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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:—

* Spelt “Katherine” on the Ships Register.

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.