RAMILLIES - 1847 ============================================================================================= Copyright (c)1998 Carol Whyte Auckland New Zealand Captain McLean Surgeon Dr Cunningham, RN ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RAMILLIES, left Tilbury 14 Apr 1847, arrived Auckland, 5 Aug 1847. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Men from all over the British Isles, including the Channel Islands, were selected for this shipment of Fencibles. Mjr William Henry Kenny, 73rd Regt, commanded this first detachment of Fencibles who settled Onehunga in Auckland NZ. Aucklanders were genuinely surprised to see them. No land and no houses had been built. Troops and families were kept on the Ramillies for two months after reaching Auckland, then billeted in Albert Barracks while barracks were built at Onehunga. The troops worked on the roads to provide a link between the Manukau and Waitemata. Some of the cottages that were built for them, stand to this day. FORMAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- last first (last born died name, name name(s)) year place - year place (comment) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addison, George 1791 BLF IRE - 1864+ NZ Alexander, John FRM IRE > 1847-57 Auckland > Nelson > New Plymouth Alexander, Jane (Wilson) Alexander, daughter Alexander, Samuel 1847 Arnold, John ENG > 1847 Auckland - 1854 Onehunga Barr, William 1804 PLY ENG - 1865 Onehunga Barr, Susannah Eliza (Harper) 1810 - 1882 Auckland Barr, George 1840 Barr, William 1842 Barr, James 1846 Bates, John 1798 LND ENG - 1886 Onehunga Bates, wife & child Beeching, John 1808 KNT ENG > 1850-1873 Onehunga Beer, Thomas DVN ENG - 1854 Onehunga Beer, Martha (Beer) 1807 - 1875 NZ (remarried) Beswick, Charles Jefferson 1802 CHS ENG - 1870 Onehunga Beswick, Harriet (Bowden, Rowland) 1824 FLN WLS -1904 Onehunga Beswick, Harriet 1834 Beswick, Charles Henry 1843-1844 Beswick, Elizabeth Ann 1845-1848? Bolton, Lt/Col Royal Engineers Booth, William John 1803 LNC ENG - 28 Aug 1847 Auckland Booth, wife & 5 children Bowes, Dennis QNS IRE - 1881 Onehunga Bowes, Alice - 1875 Onehunga Boyt, William 1803 SMR ENG - 1884 Onehunga Boyt, Mary (Mathias) 1810 WLS - 1883 Onehunga Boyt, Jane 1830 WLS Boyt, Henry - WLS Boyt, John 1842 WLS Boyt, Mary Ann - WLS Boyt, Joanna 1844 WLS Boyt, Elizabeth 1845 WLS Boyt, William 1846 WLS Burns, Peter FRM IRE - 1860 Auckland Burns, wife & child Butler, William 1802 WRW ENG - 1887 NZ Butler, Francis Jane (Lewis) - 1885 NZ Butler, Eliza 1841 Butler, Henry 1846 Capron, John ENG - NZ Capron, 2 children Cossey, William 1802 ESS ENG - 1885 Auckland Cossey, Harriet (Miles) 1821 - 1922 Auckland (daughter of W Cossey) Cossey, child Davis, James WRC ENG - 1858 Onehunga Davis, Mrs Davis, Ellen - 1847 NZ Davis, 4 children Day, Richard 1797 WLT ENG - 1850 Onehunga Day, Matilda Day, James Dickie, John/James - 1879 Auckland Dickie, Hannah Dickie, Rosetta (Nugent) Dickie, John Douglas, John 1806 CVN IRE - 1864+ Auckland Douglas, Anne (Bolton) Douglas, William Durbridge, Charles 1802 SRR ENG - 1881 Auckland Filmer, William 1800 KNT ENG - 1878 Auckland Filmer, Louisa (Parr) 1803 HMP ENG - 1892 Auckland Filmer, William 1830 Filmer, Jane 1832 Friend, Richard ENG - 1854? Auckland Friend, Sarah Anne (Stokes) Gapper, Thomas 1800 SMR ENG - 1889 Auckland (left wife in ENG) Gillespie, Hamilton 1798 KRK SCT -1887 NZ Gillespie, wife & child Grant, Robert DBL IRE - 1862 Auckland (remarried) Grant, Mrs Gunning, Edward 1809 QNS IRE - 1865 Auckland (remarried) Gunning, Bridget (Toole) 1809 IRE - 1858 Auckland Gunning, 3 children Healey, Peter 1801 CRR-on-SHN IRE - 1878 Auckland Healey, Elizabeth (Mc Crevy) 1806 - 1859 Auckland Healey, Mary Anne 1829 Healey, Elizabeth 1830 Healey, Catherine 1831 Healey, Brigit Hill, George IRE - 1848-1858 NZ Hudgins, Edward ANT IRE Hyde, Timothy 1804 CRK IRE - 18 Auckland Irvine, John LMR IRE - 1847 Auckland Irvine, Frances IRE - 1855+ Auckland Irvine, child Irwin, William DBL IRE - 1851? Auckland (Catholic) Irwin, Sarah (Potterton) Irwin, child Kearns, James 1806 DNG IRE - 1889 Coromandel Kearns, Mary (Breen) - 1867 Coromandel Kearns, Mary Ann 1833 India Kearns, Margaret 1836 India Kearns, John Kelly, Michael LMR IRE? - 1854 Auckland Kelly, Mary (McNamara) Kelly, 2 children Kelly, Patrick LMR IRE? - 1858 Auckland Kelly, Elizabeth (Malone) Kelly, Elizabeth Kelly, 3 children Kenny, Capt William 1818 ENG - 17 Aug 1880 Auckland (St Stephens churchyard Parnell) Kenny, Mary 