THE
Vol. 1. No.2. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1851. PRICE SIXPENCE
| Vessel | tonnage | Masters | Cabin | Intermediate | Steerage | Total | Dates of arrival |
| Charlotte Jane | 720 tons | Captain Alexander Lawrence | 26 | 24 | 104 | 154 | Dec. 16. 1850 |
| Randolph | 761 tons | Captain Dale | 34 | 15 | 161 | 210 | Dec. 16. 1850 |
| Sir George Seymour | 850 tons | Captain Goodson | 40 | 23 | 164 | 227 | Dec. 17 1850 |
| Cressy (barque) | 720 tons | Captain Joseph Dennison Bell | 27 | 23 | 105 | 155 | Dec. 27 1850 |
Sir George Gray, Governor, of the colony, came down the coast in her Majesty's sloop of war
Fly to welcome their arrival. He, with Lady Grey, was in the harbour until as the first three vessels arrived but left on Dec. 18 for the north.
The four vessels carried in all 746 passengers. List of the chief and fore cabin passengers who arrived by the four ships
complied from the Lyttelton Times January 18th 1851. Steerage passengers compiled
from information obtained from Colin Amodeo and used here with his permission.
Resources used by Colin include the Immigration Agents and Surgeon Superintendent lists
and the Barracks Registers in addition to other resources.
The
Christchurch Press First Four
Ships Project
- "Charlotte Jane", 730 tons, left Plymouth Sound, captained by Alexander Lawrence, cast anchor off Port Lyttelton on Monday the 16th of December, at 10 o'clock; thus making her passage in 93 days from land to land, or 99 days from port to port. Another listing
- "Randolph", 761 tons, sailed from
Plymouth, entered Port Victoria at half past three o'clock in the afternoon of the
16th,
having accomplished the passage in 99 days under the command of Captain Dale.
Another list of cabin passengers for the Randolph
- "Sir George Seymour", 850 tons, came to anchor about 10 o'clock on Tuesday, Dec.17, being 100 days almost to the very hour from the time she left Plymouth.
- "Cressy", 634 tons, barque, built in
1843 in Sutherland, Class 11 A1. She sailed from Gravesend 7 September 1850 and
was the last of the first four to arrive anchored at Lyttelton on
27
December 1850 , ten days later, under Master Joseph Dennison Bell. She had lost her
fore-mast south of Cape of Good Hope.
- The Star December 17 1894 page 2
The Anniversary of Canterbury. The Pilgrims. Followed by a list of settlers who came to Canterbury by the "first four ships." .... Reference online: Papers Past Images online. NZ National Library.
- Shipping News Lyttelton Times January 11, 1851
- Another listing additional names
In December 1850 the first four Canterbury Association ships arrived at Lyttelton with 782 passengers onboard and a further 56 either deserted or took their discharged at Lyttelton. These are the Canterbury Pilgrims. Twelve, names unknown deserted from the Randolph at Lyttelton. Who were those twelve? The Press in Christchurch commissioned research into the family histories of those featured in four group photographs (131 former passengers) taken in 1900 of the surviving passengers of the Charlotte Jane, Cressy, Sir George Seymour and Randolph and ran a special series, "The First Four Ships Project" from Monday January 2nd 2006 to Thursday 6th January 2006. These group photographs were published in the newspaper, with each individual named and labeled, and a snippet on the families. Some names have quite a bit written about them, others very little. Also a list of names of deserters and the names of those who worked their passage and were discharged at their own request.
List of names from the Charlotte Jane from the 1900 reunion photo in Christchurch "Press" Monday 2nd January 2006
1/ Thomas
WILSON (1850 - 1918)
2/ John JEFFS (1839 - 1902)
3/ Charles HILL
4/ Jabez THORNTON (1817 - 1904)
5/ Hon. C.E.BOWEN. (1830 - 1917)
6/ Samuel HORRELL (1850 - 1923)
7/ William Rising TAYLOR (1844 - 1913)
8/ James Temple FISHER (1828 - 1905)
9/ Mrs FREE seems she was Elizabeth Simpson
10/ Mrs J.S.THOMPSON - no information available
11/ Mrs S. KINGSBURY, nee Dixon
12/ James SAIL (1819 - 1908)
13/ Mrs Mary ANDERSON nee Dixon
14/ Rockwood Comport BISHOP (1847 - 1925)
15/ Samuel Delabere BARKER (1848 - 1901)
16/ Mrs BERGH nee Elizabeth Marley
17/ Mrs ANDERSON
18/ Mrs W. BUSS nee Mary Elizabeth Howard
19/ Mrs W. BLAKE nee Agnes Kate Bishop
20/ Mrs J.T. FISHER (Harriet) with husband James Temple Fisher
21/ Mrs WHITMORE nee Jean Grubb
22/ Mrs FIELD Louisa formerly Mrs Nippriss
23/ Mrs BARKER may be Ann nee Dixon
24/ Mrs GRIFFIN
25/ Mrs CHICK Sarah nee Hill
26/ Mrs HORRELL
