NZ pre 1846

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Frances Roodhouse

F, #11926, b. about 1790
Pedigree Link

Family: William Hadfield (b. about 1790)

SonFrederick Brown Hadfield+ (b. 1819, d. 1875)

Biography

Frances Roodhouse was born about 1790.1 She and William Hadfield were married.

Citations

  1. [S685] descendant
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George (Hori) Marriner

M, #11927, b. 31 July 1843, d. 30 January 1877

Parents

FatherRichard Marriner (b. about 1800, d. 1876)
MotherHatariti (b. about 1830)
Pedigree Link

Family: Rora Karena (b. about 1845)

DaughterSusan Marriner (b. 1863, d. 1955)
SonHori (George) Marriner (b. 3 July 1864, d. 2 July 1942)

Biography

George (Hori) Marriner was born on 31 July 1843 in Hokianga, NZ, died aged 34.1,2,3,4 He and Rora Karena were married. He died on 30 January 1877, at age 33, in Hokianga, NZ, drowned MCE.5 He was buried in February 1877 in Mangungu, Hokianga.1,5,6
We also have a birth record for his son George, born earlier to a woman noted only as 'K'.
Family anecdotes say that K stood for Kataraina and that she does after his birth.
There are also suggestions that 'K' was the daughter of Makoare Taonui.
Hataritin is suggested to be her younger sister. POMA
From ANC and Find a grave
Children:
Susan Mackereth
George Karena / Colin Marriner.

Citations

  1. [S351] Historic Hokianga
  2. [S408] www.ourhokianga.com/census1846.htm
  3. [S452] Hokianga
  4. [S596]
  5. [S397] Alexander Turnbull Library
  6. [S634] Auckland Public Library
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Unknown

F, #11928, b. about 1795

Parents

FatherTe Pehi Kupe
Pedigree Link

Biography

Unknown was born about 1795.
"sold" Wairau land to Colonel WAKEFIELD RMA
living Hokianga 1840 after husband's death RMA
Maori, daughter of Te Pehi Kupe paramount chief of Ngati Toa. ( cousin of Te Rauparaha) HMO.
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William (Captain) Cornwallis Symonds

M, #11929, b. 1815, d. 23 November 1841

Parents

FatherWilliam (Sir) Symonds
Pedigree Link

Biography

William (Captain) Cornwallis Symonds was born in 1815 in ENG age 77 in 1892 JGOC.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18 He died on 23 November 1841, at age ~26, in drowned in Manukau Harbour, Auckland, NZ.19,20
Was Captain W C SYMONDS, 74th Regiment.
also 96th regt in India. 1839 RMR
was in the Kaipara jan 1840. Agent for Scotch land buying company. EJW
assisted HOBSON to get signatures for the Treaty. CN
see other SYMONDS in database same person?
drowned along with ADAMS and 2 seamen.
1840 Bay of Islands to Auckland on the Anna Watson arriving NZ
1841 visited Tauranga with DIEFFENBACH ES
bought land at Manakau from MITCHELL in 1838 or 39 and established the Manakau land Company. Brought settlers out in 1841 to settle in Cornwallis. OLCLEE
NZGG 25 aug 1841 land claim no. 282, Auckland.
NZGG 20 oct 1841 land claim no 318 John Charles BLACKETT of Surry, ENG purchased from W C SYMONDS and F J MERCER

From Friends of Symond's Street Cemetery site: https://www.symondsstreetcemetery.com/about-the-cemetery
Symonds Street (and by extension the Cemetery) was named after Captain William Cornwallis Symonds, although he is not buried there. Symonds was a friend of William Hobson and one of his closest and most effective officials.
William Cornwallis Symonds was one of the first Police Magistrates in New Zealand and Chief Magistrate of Auckland. In 1841 he was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General of New Zealand.
William Cornwallis Symonds was related to the General Cornwallis who surrendered at Yorktown during the American War of Independence. William?s brother Captain John Jermyn Symonds (1819-1883) also lived in Auckland; Symonds Street in Onehunga is named after him.
William Symonds intended to create a settlement on the Manukau Harbour at Cornwallis. The Maori name for that place was Karangahape and Karangahape Road (including what is now Lower Symonds street) was part of the route taken to reach the intended settlement.
*almost all information for the history of Symonds Street Cemetery site has been collected by the K Road historian Edward Bennett. William (Captain) Cornwallis Symonds immigrated to BOI to Auckland on the Anna Watson in 1840 ESR and JGOC have 1836 to Manukau.20,14,15 He was a police magistrate, Auckland, deputy surveyor in 1840.20,21,22,6,10,11,12 He was a magistrate Auckland on 7 July 1841.18

