SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR - 1847 =========================================================================================== Copyright (c)1998 Carol Whyte Auckland New Zealand Captain Thomas W Millman Surgeon Dr Goldney ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIR GEORGE SEYMOUR, 867 ton barque, left Gravesend 12 Aug 1847, arrived in Auckland on 26 Nov 1847. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir George Seymour passengers were fencibles from London, England with a few of County Cork, Ireland. Major John Gray (Grey), 40th Regt (commandant RNZ Fencibles) commanded the 4th Detachment of pensioners of the Sir George Seymour, most of whom settled in Howick. FORMAT ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- last first (last born died name, name name(s)) year place - year place (comment) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Atkins, William 1806 HRTF ENG - 1886 Remuera Atkins, Sarah (Berwick) 1814 Fort Wm, India - 1882 Howick Atkins, Jonathan 1842 Born at sea Atkins, William 1843 India Atkins, Thomas 1845 Born at sea Baker, John 1810 HRFR ENG - 1884 Howick Banan, John 1814 SCT - 1852 Howick Banan, Elizabeth (remarried) Banan, 3 children Baxter, William 1802 ENG - 1851 Howick Boniface, James 1836 (son of Catherine Parsons) Boniface, George 1838 (son of Catherine Parsons) Brain, James 1802 ENG - 1869 Auckland Brain, Harriet (Southwell) Brain, James 2 EXT ENG Bridgford, John 1803 NTHM ENG - 1875 Auckland Bridgford, Emily (Honeybone) - 1898 Auckland (remarried 1882) Bridgford, Harriet 1845 Bridgford, Joseph May 1847 - 16 Sep 1847 B/D enroute NZ Bryant, Denis 1805 CRK IRE - 1869 Parnell Bryant, Catherine Anne (Gibbons) ENG - 1876 Auckland Burrows, George 1805 ENG - 1851+ Three Kings Burrows, Ellen ENG Burrows, Francis 1836 YRKS ENG Burrows, Sally 1842 YRKS ENG - 12 Sep 1847 Died enroute NZ Burrows, James 1847 Butcher, William ENG - 1855+ Auckland Butcher, Charlotte 1802 ENG - 1860 Auckland Cadogan, Cornelius 1807 CRK IRE - 1890 Howick Cadogan, Mary (Sullivan) 1814 CRK IRE - 1889 Howick Cadogan, Jeremiah 1844? IRE - 1895 NZ Cadogan, Mary 1842 Cadogan, John 1844 IRE - 2 Oct 1847 Died enroute NZ Cavanaugh, Dennis IRE - 1851 Howick Cavanaugh, Bridget IRE - 1854+ Howick Chappell, Joseph (Hutchinson) 1798 YRKS ENG - 1878 Onehunga Cherry, William 1805 LNCS ENG - 1896 Pakuranga Clarke, Michael - 1853 Auckland Clarke, wife & child Clifford, David/Daniel 1806 CRK IRE - 1862 Howick Cole, John 1798 - 1854+ Howick Cole, wife & child Cole, James (Colemoss) 1810 DRBY ENG - 1865 Howick Cole, Mary (Moorfoot) 1811 YRKS ENG - 1884 Howick (remarried 1868) Cole, Anne 1833 ENG Cole, Mary 1841 ENG Cole, Jane 1844 ENG Cole, Susannah 1847 NTT ENG Corney, William (Cossey) 1797 YRKS ENG - 1869 Howick Corney, Martah 1801 LND ENG - 1852 Howick Corney, William 1841 Corney, Agnes 1844 Corney, 2 children Cossey, William 1838? (son of William Corney) Crosbie, John - 1848+ Howick Crosbie, wife & child Cunningham, William LND ENG - 1888 Howick Cunningham, Mary Ann Cunningham, Henry Cunningham, child 21 Nov 1847 B/D enroute NZ (2 hrs old) Cuthbert, Jacob - 1866+ Howick Cuthbert, Elizabeth (Courtier, Lynch) - 1856 Howick Cuthbert, Susan (Culbert) 1845 - 11 Sep 1847 Died enroute NZ Day, Thomas 1806 ENG - 1848 Howick Day, Elizabeth 1813 LNC ENG - 27 Aug 1847 Died enroute NZ Day, John LNC ENG - 1848 Howick Day, child Deery, Henry 1796 QNS IRE - 1879 Parnell Deery, Catherine (Curtain) 1818 FRMY IRE - 1896 Parnell Deery, 4 children Dillon, Matthew 1798 LMR IRE - 1879 Auckland Dillon, Eliza (McMahon) Dillon, Honora 1834 Dillon, Margaret 1837 Dineen, Michael 1804 CRK IRE - 1872 Auckland Dineen, Susan (Rowe) Dineen, Daniel 1834 Dineen, Julia 1840 Donovan, Denis - 1855 Howick Donovan, Mary Donovan, Richard Donovan, John Aug 1847 - 11 Sep 1847 Died enroute NZ Donovan, 3 children Dougherty, William LDS ENG - Howick? Drinnan, Matthew CRK IRE - Howick? Drinnan, wife & child Driscoll, Thomas/Florence ENG - 1855 Auckland Driscoll, Elizabeth 1811 YRKS ENG - 1890 Howick? Driscoll, Catherine 1831 Driscoll, Bridget Driscoll, John 1845 - 5 Oct 1847 Died enroute NZ Driscoll, children Evans, Edward CRDF WLS - 1854+ Howick Flemming, William (Flowers) STHM ENG - 1854+ Howick Forsey, James SSX ENG - 1853 Howick Forsey, Harriet (remarried 1854) Foulks, Roberts 1807 ENG - 1857 Howick Foulks, Anne - 1857+ Howick Foulks, Robert LCS ENG - 1864+ Howick Foulks, Hannah LCS ENG Gatland, Sgt Mjr James ENG - 30 Aug 1847 Died enroute NZ Gatland, Mary (Brown) 1792 SSX ENG - 1882 Coromandel Gatland, Charlotte 1827 Gatland, Eliza 1830 Gatland, Mary 1833 Gatland, Jane 1839 Gibbons, Margaret 1837 (daughter of Catherine Bryant) Gibson, George ENG - 1856 Howick Gibson, Mrs Gibson, Anne 1845 NTHM ENG Gray, Maj. John (Grey) 1804 ATH IRE - 7 Apr 1859 Auckland (nephew Sir George Grey) Gray, Barbara (Hale) - 30 Aug 1882 Auckland Gray, Wynne Peyton 1832 - 1881 Gray, 3+ children Gunn, Robert ENG - 1850 Howick Gunn, Mary Jane 1817 (remarried 1851) Gunn, Robert 1841 ENG Gunn, John 1843 ENG Gunn, William 1847 CHTH ENG Heath, Thomas (Cottingbourne?) 1815 WLTS ENG - 1902 Howick Heath, Mary Jane (Sultan, Bartlett) 1825 WLTS ENG - 1913 Hills, Edward 1799 SSX ENG - 1876 Howick Hills, Mrs W LND ENG - 1847+ Howick Horan, Patrick - 1852 Auckland Horan, Margaret ENG - 1853+ Howick Horan, Mary 1845 JRS ENG Hunter, Robert TRWB ENG - 1849 Howick Ingram, Joseph WLTS ENG - Howick? Lefever, Richard 1805 NRWC ENG - Howick? Lynch, Elizabeth 1834 (daughter of E Cuthbert) Lynch, John 1837 (son of E Cuthbert) Lynehan, John 1808 PRTS ENG - Howick Massey, James 1802 ENG - 1848 Howick Massey, Mary Ann ENG - 1865 Howick (remarried 1848) Massey, Mary 1827 Massey, Rebecca 1836 (Colonial Hosp on arrival) Massey, Robert 1842 CMB ENG - 1919 Howick Matthew, Edward WRCS ENG - Howick? McCarthy, Patrick 1805 CRK IRE - 1861 Howick McCarthy, Ellen (McSweeny) McCarthy, John 1845 CRK IRE McCormick, Matthew 1804 DBL IRE - 1866 Howick McCormick, Mary Ann (Grainger) (remarried 1868) McCormick, Elizabeth 1845 JRSY ENG McLean, John 1795 ENG - 1857 Howick McLean, Sarah (Costello) 1822 - 1854 Howick McLean, Henry 1841 McLean, Ellen 1843 McLean, Mary 1845 McLean, John 1847 JRSY ENG Merrill, William 1775 ENG > EXT ENG > 1847+ Howick > 1872-18 Jan 1873 LND ENG Merrill, Elizabeth Merrill, 3 children EXT ENG Moore, William ENG - 1852-3 Auckland (remarried 1852) Moore, Mary CHTH ENG - 7 Nov 1847 Died prem labour/dysentry enroute NZ Moore, Catherine ENG - 1871+ Howick Moore, William 1843 CHTH ENG - 1862 Auckland Moran, John/James 1803 JRSY ENG - 1851 Howick Moran, Mary 1813 ENG - 1853 Howick (remarried 1852, W Moore) Moran, 2 children Nicholas, John (Davis) 1805 CRNW ENG - 1883 Howick