Early Wellington
Arrival of the “Catherine Stewart Forbes.”
Arrival of the “Catherine Stewart Forbes.”
In the midst of impending trouble with the natives, the ship “Catherine* Stewart Forbes,” which sailed from London on the 1st February, 1841, arrived at the settlement in June, with 41 married couples, 30 single men, 20 single women, 15 children under fourteen, and 19 children under seven. Five births and one death occurred during the voyage.
Capt. Peter Elder was the commander. The names of the passengers are given as under:—
Name | Age | Wife's Age | No. of Children |
Alexander, Eliza A. | 17 | — | — |
Allen, George and Jane | 26 | 27 | 1 |
Amos, Geo. Fred | 17 | — | — |
Amos, Mary Ann | 19 | — | — |
Avery, George and Anne | 30 | 20 | 1 |
Bell, Mary | 30 | — | — |
Benge, David and Sarah | 30 | 28 | 3 |
Benge, Nicholas and Jane | 38 | 37 | 1 |
Benge, Rebecca | 15 | — | — |
Benge, Wm. | 17 | — | — |
Bennett, Thos. and Mary | 36 | 34 | 1 |
Biddle, Benedict | 19 | — | — |
Biddle, Edward and Ann | 22 | 22 | 1 |
Blake, Richard, | 25 | — | 1 |
Blake, Eliz. Mat. | — | 22 | — |
Briggs, George and Emma | 23 | 23 | — |
Brown, Henry | 28 | — | — |
Burkett, Joseph | 28 | — | — |
Burkett, Mary Ann | — | 19 | — |
Claggitt, Geo. | 21 | — | — |
Cooper, Wm. Binion | 25 | — | — |
Cooper, Sarah | — | 28 | — |
*Cooper, William | 18 | — | — |
Collins, Edward | 21 | — | — |
Cottle, Chas, and Mary | 30 | 36 | 2 |
Cracknell, John | 31 | — | 1 |
Cracknell, Mary Ann | — | 25 | — |
Cracknell, Wm. and Mar. | 29 | 29 | 2 |
* Crosbie, John | 27 | 27 | — |
Dimond, Mary Ann | 22 | — | — |
Durham, Mary (widow) | 54 | — | — |
Edwards, John & Phœbe (J. J. 16, James 15.) | 38 | 40 | 6 |
Elder, Peter (Captain) | — | — | — |
Ellis, George | 30 | — | — |
Ellis, Mary Ann | — | 28 | — |
*Fariday, H. and Ann | 28 | 26 | — |
Fegan, S. and Eliza | 24 | 29 | 1 |
*Fenton, John and Marg. | 29 | 24 | — |
* Findlay, Laurence | 21 | — | — |
Fisher, William and Eliza | 22 | 26 | — |
Ford, William and Hannah | 33 | 26 | — |
Gaskin, Samuel | 30 | 29 | 4 |
Gaskin, Matthew | 20 | — | — |
Gibson, Lewis | 24 | — | — |
Gilliert, Wm. | 25 | — | — |
Gilliert, Mary | — | 24 | — |
Gutch, P | 21 | — | — |
Gutch, Henry James | 14 | — | — |
Hall, Emanuel | 30 | — | — |
Hall, Mary | — | 29 | — |
Hendry, George and Mary | 23 | 22 | — |
Herbert, George and Eliza | 26 | 25 | — |
Holder, Wm. J. | 25 | — | — |
Hope, David | 26 | — | 2 |
Hope, Rebecca | — | 24 | — |
Hoseman, Wm. | 20 | — | — |
Jackson, Andrew | 17 | — | — |
James, John | 30 | — | 1 |
James, Mary Ann | — | 27 | — |
James, Hannah | 25 | — | — |
Jones, George | 17 | — | — |
King, Caroline | 22 | — | — |
Lingard, John | 25 | — | 1 |
Lingard, Ann | — | 26 | — |
Lingard, Jane Elizabeth | 20 | — | — |
Mayo, James | 27 | — | 1 |
Mayo, Mary | — | 28 | 1page 92 |
Meech, William | 21 | — | — |
Meech, Rebecca | — | 25 | — |
*McGaird, Peter and Wife | 22 | 21 | — |
* McIntyre, Duncan | 27 | — | — |
McIntyre, Ann | 20 | — | — |
McPherson, James | 27 | — | — |
McPherson, Jean | — | 27 | — |
McPherson, Wm. and Ann | 29 | 27 | — |
Mounsher, Chas | 28 | — | 1 |
Mounsher, Alicia Mary | — | 24 | — |
Mudgway, Geo. | 27 | — | — |
Mudgway, Betty | — | 18 | — |
Mudgway, Richard | 47 | — | 2 |
Mudgway, Anne | — | — | — |
Mudgway, Ch, 20; St., 18; O. | 17 | — | — |
Mudgway, Eliza, 15; Louisa | 22 | — | — |
Nicholl, John | 24 | — | — |
Nicholl, Jamet | — | 22 | — |
Norris, George | 24 | — | — |
Norris, Susan | — | 25 | — |
Novell, Caroline | 21 | — | — |
*Parnacott, J. and A. | 40 | 38 | — |
Parnacott, Jas., 18, Emma | 16 | — | — |
Peck, Chas. | 32 | — | 2 |
Peck, Harriett | — | 26 | — |
Peck, Henry | 17 | — | — |
Peck, Dan | 32 | — | 4 |
Peck, Elizabeth | — | 30 | — |
Pennels, Fanny | 18 | — | — |
Pitman, John | 23 | — | 1 |
Pitman, Mary | — | 25 | — |
Richardson, Ed. | 19 | — | — |
Robertson, Alex | 23 | — | — |
Robertson, Margaret | — | 20 | — |
*Robinson, Geo. | 29 | — | — |
Root, Sam, | 22 | — | — |
Root, Mary Anne | — | 28 | — |
Root, Wm., 17; S., 16; *C. | 14 | — | — |
Samo, Walter | 28 | — | — |
Samo, Hannah | — | 22 | — |
Smith, Benjamin | 27 | — | 1 |
Smith, Martha | — | 24 | — |
Squire, Emma | 16 | — | — |
Standen, Ed. | 18 | — | — |
* Stanton, John | 29 | — | — |
Stanton, Catherine | — | 28 | — |
Swaffer, Wm. | 25 | — | — |
Swaffer, Matilda, 19; Martha | 22 | — | — |
Symons, Jas. | 37 | — | 3 |
Symons, Jane | — | — | — |
Symons, Jas. John | 14 | — | — |
Tandy, Levi | 26 | — | — |
Tandy, Mary Ann | — | 27 | — |
Tandy, Matilda | 17 | — | — |
Taverner, Jas. | 38 | — | — |
Taverner, Mary Ann | — | 22 | — |
* Taylor, George | 31 | — | 2 |
Taylor, Sarah | — | 27 | — |
Todd, Wm. | 22 | — | — |
Todd, Mary | — | 22 | — |
Trice, Wm. | 23 | — | — |
Trice, Mary | — | 22 | — |
* Vanderwood, Han | 17 | — | — |
*Ware, Chas. | — | — | — |
*Whitecrop, W. and J. | 26 | 24 | — |
Wilkie, James | 23 | — | 2 |
Wilkie, Cecilia | — | 23 | — |
Wilmore, Jos. | 30 | — | — |
Wilmore, Jane | — | 23 | — |
Wilson, George | 25 | — | — |
Wonells, David | 22 | — | — |
Wood, Mary | 19 | — | — |
* Did not embark.