Was principal of school Bay of Islands 1839
travelled with William WILLIAMS March, 1839 DBNZ p 598, 437
made donation to Christ Church Russell building fund abt 1840
moved to Wanganui River 1843. (the Wanganui River)
purchased 65,000 acres of land northern Muriwhenua 20 Jan 1840 DNZB p 328
TAYLOR web site with a lot of information
http://www.airgale.com.au/taylor/d5.htm#i10365
1839 Paihia
1839 Waimate
1843 Wanganui AMID
arrived Sydney 1836 but transfer to NZ delayed 3 years due to YATE case ( see W YATE). AMID
arrived Waimate, BOI mar 1839 with two eldest sons. ( presumably rest of family arrived sep 1839) AMID
tried to negotiate peace in 1846 in the Hutt Valley MER
From website:
General Notes: Born Letwell, Yorkshire (West Riding). Viewed fiche of Baptisms atThroapham, Yorkshire, England, on 18-9-2001:
"Richard the son of Richard TAYLOR, Gentleman, by Catharine his wife, born March 21st and baptised the 23rd instant (same month) 1805."
He was orphaned at the age of 13 and in his youth chose to enter the ministry. In 1825 he entered Queen's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1828 and MA in 1835. He was ordained deacon on 15 June 1829, and became curate at St Botolph's, Cambridge. In December 1927 he travelled through France & Switzerland, and made manysketches.
His marriage to Mary Caroline FOX of Huntingdon took place on 15 July1829, and not long after he became the vicar of Coveney and Manea in the Isle of Ely, Cambridge.
Accepted posting to NZ on 26 May 1835, Richard with his wife Caroline and four children (Arthur, Basil, Laura & Mary) left from Gravesend on the 'Prince Regent' leaving 18 February 1836, arriving in Sydney on 13 June1836. Children got ringworm on their scalps on board ship - quite a difficult journey.
It suited Rev. Samuel Marsden to take advantage of Richard Taylor's presence, and he appointed him to the chaplaincy at Liverpool, NSW,where his parishioners were mainly from the military forces and the prisons. After Marsden's death in 1838, Richard was released for service in NZ. In 1836 they were living in a cottage at Parramatta, NSW.
Arrived at the Bay of Islands in 1839, then he was appointed to the Wanganui mission, arriving on 30 April 1843 following the death of Rev John Mason by drowning at the mouth of the Turakina River.
Richard served in Wanganui for the rest of his life, and his mission is recorded in his journals which show us a man of total dedication to his task, very much the head of the family, and with an intense interest in scientific matters. His advice was sought by governors, he was an arbitrator between European and Maori interests, he contributed papers to the NZ Institute and corresponded with many eminent scientsts of the day. In 1955, while in England, he published "Te Ika a Maui:" and in1868, while again in England, he published "The Past and Present of New Zealand." He was by then a Fellow of the Geological Society.
While on his missionary travels he found time to write up his journal, often in the small hours by candle light in his tent. Here he recordednot only the events relating to his mission, but also notes on botany, geology and natural history. Richard's long and faithful service to the community and the mission ended when he died in Wanganui on 10 October1873. He had only been in his new home a little while when he died.
In December 1843 in Wanganui, Caroline gave birth to premature twin girls, one born dead and the other lived an hour. He put this down to his old house being burnt down. They had moved to new premises on 28 November, so most of their belongings were already shifted. Richard (Rev) Taylor was baptized on 23 March 1805 in Throapham, YKS, ENG.
1 He was a teacher and minister, artist in 1830.
15,16,9 He immigrated to Sydney to Waimate, Bay of Islands, in March 1839.
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