, Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago, Hocken Library, Dunedin

Bessant

M, #25979
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Family:

SonT William Bessant (b. about 1800)
SonBessant (b. about 1800)

Bessant

M, #25980, b. about 1800

Parents

FatherBessant
Pedigree Link

Biography

Bessant was born about 1800.1
1840 living Sydney JWI.

Citations

  1. [S753] Hon F WAITE, Port Molyneux

William (Captain) Worth

M, #25981, b. about 1800
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Biography

William (Captain) Worth was born about 1800.1 He and Unknown were married.
Note a Captain C H WORTH was Captain of the New Zealand on trip to Nelson from Scotland 1842. William (Captain) Worth was a Captain of sealer Elizabeth and Mary in 1824.2 He was a Captain of Lucy Ann in 1833.1

Citations

  1. [S532] Erik OLSSEN, A History of Otago
  2. [S1090] Rhys RICHARDS, The First Pakehas Around Wellington and Cook Strait 1803 - 1839

Coupvent-Desbois

M, #25982, b. about 1800

Biography

Coupvent-Desbois was born about 1800.1
Coupvent-Desbois was an officer on Astrolabe in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S533] Hardwicke KNIGHT, Otago Peninsula

Octavius Harwood

M, #25983, b. 1865

Parents

FatherOctavius Joseph (Francis) Harwood (b. 22 May 1816, d. 1900)
MotherJanet (Jane) Robertson (b. 28 March 1829, d. 27 April 1896)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Octavius Harwood was born in 1865 in Otago, NZ.1,2,3

Citations

  1. [S533] Hardwicke KNIGHT, Otago Peninsula
  2. [S1056] Alexandra KING, The Weller's whaling station : the social and economic formation of an Otakou community, 1817-1850
  3. [S442] NZ Govt. Internal Affairs, index

Henry (Harry) Thompson

M, #25984, b. about 1845

Parents

FatherWilliam Thompson (b. 1805, d. 1 December 1860)
MotherEliza Anderson (b. 1821, d. 23 April 1876)
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Biography

Henry (Harry) Thompson was born about 1845.1,2 He and Ellen Clapham were married on 4 September 1866.1
Need to find DOB Ellen much older than him?

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
  2. [S723] Arthur H CARMAN, Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road

Mary Ann Agnus Anderson

F, #25985, b. 26 November 1846

Parents

FatherArchibald Anderson (b. 22 October 1817, d. 13 September 1910)
MotherHannah (Anna) Miller (b. 2 November 1822, d. 13 March 1860)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Mary Ann Agnus Anderson was born on 26 November 1846 in Wellington, NZ.1,2 She and Christie were married.

Citations

  1. [S647] Alma M RUTHERFORD, The Advance Guard series one
  2. [S763] Ruth RICHARDSON, Re-unions LWE 2017

Anna Margaret Anderson

F, #25986, b. about 1845

Parents

FatherArchibald Anderson (b. 22 October 1817, d. 13 September 1910)
MotherHannah (Anna) Miller (b. 2 November 1822, d. 13 March 1860)
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Biography

Anna Margaret Anderson was born about 1845 in Wellington, NZ.1 She and A (Captain) S Murray were married on 28 December 1865 in OTG, NZ.1
Went to Australia?

Citations

  1. [S647] Alma M RUTHERFORD, The Advance Guard series one

Barry

M, #25987, b. about 1842

Parents

FatherWilliam Barry (b. 1809)
MotherMargaret (b. 1811)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Barry was born about 1842 in NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S532] Erik OLSSEN, A History of Otago

Barry

F, #25988, b. about 1845

Parents

FatherWilliam Barry (b. 1809)
MotherMargaret (b. 1811)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Barry was born about 1845 in NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S532] Erik OLSSEN, A History of Otago

Harry Beal

M, #25989, b. about 1842

Parents

FatherJoseph Beal (b. about 1810)
MotherMary Ann Kenward (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Harry Beal was born about 1842 in Otakou, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S907] J Herries BEATTIE, The First White Boy Born in Otago

Beal

F, #25990, b. about 1844

Parents

FatherJoseph Beal (b. about 1810)
MotherMary Ann Kenward (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Beal was born about 1844 in Otakou, NZ.