Worked Passage as Crew on the Charlotte Jane Discharge at Lyttelton January 1851 Surname First Names Age Place of Birth Rank Register Ticket Austin William 18 Somerset Ord Seaman 503 058 Griffith William J. 33 Tipperary Ord Seaman 57 279 Tulloch Henry J 17 Poole Cuddy servant 503 220
List of names from the Cressy from the 1900 reunion photo in Christchurch "Press" Tuesday 3rd January 2006
1/
Richard BAKER
2/ Thomas PATRICK
3/ Fred ALLEN
4/ Michael Brennan HART (1843 - 1908)
5/ Charles T. DUDLEY (1843 - 1929)
6/ Edward DOBSON (1816 - 1908)
7/ Edwin Coxhesd MOULDEY (1842 - 1925)
8/ Moses MOULDEY
9/ Jacob PARISH (1842 - 1907)
10/ George DUNFORD
11/ Isaac PARISH (1846 - 1921)
12/ John R. CHILDS
13/ James Frederick BAKER (1845 - 1916)
14/ John BENNETT
15/ Thomas KENT (1827 - 1915)
16/ George R. HART (1841 - 1911)
17/ George William PICKERING (1832 0 1913)
18/ Edward BAKER (1850- 1922) 13/ Baker family above
19/ Robert EVANS (1826 - 1911)
20/ Mrs CLARIDGE no information available
21/ Mrs COXHEAD nee Mouldey
22/ Mrs PATTEN nee Mouldey
23/ Mrs J.A.GRAHAM nee Whitmore
24/ Henry CLEAVER
25/ Thomas HEWITT (Hewett) (1825 - 1903)
26/ Joseph L. PATRICK
27/ Mrs R.M. CRESSWELL nee King
28/ Mrs FREE Mrs Maria Free nee Patrick
29/ Mrs WILLIS Elizabeth,
30/ Mrs PAWSEY no information available
31/ Mrs EVANS Sarah
32/ Mrs Mary Ellen VINCENT
33/ Mrs Sarah BAKER
34/ Mrs BUGG nee Baker,
35/ Mrs EDER no information available
36/ Mrs Antonia ZUPPERUCH nee Cleaver
37/ Mrs Emma HEWITT (Hewett)
38/ Miss F.F. DUDLEY may be Frances Dudley
39/ Mrs PRATT nee Duffell
Worked Passage as Crew on the Cressy Discharge at Lyttelton January 1851 Surname First Name Age Place of Birth Rank Register Ticket Beresford William 22 Liverpool 4th Officer 392 012 Over John 19 London Boy 505 171 Stribling Thomas 18 Cornwall Apprentice 376 548 Wills William 32 Southampton Emigrants' Cook 198 799
List of names from the Sir
George Seymour from the 1900 reunion photo
in Christchurch "Press" Wednesday 4th January 2006
1/ George
Alexander WORNALL (1859-1927) ( this is the date in the article) think it should
be 1849 as it says he was one.
2/ Joseph RICHARDS
3/ Benjamin CORLETT age 6
4/ George CRESSWELL (1847 - 1914) 4yrs old
5/ John HILL age 14
6/ Phillip LARAMAN (1837 - 1917) age 18
7/ G. CORLETT
8/ John ANDERSON jnr (1849-1934) aged 1
9/ Rev. Frederick INWOOD infant
10/ Rev. Frederick George BRITTAN (1848-1945) aged 2
11/ James INWOOD (1840-1903) aged 10
12/ Edward WASHBOURN (1843-1935) age 10
13/ Henry R.R. LITTLE
14/ Robert M. CRESSWELL (1840- 1916) aged 10
15/ Richard James Strachan HARMAN (1826- 1902) aged 24
16/ James CLOTHIER infant
17/ John CHURCH aged 12
18/ C.J.W. COOKSON died 1912
19/ George Septimus PHILLIPS (1844-1920) aged 6
20/ Augustus INWOOD (1848-1915) aged 2
21/ William BRITTAN (1844-1916) aged 6
22/ Mrs BANKS Maria nee Washbourn aged 10
23/ Henry SALT (1837 - 1901) aged 13
24/ Mrs NEWTON no information available
25/ Mrs Ann DALTON age 23
26/ Mrs WRIGHT no information available
27/ Mrs G.A. WORNALL, Esther age 29
28/ Mrs C. COATES nee Brittan
29/ Mrs Eliza THACKER aged 30
30/ Mrs C. WITHELL
31/ Mrs Mary WASHBOURN
32/ Mrs CHESTERFIELD no information available
33/ Miss Fanny WASHBOURN aged 6
Worked Passage as Crew on the Sir George Seymour Discharge at Lyttelton January 1851 Surname First Names Age Place of Birth Rank Register Ticket merchant_navy_service_seamen1835to1857_officer1835to1844.pdf AUSTIN Benjamin George 41 Essex Butcher's mate 503 155 BROWN Thomas 18 Bailing? Cuddy Servant 503 097 HOLDEN Charles 18 London Ord., Seaman 503 092 JONES William 27 London Steward 303 166 LITTLECOTT William 25 Surrey Ord. Seaman 393 218 MATTHEWS Joseph 25 Surrey Ord. Seaman 458 348 RITCHIE John 32 Stepney Emigrant's Cook 503 004
List of names from the Randolph from the 1900 reunion photo in Christchurch "Press" Thursday 5th January 2006
1/
Charles BOURNE (1829-1907)
2/ A. PHILPOTT
3/ Randolph G. HARPER born on board ship
4/ Elijah HARPER (1849-1933)
5/ Enoch SMART (1844 - 1907)
6/ Emon SMART (Enon)
7/ Randolph CHANEY born on board
8/ Joseph CHANEY (1848-1928)
9/ George PHILPOTT aged 3
10/ Edwin G. PHILPOTT (1844 - 1922)
11/ John HARPER
12/ William. STORER aged 2
13/ Mrs HOWELL - nee Elizabeth Dale Waghorn born on voyage
14/ William PHILPOTT
15/ William Derisley WOOD
16/ Amos SMART died 1915
17/ Charles . Hood WILLIAMS (1844-1912)
18/ Thomas Frederick PEEL (1824-1907)
19/ Mrs WINTER - nee Sarah Stokes a (1844-1930)
20/ William Ward STOKES
21/ Mrs RAPLEY - nee Sarah Elizabeth Woodford, marr. Joseph Jesse Rapley
22/ Mrs FRANKISH nee Mary Williams (1846- 1906)
23/ Mrs C.C. AIKMAN nee Isabella Williams m. Colin Campbell Aikman.
