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William Henwood was born about 1821 in ENG.^1,2,3 He and Unknown were married about 1841 in New Plymouth?³

Wrote letter 2 mar 1842 to parents etc LFNP. William Henwood immigrated to Eng to New Plymouth on the William Bryan arriving 30 mar 1841 on 19 November 1840.¹ He was a foreman of carpenters in 1842.³

Thomas (de) Berry was born about 1790.¹ He and Sarah Palmer were married.

Thomas Berry (buried as de Berry) was my 3rd great grandfather. He is also Fredrick Thomas?s and Thomas Richard?s father. Frederick and Thomas junior worked for the NZ Company ? sailing from London to Wellington and then onto Nelson in the late 1830s (before the first migrant ships arrived). They later brought their families to Nelson and their father Thomas followed as did most of Thomas senior?s children (he was married three times and had 18 children).
There is a very large book published by a family member in 1993 on the approx. 6,000 descendents of Thomas Berry (de Berry) published by Evagean Publishing (see their web site). This includes copies of the letters between early family members (now held by the Nelson museum) about Thomas? senior?s possible link with the French royal family. This was never proven and my theory is that Thomas senior was trying to provide his family with social standing in a new colony.

Lidiard was born about 1845 in SI, NZ.¹ She and William Thomas were married on 14 December 1859 in Invercargill, SI, NZ.¹

Edward Thomas Stevens was born on 7 July 1857 in Riverton, Southland.¹ He died before 1858.¹

Or Edward John STEVENS fabo.

Edward Thomas Stevens was born about 1830.¹ He and Ann (Nancy) Lidiard were married on 13 August 1854 in Mission House, Ruapuke Island, age 18 DIWI.^1,2,3

William Thomas was born about 1830. He and Lidiard were married on 14 December 1859 in Invercargill, SI, NZ.¹

See other William THOMAS's in database. William Thomas was a mariner in 1859.¹

Thomas Rogers was born on 29 February 1840 in Petone, Wellington, NZ.^1,2 He died on 3 July 1933, at age 93, in Manawatu, NZ.¹

First European child born in Wellington
PPA obit. Northern Advocate July 1933

PPA New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8887, 11 November 1914, Page 3
FIRST WHITE PERSON BORN IN WELLINGTON.
Mr James Brown, an old resident of the Hutt Valley, has forwarded to the Hutt County Council a photograph of Mr F. lingers, who, it is claimed, was the first 'White person born- in Wellington. In a covering letter Mr Brown gives some reminiscences of the early colonisation of Wellington; he remarks: ?Mr Hogers was the first European child bora in the province of Wellington ; being born on the 29th day of February. 18411, at Petone, where he lived for the first six years of his lue. He then lived at the Hutt for the next six years, when he went to the Taita, where he resided - for twenty-five years. Mr Hogers received a Crown grant of fifty acres of land at Whiteman?s Valley from the New Zealand Government. His father was drowned in July, 1840, with nine others, near Petone, while attempting to cross the harbour, the boat being capsized in a gale. At the time of his father?s death, Mr Hogers was only six months old 1 . The town of Petone at that time consisted of two small shops and one hotel, the latter being kept by aMr Allen. Wellington at that time was non existent. Mr Hogers has seen the town of Petone and city of Wellington grow from an open manuka scrub and toi-toi beach to their present state. He distinctly remembers the Maori war, in 1846, he being then between six and seven years of age. Ho was hidden, in a wooden chimney, with stones packed all round him as a protection against the bullets of the Maoris, that were coming. in all directions. The place was situated on' the tox> of the hill at tlio back of the present Lower Hutt railway station. ~, "If was during tins war that the Boy Bugler? . (Allen by name) '. was tomahawked while sounding the alarm, to the soldiers in the camp, who were all asleep, and in giving the alarm his arm_ holding the bugle was chopped oft. Ho immediately seized the. bugle with the other hand and blew a second warning just vu time before his left-hand was cut oft. Mr Rogers has a vivid recollection of the earthquakes of 1847 that Πwore very severe, hut those of 1855 wore the heaviest experienced in the Dominion un to date, causing the sea to come over into the shops on the Wellington beach; and the Wellington road (present Hutt road), was completely blocked with slips. An. old condemned ship, "called the Noah?s Ark, which was surrounded by water before the shake, was left high and dry; all buildings and bridges were badly damaged; and Mr Rogers considers that a shake of a like nature would practically ruin Wellington to-day- The first two sawmills were erected by Mr Hart Udy and Mr Petre in the Hutt Valley in 1850.?.
Mr Rogere went to Palmoreton North, via Foxton, along the coast, in 1873, purchasing his present property on the Bangitikei line at *£2 per acre, on which property he still, resides; he did not make his home there, however, until 1877. ' Mr Rogers's parents arrived in New Zealand in the ship Oriental, which was the first vessel to anchor in Oriental Bay. It was from this circumstance that the bay derived its name. Mr Rogers is still enjoying good health, and lives with his wife at, Palmerston North.

