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Eliza Reed was born about 1844 in Petone, NZ.¹

Sarah Ann Wright was born on 29 December 1841 in Petone, NZ.¹ She and John Glynan were married. She died on 12 August 1924, at age 82, in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ.²

George Henry Wright was born on 9 December 1843 in NZ.¹ He died on 4 May 1912, at age 68, in NZ.¹

William James Wright was born on 14 October 1845 in Red House Bay, Akaroa, NZ.¹ He and Mary Martha Bates were married. He died on 4 December 1924, at age 79, in Christchurch, NZ.¹

12 children see GENI.

Susannah Wright was born on 14 July 1848.¹ She and Donovan were married. She died on 22 January 1913, at age 64.¹

James Wright was born on 15 April 1850 in Wainui, Christchurch, NZ.¹ He and Ellen Heather were married. He died on 24 October 1912, at age 62, in Wainui, Christchurch, NZ.¹

Robert Wright was born on 13 December 1853.¹ He died on 16 September 1934, at age 80.¹

John Thomas Austin Wright was born on 12 November 1855.¹ He and Mary Jane Mahuke were married. He died on 14 August 1947, at age 91.¹

4 children see GENI.

Mark Wright was born on 4 September 1858.¹ He and Charlotte Mahuke were married. He died on 5 July 1924, at age 65, in Banks Peninsula, NZ.¹

Elizabeth Drury Wright was born on 22 July 1860.¹ She and James Hooker were married. She died on 18 July 1950, at age 89.¹

Luke Pelcher Wright was born on 12 September 1862 in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ.¹ She and Annie Hunt were married. She died on 4 September 1932, at age 69, in Christchurch, NZ.¹

Margaret Wright was born in 1869 in Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, NZ.¹ She and William James Warner were married. She died in 1950, at age ~81, in Wainui, Christchurch, NZ.¹

Westwater Small was born on 27 March 1841 in Wellington, NZ.^1,2,3

Janet (Jessie) Small was born about 1834 in NZ.¹

Janet (Jessie) Small immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Martha Ridgeway arriving NZ 14/11/1840 on 5 July 1840.

Frederick (Dr) John Knox was born on 3 April 1794 in Edinburgh, SCT.^1,2,3,4,5 He and Margaret Russell were married on 12 December 1825 in st Cuthberts, Midlothian, SCT.⁵ He died on 5 August 1873, at age 79, in Wellington, NZ.^6,7

Dr Frederick John KNOX L.R.C.S.E.
arrived in New Zealand in 1840, having been demonstrater in Anatomy to his brother, the celebrated Professor Knox. Dr Knox used his scientific studies, and gave exhibits to the Colonial Museum, and wrote extensively for the Transactions of the N.Z. Institute. He arrived with his wife and five children. He lived at Johnsonville. By Gazette, 15th August 1861 he was appointed Coroner for the Porirua District. He died at the Hospital on 5th August 1873 aged 82. One daughter, Helen, married T. J. Drake in 1869. Janet Knox married H. H. Fitzherbert, of Tawa Flat in 1868 and Isabella Knox married Charles D. de Castro in 1855.
From Tawa Flat and the Old Porirua Road by Arthur H. Carman

PPA New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator, Volume I, Issue 32, 21 November 1840, Page 2
ARRIVED. Nov. 14, barque "Eleanor," Rhodes, from the east coast. Same day, ship "Martha Ridgway," 621, from England ; left the Downs 9th July. Passengers ? Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Losack and five children, Miss Whitaker, Mr. and Mrs. F. John Knox and five children. Mr. and Mrs. H. Robson, and Messrs. Geo. Moore, William James, W. B. Ralph, T. iiine, R. B. Barnes, A. Renny, J. Butler, and J. and A. Alexander. 1 95 in the steerage.

r Frederick Knox was the librarian of New Zealand's first public library. He emigrated from Scotland in July 1840 and within days of arriving in Port Nicholson became involved in establishing the country's first public library.