24/ Mrs E. HARPER
25/ Mrs HARPER - nee Mary Bennington,
26/ Mrs HUNTER - nee Mary Ann Waghorn
27/ Edmund SMART
28/ T. KERRIDGE, no further information available
29/ Mrs F. MONCRIEF nee Fanny Stokes born on Randolph
30/ Mrs MORRIS nee Elizabeth Stokes,
31/ MRS MOFFETT nee Abigail Rotheray (1831-1906)
32/ Mrs COCHRANE no information available
33/ Mrs RHODES nee Emma Suzannah Chaney (1832 - 1928)
34/ Mrs NEALE nee Charlotte Chaney (1842-1908)
35/ Mrs NEUGESCHWINDER nee Martha Brown,
36/ Mrs Wm BRYANT (Ann) (1828- 1904)
37/ Wm BRYANT (1818- 1901)
38/ Mrs WATSON no information available
39/ Mrs HOWSON nee Jane Free (1849-1918)
40/ Mrs BAYFIELD Matilda, (1807-1909) died aged 92 in Sumner (as in paper)
41/ Mrs STANLEY Mary (1830-1901)
"Charlotte Jane"
Barker Dr. Alfred Charles 31 Surgeon-Superintendant of the "Charlotte Jane," d. 1873 Barker Mrs Emma 30 d. 1878 Barker Richard 4 Barker Samuel Delabere 2 1848-1901 Barker Arthur 1 d. 1938 Bishop Edward Brenchley 28 d. 1887 Bishop Charles Wellington 26 Bishop Mrs Ellen 30 Bishop Vallance 6 Bishop Miss Agnes 4 later Blake, Bishop Rockwood Charles 3 d. 1925 Bishop Frederick Augustus 25 Bishop Miss Emma Kate 23 Bowen Charles 45 (1804-1871) Bowen Mrs Georgina 40 Bowen Miss Letitia 10 Bowen Miss Anne 44 d. 1876 Aunt to children Bowen Charles Christopher 20 d. 1917 Bowen Croisdale 18 [Croasdaile] (1831-1890) Cholmondeley Thomas 19 Cholmondeley Charles 27 d. 1891 plaque in ChCh Cathedral Fisher James Temple Fisher Mrs Harriet 23 Fisher Stephen 30 Fitzgerald James Fitzgerald 32 d. 1897 Fitzgerald Mrs Frances 18 Howard Smith Snr. d. 1893 Howard George 10 Howard Miss Lucy Howard Miss Agnes 8 later Mrs Hurse Howard Smith jnr. Howard Miss M.E. later Mrs Buss Howard Elizabeth 6 ?Hooper Ann 16 Kingdon The Rev. George T.B. 36 St Winows, Cornwall Kingdon Mrs Sophia 18 Mountfort Benjamin W. 26 d. 1898 Mountfort Mrs Emily 21 d. 1897 Mountfort Miss Susanna 22 later Mrs Luck Mountfort Charles Wheeler 24 Mountfort Mrs C.W.(Mary) 21 Pursglove Mr Schoolmaster Pursglove Mrs ?Pierglove Shrimpton John Ward Edward Robert 25 drowned 1851 Ward Henry 19 Ward Hamilton 16 Wortley The Hon. James SturatSteerage Passengers Abernathy James 18 labourer Abrahams Thomas 42 stone mason d. 1878 Abrahams Mrs Mary Ann 39 d. 1899 Abrahams Marian 12 ? Mary AnnAdams William 39 upholsterer Allan George 45 labourer (Allan) Allan Mrs Ann 43 Allan Ann Elizabeth 9 Allen William Glover Allfrey George 43 labourer (Alfrey) Allfrey Mrs Arabella 36 Allfrey Alfred 8 Allfrey Miss Marian 19 nurse later Mrs James Anderson, Kaiapoi Atkinson Mr Bassett Jane 11 Caughey Henry 22 labourer Carlton Edward 20 labourer ?Charlton d, 1900 Picton Derry H. William 22 whitesmith Derry Mrs Hannah 2 Dixon Joseph 34 labourer d. 1890 Dixon Mrs Mary 33 Dixon James 6 Dixon Ann 9 later Mrs Barker Dixon Mary 8 Dixon Elizabeth 4 Dixon Jane 2 Dixon Joseph infant Doutch Maria 21 milliner Dowling Virginia 26 domestic servant, returned to England Faucett Thomas 31 shepherd (Fawcett) Faucett Mrs Mary 29 Ferguson Margaret 26 domestic servant Griffiths William d. 1884 Griffen Nath. Edward 23 agent d, 1884 (?Griffin) Griffin Mrs Mary 21 Geddes Andrew 30 carpenter Grubb Mrs Mary 30 d. 1886 (John Grubb already working in Lyttelton as shipwright) Grubb Mary 6 d. 1894 later Mrs Maude Grubb Jean 4 Grubb Jessie 2 later Mrs Munro Haffenden Ann 29 servant d. 1853 ?Heffenden Hill Joseph 36 labourer Hill Ann Browning 34 Mrs Hill Charles O. 7 Hill Henry J. Hill Frances infant Hill Ann B. 5 d. 1882 later Mrs Brown Hill Sarah later Mrs Chick Horrell John 28 ag. machinist Horrell Mrs Elizabeth 24 Hughes Samuel 26 labourer Hughes Mrs Mary 26 Hughes Mary infant Jeffs Mrs Elizabeth Jeffs Albert (Abbott) Jeffs Charles 24 Jeffs Richard 4 Jeffs Benjamin 24 Jeffs John 1 Jeffs Sarah ` infant Larkham Philip 16 agriculturist Lewis Elizabeth 17 servant Marley William 34 carpenter c. 1897 Marley Mary 37 Marley Eliza 3 later Mrs Bergh Marley Mary Ann infant Marriott Benjamin Smith 28 smith McCormack William 27 labourer d. 1868 ?McCormick McCormack Mrs Jane 37 d. 1853 Newnham William 36 schoolmaster Newnham Frederick 10 Nippriss Henry 28 labourer d. 1851 Nippriss Mrs Louisa Jane 22 Padgen Silas 19 labourer Payton Charles 26 servant Payton Mrs Emma 24 Shrimpton John Ingram 17 printer Shrimpton Walter (first printers of "Lyttelton Times") Simpson Joseph 22 whitesmith Simpson Mrs Harriett 27 Simpson Elizabeth 7 later Mrs Ritchie Sloane James 24 labourer Sloane James 22 Stout James B. 27 agriculturist Stout Mrs Jane 23 d. 1898 (?Jean) Sail James 31 labourer Taylor Joseph 45 stone mason d. 1863 Taylor Charlotte 39 Taylor Virginia 7 Taylor George 20 Taylor William 5 Thornton Jabez 32 carpenter Turnbull John 26 d. 1890 Varyer John 39 printer Varyer Mrs Jane 30 Varyer Frances 13 Varyer Eleanor 11 Varyer John 9 Walter George 16 farm labourer Wilson Robert 35 labourer Wilson Samuel 6 Wilson Sarah 4 Wilson Thomas infant Winchester Henry 19 printer