Nicholas, Ann (McKenzie) - 1897+ Howick Nicholas, John 1842 - 1897+ Howick Nicholas, 2 daughters Nixon, James 1810 CRK IRE - 1885 Auckland Nixon, Bridgette (Carney) 1817 IRE North, George LNCL ENG - Howick? O'Brien, Thomas 1800 STHM ENG - 1875 Auckland O'Brien, Margaret ENG - 1878 Howick O'Brien, 2 children Palmer, John ENG - 1856 Howick Palmer, Emma (Croxford) (remarried 1857) Palmer, Child LND ENG Parker, Peter 1802 WRWC ENG - 1864 Auckland Parker, Bridget Burke LND ENG - 1894+ Auckland Parker, Mary 1833 Parker, Henry 1836 Parker, Peter 1838 - 1851 Howick Parker, Mary Anne 1842 - 1846 Parker, Sarah 1842? Parker, Robert - 1864+ Howick Parker, Bridget 1813 - 1851 Howick Parker, Julia 1839 Parker, Mary Ann 1842 Parker, Robert 1844 Parker, baby 1846 BLTN ENG Parsons, George - ? Dunedin NZ Parsons, Catherine (Baker, Glise) 1818 - 1905 Poverty Bay Parsons, Ellen Parsons, William 1842 Parsons, Ellen Parsons, Henry 1846 SSX ENG Peain, Richard 1804 DVN ENG - 1863 Auckland Peain, Ann EXT ENG - 1864 Howick Reading, George 1805 ENG - 1855 Howick Reading, Hannah 1810 (remarried 1855) Reading, child Robinson, James 1803 JRSY Channel Is - Howick Robinson, Hannah 1808 Robinson, Eleanor 1838 (Colonial Hosp on arrival) Rogers, Thomas LND ENG - 1854 Howick Rowe, Henry ENG - 1880 Auckland Rowe, Elizabeth 1804 ENG - 1865 Howick Rowe, Hannah 1846 - 30 Aug 1847 Died (18 mnths) enroute NZ Rowe, 3 children Scott, John 1805 EDN SCT - 1860? Howick Scott, Catherine 1816 - 1860+ Howick Scott, John 1830 Scott, Catherine 1840 Scott, Jane 1842 Scott, Robert 1843 CRLS ENG Searles, Peter 1814 PLYM ENG - 1851 Howick Searles, Elizabeth - 1851+ Howick Servantes, William Fraser G ? > 1846 Wellington NZ > 1847 ENG > 1847 Howick > 1851 ? Sharpe, Thomas LCST ENG - 1848+ Howick Sheard, John (Higgenbottom) 1809 LCST ENG - 1877 Thames NZ Sheard, Ann (Shearman) 1817 CRK IRE - 1880 Thames NZ Sheard, Elizabeth 1840 Sheard, Mary Ann 1844 Sheard, Catherine 1847 Simons, Walter 1800 ESSX ENG - 1855+ Bay of Islands Simons, Catherine (Wilton) Simons, 3 children CMBR ENG Spare, Henry Edwin 1807 BRST ENG - Howick Spare, Ann 1807 Sullivan, John 1828 CRK IRE - 1848+ Howick Sullivan, Sarah - 21 Nov 1847 Died consumption enroute NZ Sullivan, Ellen 1845 Sullivan, Mary 1846 CRK IRE - 15 Sep 1847 Died enroute NZ Swann, William 1800 YRKS ENG - Howick Swann, Elizabeth 1803 LDS ENG Taylor, Thomas 1808 DMFR SCT - 1852 Howick Taylor, Margaret (Condon, Sullivan) 1815 FRMY IRE - 1887 Howick (remarried 1852) Taylor, Thomas 1838 Taylor, Mary Jane 1844 Turner, George 1805 YRKS ENG - 1871 Howick Turner, Elizabeth 1802 LDS ENG Walsh, John ENG - 1851 Howick (Howick cemetery) Washington, George 1806 BCKN ENG - 1880 Onehunga (remarried 1848 & 1864) Washington, Esther LND ENG - 22 Nov 1847 Died dysentry enroute NZ Washington, George ? - 1847 Wilson, Thomas (Brown) 1802 ARM IRE - 1877 Howick Wilson, Elizabeth (Brown, Murphy) 1812 LNCL ENG - 1890 Howick Wilson, Elizabeth 1844 ARM IRE Withers, Edward - 1875 Napier (replacement, remarried) Withers, Mary Ann 1816 - 1848 Auckland ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 E 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/sirgeo47.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOR GENERAL VIEW OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC WITHOUT PAYMENT OF FEES OR PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP