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Last updated 4 September
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Martha
Ridgeway
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| Martha
Ridgeway, 621 ton barque, sailed
from Liverpool on 6 Nov 1841, arrived in Nelson, 7 Apr 1842. |
| Arrived
at Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand after having struck Barret's Reef and
had seven feet of water in her hold, but all and all the voyage was without
incident. There were twenty-one deaths,
eleven caused by dysentary, and seven births. The
Martha Ridgeway was later wrecked off Great Barrier Reef sometime around 11
August 1842. |
| Messrs
Ridgeway & Guyton, EJ Wakefield boarded the ship at Port Nicholson for
Nelson. Distribution of allotments
within the Nelson township was held between 11 April 1842 - 15 April 1842. |
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| The
three-masted vessel at anchor in the distance (just left of the flagstaff) is
Martha Ridgway |
| The
Captain was Henry W Webb and the Surgeon
John Henry Cooper |
| CABIN: |
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| Brodie,
James |
s |
30 |
farmer (disembarked Wellington) |
| Campbell,
Alexdr LeGrand |
s |
22 |
gentleman |
| Campbell,
Frederick HP |
s |
18 |
gentleman |
| Cooper,
John Henry |
- |
- |
surgeon |
| McDonald,
Alexander |
m |
30 |
banker |
| McDonald,
Mary |
m |
50 |
mother
of Alex |
| McDonald,
Jane |
s |
19 |
- |
| McLeod,
Harold |
s |
20 |
gentleman
(disembarked Wellington) |
| Read,
Andrew |
- |
35 |
nurseryman
(disembarked Wellington) |
| Seymour,
Henry |
m |
48 |
commission
agent |
| Seymour,
Elizabeth |
m |
48 |
wife |
| Seymour,
Fanny |
s |
20 |
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| INTERMEDIATE: |
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| King,
John |
- |
32 |
(disembarked
Wellington) |
| Taylor,
W |
s |
21 |
(disembarked
Wellington) |
| STEERAGE: |
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| Gibson,
William |
- |
33 |
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| Warbrick,
Abraham |
s |
22 |
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| Allen,
Benjamin Smart |
m |
38 |
gardener |
| Allen,
Elizabeth |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Allen,
Benjamin S jnr |
s |
19 |
gardener |
| Allen,
Kezia |
s |
17 |
sempstress |
| Avery,
George |
m |
21 |
chairmaker,
gardener |
| Avery,
Sarah |
m |
26 |
wife |
| Bainbridge,
James |
m |
29 |
carpenter,
joiner |
| Bainbridge,
Isabella |
m |
25 |
wife |
| Bainbridge,
John |
c |
6 |
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| Bainbridge,
Sarah |
c |
4 |
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| Bainbridge,
Elizabeth |
c |
1 |
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| Bell,
Lachlan |
s |
25 |
farm
labourer |
| Blyth,
James |
m |
38 |
joiner |
| Blyth,
Ann |
m |
22 |
wife |
| Blyth,
David |
c |
7m |
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| Bowman,
Samuel |
m |
33 |
blacksmith |
| Bowman,
Jane |
m |
32 |
wife |
| Bowman,
Jonathan |
c |
9 |
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| Bowman, Ann |
c |
4 |
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| Brougham,
John |
m |
32 |
labourer |
| Brougham,
Maria |
m |
31 |
wife |
| Brougham,
James |
c |
7 |
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| Brougham,
John |
c |
3 |
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| Brown,
William |
m |
32 |
carpenter |
| Brown, Sarah |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Brown, Jemima |
c |
7 |
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| Brown, Mary |
c |
5 |
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| Brown, William |
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inf |
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| Butterfield,
John |
m |
28 |
ag labourer |
| Butterfield,
Elizabeth |
m |
26 |
wife |
| Butterfield,
Hannah |
c |
4 |
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| Butterfield,
Ada |
c |
8m |
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| Coffey,
Mary Ann |
s |
22 |
servant |
| Coleman, Thomas |
m |
35 |
baker |
| Coleman, Rebecca |
m |
36 |
wife |
| Coleman, James |
s |
15 |
baker |
| Coleman. Thomas |
s |
14 |
baker |
| Coleman, William |
c |
7 |
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| Coleman, George |
c |
1 |
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| Crapper, Ely |
m |
28 |
mason |
| Crapper, Ellen |
m |
29 |
wife |
| Crapper, Mary Ann |
c |
3m |
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| Egginton,
John |
m |
35 |
gardener |
| Egginton,
Ann |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Egginton,
Stephen |
s |
16 |
gardener |
| Egginton,
Mary |
c |
12 |
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| Egginton,
William |
c |
11 |
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| Egginton,
John |
c |
7 |
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| George, Thomas |
m |
27 |
ag labourer |
| George, Mary |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Glenon, John |
