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Sir William Hooker

M, #14076
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Family:

SonJoseph (Dr) Dalton Hooker (b. about 1810)
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Alfred Fell

M, #14077, b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871
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Family: Fanny Seymour (b. 1822)

SonCharles Yates Fell (b. 6 August 1844, d. 9 June 1918)
ChildFell (b. about 1846)
ChildFell (b. about 1848)
ChildFell (b. about 1850)
ChildFell (b. about 1851)
ChildFell (b. about 1852)
ChildFell (b. about 1854)
ChildFell (b. about 1856)

Biography

Alfred Fell was born in July 1817 in York, YKS, ENG.1,2,3,4,5,6 He and Fanny Seymour were married on 26 October 1843 in Nelson, NZ.3,7 He died on 2 November 1871, at age 54, in LON, ENG.5
Family returned to England 1859? 3 sons later returned to NZ
there was a John FELL BOI 1837 JL
Wrote a journal of his voyage to NZ. "A Colonist's Voyage to New Zealand "
"An emigrant voyage of 15 weeks under sail in the 1840s is usually thought of today as grim in the extreme. The myth is dispelled in by far the best account of such a voyage. The true atmosphere of shipboard life is captured in Fell's journal. The amusements and pastimes of debates ("Are the mental endowments of the two sexes naturally equal?" - yes, perhaps diplomatically, by a majority of one); parties, practical jokes: the peculiarities of shipboard housekeeping with live sheep, pigs and poultry: the necessities of life at sea (take eight dozen shirts, plenty of fresh water, end ensure your bed is not more than two feet wide). New Zealanders whose forbears came out under sail will relish this book. Alfred Fell, who founded the firm of Fell and Seymour, sailed with settlers for Nelson in September 1841 in the Lord Auckland." Published by Capper Press, Christchurch, 1973,
The family including 8 children returned to England 1859 for the children's education. Not sure how many returned to NZ later. MDL. Alfred Fell immigrated to left ENG 1841 on the Lord Auckland to Nelson then to New Plymouth 1842 in 1842.4 He was a merchant, Brook St., Nelson in 1844.2 He emigrated from Nelson to ENG in January 1859.5

Citations

  1. [S399] Jenny Robin JONES, No Simple Passage
  2. [S554] papers past, Juror list 1844 Nelson
  3. [S581] Ruth M ALLAN, Nelson a history of early settlement
  4. [S116] various web sites, Shipping Lists
  5. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
  6. [S870] H F AULT, The Nelson Narrative
  7. [S1084] BDM Nelson Examiner NZGS Nelson
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Sarah Masters

F, #14078, b. 2 October 1843, d. 1899
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Biography

Sarah Masters was born on 2 October 1843 in Lower Hutt, NZ.1 She and John Thomas Poad were married. She died in 1899, at age ~56.

Citations

  1. [S704] PECK of TAITA, web site extensive trees
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Richard Read

M, #14079, b. about 1775
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Family: Andlsey Bond (b. about 1780)

DaughterAnn Read+ (b. 11 October 1804, d. 14 March 1879)

Biography

Richard Read was born about 1775. He and Andlsey Bond were married.
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Charles Yates Fell

M, #14080, b. 6 August 1844, d. 9 June 1918

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
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Biography

Charles Yates Fell was born on 6 August 1844 in Nelson, NZ, BDMNEL1 has 5th august.1,2 He and Edith Louisa Bainbridge were married in 1869 in LON, ENG.1 He and Edith Emily Atkinson were married on 22 July 1881 in Nelson, NZ.1 He died on 9 June 1918, at age 73, in Nelson, NZ.1
With Edith Louisa 5 daughters one son all born Nelson? and with Edith Emily 3 children born Nelson MDL. Charles Yates Fell was a lawyer, Nelson in 1871.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
  2. [S1084] BDM Nelson Examiner NZGS Nelson
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Fell

U, #14081, b. about 1846

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1846 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
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Fell

U, #14082, b. about 1848

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1848 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
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Fell

U, #14083, b. about 1850

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1850 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
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Fell

U, #14084, b. about 1851

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1851 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
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Fell

U, #14085, b. about 1852

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1852 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940
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Fell

U, #14086, b. about 1854

Parents

FatherAlfred Fell (b. July 1817, d. 2 November 1871)
MotherFanny Seymour (b. 1822)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Fell was born about 1854 in Nelson, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S857] Max D LASH, Nelson Notables 1840-1940

Jean (Lieutenant )Roux

M, #14087, b. about 1730

Biography

Jean (Lieutenant )Roux was born about 1730 in France.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8
Jean (Lieutenant )Roux was a ship's officer Mascarin.1 Visited NZ with Marion de FRESNE 1772 on the Mascarin.
wrote a journal
signatory to letter to LAVAUD requesting help in land claims PTR.