1816-7 - 25 Jun 1889 Auckland Kenny, Willoughby MG 1845 - 24 Oct 1896 Auckland Kenny, 3 children Kerr, John CHT ENG - 1864 Auckland Kerr, Joanna Jane (Casey) Kerr, 2 children Lavery, Henry 1801 DWN IRE - 1889 Auckland (remarried) Lavery, Margaret (Hasson) 1815 CAN - 1872 Auckland Mander, John Jordan (Gordan) 1802 WRC ENG - 1889 Auckland Mander, Jane (Amphett) FLM ENG - 1892 Auckland Mander, William Edmund 1842 Mander, Mary Jane 1843 Mander, Amelia 1845 Mander, John 1847 McCombie, Alexander ABR SCT - Auckland McCutcheon, William 1802 FRM IRE - 1865 NZ McCutcheon, Elizabeth (Griffith) McCutcheon, 2 children? McGhee, John 1805 BLF IRE - 1863 Auckland McGuiness, Stephen CHT ENG - 1853? Auckland McGuiness, wife & 4 children McPike, John 1794 DRR IRE - 1874 Auckland McPike, Mary (Dunn) 1798 - 1875 Auckland McPike, John 1820 BLF IRE McPike, James 1828 BLF IRE McPike, Mary 1830 BLF IRE McPike, Margaret 1832 BLF IRE McPike, Catherine 1835 BLF IRE McPike, Ellen 1836 BLF IRE McReynolds, William LND ENG - 1864+ NZ McReynolds, Ann (Keating) DBL IRE - 1880 Auckland McReynolds, Thomas 1845 McReynolds, 2 children McSherry, Thomas FRM IRE - 1848+ Auckland McSherry, Bridget (remarried) McSherry, child Mooney, James FRM IRE -1867 Auckland Mooney, Ann Mooney, child Moore, Charles 1799 LTR IRE - 1873 Auckland Moore, Isabella (Cannell) 1807 - 1885 Thames Moore, Charles Moore, Sarah Moore, Robert Moore, Albert Moore, Henry Nixon, Adam 1799 CVN IRE - 1871 Auckland Nixon, Elizabeth (O'Reilly) Nixon, 7 children Northwood, Francis 1800 BDF ENG - 1880 Tokatoka (remarried) Northwood, child O'Brien, John 1800 GLW IRE - 1875 Auckland Odlum, Thomas 1806 QNS IRE - 1863 Auckland (remarried) Owen, William WLW ENG? - 1854+ NZ Owen, Mrs Palmer, Edward 1800 STF ENG - 1879 Auckland Palmer, Bridget (Reynolds) LVR ENG? Pegum, Thomas LMR IRE?- 1858 Auckland Pegum, Bridget - 1855 Auckland (exposure?) Pegum, child Piper, Jesse 1799 SSX ENG - Sep 1847 Auckland Piper, Mary (Regan) 1798 - 1878 Auckland Piper, George Piper, William 1827 Price, Acheson 1800 ENN IRE - 1860 Auckland Price, Jane (Thomas) 1803 IRE - 1854 Auckland (questionable cause of death) Price, Barbara 1839 - 1864 NZ Purcell, Martin 1802 KLK IRE - 1885 Thames Purcell, Bridget (Kirwan) Purcell, 2 children, 1 infant Purcell, Patrick 1804 CVN IRE - 1876 Auckland Rafferty, Michael 1807 TYR IRE - 1879 Auckland Rafferty, Mary (Broomwell) 1822 DBL IRE - 1880 Auckland Rafferty, Mary Ann 1839 Rafferty, Elizabeth 1842 Reece, William 1803 GLM WLS - 1860 Onehunga (St Peters churchyard) Reece, Mary Ann (Fitzgerald) Reece, John 1832 Reece, Elizabeth 1837 Reece, Delia 1840 Sullivan, Jeremiah LMR IRE - 1852 Auckland Sullivan, Mary (Conner) - 1852+ Onehunga Sullivan, 4 children Sutherland, Alexander 1799 CLC SCT - 1884 Auckland Sutherland, Elizabeth (Fitzgerald) 1813 DBL IRE?- 1920 Auckland (died aged 104 yrs) Sutherland, 2 children Turner, William 1802 GLC ENG - 1886 Auckland Tymond, Barney 1806 LTR IRE - 1864+ Wellington Walker, Alexander EDN SCT - 1853 Auckland Walker, Barbara EDN SCT?- 1853+ Onehunga Walker, child Whiting, Joseph CVN ENG - 1850 Auckland (drowned) Whiting, Sarah CHT ENG - 1850+ Onehunga Windsor, Joseph (Johnar) 1803 MNC ENG - 1882 Auckland Windsor, Mary (Reilly) 1814?EDN SCT?- 1880 Auckland Windsor, 3 children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RESOURCES: ©McCarthy, Darry., (1978) "The First Fleet of Auckland." Pacer Printing Co Ltd., Box 13197, Onehunga, Auckland. ©Alexander Ruth, Gibson, Gail,& LaRoche Alan., (1997) "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852." NZ Fencible Society Inc., PO Box 8415 Symonds St, Auckland NZ © Auckland-Waikato Historical Society, (Oct/Nov 1996)., "St Stephens Churchyard - A Short History & List of Graves."., Vol No 68. [ISSN:011-7653, [993.11.A8] Auckland Central City Library (1998): 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland City, New Zealand, or PO Box 4638, Auckland 1001, New Zealand. Mount Albert Public Library (Take the "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852." book out on loan) -------------------------------- G E N EE o N Z --------------------------------------------- t r a n s c r i b e d & c o l l a t e d b y Carol Whyte, Auckland, New Zealand 30 December 2000 http://www.geocities.com/wlorac/ramill47.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR GENERAL VIEW OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT PAYMENT OF FEES OR PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP