... 1822) from the Court of Directors to the Governor General in Bengal, Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons, 1831, Reports from Committees, VI, Report on the Affairs of the East India Company, Appendix IV. According to Widow of Thorndon Quay, " the skies were blue and the harbour like a Blue Italian lake and the Maoris who came out in their canoes to greet them were friendly". M (son) 11. NSW GG 5 August 1840 p729. He is buried in the Wainuiomata Coast Road Churchyard. Mary McEwen, aged 20, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "Bengal Merchant" in 1840... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.) (Date not known.) go to this link to see the info on the immigrants who sailed from Glasgow on 30 Oct 1839, arriving in Wellington 20 Feb 1840 on the BENGAL MERCHANT - list of immigrants names - Cabin Passengers Anderson Mr Buchanan William Trueman Carruth John Carruth Robert Colville John Dorsay Dr William & Wife … The ship left Glasgow 30 Oct 1839 and arrived Port Nicholson (now Wellington) 20 Feb 1840. The Bengal Merchant . MM 28 December 1844 2.5. 2). After their arrival, the steerage passengers submitted a letter of complaint about the food they had received. The Adelaide arrived in early March 1840, the first settler ship to anchor at Port Nicholson (Wellington). William 17. [1] ... Bengal Merchant 1836 and the Surry 1840 (VDL). Sources ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Death: 1895/3038 Dick Sarah 79Y ↑ Billion Graves Sarah Dick; More Genealogy Tools The Bengal Merchant was commanded by T. Hemery, with Dr. F. Logan as surgeon Superintendent. He arrived at Wellington on the Bengal Merchant in 1840 with wife Sarah, and son Robert, 2, and John, an infant. No arrivals. John married Anna Beatty in 1844. Marriage. Identifies Hutt River, Somes Island, Evans Bay and Wellington The original drawing on which this lithograph is based is at A-146-001 The ships shown are probably the first four immigrant ships to arrive in Wellington, the Aurora, the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh and the Bengal Merchant. In Four Cantos, With Notes. George 6. Passenger List of Arrivals at Port Nicholson: SURNAME FORENAMES AGE WIFE'S AGE NO. William Golder (1810 – 1876), arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on the The Bengal Merchant in February 1840. The Bengal Merchant sailed from Glasgow on 30 10 1839 and arrived in Port Nicholson, Wellington on 20 02 1840. American Merchants and the China Opium Trade, 1800–1840 - Volume 42 Issue 4. She emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand on the Bengal Merchant in 1840. Signed, F.Fagan & W. Wakefield (Not dated) :Letter: On Board the Bengal Merchant, 29 Nov. 1839 - - To Dr Logan. She sailed from London on 18 September 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson on 7 March 1840. Bengal Merchant (30/10/1839-20/02/1840) in Ward, L. E. Early Wellington, p 28 Also in Fitzsimons, M. Memories of the past, p 5 . Sarah was born about 1815. At the rendezvous they were be told of their final destination. The use of convict ships to New South Wales began on 18 August 1786, when the decision was made to send a colonisation party of convicts, military, and civilian personnel to Botany Bay.Transportation to the Colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 October 1850.Colony of New South Wales was finally officially abolished on 1 The Bengal Merchant on Sunday next for Sydney The schooner Ariel sails today for the Southward The schooner Susanna Ann sailed last night for Sydney. The Adelaide had 176 settlers on board. Thomas Cayton, assigned to Mr Wilson, brought before the Bench charged with fighting at the racecourse. Cabin Passengers were Victualled on Board until 21 Feb. 1840, & the Intermediate & Steerage Passengers were Victualled until 15 March 1840. Date Item Details Source; 1840 Aug 16: departure: for whalery: Cja: 502: 1840 Aug 16: arrival: off heads and took on fresh crew: Cja: 502 Arrived Port Nicholson 20th February 1840 from Glasgow; Anderson; A. Branks; John 31, and wife 27 Brown; Adam 23 Brown; Peter 27 & wife 21, one child Brown; Malcolm 20 Brash; William 39 and wife 28, one child Bryce; John 33 and 2 children Buchanan; WT Burnett; Samuel 28 wife 28 & 2 children . Bengal Merchant. Caton Thomas, Bengal Merchant (3), 23, Lancashire, file cutter… absconded from Felix Wilson, Paterson, since July 15. immigrants on the BENGAL MERCHANT - Wellington 1840. Representatives of the NZ Company had arrived in the ship Tory in September 1839 to prepare the way and purchase land. After arriving in Wellington on the Bengal Merchant as a 2-year-old in 1840, Logan grew into a real man-about-town. The Anna Watson has been delayed several weeks at Kaipara. The first Pakeha immigrants arrived on the Aurora (22 Jan 1840), Oriental (31 Jan 1840), Duke of Roxburgh (7 Feb 1840), Bengal Merchant (21 Feb 1840) and ships