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S7] Robert McNabb, From Tasman to Marsden
  3. [S30] REED A H, Historic Northland
  4. [S216] Patricia BAWDEN, The Years Before Waitangi
  5. [S545] ed Kate MARTIN & Brad MERCER, The French Place in the Bay of Islands
  6. [S544] Peter TREMEWAN, French Akaroa
  7. [S824] Brian BYRNE, The Unknown Kaipara 1250-1875
  8. [S871] Ormond WILSON, Kororareka & other essays

Amboise Bernard Marie du Clesmeur

M, #14088, b. about 1730

Biography

Amboise Bernard Marie du Clesmeur was born about 1730 in France aged 22 when took over command after death of du FRESNE.1,2,3,4,5
Captain of the Marquis de Castries which visited NZ in 1772 along with the Mascarin under command of Du FRESNE.
JODU has Le Jar du CLEMEUR
took over as leader of expedition after murder of Du FRESNE. JODU. Amboise Bernard Marie du Clesmeur was a Captain of Marquis de Castries in 1772.4

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S275] Paul MOON, This Horrid Practice
  3. [S545] ed Kate MARTIN & Brad MERCER, The French Place in the Bay of Islands
  4. [S524] ed ELL Gordon and ELL Sarah, Explorers, Whalers & Tattooed Sailors
  5. [S1149] ed John DUNMORE, New Zealand and the French

Julien (Lieutenant) Crozet

M, #14089, b. about 1730

Biography

Julien (Lieutenant) Crozet was born about 1730 in France.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11
With Du FRESNE 1772 in Bay of Islands. Julien (Lieutenant) Crozet was a ship's officer Mascarin in 1772.2

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S7] Robert McNabb, From Tasman to Marsden
  3. [S13] Early New Zealand, Bretts Historical Series 1890
  4. [S216] Patricia BAWDEN, The Years Before Waitangi
  5. [S275] Paul MOON, This Horrid Practice
  6. [S345] Marjorie APPLETON, They Came to New Zealand
  7. [S545] ed Kate MARTIN & Brad MERCER, The French Place in the Bay of Islands
  8. [S755] Harry MORTON, The Whale's Wake
  9. [S765] translated by H Ling ROTH, Crozet's Voyage to Tasmania, New Zealand, Ladrone Islands and the Philippines
  10. [S779] Adam Plover, Blood and Tears
  11. [S1149] ed John DUNMORE, New Zealand and the French
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Bruce

F, #14090, b. 5 September 1809

Parents

FatherGeorge (DRUCE) Bruce (b. 1779, d. 1819)
MotherMary Atahoe Te Pahi (d. 25 February 1810)
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Biography

Bruce was born on 5 September 1809 in at sea between India and Tasmania.1,2,3
1810 abandoned daughter at orphanage in Sydney VIO ORWI
another story is that George returned to NZ with baby. AWR.

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S565] Vincent O'MALLEY, The Meeting Place
  3. [S871] Ormond WILSON, Kororareka & other essays

William (Captain) Stewart

M, #14091, b. 1776, d. 10 September 1851

Biography

William (Captain) Stewart was born in 1776 in SCT.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 He died on 10 September 1851, at age ~75, in Poverty Bay, NZ.1,12
See book William Stewart by JO C ROSS JOCR
The author has extensively researched many sources and concluded that there were two William STEWARTS who were involved in early NZ and many researchers and historians have confused these two.
The first William STEWART was born in Scotland in 1776, joined the Royal Navy in 1793, deserted in 1797, emigrated to Port Jackson 1801and became involved in sealing. He left Australia 1820 and went to South America. He later returned to NZ and made false claims that he was the William Stewart who had produced the charts and after whom the island was named.
The second William STEWART was responsible for drawing the first detailed chart of Stewart Island and the Island was named after him. This William STEWART arrived in Port Jackson about october 1806. He was employed as Captain of the Elizabeth and later Chief Officer of the sealer, the Pegasus (1809) which returned to England august 1810. William STEWART's charts were later published.
JOCR

