Bengal Merchant. My ancestors arrived in Wellington harbour on the Duke of Roxburgh. Sydney 3 February 1840 "Bengal Merchant" from Bay of Islands arr. ... 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. After arriving in Wellington on the Bengal Merchant as a 2-year-old in 1840, Logan grew into a real man-about-town. The others in the group were the Aurora, Duke of Roxburgh, and Bengal Merchant, plus a freight vessel, the Glenbervie. I have a person who sailed with her parents aboard the ship "Bengal Merchant", arriving in Wellington in 1840. She is buried in the Wainuomata Coast Road Churchyard. 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. The Pigeons’ Parliament; a Poem of the Year 1845. immigrants on the BENGAL MERCHANT - Wellington 1840. 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. Tennyson Street, Petone. Sydney 6 July 1840 "Trial" from London via Rio arr. "John Pirie" from Adelaide arr. She arrived at about 4pm in the company of the Tory and Glenbervie. Journal by ngairedith. The Bengal Merchant sailed from Glasgow on 30 October 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson New Zealand on 20 February 1840. She passed away in 1895. Sarah was born about 1815. He is buried in the Wainuiomata Coast Road Churchyard. From: Auckland Libraries. Passenger List of Arrivals at Port Nicholson: SURNAME FORENAMES AGE WIFE'S AGE NO. Sentenced to 14 days in the cells, and to be returned to Government. After landing on the beach at Pito-one my ggg-grandfather, John Brown Reading, went into … The Bengal Merchant . 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 . MM 28 December 1844 2.5. 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 At least seventeen of the convicts who arrived on the Bengal Merchant in 1836 were assigned to the Australian Agricultural Company 3). 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. NSW GG 5 August 1840 p729. An initiative of the South Australian Maritime Museum. After their arrival, the steerage passengers submitted a letter of complaint about the food they had received. William Golder and the beginnings of a national literature in New Zealand. The Adelaide arrived in early March 1840, the first settler ship to anchor at Port Nicholson (Wellington). 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). ... New Zealand, on 20 February 1840. Ships; People; Ports; Photos; About 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. Bengal Planter (arrived 1839) in Eadie, F. Roll of early settlers and descendants in the Auckland Province prior to the end of 1852. The Adelaide had 176 settlers on board. 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 … She was the daughter of Rev Frederick Beatty and Ann Charlotte Barlee and was born in Wilby in Suffolk in 1826. 2). (Date not known.) Surgn. 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 . OF CHILDREN ; … It was closely followed by the Oriental, the Duke of Roxburgh, and the Bengal Merchant. Sources ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online Death: 1895/3038 Dick Sarah 79Y ↑ Billion Graves Sarah Dick; More Genealogy Tools Caton Thomas, Bengal Merchant (3), 23, Lancashire, file cutter… absconded from Felix Wilson, Paterson, since July 15. There was a major disagreement between her father and John and other members of the Hemery family before the … Matthew Jnr 15. The New Zealand Company had chartered her and she was the first vessel to bring Scottish emigrants to New Zealand. Primary source: Australian Joint Copying Project. He passed away in 1900. Thursday 25th June 1840. Representatives of the NZ Company had arrived in the ship Tory in September 1839 to prepare the way and purchase land. 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 At the rendezvous they were be told of their final destination. He arrived at Wellington on the Bengal Merchant in 1840 with wife Sarah, and son Robert, 2, and John, an infant. 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. John married Anna Beatty in 1844. Thomas Cayton, assigned to Mr Wilson, brought before the Bench charged with fighting at the racecourse. 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. Marriage. 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.) Fate. 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 … The ship left Glasgow 30 Oct 1839 and arrived Port Nicholson (now Wellington) 20 Feb 1840. Signed, F.Fagan & W. Wakefield (Not dated) :Letter: On Board the Bengal Merchant, 29 Nov. 1839 - - To Dr Logan. A (son) 2 . Bengal Merchant was a sailing ship built of teak in Bengal and launched there on 26 May 1812. He farmed at Wainuiomata as well as trying his luck on the Australian goldfields. Extracted from `Early Wellington' by Louis E. Ward, 1928. George 6. She sailed from London on 18 September 1839 and arrived at Port Nicholson on 7 March 1840. Supt. No arrivals. The Anna Watson has been delayed several weeks at Kaipara. M (son) 11. Toggle navigation. 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 . The passenger list shows: Cook, Matthew 35, shoemaker and Gardener. David was born about 1810 (though the Bengal Merchant passenger list would suggest 1817). The Cook family arrived in the Hutt Valley on the “Bengal Merchant” on 20 February 1840 from Glasgow. [1] ... Bengal Merchant 1836 and the Surry 1840 (VDL). NSW GG 10 Jan 1845 p37. In Four Cantos, With Notes. William Golder (1810 – 1876), arrived in Wellington, New Zealand on the The Bengal Merchant in February 1840. immigrants on the BENGAL MERCHANT - Wellington 1840. by ngairedith 9 years, 5 months ago. Date: 1899-10-13 Description: William Webster, Mata, Hokianga, arrived 1840 per 'Bengal Merchant' - reminiscences. She emigrated to Wellington, New Zealand on the Bengal Merchant in 1840. 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". He was aged 29, and was accompanied by his wife Mary and three children. Cabin Passengers were Victualled on Board until 21 Feb. 1840, & the Intermediate & Steerage Passengers were Victualled until 15 March 1840. Wife – 35. 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. John is on the passenger list of the 'BENGAL MERCHANT' as born at sea. 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. 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. The Bengal Merchant sailed on Sunday for Sydney with passengers and some merchandize. The Bengal Merchant was commanded by T. Hemery, with Dr. F. Logan as surgeon Superintendent. 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 … William 17. William spent his time as a settler in the Hutt Valley and was the Schoolmaster at Belmont & Korokoro Schools. 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 ?) 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