Martin died on 25 August 1840 in Wellington Harbour, WGTN, NZ.¹

Mass drowning, 9 settlers, Port Nicholson, 25th August 1840: (NZETC: Early Wellington):
Shortly after this (25th August, 1840), a fatal accident occurred at Pito-one, when a boat party of twelve persons were within a hundred yards of the beach. The boat was upset, and though they were in less than seven feet of water, only three survived the accident.
These were Mr. Francis Bradey, Mr. Fowler and the steersman. Those drowned were Messrs. J. Pierce; W. Elsdon; R. Hight; Lancaster; Josiah Tucker; Martin, a sailor belonging to the boat and lately of the ?Jewess?; Griffin, late steward of the ?Cuba; Rogers, a thatcher; and a person known as ?Colonial Bill.?
Other sources:
Complete story: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZGWS18400829.2.6&srpos=2&e=-08-1840--08-1840--10--1----0drowning-all
And: NZ Gazette & Wellington Spectator 29 August 1840: Burials. Martin was a sailor in 1840.¹

Griffin was born about 1810. He died on 25 August 1840, at age ~30, in Wellington Harbour, Wellington, NZ.¹

Mass drowning, 9 settlers, Port Nicholson, 25th August 1840: (NZETC: Early Wellington):
Shortly after this (25th August, 1840), a fatal accident occurred at Pito-one, when a boat party of twelve persons were within a hundred yards of the beach. The boat was upset, and though they were in less than seven feet of water, only three survived the accident.
These were Mr. Francis Bradey, Mr. Fowler and the steersman. Those drowned were Messrs. J. Pierce; W. Elsdon; R. Hight; Lancaster; Josiah Tucker; Martin, a sailor belonging to the boat and lately of the ?Jewess?; Griffin, late steward of the ?Cuba; Rogers, a thatcher; and a person known as ?Colonial Bill.?
Other sources:
Complete story: http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZGWS18400829.2.6&srpos=2&e=-08-1840--08-1840--10--1----0drowning-all
And: NZ Gazette & Wellington Spectator 29 August 1840: Burials. Griffin was a Ship Steward, 'Cuba' in 1840.¹

Richard Rush was born about 1800.^1,2,3,4 He and Cecelia Eliza Herbert were married. He and Unknown were married about 1825 in ENG.¹ He died on 15 June 1846, at age ~46, in Taita, Wellington, NZ, killed by Maori RP.^1,5,6,2,3

Cecilia Eliza was my great-great-grandmother.
Her second husband (and my great-great grandfather), Richard RUSH was killed 15 June 1846 on their farm at Taita (where the Lower Hutt railway station now stands) by a marauding group of Maori. Richard was an ex-convict who had been sentenced to 7 years transportation in Australia in 1832 for stealing a pig to feed his children after his first wife died.
Reference (lots in Papers Past): http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZSCSG18460617.2.3&srpos=3&e=-06-1846--07-1846--10--1----0richard+rush-all
She added to an interesting life by then marrying her step-son by Richard?s first marriage, John-George RUSH, making his half-siblings his step-children, and their progeny no doubt very confused about who they were. Illegal then, as now!
Cecilia Eliza was my great-great-grandmother. RP
note there was an Isabella RUSH buried, Bolton Street Cemetery aug 1846.
"Killed in the Hutt by "rebel Maoris". Reported to have been buried in the Public Cemetery by the Rev R Cole, but the location has been lost" BOLCEM.

Unknown and Richard Rush were married about 1825 in ENG.¹ She died PRE 1832 in ENG.¹

John George Rush was born in 1827 in Essex, ENG.^1,2 He and Cecelia Eliza Herbert were married. He died about 1901, at age ~74, in Palmerston North, NZ.²

Settled Hutt Valley. Served in Hutt Militia 1845-46. Farmed Taita for 40 years then in 1882 moved to Palmerston North. NSM. John George Rush immigrated to arrived Wellington, NZ, in 1843.²

Sidney George Herbert Holland was born about 1870.¹

Charles Samuel Parkes was born about 1820 in ENG.¹

Charles Samuel Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839. He was an agricultural labourer in 1840.¹

Henry Parkes was born about 1822 in ENG.^1,2

PPA
Report on Inquest into death of Archibald MILNE NZ Gazette and Wellington Spectator 1 jan 1842. Henry Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839.¹ He was a grocer in 1840.¹

Catherine Hannah Parkes was born about 1825 in ENG.¹

Catherine Hannah Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839.¹ She was a sempstress in 1840.¹

George Parkes was born about 1827 in ENG.¹

George Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839.¹

Frederick Richard Parkes was born about 1831 in ENG.¹

Frederick Richard Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839.¹

Frank Bristow Parkes was born about 1832 in ENG.¹

Frank Bristow Parkes immigrated to ENG to NZ on the Aurora arriving WGTN 7 jan 1840 on 18 September 1839.¹

James Morgan was born about 1860 in NZ.¹

William Reeve was born about 1810.¹ He and Mary Fairbrass were married.

I have a large amount of information on the Morgan family - they arrived in Nelson in 1842 and later that year they went to Massacre Bay, I presume as part of mining
Another family they later married into was William Reeve, who came as a whaler in 1838 and was shipwrecked on the Chatham Islands. After some time there he returned to Wellington and settled at Johnsonville. His son married a Morgan descendant.
The Aldridge family from Port Underwood are also intertwined at several stages and I have a large amount on them if you are collecting that!
Keeps one busy - and fascinated with our history!! Cheers, margaret MN. William Reeve immigrated to to NZ on a whaler in 1838.¹

Elizabeth Harris and James Alexander Pilcher were married.¹

John Turner was born about 1790 in LON, ENG.¹

Not sure if right name nor about there being three children no source.