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S189] New Zealand from Tasman to Massey
  3. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  4. [S40] Curtain Raiser to a Colony
  5. [S355] A History of Tauranga County
  6. [S515] A Capital Story
  7. [S523] New Zealand's First Capital
  8. [S531] Reminiscences of the Early Settlement of Dunedin and South Otago
  9. [S567] Nelson Province 1642 -1842
  10. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  11. [S572]
  12. [S633] Without Fear or Favour
  13. [S764] The Great War for NZ Waikato 1800-2000
  14. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  15. [S807] Jubilee Gathering of Old Colonists October 10 1892
  16. [S880] Te Hemara James HAMLIN 1803 - 1865
  17. [S898] The Old Land Claims in NZ
  18. [S835]
  19. [S122] New Zealand in the 1830's
  20. [S194] The First Fleet of Auckland
  21. [S238] List of Officers in NZ Government 1840 (from Blue Book)
  22. [S345] They Came to New Zealand
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William (Sir) Symonds

M, #11930
Pedigree Link

Family:

SonWilliam (Captain) Cornwallis Symonds (b. 1815, d. 23 November 1841)
SonJohn (Ltnt) Jermyn Symonds (b. 1819, d. 1883)

Biography

William (Sir) Symonds was a surveyor general for royal navy.1

Citations

  1. [S194] The First Fleet of Auckland
Family Explorer

John Charles Blackett

M, #11931, b. about 1800
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Biography

John Charles Blackett was born about 1800 in ENG.1,2,3,4,5 He and Maria were married. He and Emily Jane Cockraft were married on 18 March 1852 in Auckland, NZ.6
Came to NZ 1839 on the Brig Guide jan 1840. to join the Navarino. in Kaipara harbour. EJW
visited Port hardy with Colonel WAKEFIELD jan 1840 RMA
NZGG 20 oct 1841 land claim no 318 of Surry, ENG purchased from W C SYMONDS and F J MERCER. John Charles Blackett was an officer in the Royal Navy in 1839.3 He immigrated to to Auckland in 1840.4

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S581] Nelson a history of early settlement
  3. [S755] The Whale's Wake
  4. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  5. [S835]
  6. [S813] Early Settler Roll auckland Province with additional notes in pencil by Ak PL Librarian

MacLAREN

M, #11932, b. about 1800

Biography

MacLAREN was born about 1800.1
Lived with Maori wife Oterewa, Port Hardy, SI. EJW. MacLAREN was a whaler, Port Hardy area in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.

Bullen

M, #11933, b. about 1800

Biography

Bullen was born about 1800 in Eng?1
Wesleyen missionary came to Wellington jan 1840 EJW. Bullen was a Wesleyen missionary in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
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Robert Tod

M, #11934, b. about 1800
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Ann (b. about 1820)

SonTod (b. about 1835)
SonTod (b. about 1837)
DaughterEmily Leifchild Tod (b. 16 June 1841)

Biography

Robert Tod was born about 1800.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 He and Mary Ann were married.
From Sydney, tried to buy land in Wellington jan 1840 EJW
travelled with wife and 2 children and servant NP
jul 1840 Wellington, in court along with McDOUALL and BUCHANAN for assault on Maori chief Turo?? PP1840
jan/feb 1844 a passenger on the Lively from Sydney to Nelson. Sydney Morning Herald. Robert Tod immigrated to from Sydney to Wellington on the Success arriving dec 1839 on 15 November 1839.9,5,10 He was a land speculator, farming Wellington Harbour in 1841.1,11 He was an esquire, Auckland Point, Nelson in 1844.3

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S554] Juror list 1844 Nelson
  4. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  5. [S116] Shipping Lists
  6. [S538] Early Wellington
  7. [S581] Nelson a history of early settlement
  8. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  9. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  10. [S1090] The First Pakehas Around Wellington and Cook Strait 1803 - 1839
  11. [S245] The New Zealand Portfolio
Family Explorer

Hadfield

M, #11935, b. 1 May 1876

Parents

FatherRichard Hadfield (b. 7 August 1850, d. 14 July 1880)
MotherFanny Smith Green (b. 1857, d. 1933)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Hadfield was born on 1 May 1876 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S360] researcher

Dudley Sinclair

M, #11936, b. about 1819

Biography

Dudley Sinclair was born about 1819.1,2,3,4,5
Note also Dudley SINCLAIR 1810 = same? Dudley Sinclair immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Oriental arriving NZ 31/1/1840 on 15 September 1839 probably Bengal Merchant.1 He was in brickmaker in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S80] List of Directors NZ Land Coy, petition
  3. [S189] New Zealand from Tasman to Massey
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  5. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
Family Explorer

Stanley Hadfield

M, #11937, b. about 1876, d. 1 May 1876

Parents

FatherRichard Hadfield (b. 7 August 1850, d. 14 July 1880)
MotherFanny Smith Green (b. 1857, d. 1933)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Stanley Hadfield was born about 1876 in Nelson, NZ.1 He died on 1 May 1876 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S360] researcher
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Welby Edward Green

M, #11938, b. about 1870

Parents

FatherJames Burn Green (b. about 1851, d. 1923)
MotherElizabeth Houlderness Hadfield (b. 27 June 1852, d. 1930)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Welby Edward Green was born about 1870.