The above steerage passenger information courtesy of Colin Amodeo. Posted 14 April 2000
"Whitesmith" one who files and polishes iron to a silvery surface. Iron will take on nearly as deep a polish as silver, but not as rich, and certainly much more work. On the other hand, iron costs about fifty cents a pound! A whitesmith indeed, works iron to a high finish. A tinsmith.
"Randolph"
Bayfield Arthur D. d. 1861 Bayfield Mrs Matilda and child [Arthur D. Bayfield] Beelby Richard C. [Bealby] returned to England 1851 Blanchard H. Richard Boly E. [could be Boby] Bridge C.J. Mr Butterfield Joseph (Batterfiled) Duncan Thomas Duncan Mrs T.S. and child [Miss] Earle James W. Surgeon-Superintendant of the "Randolph." Earle Mrs J.W. Earle Ellen 13 Earle Edward 9 Earle Katherine 8 Earle infant Flemming Richard John Flemming Emma Mary Flemming George Spencer 1 Flemming Emily 4 Harrison Thomas Haynes Keele Mr [Peele, F.F.] Parlby Mr Parson Lee [Lee-Parsons] Puckle The Rev. Edward Puckle Mrs E. Puckle Edward 15 Puckle Summers 12 Puckle Sidney 10 Puckle Mary 6 Puckle Murray 3 Puckle Keel infant Ransom Miss Schoolmistress [Ranson] Stoddart Mr Schoolmaster left the colony Stoddart Mrs [Stoddard] left the colony Taylor Miss W.R. Schoolmistress [Frances Taylor] Tullock Mr.J. Willock The Rev. William W. Willock Mrs Willcock [& 1 son?} Williams Theodore and Mrs and three children [Chas. Hood Williams, Daniel Theodore Williams] Wood William Dearsley [Williams] Mr and Mrs John & (2 sons*)? John Williams, J.J. Struthers Williams] [Chownes] John [Howard] Mr & MrsSteerage Passengers Bailey John 38 gardener Bailey Mrs Madeline 29 Bailey Eliza 3 Bailey Madeline 4 Bailey Henry infant Bennington John 38 ag. labourer (Bryenton) Bennington Mrs Ann 32 Bennington John 12 Bennington Ann 10 Bennington James 8 Bennington Mary A. 5 Bennington William 2 Bourn C.J. groom & ag. labourer Brown Charles 34 sawyer Brown Martha 37 Brown Martha 1 Bryant William 29 (Bryan) Bryant Mrs Ann 22 Bryant William 1 Bryant Sarah infant Campbell John ag. labourer & surveyor Campbell Mrs Frances 36 Campbell Francis 7 Campbell Charles 3 Campbell Alfred 1 Chaney William George 47 Chaney Sarah 42 Chaney John 11 Chaney Charlotte 4 Chaney Elizabeth 4 Chaney Joseph 2 Chaney Randolph born aboard Chaney William 18 stone mason Chaney Emma 17 domestic servant Coslins Thomas 23 ag. labourer Coslins Mrs Eliza 26 Coslins George 1 Crouch Cherry 22 domestic servant Cox James George 18 storekeeper Cox Louisa 24 Cutting David 21 miller steerage paying Fitch Margaret 26 domestic servant Foulkes Thomas 35 house servant Ferguson Donald 40 lighterman Free John 35 labourer, embarked Plymouth d. 1866 Free Mrs Mary 30 d. 1892 Free Henry 15 labourer Free William 10 d. 1877 Free Mary 10 Free John A.S. 8 Free Robert Rhys 6 Free Elizabeth Emily 4 Free Jane 1 Gosling William 30 ag. blacksmith d. 1879 Gosling Mrs Lucy 30 d. 1890 Gosling Charles 6 Gosling Mary 5 Gosling William 3 d. 1879 Gosling Elizabeth 2 Harper John 26 ag. labourer Harper Elizabeth 22 Harper Elijah Harper Randolph born aboard Jeffreys John 24 ag. labourer steerage paying Jenkins Frederick 22 carpenter Kerridge Charles George 19 house servant Lane William 32 butcher embarked Plymouth Lang James 23 labourer embarked Plymouth Lang Mrs Mary 26 Lang Mary infant Luxford James 35 builder steerage paying Luxford Mrs Sarah 34 Luxford John 11 Luxford William 9 Luxford Sally 7 Luxford Edward 5 Luxford Ann 3 Luxford Robert infant Luxford Jane 36 domestic servant McLean John 26 carpenter steerage paying Neil Elizabeth 23 domestic servant Orchard Wiliam 37 Orchard Mary 25 Orchard Hiram 12 Orchard Sarah 10 Orchard Caroline 7 Orchard Enoch 4 Orchard William 2 Perry Frederick 25 ag. labourer Phillpot John 34 ag. labourer Phillpot Mrs Lucy Jane 29 Phillpot Frederick 9 Phillpot Edwin 7 Phillpot Adolphus 5 Phillpot George 3 Phillpot Olive infant Phillpot Isaac 36 gardener Phillpot Mrs Mary 32 Phillpot Albert 9 Phillpot William 7 Phillpot Lydia 4 Please Hannah 23 domestic servant Pye John Thomas 21 ag. labourer Shepard Edward 30 carpenter Shepard Mrs Sarah 32 d, 1868 Shepard Sarah 4 Shepard Emma 1 d. 1883 Sleath William 26 steerage paying Soar George 36 gardener Soar Mrs Sarah 32 Soar William 1 Smart William 45 ag. labourer Smart Sarah 39 Smart Orton 12 Smart Eliza 10 Smart Enos 9 Smart Enon 8 Smart Enoch 6 Smart Elijah 5 Smart Eli 2 Smart William infant Smart Amon 18 ag. labourer Smart Amos 17 ag. labourer Smart Amy 16 domestic servant Smart Edward 14 ag. labourer Stanley John 23 ag. labourer Stanley Mrs Mary 19 Steel John 19 steerage paying Stokes William 32 ag. labourer (Stoke) Stokes Mrs Sarah 35 Stokes Elizabeth 13 Stokes Thomas 12 Stokes John 10 Stokes James 9 Stokes Sarah 6 Stokes William 3 Stokes Charles 1 Stokes Mary 15 domestic servant Storer Edward 26 ag. labourer Storer Mrs Ann 29 Storer Thomas 3 Storer William 2 Storer Edward infant Taylor George 25 labourer steerage paying Waghorn Arthur 36 lighterman from Kent Waghorn Louisa 32 [Dale] Waghorn Mary A. 8 Waghorn Louisa 1 Wall George 24 to Melbourne Wall Sophia 21 to Melbourne Williams John 41 baker d. 1850 Williams Isabella 42 Williams Elizabeth 13 Williams Marjory 10 Williams Isabella 7 Williams Mary 4 Williams James J. 2 [Struthers] Williams Emily infant Williams John 16 Williams Theodore 38 Williams Mrs T. 34 Williams Catherine 11 Williams Daniel Theodore 9 Williams Charles Hood 7 Williams Margaret 21 domestic servant Woodford Richard 39 ag. labourer Woodford Ann 38 Woodford Richard 3 Woodford Elizabeth 2 Woodford Mary A. 1 The above steerage passenger information courtesy of Colin Amodeo. Posted 20 April 2000
"Sir George Seymour"
Beecham Mr Alfred Bilton Mr John Schoolmaster [Bilton, Mrs. nee Inwood] Brittan Mr Wm. Guise and Mrs. and four children [ Wm. Guise & Rev. Fred'k.] Burke Mr Michael Cooke Mr Leonard S. Cookson Mr C. J. Wentworth [Cookson, Mrs. Wentworth (nee Macfarlane)] Crompton Mr Thomas Davie Mr Cyrus Denton Mr and Mrs. and three children Dicken Mr Joseph Fendall Mr Walpole C. Harman Mr Richard J. S. Hill Mr James [and Hill, John] Jacobs The Rev. Henry and Mrs. Jacobs Lake Mr Alfred Macfarlane Mr and Mrs. Dugald and five children [Dugald, Norman Hugh, Miss Flora] Macfarlene Miss Parker Mr Horatio [could be Parkes] Philips Mr. and Mrs. Henry and six children [Charles, George S., William, Thomas, James, Frederick, John] Philips Mr Frederick Rooke Mr Leonard Home [An Italian, educated in England married Miss Duffell settled in Temuka] Richards Mr and Mrs. [Richards, Dr. H. & Mrs Richards][Richards, Leonard H.] Richards Mr Joseph Walker Mr Roger C. and Mrs. Ward Mr Charles S. Washbourne Mr and Mrs. Henry and four children [Henry and John Edward] Watts-Russell Mr and Mrs. Wilkinson Mr Frederick Surgeon-Superintendant of the "Sir George Seymour." Wright Mr John T.Steerage Passengers (incomplete) Anderson John wife and son John Andrew Ashby John wife and two children Austen Thomas wife and six children Austin Benj. Jones Bevins John 41 b. Colton- Staffordshire Ag Labr Bevins Harriett 28 b. Mavesyn Ridware-Staffordshire On the plaque in the square in ChCh spelt Bevans Bevins William 8 b. Mavesyn Ridware-Staffordshire Bevins John 6 b. Colton-Staffordshire Bevins Henry 4 b. Colton-Staffordshire Bevins Elizabeth 2 b. Colton-Staffordshire Bevins Joseph 1 b. Colton-Staffordshire Died on the voyage to NZ. Bevins Harriett 6 mths b. Colton-Staffordshire Bradley Mrs Brown Thomas Malmesley Caulfield Rebecca Church Israel wife and three children Corlett Stephen 44 agricultural labourer Corlett Jane 44 Corlett Eliza 8 Corlett Benjamin 6 Corlett Alfred 2 Corlett John 16 agricultural labourer Corlett Mary Ann 20 servant Cresswell Thomas 36 Carpenter Cresswell Jemma 29 and four children wife to Thomas Dalton George wife and child Dillaway John wife and three children Druton wife and four children Drury George wife and child Durey Elizabeth Finch Emma Garlick William wife and child Graham Thomas wife and three children Holden Charles Inwood Daniel 47 b. 20 Jul 1803 St Dunstan London d. 16 Apr 1876 CHCH Inwood Marianne 41 b. 14 Jul 1809 ENG d. 26 Oct 1905 CHCH Inwood George Thomas 18 b. 8 May 1832 ENG d. 23 Jan 1886 CHCH Inwood William 17 b. 2 Apr 1833 ENG d. 5 Feb 1926 CHCH Inwood Elizabeth 13 b. 31 Dec 1837 Windlesham,Surrey d. 17 Dec 1900 Timaru Inwood James 10 b. 25 Oct 1840 Windlesham,Surrey d. 30 Jan 1903 CHCH Inwood Mary Ann 8 b. 3 Mar 1842 Windlesham,Surrey d. 1 Sep 1930 CHCH Inwood Daniel Newman 4 b. 22 Jun 1846 Windlesham,Surrey d. 1 May 1905 Hokatika Inwood Augustus Robert 2 b. 7 May 1848 Windlesham,Surrey d. 23 Oct 1915CHCH Inwood Frederick Richard 1 b. 2 Sep 1849 ENG d. 1 May 1939 CHCH Lewis Thomas wife and child Marks Francis wife Matthews Joseph Norman wife Phillips family Ritchie John Rossiter Peter Rossiter Mary wife Rossiter Elizabeth daughter Salt Eli wife and three children Stubbs John 30 quarryman Stubbs Jane wife 30 Stubbs Arthur infant Thacker wife White Charles wife
