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Early Wellington

Arrival of “The Lady Nugent.”

Arrival of “The Lady Nugent.”

The “Lady Nugent,” 600 tons, commanded by Captain Martin, sailed from Gravesend October, 1840, and arrived in March, 1841, with 41 married couples, 29 single men, 16 single women, 49 children under fourteen, 5 under seven. 6 births and 21 deaths occurred on board.

The Passenger List is as follows:—

* Did not embark.

Name Age Wife's Age No. of Children
Baker, Geo. and Susan 24 25 2
Beachen, George and Fanny 24 22 1
Bevan, Thos. and Mary 39 39 5
Bevan, Geo., 17; Ed. 15
*Bluett, Thos. and Mary 21 25 2
Bolton, Frdk. and Eliz. 33 30 4
Bowman, David and Janet 31 28 3
Bruce, Peter and Helen 23 22 1
* Bruce, Barbara 22
Brungar, Jas. and Soph. 27 24 3
Campbell, John and Jane 37 32 5
Campbell, Sarah 19
Chipperfield, Wm. Rich. 34 3
Chipperfield, Susannah 37
Cockram, Thomas and Maria 26 26
Collier, Geo. and Eliza 34 30
Cross, Henry 27
Cruikshank, Mary 30 1
Dodds, John 1
Dodds, Wm, 14; Mary A., 16; James 20
Duncan, Robt. and Ann 33 28 3
Duthie, Alexander 25
Evans, Thos. and Ann 27 23 1
*Fairweather, D. and C. 25 26
Fairweather, Robert and Barbara 32 25 3
Finnamore, Wm. and Anna 39 24 1
Futter, Jas. and Frances 40 32 6
Futter, Susan 16
*Gentle, G. E. and Car. S. 23 22
*Giddend, Thos. 20
* Giddend, Hannah 25
Gillard, Jos 17
*Gray, Mary 21
Gunn, John and Mary 31 28
*Harvey, Thomas and Mary A. 29 26
Jefferson, Ben and Sarah 45 37 4
Johnston, D. and Amelia 23 21 1
Jones, Edward John 21
Kennedy, Thomas and Mary 25 25
Kieller, Jas. and Mary 31 21 1
Kilminster, J. & Frances 32 30 4
*Lewis, Michael and Elizabeth C. 43 28 1
Martin, Edward 20 4
Martin, Jan, 25; John 18
Martin, Martin Thos. 16; Sarah 14
Martin, Robt. (widower) 29 3
*McDonald, Alex and Mary 30 30 5
McHardie, David and Elizabeth 38 39 2
McHardie, David (Junr.) 15
*McHardie, Alex and Marg. 26 24 2
Milne, William 16
Morton, David and Grace 32 34 3
Mummery, Chas. and Mary 39 38
Oliver, James 1
Paul, Elizabeth 19
*Phelps, Jas. and Mary Ann 35 23 2
Pimble, J. and Ann 31 29
*Preston, Henry and Sarah 32 36 2
Prince, Ed. and Mary 35 35 5
Prince, John (died 12th December.)
Rhodes, Richard 29
Robertson, Alf. and Emma 23 20
Robertson, George 23
Robinson, Robert and Ann 40 29 4
Robinson, John 18
Robinson, Richard 16
*Savage, Elizabeth 50
Seear, W. James and Susan 25 25
Sellar, Jas. and Sophia 30 37 3
Sellar, John 17
Seymour, Frances 40
Shepherd, George 25
Shillton, William 31
Southee, John and Sophia 40 37 6
Stewart, Alex. 19
Stewart, Jessie 19 page 81
Stoodley, John and Eliza 34 34 4
Stratton, Thomas and Eliza 45 35 2
Sturgeon, Rob 30
Smith, David and Agnes 31 33 4
Smith, Jas. and Amy 40 32 5
Smith, James (Junr.) 14
*Tanner, Mary 23
Thorby, Ezekiel and M. Ann 30 27 4
Turnell, Martha 17
*Walker, Geo. and Sarah 30 31 2
Watt, Ann, 17; Peter 16
Watterson, John and Mary 36 36 4
Watterson, Mary 14
* Webb, Thomas 35
Wilkie, Mrs. 60
*Wilkie, George and Ann 36 36
* Wilkie, Elizabeth 14
* Wilkie, James 22
Wood, Eliza 22
  • Deaths recorded on the New Zealand copy of the Register:—

  • Two children of Mr. and Mrs. Bevan.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. Bolton.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. Bowman.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. Brungar.

  • Jane Campbell died of Typhus fever on Christmas Eve.

  • Maria Cockram died of Typhus fever, 25th November.

  • Eliza Collier died of Marasmus, 9th December.

  • Mary Gray died 14th January, 1841.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. Keiller.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. D. McHardie.

  • One child of Mr. and Mrs. Alex McHardie.

  • John Prince, 12th December, 1840.

Amongst the passengers was Mr. Edmund Storr Halswell, who had been appointed by the Company's Commissioner to the management of the Native Reserves and Protector of Aborigines.

* Did not embark.