NZ pre 1846

early european contacts

Person Page 577

James (Sir) Clark Ross

M, #14401, b. 1800

Biography

James (Sir) Clark Ross was born in 1800 in ENG.1,2
One of his ships HMS Favourite? supplied a guard to keep order in Russell 1841. JL
Leader of Antartica expedition 1840 - 1843 with two ships Terror and Erebus. Spent 3 months in BOI from mid August 1841 to 25 November 1841. (various web sites)
20 nov 1840 visited Auckland Islands JODR. James (Sir) Clark Ross was an Arctic and Antartica explorer in 1841.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S1094] Island of the lost

Richard (Captain) Skinner

M, #14402, b. about 1790

Biography

Richard (Captain) Skinner was born about 1790.1,2,3,4
Richard (Captain) Skinner was a Captain of Dromedary in 1820.1,5

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S615] Port Preservation
  3. [S731] Crisis at Kerikeri
  4. [S878] Journal kept in NZ in 1820
  5. [S53] A Society of Gentlemen

Captain Spence

M, #14403, b. about 1790

Biography

Captain Spence was born about 1790.1
Captain Spence was a Captain of whaler Echo in 1820.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands

Captain Stivers

M, #14404, b. about 1780

Biography

Captain Stivers was born about 1780.1
There was a story that Captain STIVERS was the first European to visit NZ and introduced the potato see JL p 90.

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands

Thomas (Captain) Swindells

M, #14405, b. about 1780

Biography

Thomas (Captain) Swindells was born about 1780.1,2,3
The sealer Glory went aground in the Chathams and SWINDELLS and 5 men took a long boat to NZ. JL
Joseph ?, lived Wellington ANL. Thomas (Captain) Swindells was a Captain of sealer Glory in 1827.3 He was a Captain of the Samuel in 1828.4

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S501] descendant ?
  3. [S1090] The First Pakehas Around Wellington and Cook Strait 1803 - 1839
  4. [S197] The World of John BOULTBEE

Yves Thomas

M, #14406, b. about 1740

Biography

Yves Thomas was born about 1740 in FRANCE?1
Was with Marion Du FRESNE and escaped the massacre. JL. Yves Thomas was in seaman in 1772.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands

Captain Thompson

M, #14407, b. about 1780

Biography

Captain Thompson was born about 1780.1
Captain Thompson was in Captain of Active in 1818.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands

William Tucker

M, #14408, b. 1784, d. 12 December 1817

Biography

William Tucker was born in 1784.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 He died on 12 December 1817, at age ~33, in Otago, NZ, killed by Maori.2,5,6
1798 transported to NSW for shoplifting. PEEN
brought (stolen?PEEN) a shrunken head from NZ to Sydney 1811 JL
as a result of stealing the shrunken head 10 other sealers killed on Stewart Island during 1810. Relations between Ngai Tahu and Europeans deteriorated with consequences for a number of years.
1817 killed along with crew of his cutter EOL
previously had "Captain" TUCKER but don't think he was. William Tucker immigrated to to Otago in 1809 a sealer left by ship Brothers at Ragged rock (Isle of Wight) Foveaux Strait nov 1809 PEEN.4 He was a sealer on Brothers in 1809.6

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S218] Muirhiku
  3. [S532] A History of Otago
  4. [S536] OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  5. [S755] The Whale's Wake
  6. [S944] Behold the Moon the European Occupation of the Dunedin District 1770-1848
  7. [S1056] The Weller's whaling station : the social and economic formation of an Otakou community, 1817-1850

Captain Walker

M, #14409, b. about 1780

Biography

Captain Walker was born about 1780.1
Involved in revenge attack on Te Pahi for Boyd massacre. JL. Captain Walker was in Captain of whaler Inspector in 1810.1 He was a presumably same person? in Captain of Dragon in 1823.1,2

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S731] Crisis at Kerikeri

Charles (Commander) Wilkes

M, #14410, b. 1798, d. 1877

Biography

Charles (Commander) Wilkes was born in 1798 in USA.1,2,3,4 He died in 1877, at age ~79.
Http://www.south-pole.com/p0000079.htm
One of his ships the Flying Fish arrived BOI from the Antartica 24 feb 1840. web sites. Charles (Commander) Wilkes was in Commander and Explorer, US Exploring Expedition, in 1840.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S515] A Capital Story
  3. [S523] New Zealand's First Capital
  4. [S565] The Meeting Place