m |
32 |
smith |
| Glenon, Mary |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Glenon, John |
c |
4m |
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| Glenon, Catherine |
s |
22 |
servant |
| Gormly, Margaret |
s |
20 |
servant |
| Greathead, George |
m |
28 |
smith and horseshoer |
| Greathead, Dorothy |
m |
30 |
wife |
| Greathead, William |
c |
3 |
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| Greathead, George Henry |
c |
1 |
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| Handley, John |
m |
30 |
millwright |
| Handley, Martha |
m |
30 |
wife |
| Handley, Thomas |
c |
8 |
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| Handley, William |
c |
6 |
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| Handley, Mary |
c |
2 |
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| Handley, John |
c |
2m |
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| Harding, William |
m |
38 |
bootmaker |
| Harding, Mary |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Harding, Thomas |
c |
12 |
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| Harding, Elizabeth |
c |
10 |
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| Harding, George |
c |
7 |
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| Harding, Mary |
c |
1 |
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| Harrison, William |
m |
37 |
smith |
| Harrison, Mary |
m |
36 |
wife |
| Harrison, Ann |
c |
9 |
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| Harrison, William |
c |
7 |
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| Harrison, Mary |
c |
1 |
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| Hunt, Edward |
s |
50 |
gardener, paid |
| Inkersoll, Charles |
m |
30 |
labourer |
| Inkersoll, Sarah |
m |
32 |
wife |
| Jackson, Adam |
m |
24 |
sawyer |
| Jackson, Alice |
m |
25 |
wife |
| Jennings,
Charles |
m |
32 |
mechanic |
| Jennings,
Elizabeth |
m |
22 |
wife |
| Jennings,
Frances |
c |
1 |
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| Jennings,
John |
c |
1m |
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| Kearns, Charles |
m |
23 |
bricklayer |
| Kearns, Mary |
m |
23 |
wife |
| Kearns, William |
c |
8m |
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| Kent, Thomas |
m |
28 |
ag labourer |
| Kent, Mary |
m |
23 |
wife |
| Kent, William |
c |
4 |
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| Kent, Eliza |
c |
5m |
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| Ladley, James |
m |
36 |
carpenter |
| Ladley, Sarah |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Ladley, George |
c |
1 |
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| Leighton, William |
m |
36 |
carpenter |
| Leighton, Sarah |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Leighton, Frederick |
c |
12 |
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| Leighton, Elizabeth |
c |
7 |
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| McGhee, Alexander |
m |
34 |
shoemaker |
| McGhee, Catherine |
m |
33 |
wife |
| McGhee, Charles |
s |
15 |
shoemaker |
| McGhee, Henry |
c |
12 |
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| McGhee, Ann |
c |
9 |
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| McGhee, Elizabeth |
c |
7 |
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| McGhee, David |
c |
8m |
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| McIntosh, Lilly |
m |
28 |
(Mr
McIntosh in NZ) |
| McIntosh, Duncan |
c |
12 |
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| McIntosh, John |
c |
9 |
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| McIntosh, William |
c |
7 |
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| McIntosh, Mary |
c |
1 |
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| Malcolm. Andrew |
m |
38 |
sawyer |
| Malcolm, Margaret |
m |
31 |
wife |
| Malcolm, John |
c |
2 |
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| Maling, Thomas |
m |
29 |
ag labourer |
| Maling, Mary |
m |
26 |
wife |
| Maling, Elizabeth |
c |
3 |
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| Maling, William |
c |
9m |
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| Moore, Daniel |
s |
26 |
carpenter, paid |
| Moorhouse, William |
m |
29 |
smith |
| Moorhouse, Alice |
m |
29 |
wife |
| Moorhouse, Thomas |
c |
5 |
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| Moorhouse, Charlotte |
c |
2 |
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| Morgan, Richard |
m |
37 |
smith and turner |
| Morgan, Johanna |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Morgan, Joseph |
s |
18 |
smith and turner |
| Morgan, George |
s |
15 |
mechanic |
| Morgan, Benjamin |
s |
14 |
smith and turner |
| Morgan, Mary |
c |
12 |
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| Morgan, Sarah |
c |
11 |
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| Morgan, Hannah |
c |
10 |
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| Morgan, Martha |
c |
7 |
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| Nichol, Enoch |
m |
32 |
mason |
| Nichol, Sarah |
m |
32 |
wife |
| Nichol, Thomas |
c |