continued to arrive in droves from then on. Date: 1899-10-13 Description: William Webster, Mata, Hokianga, arrived 1840 per 'Bengal Merchant' - reminiscences. John is on the passenger list of the 'BENGAL MERCHANT' as born at sea. NSW GG 10 Jan 1845 p37. Ships; People; Ports; Photos; About She was the daughter of Rev Frederick Beatty and Ann Charlotte Barlee and was born in Wilby in Suffolk in 1826. New Zealand Settler Ships - Bengal Merchant 1840; New Zealand Pioneer Families 1800-1900; James Gilbert: Birthdate: April 15, 1818: Birthplace: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland: Death: circa 1843 (20-29) Te Awaiti, South Wairarapa District, Wellington, New Zealand (drowned missing ?) Matthew Jnr 15. I have now found out that this ship sailed from Glasgow on 30 October 1839 with 160 passengers and arrived at Port Nicholson, New Zealand on 20 February 1840. She passed away in 1895. There was a major disagreement between her father and John and other members of the Hemery family before the … The Bengal Merchant sailed on Sunday for Sydney with passengers and some merchandize. The Cook family arrived in the Hutt Valley on the “Bengal Merchant” on 20 February 1840 from Glasgow. After landing on the beach at Pito-one my ggg-grandfather, John Brown Reading, went into … He passed away in 1900. "John Pirie" from Adelaide arr. I have a person who sailed with her parents aboard the ship "Bengal Merchant", arriving in Wellington in 1840. He was aged 29, and was accompanied by his wife Mary and three children. Sydney 3 February 1840 "Bengal Merchant" from Bay of Islands arr. David was born about 1810 (though the Bengal Merchant passenger list would suggest 1817). The Bengal Merchant sailed from Glasgow on 30 October 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson New Zealand on 20 February 1840. The Bengal merchant arrived at Petone / Port Nicholson, New Zealand after a journey of 113 days on February 20 1840, the last of the 4 ships. Stanzas, written while on the voyage out to New Zealand on board the “Bengal Merchant,” January 14, 1840; The New Zealand Minstrelsy : an emigrant poet affirms his vocation; The New Zealand Minstrelsy (1852). Thursday 25th June 1840. Surgn. Sentenced to 14 days in the cells, and to be returned to Government. She is buried in the Wainuomata Coast Road Churchyard. The McGechie family in New Zealand. As Thomas Cook’s age when he died in 1913 was 68 years, he must have been born in New Zealand about 1845. OF CHILDREN ; … Sydney 6 July 1840 "Trial" from London via Rio arr. Tennyson Street, Petone. Extracted from `Early Wellington' by Louis E. Ward, 1928. Wife – 35. The passenger list shows: Cook, Matthew 35, shoemaker and Gardener. Bengal Merchant was a sailing ship built of teak in Bengal and launched there on 26 May 1812. My ancestors arrived in Wellington harbour on the Duke of Roxburgh. Primary source: Australian Joint Copying Project. Fate. immigrants on the BENGAL MERCHANT - Wellington 1840. by ngairedith 9 years, 5 months ago. Sometime in those 4 months at sea John was born, making him the 1st born of 12 children to David and Ann (nee McEwen) Galloway. TheShipsList website, online since August 1999, will help you find your ancestors on ships' passenger lists.We also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa. A (son) 2 . The Pigeons’ Parliament; a Poem of the Year 1845. Journal by ngairedith. Bengal Merchant: Departure date: 13th March, 1828: Arrival date: 10th August, 1828 : Place of arrival: Van Diemen's Land: Passenger manifest: Travelled with 169 other convicts: References . Toggle navigation. At least seventeen of the convicts who arrived on the Bengal Merchant in 1836 were assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company 3). Bengal Merchant Wellington 1840 WILLIAMS Mrs Ed DAVIS 70 39 Governor McQuarrie Bay of Islands 1824 WILLIAMS Mrs W. L. C. - 50 5 Louisa Campbell Auckland 1842 WILLIAMS T. C. - 67 35 born Bay of Islands Bay of Islands 1825 WILLIAMSON James (Hon) (MLC) - 65 10 n/r n/r 1840 WILLIAMSON John - 66 16 Shamrock Auckland 1841 WILLIAMSON Mrs Catherine - 50 4 born Auckland Auckland 1842 … The Bengal Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1812. Supt. go to this link to see the info on the immigrants who sailed from Glasgow on 30 Oct 1839, arriving in Wellington 20 Feb 1840 on the BENGAL MERCHANT - list of immigrants names - Cabin Passengers Anderson Mr Buchanan William Trueman Carruth John Carruth Robert Colville John Dorsay Dr William & Wife Duncan … Bengal Planter (arrived 1839) in Eadie, F. Roll of early settlers and descendants in the Auckland Province prior to the end of 1852. ... New Zealand, on 20 February 1840. He farmed at Wainuiomata as well as trying his luck on the Australian goldfields. The New Zealand Company had chartered her and she was the first vessel to bring Scottish emigrants to New Zealand. 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