"Cressy"
Beard Mr George C. Birch Mr John Dobson Mr Edward, age 33, and two children [George, Arthur] Dudley The Rev. Benjamin Wooley 44 Dudley Mrs 40 Dudley Fanny 10 (Frances) Dudley Henry 5 Dudley Charles T. 7 Dudley Edward Gale Mr Hamilton and Mrs. Harvey Mr W. Jones Mr H. and Mrs. King Mrs Martha King Miss Frances b. 1834 King Miss Jane King Miss Sarah Anne King Charles Lawrence Mr William 18 Peach Mr Conyers Pickering Mr George W. 18 (1832-1913) Lived in Colombo St. for 46 yrs. Porter Mr David Rankin Mr George Read Mr W. H. Toomath Mr Edward Schoolmaster [Toomak] Townsend Mr and Mrs. Townsend Mr James Townsend Mr Charles Townsend Mr William Townsend Mr Robert Townsend Miss Mary Townsend Miss Frances Townsend Miss Alicia Townsend Miss Priscilla Townsend Miss Maria Townsend Miss Margaret Watkins Dr. Daniel Surgeon-Superintendant of the "Cressy" Watkins Mrs Watkins Stephen Child Watkins Laura Child Watkins Alfred Child Watkins William Child Welsh Mr David Wright Mr Edward Wyatt Mr Benjamin Steerage Passengers (incomplete) Allan Robert wife and two children Allwright wife and five children Baker James wife and six children Barrell Samuel Bennett John age 3, Fredrick(infant), Margaret(12), Richard 11), Elizabeth(9), Stephen(5) Bennett William (1832-1923) station hand, a contract carter, farmed at Pleasant Valley, moved to Kaiapo Bennett Margaret 40 wife of Joseph Bennett Bennett Joseph b. 1810 a gardener, wife and eight children, family moved to Kaiapo Childs Joseph wife and three children Charles Cleaver Henry wife and four children Clifford Maria Mouldey's sister Duffell William 38 farm labourer [from Betchworth, Surrey] Duffell Jane Elizabeth 31 [nee Burrell] Duffell John 9 Duffell Emma 8 Duffell Ellen 6 Duffell George 4 Duffell Emily 3 Duffell Elizabeth 1 Dunford wife and six children Evans Robert 24 Evans Sarah 23 and two children Richard Frost wife and three children Ford William Ambrose 39 carpenter [from Portsea in Hampshire] Ford Mary 39 [nee Hatherley] Ford Martha Anne 18 Ford Emily 16 Ford Rebecca 14 Ford Sophia 12 Ford Emma 10 [married William Francis Chaney, a passenger on the Randolph] Ford Susannah 6 Ford William Ambrose 4 Ford Henry 1 Halliday C.N. wife Higham wife and two children Harper wife and two children Harman John Hart Michael Brannan 35 Hart Mary Ann 34 [nee Swan] Hart George Robert 9 b. 1841 d. 1911 Joined the Canterbury Standard. Hart Michael Brannan 7 b. 1843 Hewett Thomas wife and child Hewsto Charles Kent Joseph 17 brother to Thomas Kent Thomas 23 (1827-1915) carpenter, wife, Mary (24) and child, Edward (1848-1920) Mouldey Moses (1810-1882), bricklayer, wife, Eleanor(38), and seven children, Moses(12), Mary Ann(6), William(3), Phoebe(1), Eleanor(b. 21.12.50) Mouldery Henry (17), a bricklayer, and Sophia (14), relatives to Moses Oldfield William 38 *wife and three children (Wm, Charles, Charlotte) Oldfield Harriet* 35 Parish William (list below :wife and five children) Parish Mrs W.M. Parish Jacob Parish Isaac Parish William Parish Isabella Parish Elizabeth Parish John Parish Abraham Patrick Joseph 38, agricultural labourer, wife, Alice, and seven children, Thomas (3) Porter David 22 Presley Samnuel wife and three children Quaife John Price 38 Labourer Quaife Mary A. 33 Quaife Mary A. child Stace Hugh wife and three children Whitmore wife and three children
BARKER, Samuel Delabere, 1848-1901 came with his parents and family in the '"Charlotte Jane" in 1850. He was educated at Christ's College and spent some time working at Ohapi, Orari before joining the National Bank in Timaru in August 1869. In 1870 he was sent to the West Coast and was engaged in buying gold for the bank at Waimea. In March 1871 he left the bank and returned to Ohapi for a time, where he worked with his brother, Dick. He later travelled extensively in Australia and America but returned to New Zealand in the 1880s. He was appointed Librarian to the Supreme Court in 1886. Barker had an interest in botany and specialised in native plants and shrubs. He was Secretary of the Domains Board for a time and a member of the committee of the Christchurch Beautifying Society.