NEED TO VERIFY NOTES BELOW there were at least 3 William STEWARTS in the early 1800's.
visited Bay of Islands 1805 as captain of the Venus. JL JOCR
tried to shangai one of Te Pahi's sons. RM1
was pilot on the HMS Herald in 1840 when it went to the South Island and Stewart Island. tdh
surveyed Port Pegasus 1809 (RYHR3 states different William according to John ROSS)
visited Antipode Islands 1806 and again 1825. RR2
1840 saw milling operation Mercury Bay MA
1826 bought land at Hokianga along with Capt DELOITTE JLHK
made land claims East Coast, Akaroa (1825) , Tauranga (1825) and Hokianga (1826)
OLC plan no 27 and 761 DELOITTE and STEWART 2000 ac at Pa Punui, Pakanae void for uncertainty JLHK
OLCHK 965 200ac at Horeke, see no 27. (above) JLHK
NZGG 20 oct 1841 land claim no 319 W STEWART and W S DELOITTE for land purchased 1826 ??
WIKIPEDIA
William W. Stewart (c. 1776 ? 10 September 1851)[1] was a Scottish sealer and whaler after whom New Zealand's Stewart Island is named.[2]
Stewart served in the Royal Navy from 1793 to 1797. In June 1801 he arrived in Port Jackson (Sydney), New South Wales, and used £1500 to purchase a partnership in a Bass Strait sealing business with John Palmer. In 1809 he was first officer on the Pegasus which sailed to New Zealand, where he corrected two of James Cook's errors in his map of the New Zealand coast, establishing the insularity of Stewart Island and confirming that Banks Peninsula was not an island
In 1826 William Stewart was instrumental in the establishment of a timber, flax and trading settlement at Port Pegasus, the first European settlement on Stewart Island. Although the settlement failed within a year Stewart himself returned in 1840 to settle on the island. this is a different William STEWART LLES

He died in Poverty Bay on 10 September 1851.[1]

Stewart Island named after him by the captain of the Pegasus, SMITH. AWR (not true see JOCR)

Involved in buying land Horeke, Hokianga,1826 with Captan DELOITTE and assisted by John MARMON. DNZB p270
could be sames as Captain William STEWART ?
NZGG 20 oct 1841 land claim no 319 W STEWART and W S DELOITTE for land purchased 1826 ?? William (Captain) Stewart was a Master's Mate, Royal Navy in 1793.12 He was in Master, Royal Navy, in 1795.12 He was in Chief Officer Harrington in 1801.12

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S71] HALL T D H, Captain Joseph NIAS & the Treaty of Waitangi
  3. [S191] Robin HYDE, Check to Your King ( story of Baron de THIERRY )
  4. [S246] J C BEAGLEHOLE, The Discovery of New Zealand
  5. [S345] Marjorie APPLETON, They Came to New Zealand
  6. [S511] Joseph Angus McKAY, Historic Poverty Bay
  7. [S536] Bob MATTHEWS, OASES database of early settlers to Otago.
  8. [S636] A W REED, Before The Treaty of Waitangi
  9. [S755] Harry MORTON, The Whale's Wake
  10. [S846] J D RAESIDE, Sovereign Chief, a Biography of Baron de THIERRY
  11. [S1212] Lloyd ESLER, Early Days in Foveaux Strait
  12. [S1218] J O C ROSS, William Stewart sealing captain, trader and speculator
  13. [S566] Adrienne PUCKEY, Trading Cultures a history of the far north
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J (Matthew) Conroy

M, #14092, b. about 1785
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Biography

J (Matthew) Conroy was born about 1785.1,2,3,4 He and Unknown were married.
JL 'late in JUly 1815 HALL went to Waitangi with sawyers CONROY and CAMPBELL to build a house there"
was a ticket of leave convict and went with first Missionaries to Hohi Mission 1814. AMI
KAHA has Matthew CONROY. J (Matthew) Conroy was a sawyer, Hohi Mission in 1814.5 He immigrated to arrived 22 dec Bay of Islands on the Active from Sydney in November 1814.5,2 He was in Sawyer, Bay of Islands, in 1815.1 He emigrated from to Australia on the King George on 13 November 1816.5,6

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  3. [S1046] various, Te Rongopai 1814 bicentenary reflections on Christian beginnings
  4. [S1168] John Rawson ELDER ed, Marsden's Lieutenants
  5. [S592] Angela MIDDLETON, Pewhairangi Bay of Islands 1814-1845
  6. [S1219] Kath Hansen, Rangihoua : Mission Impossible ?
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Neil Campbell

