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Early Wellington

Arrival of the Barque “Duke of Roxburgh.”

Arrival of the Barque “Duke of Roxburgh.”

The barque, “Duke of Roxburgh,” 417 tons, commanded by Capt. James Thomson, with Dr. Francis Healy as surgeon superintendent, sailed from Plymouth on the 5th October, 1839, and arrived at the Port on the 8th February, 1840. There were 25 married couples, 12 single men, 16 single women, 10 children between nine and fourteen, 29 between one and nine and 9 under one year. Following is the passenger list:—

Name Age Wife's Age No. of Children
Baker, Henry 24 19
Bassett, William 28 26 1
*Bell
Bryant, James 27 24
Clark, Emma 23
Connor, Kitty 30
Cunday, Chas. 23 23
*Davis, ——
*Farrar, ——
Fowler, John 30 29 1
Gilbert, Wm. 35 26 2
Gomm, and Lady
Goswell, John 20
Greenwood, J.
Hartley, Stephen 47 45
Hartley, Jane, 16; Mary 15
Hawke, William 32 36 2
Healy, and Lady 5
Hebden, M. Jane 20
Hight, and Lady
*Hunter, George (6 daughters and 4 sons.) 10
Hunter, Barbara 42
*Jackson, and Lady
Jeffery, Joseph 25 29 1
Knight, Wm. 33 32 5
Lloyd, Fred A. 19
* Lyon, William
May, James 29 20
*Monteith, A.
*Parnell, and Lady
*Pierce, and Lady
Poad, Thos. 28 29 2
Prouse, R. 42 44 3
Prouse, May, 20; Sarah 18
Prouse, William 15
Reading, J. Brown 26 27 2
Reynolds, Jane 22
Roberts, Phillip 36 34 3
Rule, James 27 22 1
*Scott, and Lady
Smith, Frdk. 49 50 1
Smith, Dan Thos. 25
Smith, Thos, 19; Sam 17
Smith, Mary 15
Stephen, Wm. 50
Thomas, Wm. 33 28 4
Tucker, Josiah 36 38 4
Turtley, Arthur 26 30 3
Udy, Hart 31 27 4
Uren, Thomas.
Williams, Jas. 42 40 4
Williams, Isabella 22
Williams, Richard 20
Williams, Mary Ann 18
Williams, Elizabeth 15
Woodward, S. (Junr.) 27 17

Some of the passengers were recommended by Sir Wm. Molesworth, Jas. Furneaux, and John S. Savery.

(Signed)

Francis Healy

, Surgeon, and

Robert St. John

, Commander.

On the 7th February, Colonel Wakefield went out to the heads in the “Cuba,” and brought in the “Duke of Roxburgh,” the third ship, whose captain had been lost overboard accidentally in a gale of wind off Stephen's Island.

* Early Settlers' Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, p. 9.