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Joseph (Lieutenant) Thomas

M, #11951, b. about 1780

Biography

Joseph (Lieutenant) Thomas was born about 1780.
Joseph (Lieutenant) Thomas was in charge whaling station Paramata, NZ in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
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William Couper

M, #11952, b. about 1790
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Knox (b. 1827)

SonCouper (b. 3 December 1850)

Biography

William Couper was born about 1790 in SCT.1,2,3 He and Mary were married. He and Mary Knox were married on 14 September 1848 in Wellington, NZ.4
The 1840 Thistle Inn was situated on a slight rise above the beach on Town Acre 515, which was originally owned by Dudley Sinclair. It was leased to William Couper, a carpenter by trade, who built the first Thistle Inn. The first hotel licences in New Zealand were issued in July 1840, and Thistle Inn opened on the 5th October that year. By the 10th of October that year there were 12 licensed hotels in Wellington and 18 by 1843.1
John Carne Bidwell bought the land, but not the lease, in 1841. In 1844 Couper sold his lease to Samuel Bell who, six years later, sold it on to Charles Brown. Brown kept the lease for many years, but by 1862 it appears that the proprietor was Stephen Cooper. The two men appear to have been in partnership when in 1866 the timber building was destroyed in a fire. Within six months the hotel had been rebuilt, possibly by Cooper himself.2 The 1866 Thistle Inn is the one that survives to this day. William Couper immigrated to on the Samuel Cunard in 1837.2 He was a carpenter, Kapiti in 1840.1 He was a publican Sydney St, Wellington in 1842.2 He was farming Porirua in 1847.

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S314]
  3. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  4. [S538] Early Wellington
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Mary Abbott

F, #11953, b. 1790, d. 1876
Pedigree Link

Family: George Frederick Young (b. 1791, d. 1870)

SonWilliam Curling Young (b. 1815, d. 14 August 1842)

Biography

Mary Abbott was born in 1790.1 She and George Frederick Young were married. She died in 1876, at age ~86.1

Citations

  1. [S1025]
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Lewis

M, #11954, b. about 1790
Pedigree Link

Family:

SonFred Lewis (b. about 1820)
SonWilliam (Captain) Friday Lewis+ (b. about 1823, d. 1867)

Biography

Lewis was born about 1790.
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Fred Lewis

M, #11955, b. about 1820

Parents

FatherLewis (b. about 1790)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fred Lewis was born about 1820 in US.1
Fred Lewis was whaling Poverty Bay PRE 1840.1 He was a boat building with brother Manawatu in 1840.2

Citations

  1. [S959] exhibit Wairoa Museum
  2. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
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Harriet

F, #11956
Pedigree Link

Family: Unknown

DaughterElizabeth Lane (b. about 1849, d. 1926)

Biography

Harriet and Unknown were married.
From Ancestry .... needs to be proven.
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Robert C E Park

M, #11957, b. 1813
Pedigree Link

Family: Mary Ann

SonRobert Wakefield Park (b. 1840, d. 1841)
DaughterMary JanePARK (b. 2 January 1842)
DaughterAgnes Park (b. 6 June 1843)
SonPark+ (b. about 1850)
DaughterPark (b. 19 July 1853)

Biography

Robert C E Park was born in 1813 in SCT.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
1842 Wellington Tce
settled Otago ? OASES
note a marriage 1851 R PARK, C.E. - Marion HART LEW
1840 went on expedition from Wellington to Taranaki AHCT
died 1843?? Robert C E Park immigrated to to Wellington ENG to NZ on the Cuba arriving NZ 3/1/1840 on 1 August 1839.1,6,10 He was an assistant surveyor for NZ Coy. in 1840.1 He was a town surveyor, Wellington in 1843.8 He was a Principal Surveyor Wellington in 1849.9

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  3. [S314]
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  5. [S507] Shipboard Diary Duke of Roxburgh
  6. [S536] OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  7. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  8. [S325]
  9. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  10. [S116] Shipping Lists
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Robert Stokes

M, #11958, b. about 1815
Pedigree Link

Biography

Robert Stokes was born about 1815 in Eng?1,2,3,4,5 He and Unknown were married. He was buried in Bolton St Cemetery, Wellington, NZ.6
August 1840 went on expedition from Wellington to Taranaki with a group AHCT. Robert Stokes immigrated to to Wellington on the Cuba arriving Wellington 4 jan 1840 in 1839.1,7 He was an assistant surveyor for NZ Coy. in 1840.1,7,4

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  4. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  5. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  6. [S129] from a web site with notes on burials
  7. [S272] http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast

Deans

M, #11959, b. about 1810

Biography

Deans was born about 1810 in SCT.1
Deans immigrated to Scotland to Wellington on the Bengal Merchant? in 1839.1

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.

Michael Murphy

M, #11960, b. about 1816, d. 14 August 1852

Biography

Michael Murphy was born about 1816 in IRL.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 He died on 14 August 1852 in Wampoa Anchorage, Canton, China, was a ship's puser on the ship Canton.1
Michael Murphy was a Clerk of the Bench, Parammatta, NSW, AUS PRE 1840.15 1841 Justice of Peace AHC
left NZ 1843
short biography AHC
jun 1840 in BOI JCDM
went to Akaroa on the Britomart 1840 PTR
cabin. He was a Police Magistrate Port Nicholson, ships purser in 1840.15,16,3,6,8,9,17 He was a Magistrate, Akaroa in 1840.11 He immigrated to Sydney to Bay of Islands on the Chelydra then to Wellington on the Britomart on 4 June 1840.15,1,9,18 He was a magistrate on 7 July 1841.17 He was a JP and sub sherriff Wellington on 29 September 1841.17 He was a magistrate Wellington on 13 October 1841.17 He emigrated from left Wellington and NZ about 1842.13

Citations

  1. [S1] The Dictionary of New Zealand Biography vol 1
  2. [S201] Put Him in the Longboat
  3. [S241] the City of the Strait
  4. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  5. [S411] BRIND of the Bay of Islands
  6. [S515] A Capital Story
  7. [S544] French Akaroa
  8. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  9. [S572]
  10. [S581] Nelson a history of early settlement
  11. [S609]
  12. [S723] Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road
  13. [S40] Curtain Raiser to a Colony
  14. [S189] New Zealand from Tasman to Massey
  15. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  16. [S238] List of Officers in NZ Government 1840 (from Blue Book)
  17. [S835]
  18. [S116] Shipping Lists
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John Carne (BIDWELL) Bidwill

M, #11961, b. 5 February 1815, d. 16 March 1853

Parents

FatherJoseph Green Bidwill (b. about 1770)
MotherCharlotte Wilmot Mary Carne (b. 17 April 1784)
Pedigree Link

Biography

John Carne (BIDWELL) Bidwill was born on 5 February 1815 in Exeter, ENG.1,2,3 He died on 16 March 1853, at age 38, in NSW, AUS, killed by a poisonous plant! PMO.3
Immigrated to Sydney from England 1838, visited NZ several times before 1840. wrote "Rambles in NZ" London 1841.
was in Wellington sep 1840. EJW,
previously Bay of Islands (arrived 5 jan 1839 from Sydney), Thames, climbed Tongariro (or Ruapehu?).1839 Ngauruahoe actually AM
probably living Tauranga 1839? Rev TAYLOR met him there. CHT
passenger on the Hope arriving Wellington jun 1840 PP1840.

Citations

  1. [S241] the City of the Strait
  2. [S46] King Kauri
  3. [S645] The Voyagers

Wilton

M, #11962, b. about 1805, d. August 1840

Biography

Wilton was born about 1805. He died in August 1840 in Wairau Valley, South Island., drowned crossing Wairau Bar.1,2
Tried to take cattle up the Wairau valley. Was with BALDIC , HALL and BAIRD who all trying to develop a property under instructions of Francis UNWIN a Sydney lawyer. APL
All four murdered by Maori APL ??
other source has drowned Wairau Bar. Wilton was an overseer of property in 1840.2

Citations

  1. [S41] Adventure in New Zealand.
  2. [S779] Blood and Tears
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Unknown

M, #11963
Pedigree Link

Family: Harriet

DaughterElizabeth Lane (b. about 1849, d. 1926)

Biography

Unknown and Harriet were married.

Fredrick Beale

M, #11964, b. about 1910

Biography

Fredrick Beale was born about 1910.
Joined US Exploring Expedition in Sydney and jumped ship in Bay of Islands. Fredrick Beale was an ordainary seaman in 1840.1 He immigrated to to Bay of Islands from Sydney in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Shelden Benedict

M, #11965, b. about 1810

Biography

Shelden Benedict was born about 1810.
U S Exploring Expedition joined at NZ served the cruise. Shelden Benedict was a seaman, quarter gunner. in 1840.1 He emigrated from from Bay of Islands to USA in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Andrew A Brown

M, #11966, b. about 1810

Biography

Andrew A Brown was born about 1810.
U S Exploring Expedition joined at NZ served the cruise. Andrew A Brown was an ordainary seaman in 1840.1 He emigrated from from Bay of Islands to USA in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

James Coburn

M, #11967, b. about 1810

Biography

James Coburn was born about 1810.
U S Exploring Expedition joined at NZ served the cruise. James Coburn was an Ordainary Seaman in 1840.1 He emigrated from Bay of Islands to USA in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

George Parmilla

M, #11968, b. about 1810

Biography

George Parmilla was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition George Parmilla Ord Seaman Joined at NZ run at Oahu. George Parmilla was in ordainary seaman in 1840.1 He emigrated from from Bay of Islands to Oahu in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Abraham Roberts

M, #11969, b. about 1810

Biography

Abraham Roberts was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at NZ served the cruise. Abraham Roberts emigrated from Bay of Islands to USA in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

James Scott

M, #11971, b. about 1810

Biography

James Scott was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at NZ run at Oahu. James Scott was in seaman in 1840.1 He emigrated from Bay of Islands to Oahu in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

John Small

M, #11972, b. about 1810

Biography

John Small was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at Rio discharged at NZ. John Small was in baker in 1840.1 He immigrated to from Rio to Bay of Islands in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Henry Stephens

M, #11973, b. about 1810

Biography

Henry Stephens was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at sydney run at NZ. Henry Stephens was in 1st class boy ( on ship) in 1840.1 He immigrated to Sydney to Bay of Islands in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Peter Sweeny

M, #11974, b. about 1810

Biography

Peter Sweeny was born about 1810.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at NZ discharged at oahu 31 oct 1840. Peter Sweeny was in seaman in 1840.1 He emigrated from Bay of Islands to Oahu in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.

Josiah Weaver

M, #11975, b. about 1827

Biography

Josiah Weaver was born about 1827.
US Exploring Expedition. joined at NZ srun at Oahu. Josiah Weaver was in First Class Boy (ship) in 1840.1 He emigrated from Bay of Islands to Oahu in March 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S123] from Christchurch Library website. List of persons who joined or left Expedition in NZ.
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