John BILTON
Timaru Herald, 15 June 1894, Page 2
We regret to have to record the decease of an esteemed fellow townsman, well known both in Christchurch and Timaru, in the person of Mr John Bilton, a passenger by the Sir George Seymour, one of the four "pilgrim" ships. Mr Bilton was selected from the Battersea Training College (now extinct) as one of the teachers appointed by the Bishop designate (Jackson) to take charge of church schools in the newly founded Canterbury settlement, and was at the same time appointed organist to the pro-Cathedral Church of St Michael's. Many well known settlers, now of mature age, will remember the old church school in Tuam street, presided over by Mr Bilton, and perhaps more will remember, his services as organist at St. Michael's in the early days When, we believe, Christchurch was the proud possessor of the only organ in New Zealand, a very good little instrument, afterwards destroyed by the fire at the orphanage, Lyttelton. Mr Bilton subsequently became one of the masters at Christ's College, and a private tutor, in which capacity many well, known families, will remember him. About 1866 he became interested in business in Christchurch, and in consequence removed to Timaru, where he also took up music as a profession, and where his career is well known to our readers. The deceased gentleman, though of a quiet retiring disposition, was well known among his friends for the gentleness and amiability of his character, and we may safely say that they will hold his memory in love and respect.BOWEN, Charles Christopher (Sir) 1831-1917 b. County Mayo, Ireland. Came to Canterbury on the "Charlotte Jane" at age twenty but return to the old country and received his law degree from Cambridge. A lawyer and politician. He was a private secretary to Godley, and was involved in the prosecution of James Mckenzie, the sheep stealer. Bowen's portrait is on Timeframes His parents and sister retired to Guilford, Surrey.
Hawera & Normanby Star, 5 April 1900, Page 2
Christchurch, April 2
Mrs Bradley, widow of the late stationmaster at Lyttelton, died unexpectedly last night; aged about 66 years. She came to Canterbury in the ship CressyBURKE, Michael John received his education from Winchester College and Dublin University where he graduated as a barrister of law. He took up "Halswell Station" in 1855 and a station later named "Raincliff" in South Canterbury. He would take on farm cadets. At Burkes Pass there is a memorial to him. A "Sir George Seymour" cabin passenger.
Evening Post, 17 June 1912, Page 7
Mr. C. J. W. Cookson, one of the pioneers of Canterbury, who died last week, was born in the South of England in 1826. After leaving a public school he was for some few years with a firm of civil engineers, but, being impressed with the idea of emigrating Canterbury, be purchased a block of land from the Canterbury Association, and sailed in the Sir George Seymour, arriving in Lyttelton in December, 1850. He immediately selected his block, on the head waters of the Avon between the Avon Head and Ham Estates. About 1863 he sold the run, and selected a block of land four miles from Timaru, where he started a dairy farm. This venture not proving a success, he sold out and removed north, obtaining the post of surveyor to the Kowai Road Board. After holding that position for some years, he retired and settled in Lyttelton.DOBSON, Arthur Dudley, b. 9 Sep. 1841 in London came to New Zealand aboard the "Cressy" with his father Edward, Provincial Civil Engineer, and his elder brother George (1840-1866). Edward (1816-1908) decided it was a bit rough for the boys and sent them off to another relation, Rev. Charles DOBSON, in Tasmania whence they returned on 8th July 1854. Mary Ann Lough DOBSON, wife of Edward Dobson, arrived in Lyttelton on the 'Fatima' arriving 27 Dec. 1851 exactly one year after the 'Cressy' arrival with the rest of the kids and her brother-in-law Alfred Dobson. Edward built a sod cottage at the foot of Richmond Hill on 50 acres. George, became a surveying engineer, named "Arthur’s Pass" as Arthur was the first European to cross the pass in March 1864. George was murdered by the Burgess gagng in 1866 after they had mistaken him for a gold courier. Both Edward and Arthur worked on the Lyttelton Tunnel project. Arthur died in 1934.