11 |
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| Nichol, Elizabeth |
c |
3 |
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| Nichol, Grace |
c |
2 |
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| Nichol, Saunders |
c |
1 |
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| Page, William |
m |
38 |
bricklayer |
| Page, Sarah |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Page, Mary |
c |
12 |
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| Page, Joseph |
c |
5 |
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| Page, William |
c |
2 |
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| Page, Rebecca |
c |
7m |
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| Parkes, Benjamin |
m |
28 |
sawyer |
| Parkes, Elizabeth |
m |
26 |
wife |
| Parkes, Mary Ann |
c |
7 |
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| Parkes, Elizabeth |
c |
5 |
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| Parkes, Sarah Jane |
c |
2 |
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| Paterson, Andrew |
m |
29 |
joiner |
| Paterson, Margaret |
m |
27 |
wife |
| Paterson, Henrietta |
c |
1 |
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| Paul, Hugh |
s |
17 |
farm servant |
| Perrin, Edmund |
m |
28 |
brickmaker |
| Perrin, Mary |
m |
26 |
wife |
| Perrin, James |
m |
36 |
brickmaker |
| Perrin, Hannah |
m |
35 |
wife |
| Potts, David |
m |
26 |
joiner |
| Potts, Hannah |
m |
23 |
wife |
| Potts, Martha |
c |
7m |
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| Ratcliffe, Thomas |
s |
24 |
ag labourer |
| Rowbottom, James |
m |
20 |
farmer |
| Rowbottom, Elizabeth |
m |
20 |
wife |
| Scott, William |
m |
32 |
baker |
| Scott, Catherine |
m |
27 |
wife |
| Scott, Catherine |
c |
2 |
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| Scott, William |
c |
5m |
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| Sigley, Joshua |
m |
35 |
carpenter |
| Sigley, Sarah |
m |
38 |
wife |
| Sigley, John |
c |
12 |
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| Sigley, John William |
c |
11 |
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| Sigley, Thomas |
c |
9 |
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| Sigley, Eliza |
c |
7 |
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| Sigley, Deborah |
c |
11m |
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| Smith, Donald |
s |
28 |
farm labourer |
| Sullivan, Thomas |
m |
40 |
bricklayer |
| Sullivan, Margaret |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Sullivan, Mary Ann |
s |
19 |
servant |
| Sullivan, Jane |
s |
16 |
servant |
| Sullivan, Edward |
c |
11 |
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| Sullivan, Eliza |
c |
8 |
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| Sullivan, William |
c |
2 |
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| Sullivan, Phoebe |
c |
9m |
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| Thompson, Ann |
s |
19 |
(unrelated
to Thompson's below) |
| Thompson, John |
m |
40 |
shoemaker |
| Thompson, Alice |
m |
28 |
wife |
| Thompson, John |
c |
7 |
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| Thompson, Alice |
c |
5 |
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| Tully, Michael |
m |
39 |
gardener |
| Tully, Margaret |
m |
31 |
wife |
| Tully, Patrick |
c |
7 |
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| Tully, Margaret |
c |
3 |
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| Tully, Mary |
c |
4m |
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| Tyzack, John |
m |
23 |
maltser and brewer |
| Tyzack, Mary Ann |
m |
22 |
wife |
| Waldie, Janet |
s |
25 |
dressmaker |
| Waterhouse, Thomas |
m |
42 |
labourer |
| Waterhouse, Sarah |
m |
39 |
wife |
| Waterhouse, John |
s |
18 |
labourer |
| Waterhouse, Rachael |
c |
11 |
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| Webster, George |
m |
33 |
sawyer |
| Webster, Maria |
m |
34 |
wife |
| Webster, Joseph |
c |
4 |
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| Webnster, Elizabeth |
c |
2 |
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| Woodhouse, Cecilia |
s |
18 |
sempstress |
| Woodhouse, Thomas |
s |
17 |
carpenter |
| Woolf, Samuel |
m |
30 |
ag labourer |
| Woolf, Lydia |
m |
29 |
wife |
| Woolf, Alice |
c |
9 |
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| Woolf, Ann |
c |
7 |
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| Woolf, Thomas |
c |
6 |
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| Woolf, John |
c |
4 |
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| Yates, John |
m |
33 |
carpenter |
| Yates, Jane |
m |
31 |
wife |
| Yates, Henry |
c |
9 |
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| Yates, Edward |
c |
2 |
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| STEERAGE: |
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| Married |
95 |
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| Single men |
16 |
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| Single women |
9 |
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