M, #14093, b. about 1785
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Biography

Neil Campbell was born about 1785.1,2,3,4,5,6 He and Unknown were married.
JL 'late in Juy 1815 HALL went to Waitangi with sawyers CONROY and CAMPBELL to build a house there"
AMI has arrival dec 1814?
a convict with "ticket of leave" AMID
wife? joined him later? ESR has Mrs N arrived Mongonui 1846!
1846 CLENDON census has Mrs N CAMPBELL and 2 children, husband at sea. CENCLEN
AMID has Neil returned to Australia nov 1816 ... Neil Campbell immigrated to arrived 22 dec Bay of Islands on the Active from Sydney in November 1814.2,3 He was in CMS Sawyer, Bay of Islands, in 1815.1,4 He emigrated from to Australia in November 1816.2

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S592] Angela MIDDLETON, Pewhairangi Bay of Islands 1814-1845
  3. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  4. [S898] Jack LEE, The Old Land Claims in NZ
  5. [S813] ed Forbes EADIE annotations by APL Librarian P M FRENCH may 1973, Early Settler Roll Auckland Province with additional notes in pencil by Ak PL Librarian
  6. [S1046] various, Te Rongopai 1814 bicentenary reflections on Christian beginnings

Rodman Chace

M, #14094, b. about 1780

Biography

Rodman Chace was born about 1780 in USA.1
Boarded Active in Derwent enroute Sydney to BOI. JREL. Rodman Chace was a mate on the Active in 1814.2

Citations

  1. [S1168] John Rawson ELDER ed, Marsden's Lieutenants
  2. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
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William (BEAU) Bean

M, #14095, b. about 1790
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Family: Elizabeth (b. about 1795)

SonGeorge Thomas (BEAU) Bean (b. about 1819)
DaughterMartha (Jane) (BEAU) Bean (b. 1821)

Biography

William (BEAU) Bean was born about 1790.1,2,3,4,5,6 He and Elizabeth were married.
Worked with FAIRBURN from june 1821 to march 1822 on house for BUTLER at Kerikeri. JL. William (BEAU) Bean immigrated to arrived Kerikeri, BOI, 12 aug 1819 on the Active, in 1819.2,4 He was a carpenter with mission in 1821.1 He emigrated from from NZ to Sydney in 1822.2,5

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S592] Angela MIDDLETON, Pewhairangi Bay of Islands 1814-1845
  3. [S627] Index to Anglican Baptisms, Burials & Marriages in the BOI
  4. [S743] Auckland Provincial Centennial Committee, Early Settlers Roll
  5. [S1168] John Rawson ELDER ed, Marsden's Lieutenants
  6. [S1219] Kath Hansen, Rangihoua : Mission Impossible ?
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John Leigh

M, #14096, b. about 1800
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Biography

John Leigh was born about 1800 in Eng?1 He and Taua were married on 18 October 1835 in Waingaroa, Hokianga, NZ.2,2
In jan 1826 went with group from Bay of Islands to Stewart Island to start ship building industry. JL. John Leigh immigrated to to BOI? about 1825.

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S1022] Wesleyan Register Hokianga Mission 1830, 1834-44 part one and part two, Baptisms and Marriages

Hugh McCURDY

M, #14097, b. about 1800

Biography

Hugh McCURDY was born about 1800 in Eng?1,2
In jan 1826 went with Captain STEWART to Stewart island to start a ship building enterprise. JL
made land claim Russell JL
arrived Sydney 10 oct 1827 from NZ on the Enterprise AB. Hugh McCURDY was a shipwright in 1825.2

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
  2. [S197] A Charles BEGG & Neil C BEGG, The World of John BOULTBEE
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Maori

F, #14098
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Biography

Maori was born.1 She and Dominic Ferrari were married in Paihia, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S871] Ormond WILSON, Kororareka & other essays
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Johnson

M, #14099, b. about 1825

Parents

FatherJohn (JOHNSTONE) Johnson (b. about 1795)
MotherMaori (b. about 1800)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Johnson was born about 1825 in Russell, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
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Johnson

F, #14100, b. about 1826

Parents

FatherJohn (JOHNSTONE) Johnson (b. about 1795)
MotherMaori (b. about 1800)
Pedigree Link

Biography

Johnson was born about 1826 in Russell, NZ.1

Citations

  1. [S9] Jack LEE, The Bay of Islands
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