The library lasted for just one year before winding up and handing over its contents to another organisation. But Knox continued to contribute to the cultural development of the country until his death in 1873.
Frederick John Knox was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in April 1794. From approximately the 1820s to the 1830s he was employed as an assistant to his older brother, the renowned anatomist Robert Knox. In 1831 Frederick was licensed by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, where he opened a small practice. He supplemented his income with a stipend as conservator of his brother's private teaching and museum collection, and is credited with compiling a detailed catalogue of its contents. In 1836 he drew on these experiences to compile a monograph entitled The Anatomist's Instructor and Museum Companion: being practical instructions for the formation and subsequent management of anatomical museums.
Body-snatching brother
Frederick?s brother Robert is best remembered for his involvement in the ?Burke and Hare? body-snatching scandal of 1829. In order to obtain cadavers for his anatomy school, Knox purchased bodies from Irishmen William Hare and Thomas Burke, who were later found to be obtaining their supplies by murdering vagrants. Burke testified that Knox was unaware of the murders, and a committee of the Royal Society of Edinburgh later exonerated him of blame, but his reputation never recovered. His name lives on in a Scottish taunt:

Up the close and doon the stair,
Ben the hoose wi?Burke and Hare,
Burke?s the butcher, Hare?s the thief,
Knox the boy who buys the beef.

In July 1840 Knox emigrated to New Zealand with his wife, Margaret, and their five children. They arrived in Port Nicholson in November, and within days he was appointed as the librarian of the first public library at a salary of £75. Contemporary accounts give no reason for his selection for the position, but the work he had done on his brother's collection in Edinburgh undoubtedly gave him relevant experience.
During his time as librarian Knox was able to indulge his passion for collecting natural history specimens, even establishing a small museum within the library. But despite his best efforts the library and museum were wound up within a year of opening. In April 1842 he was directed to offer the building and its contents to a Mechanics' Institute that was in the process of being formed. He was subsequently elected to the Committee of the Mechanics' Institute, but this involvement did not prevent the downgrading of ?his' museum. In November 1842 it was reported that the museum collection had not been added to and that ?much injury' had been done to it ?from want of proper accommodation'. Knox continued to collect specimens, writing of his discoveries in the New Zealand Gazette and Wellington Spectator. But he sent these specimens to the British Museum and other overseas institutions, or to the Dominion Museum following its formation in 1865.
Records suggest that Knox did not practise as a medical practitioner in New Zealand until after he moved to the Hutt Valley, where he practised between 1851 and 1855. After this time he held various medical positions, including Resident Medical Officer to the Asylum (Karori) from 1855 to 1857, and Coroner at Porirua from 1861 to 1862. But on his death in August 1873 he was best remembered for his contribution as a scientist. James Hector, the President of the Wellington Philosophical Society, of which Knox was an active member, recalled that they would miss the good example Knox set them, that ?of the strong and earnest love of science for its own sake'. Knox was also a founding member of the New Zealand Institute (now the Royal Society of New Zealand). Frederick (Dr) John Knox was a librarian, Wellington in 1840.³ He immigrated to from England to Wellington 14 nov 1840 on the Martha Ridgway on 5 July 1840 not in shipping list?¹ He was an M D Te Aro Flat in 1842.¹ He was an M D Wellington in 1843.⁴ He was in coroner, Porirua District, in 1861.⁶

Margaret Russell was born about 1795 in SCT. She and Frederick (Dr) John Knox were married on 12 December 1825 in st Cuthberts, Midlothian, SCT.¹

Margaret Russell immigrated to from England to Wellington 14 nov 1840 on the Martha Ridgway on 5 July 1840.²

William Couper was born about 1820.¹ He and Margaret Knox were married.

Robert Knox was born about 1750 in Kirkcudbrightshire, SCT.¹ He and Mary Scherer were married. He died in 1812, at age ~62.¹

Jane Knox was born on 2 May 1835 in Edinburgh, SCT.¹ She and H H Fitzherbert were married in 1868 in NZ. She died on 3 March 1914, at age 78, in Wellington, NZ.²

Jane Knox immigrated.³ GENI has spouse Robert Stillingfleet RAYNER.

H H Fitzherbert and Jane Knox were married in 1868 in NZ.

Isabella Knox was born on 3 March 1833 in Edinburgh, SCT.¹ She and Charles D de CASTRO were married on 5 May 1855 in Wellington, NZ.² She died on 17 September 1889, at age 56, in Wellington, NZ.²

5 children see WIKI. Isabella Knox immigrated to from England to Wellington 14 nov 1840 on the Martha Ridgway on 5 July 1840.³

Charles D de CASTRO and Isabella Knox were married on 5 May 1855 in Wellington, NZ.¹

William Milner was born about 1770.

Eliza Nye was born about 1809. She and Baker were married. She and Richard Milner were married on 26 February 1857 in St Peters, Wellington, NZ.¹

Baker was born about 1800. He and Eliza Nye were married.