MARTHA RIDGWAY - 1842
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Copyright (c)2001-2008 A Whyte Auckland New Zealand
Captain Henry W Webb
Surgeon John Henry Cooper
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MARTHA RIDGWAY, 621 ton barque, sailed from Liverpool on 6 Nov 1841, arrived in Nelson,
7 Apr 1842.
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Arrived at Port Nicholson (Wellington NZ) after having struck Barret's Reef and had 7 feet of
water in her hold, but all and all the voyage was without incident. There were 21 deaths, 11
caused by dysentary, and 7 births. The Martha Ridgway was later wrecked off Great Barrier
Reef sometime around 11 August 1842.
Mssrs Ridgway & Guyton, EJ Wakefield boarded the ship at Port Nicholson for Nelson.
Distribution of allotments within Nelson township was held between 11 April 1842 -
15 April 1842
FORMAT
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last first marital
name, name status age details
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CABIN:
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
INTERMEDIATE:
King, John - 32 (disembarked Wellington)
Taylor, W s 21 (disembarked Wellington)
STEERAGE:
Gibson, William - 33
Warbrick, Abraham s 22
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
Bainbridge, Sarah c 4
Bainbridge, Elizabeth c 1
Bell, Lachlan s 25 farm labourer
Blyth, James m 38 joiner
Blyth, Ann m 22 wife
Blyth, David c 7mo
Bowman, Samuel m 33 blacksmith
Bowman, Jane m 32 wife
Bowman, Jonathan c 9
Bowman, Ann c 4
Brougham, John m 32 labourer
Brougham, Maria m 31 wife
Brougham, James c 7
Brougham, John c 3
Brown, William m 32 carpenter
Brown, Sarah m 34 wife
Brown, John c 9
Brown, Jemima c 7
Brown, Mary c 5
Brown, William inf
Butterfield, John m 28 ag labourer
Butterfield, Elizabeth m 26 wife
Butterfield, Hannah c 4
Butterfield, Ada c 8mo
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, Moses c 11
Coleman, William c 7
Coleman, George c 1
Crapper, Ely m 28 mason
Crapper, Ellen m 29 wife
Crapper, Mary Ann c 3mo
Egginton, John m 35 gardener
Egginton, Ann m 35 wife
Egginton, Stephen m 16 gardener
Egginton, Mary c 12
Egginton, William c 11
Egginton, John c 7
George, Thomas m 27 ag labourer
George, Mary m 34 wife
Glenon, John m 32 smith
Glenon, Mary m 34 wife
Glenon, John c 4mo
Glenon, Catherine s 22 servant
Gormly, Margaret s 20 servant
Greathead, George m 28 smith & horseshoer
Greathead, Dorothy m 30 wife
Greathead, William c 3
Greathead, George Henry c 1
Handly?, John m 30 millwright
Handly, Martha m 30 wife
Handly, Thomas c 8
Handly, William c 6
Handly, Mary c 2
Handly, John c 2mo
Harding, William m 38 bootmaker
Harding, Mary m 35 wife
Harding, Thomas c 12
Harding, Elizabeth c 10
Harding, George c 7
Harding, Mary c 1
Harrison, William m 37 smith
Harrison, Mary m 36 wife
Harrison, Ann c 9
Harrison, William c 7
Harrison, Mary c 1
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
Jennings, John c 1mo
Kearns, Charles m 23 bricklayer
Kearns, Mary m 23 wife
Kearns, William c 8mo
Kent, Thomas m 28 ag labourer
Kent, Mary m 23 wife
Kent, William c 4
Kent, John c 3
Kent, Eliza c 5mo
Ladley, James m 36 carpenter
Ladley, Sarah m 34 wife
Ladley, George c 1
Leighton, William m 36 carpenter
Leighton, Sarah m 34 wife
Leighton, Frederick c 12
Leighton, Elizabeth c 7
McGhee, Alexander m 34 shoemaker
McGhee, Catherine m 33 wife
McGhee, Charles s 15 shoemaker
McGhee, Henry c 12
McGhee, Ann c 9
McGhee, Elizabeth c 7
McGhee, David c 8mo
McIntosh, Lilly m 28 (Mr McIntosh in NZ)
McIntosh, Duncan c 12
McIntosh, John c 9
McIntosh, William c 7
McIntosh, Mary c 1
Malcolm, Andrew m 38 sawyer
Malcolm, Margaret m 31 wife
Malcolm, John c 2
Maling, Thomas m 29 ag labourer
Maling, Mary m 26 wife
Maling, Elizabeth c 3
Maling, William c 9mo
Moore, Daniel s 26 carpenter, paid
Moorhouse, William m 29 smith
Moorhouse, Alice m 29 wife
Moorhouse, Thomas c 5
Moorhouse, Charlotte c 2
Morgan, Richard m 37 smith & turner
Morgan, Johanna m 35 wife
Morgan, Joseph s 18 smith & turner
Morgan, George s 15 mechanic
Morgan, Benjamin s 14 smith & turner
Morgan, Mary c 12
Morgan, Sarah c 11
Morgan, Hannah c 10
Morgan, Martha c 7
Nichol, Enoch m 32 mason
Nichol, Sarah m 32 wife
Nichol, Thomas c 11
Nichol, Elizabeth c 3
Nichol, Grace c 2
Nichol, Saunders? c 1
Page, William m 38 bricklayer
Page, Sarah m 35 wife
Page, Mary c 12
Page, Joseph c 5
Page, William c 2
Page, Rebecca c 7mo
Parkes, Benjamin m 28 sawyer
Parkes, Elizabeth m 26 wife
Parkes, Mary Ann c 7
Parkes, Elizabeth c 5
Parkes, Sarah Jane c 2
Paterson, Andrew m 29 joiner
Paterson, Margaret m 27 wife
Paterson, Henrietta c 1
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 7mo
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
Scott, William c 5mo
Sigley, Joshua m 35 carpenter
Sigley, sarah m 38 wife
Sigley, John c 12
Sigley, John William c 11
Sigley, Thomas c 9
Sigley, Eliza c 7
Sigley, Deborah c 11mo
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
Sullivan, Eliza c 8
Sullivan, William c 2
Sullivan, Phoebe c 9mo
Thompson, Ann s 19 (unrelated to Thompson's below)
Thompson, John m 40 shoemaker
Thompson, Alice m 28 wife
Thompson, John c 7
Thompson, Alice c 5
Tully, Michael m 39 gardener
Tully, Margaret m 31 wife
Tully, Patrick c 7
Tully, Margaret c 3
Tully, Mary c 4mo
Tyzack?, John m 23 maltser & 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
Webster, George m 33 sawyer
Webster, Maria m 34 wife
Webster, Joseph c 4
Webster, Elizabeth c 2
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
Woolf, Ann c 7
Woolf, Thomas c 6
Woolf, John c 4
Yates, John m 33 carpenter
Yates, Jane m 31 wife
Yates, Henry c 9
Yates, Edward c 2
STEERAGE:
Married 95
Single men 16
Single women 9
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120
Children:
7-13 yrs 42
1-6 yrs 40
under 1 yr 17
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99
TOTAL: 219 SOULS
Deaths 21 (11 caused by dysentary)
Births 7
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RESOURCES:
İExaminer - 9 April 1842, pg 19
For further information please read:
İNeale, June E., (1982)., "Pioneer Passengers - To Nelson by Sailing Ship - March 1842-June 1843."
Anchor Press Ltd., Nelson [ 3-001-01107085-3 ]
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6 January 2001
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