Beal

M, #25991, b. about 1846

Parents

FatherJoseph Beal (b. about 1810)
MotherMary Ann Kenward (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Beal was born about 1846 in Otakou, NZ.

Maria Beal

F, #25992, b. 1848

Parents

FatherJoseph Beal (b. about 1810)
MotherMary Ann Kenward (b. about 1810)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Maria Beal was born in 1848 in Otakou, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S227] N Z Government, BDM on line indices

William Henry Hutchinson Carey

M, #25993, b. 3 October 1850, d. 24 June 1910

Parents

FatherDavid Carey (b. 25 January 1814, d. 26 March 1896)
MotherHannah Hutchinson (b. 1817, d. 1888)
Pedigree Link

Family: Jane Pirrie

SonDavid Hutchinson Carey (b. 1875)

Biography

William Henry Hutchinson Carey was born on 3 October 1850 in Otago, NZ.1,2 He and Jane Pirrie were married. He died on 24 June 1910, at age 59, in Seacliff, Otago, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S530] Otago Settler's Museum, Dunedin, exhibits
  2. [S843] GENI, http://www.geni.com

David Hutchinson Carey

M, #25994, b. 1849, d. 22 March 1918

Parents

FatherDavid Carey (b. 25 January 1814, d. 26 March 1896)
MotherHannah Hutchinson (b. 1817, d. 1888)
Pedigree Link

Biography

David Hutchinson Carey was born in 1849 in Otakou, NZ.1,2 He and Helen Reid Clark were married. He died on 22 March 1918, at age ~69, in Port Chalmers, Dunedin, NZ.2

Citations

  1. [S530] Otago Settler's Museum, Dunedin, exhibits
  2. [S843] GENI, http://www.geni.com

Coleman

M, #25995, b. about 1842

Parents

FatherBenjamin Coleman (b. about 1810, d. 1849)
MotherMary Carey (b. about 1816, d. 1905)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Coleman was born about 1842 in Waikouaiti, NZ.

Coleman

F, #25996, b. about 1844

Parents

FatherBenjamin Coleman (b. about 1810, d. 1849)
MotherMary Carey (b. about 1816, d. 1905)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Coleman was born about 1844 in Otakou, NZ.

Coleman

M, #25997, b. about 1845

Parents

FatherBenjamin Coleman (b. about 1810, d. 1849)
MotherMary Carey (b. about 1816, d. 1905)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Coleman was born about 1845 in Waikouaiti, NZ.

Motoitoi

F, #25998, b. about 1825
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Family: Richard (Dick) Driver (b. 1810, d. 19 January 1897)

DaughterMaria Catherine Driver (b. about 1842)
DaughterEmma Paerata Driver+ (b. about 1844, d. 1877)
DaughterMary Titawa Driver (b. about 1846)
SonJohn (DRIVER) Poroki (b. about 1847)

Biography

Motoitoi was born about 1825 in Otago, NZ. She and Richard (Dick) Driver were married.1
16 children ?

Citations

  1. [S530] Otago Settler's Museum, Dunedin, exhibits

Maori

F, #25999, b. about 1820
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Biography

Maori was born about 1820.1 She and William Harper were married.
Maori OSM.

Citations

  1. [S530] Otago Settler's Museum, Dunedin, exhibits

Robert Fortune

M, #26000, b. about 1830
Pedigree Link

Biography

Robert Fortune was born about 1830.1 He and Mere (Mary) Pi Haberfield were married on 5 October 1853 in Court House, Dunedin, NZ.1,2
Robert Fortune was a shepherd in 1853.1,2

Citations

  1. [S952] Fay THURSTON, The Rissetto Bashford Family -- book published privately for family re-union
  2. [S101] Marriage Certificate