Captain Wilkinson

M, #14411, b. about 1770

Biography

Captain Wilkinson was born about 1770.1,2
Captain Wilkinson was in Captain of sealer Star in 1807.1

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S354] series of lectures on Early NZ History to Otago Institute

Captain Willson

M, #14412, b. about 1790

Biography

Captain Willson was born about 1790.1,2
Witness to marriage of Philip TAPSELL and Maria RINGA, by KENDALL. JL. Captain Willson was in Captain of the Royal Sovereign in 1823.

Citations

  1. [S9] The Bay of Islands
  2. [S411] BRIND of the Bay of Islands

Colonel Foveaux

M, #14413, b. about 1770

Biography

Colonel Foveaux was born about 1770.1
Visited BOI april 1810 on the Experiment enroute to England. Colonel Foveaux was in Lieutenant Governor of 102nd regt in Sydney in 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S7] From Tasman to Marsden

James (Lieutenant) Finucane

M, #14414, b. about 1770

Biography

James (Lieutenant) Finucane was born about 1770.1,2
Visited NZ april 1810 on the Experiment enroute to England. James (Lieutenant) Finucane was in secretary to Lieutenant Governor FOVEAUX of the 102nd regt in Sydney. in 1810.1

Citations

  1. [S7] From Tasman to Marsden
  2. [S592] Pewhairangi Bay of Islands 1814-1845
Family Explorer

Matilda Edmonds

F, #14422

Parents

FatherArthur Edmonds (b. 1825)
MotherErena (Ellena) (PEHIKURA) Pehi
Pedigree Link

Family: Davis Andrew Strongman

SonRobert Henry Strongman+

James Dent Greenwood

M, #14423, b. about 1810

Biography

James Dent Greenwood was born about 1810 in Eng?
Wrote shipboard diary. James Dent Greenwood immigrated to arrived Wellington 8 feb 1840 on the Duke of Roxburgh on 5 October 1839.1,2

Citations

  1. [S127] Ship Board Diaries
  2. [S161] Family Research Centre
Family Explorer

William Lyon

M, #14424, b. 1805, d. 22 February 1879
Pedigree Link

Family: Margaret Hamilton (b. about 1815)

DaughterGrace Lyon (b. about 1844)
SonHoratio McCulloch Lyon (b. 27 February 1851)
DaughterMary Emma Lyon (b. 1853)
SonJames Lyon (b. 1871)

Biography

William Lyon was born in 1805 in SCT.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 He and Margaret Hamilton were married in 1842 in Wellington, NZ.8 He died on 22 February 1879, at age ~74, in Wellington, NZ.2
Wrote shipboard diary, original Alexander Turnbull Library, copy in FRC
short biography AHC
steerage. William Lyon immigrated to arrived Wellington 8 feb 1840 on the Duke of Roxburgh on 5 October 1839.9,10 He was a storeman, Wellington in 1840.5 He was a farmer Hutt Valley in 1841.11 He was in bookseller, storekeeper Lambton Quay, in 1842.1 He was a storekeeper, Wellington in 1843.6 He was a yeoman, Waimea East, Nelson in 1844.4

Citations

  1. [S314]
  2. [S308] The Birth of a City Wellington 1840 - 1843
  3. [S507] Shipboard Diary Duke of Roxburgh
  4. [S554] Juror list 1844 Nelson
  5. [S570] N Z Gazette & Wellington Spectator
  6. [S325]
  7. [S851] The Making of Wellington 1800-1914
  8. [S538] Early Wellington
  9. [S127] Ship Board Diaries
  10. [S161] Family Research Centre
  11. [S40] Curtain Raiser to a Colony
Family Explorer

Thomas Gillian Wrigley

M, #14425, b. 29 December 1848, d. 10 November 1864

Parents

FatherThomas Gillian Wrigley (b. 21 February 1825, d. 21 September 1867)
MotherMary Welch (b. 23 October 1827, d. 25 December 1861)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Thomas Gillian Wrigley was born on 29 December 1848 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.1 He died on 10 November 1864, at age 15, in Lower Hutt, Wellington, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S704] web site extensive trees
Compiler: Tony Christiansen
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