Crawford

M, #11939, b. about 1790

Biography

Crawford was born about 1790.1
Left Wellington apr 1840 on the Tory NP. Crawford immigrated to to Wellington from Sydney in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
Family Explorer

Stanley Wallace Green

M, #11940, b. about 1870

Parents

FatherJames Burn Green (b. about 1851, d. 1923)
MotherElizabeth Houlderness Hadfield (b. 27 June 1852, d. 1930)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Stanley Wallace Green was born about 1870.

James (Jim) Cootes

M, #11941, b. about 1800

Biography

James (Jim) Cootes was born about 1800.1,2
EJW met COOTES and two others march 1840, Porirua area, possibly escaped convicts from Australia. James (Jim) Cootes immigrated to from Australia to Porirua area?. about 1835.1 He was a whaler Kapiti Area in 1838.2

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S1090] The First Pakehas Around Wellington and Cook Strait 1803 - 1839

Berners

M, #11942, b. about 1790

Biography

Berners was born about 1790.1,2
Tried to buy Mana island. Built house Porirua. Met EJW march 1840. EJW, PP1840.

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator

Scott

M, #11943, b. about 1790

Biography

Scott was born about 1790.1
Note there was a COTT, trader at Tauranga 1833 ES. Scott was a had flax trading station Wanganui and elsewhere in 1831.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.

James Watt

M, #11944, b. about 1790

Biography

James Watt was born about 1790.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
First farmer to have wheat ground at first flour mill in Wellngton JRJ
1840 on committee organizing Ball and Fete PP1840
could be the ex convict, James William WATT, living Cambridge St Sydney 1828 with Jackie GUARD and Charlotte PUGH. DOWI. James Watt was in farmer, Ohiro, Wellington, in 1840.1,2 He immigrated to arrived Wellington from Sydney 16 mar 1840 on the Lady Lilford on 5 March 1840.1,9,8 He was an agriculturalist, Berhampore Farm in 1842.3 He was a farmer, Wellington in 1843.7

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S245] The New Zealand Portfolio
  3. [S314]
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  5. [S399] No Simple Passage
  6. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  7. [S325]
  8. [S431] Shipping Lists
  9. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Captain Pearson

M, #11945, b. about 1790

Biography

Captain Pearson was born about 1790.1
Arrested in march 1840 by settler's police in Wellington over a dispute with WADE. EJW.
in court jul 1840 for several assault charges PP1840. Captain Pearson was in captain of Integrity in 1840.2

Citations

  1. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  2. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
Family Explorer

Ida Green

F, #11946, b. about 1870

Parents

FatherJames Burn Green (b. about 1851, d. 1923)
MotherElizabeth Houlderness Hadfield (b. 27 June 1852, d. 1930)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Ida Green was born about 1870.

MacGREGOR

M, #11947, b. about 1790

Biography

MacGREGOR was born about 1790.
Built ship in Stewart Island? MacGREGOR was a sealer, whaler, trader, owned ship Surprise, Foveaux Straits. in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
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George Towersey

M, #11948, b. 1849, d. 1884
Pedigree Link

Biography

George Towersey was born in 1849. He and Elizabeth Lane were married. He died in 1884, at age ~35.

Henry (Lieutenant) Dalton Smart

M, #11949, b. about 1800

Biography

Henry (Lieutenant) Dalton Smart was born about 1800.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
Ltnt Commander of Mounted Police 1840 BB. Henry (Lieutenant) Dalton Smart immigrated to to Bay of Islands on the Westminster then to Wellington in 1840.1,3,11 He was in 28th regiment, in charge of first soldiers in Wellington, in 1840.12,9 He was a magistrate in 1841.6,8 He was a magistrate on 7 July 1841.13

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S191] Check to Your King ( story of Baron de THIERRY )
  3. [S304] NZ Genealogist pp 167-169 jul/aug 2010
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  5. [S400] The Smell of Powder - duelling in NZ
  6. [S515] A Capital Story
  7. [S543] Heke's War in the North 1845 extracts from Diary
  8. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  9. [S572]
  10. [S633] Without Fear or Favour
  11. [S743] Early Settlers Roll
  12. [S238] List of Officers in NZ Government 1840 (from Blue Book)
  13. [S835]

Able (Lieutenant) Dottin William Best

M, #11950, b. about 1800

Biography

Able (Lieutenant) Dottin William Best was born about 1800 DNZB p 395, 416.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
Best known as Ensign BEST who wrote a number of books.
1842 in Auckland DK
80th regt on the North Star 1843 RMA. Able (Lieutenant) Dottin William Best was in in charge of 30 soldiers of the 80th regt in Wellington and Auckland in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S1] The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
  3. [S194] The First Fleet of Auckland
  4. [S201] Put Him in the Longboat
  5. [S252] Hauraki Contested
  6. [S400] The Smell of Powder - duelling in NZ
  7. [S513] A Centennial History of Tauranga
  8. [S515] A Capital Story
  9. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  10. [S581] Nelson a history of early settlement
  11. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  12. [S871] Kororareka & other essays
Compiler: Tony Christiansen
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