DUDLEY, Archdeacon Benjamin Wooley, 44, born 1805 in Staffsordshire., Mrs DUDLEY 40, Benjamin 11, Frances 10, Charles 7, and Henry 5 years arrived on the "Cressy". Benjamin is buried at the Rangiora Cemetery.
FENDALL, Walpole Cheshyre, son of Rev. Henry Fendall. At age twenty he was sent out sent out on the "Sir George Seymour" to select a bare section in Christchurch, which his father, had bought from the Canterbury Association in England. Later he leased land at Avonhead and established a farm, he called Fendall Town near the Clyde Road-Fendalton Road intersection. His farm was surrounded by other farms: Ilam (Watts Russell), Bryndwr (Jeffreys), and Burnside (Boag), as well as Riccarton. For twelve years, during which time his father arrived from England, Fendall developed the farm by draining swamp, clearing bush and scrub, fencing, ploughing and sowing grass, and planted trees for shelter. His bride-to-be also arrived during this time. To provide an income the land was sub-divided and sub-divided by subsequent owners. The area, and the suburb of Christchurch became known as Fendalton. Lucy Swann had been only 18 when Fendall left England and her parents had refused her permission to marry and accompany him. In 1854 they were wed in St Michael's Church in Christchurch. Walpole and Lucy Fendall moved to North Canterbury. They had 12 children. Buried at St Paul's, Papanui. Reference: Christchurch Press 9 Dec. 2000.
JEFFS: Charles b. 18 June 1825 and his wife Mary Button b. 1824 arrived on Charlotte Jane 1850. Mary passed away not long after their arrival and and he remarried Mary Gaskill. Charles had at least fifteen 15 children. Mary Gaskill died 2 May 1922 in Christchurch. Charles parents were George Jeffs and Ann Waldin. George's parents were John & Sarah Jeffs.
KING, Martha came to Canterbury on the "Cressy" as a widow with her children Hannah Rebecca Frances (b. 1834 Warwickshire, d. 1897 Christchurch), Martha, Jane, Sarah Ann and Charles George King. She ran a boarding house in Christchurch. Hannah Rebecca Frances married John Scott Caverhill in 1855.
PHILPOTT. On April 2nd, at his residence, St Albans, Isaac William Philpott, in his eighty- third year, beloved father of Mrs F. Smith, Timaru, deeply regretted. Arrived on one of the first four ships "Randolph". Timaru Herald April 1896
PYE, John Thomas, b. at Stoke Doyle, Northamptonshire, ENG 1833, second son of John and Mary Ann Pye. John T. Pye and Mary Ann Corlett were married by the Rev. O. Mathias at St. Michaels Church of England, Christchurch on 20th December 1852. Shortly after their marriage, Mary and John Pye left for Australia. Mary Ann died 2 August, 1872 near Hendon leaving behind nine children aged between two and nineteen years. John T. Pye Snr. died at 76 in Taringa, on 18 Feb. 1910. Mary Ann was the second born child of Stephen and Jane Corlett nee Lawson, born 17 March 1830 and baptised at South Ramsey, Isle of Man. She left the island at the age of fourteen. After spending six years in Cheshire, the Corlett family emigrated to New Zealand leaving on the "Sir George Seymour". In a brief memo at the end of the shipping list it stated that the undermentioned emigrants had been transferred by Mr. Bowler, from the ship "Sir George Seymour". John Pye, Embarkation Order 69 and Number 130 in the Application Register, became one of the 161 passengers who travelled steerage on the "Randolph" and not the "Seymour" as first planned. Source: website
The Christchurch Star Monday 18 May 1891 page 2 Death -
PYE - May 17th at her residence 9 Madras Street, suddenly, Mary Anne Pye, aged 76.
Death of a Pioneer - Mrs PYE -
Mrs Pye, one of the pilgrims who arrived here under the auspices of the Canterbury Association, in the Cressy in 1850 died rather suddenly at her residence, Madras St, yesterday. She brought with her a family who have since settled in Canterbury. Mrs Pye formerly Mrs Allen has resided in Madras St for over 30 years, and owned considerable property
there. Her 2nd husband Mr Pye, gasfitter and plumber, died some years ago.'Star' Christchurch Monday 16 February 1891 Page 3 Obituary -
QUAIFE - Late on Saturday night Mr John Price Quaife died at his resedience, St Albans, at the advanced age of 79. Mr Quaife was a native of Canterbury in Kent, where his ancestors had been yeomen for many generations. He arrived in Lyttelton aboard the ship Cressy, on the morning of Dec. 17th 1850, and followed agricultural pursuits for many years. Thereby securing a competency. During the past two years he has been an invalid. He leaves a widow; his only daughter was the victim of a drowning accident in the Avon in 1852.ROSSITER, Peter Pillar was baptised 21 June 1825 St. Andrews, Stokeinteignhead, Devon. He was the second son of William ROSSITER and Elizabeth PILLAR. He married Mary Ann WHITE 18 July 1847 at Devonport Devon. Their first born was Elizabeth Ann Pillar Shapland ROSSITER was born 20 July 1848 at 27 Portland Place, Plymouth, Devon. Peter, Mary and Elizabeth were listed in "Uncertain Embarkation Orders", issued by Mr J.W. Fitzgerald and were transferred by Mr Bourke to the ship "Sir George Seymour"., Embarkation Order No.75., application number 153. In another list they are listed as steerage passengers and Peter is incorrectly shown as Phillip ROSSITER.
On the 4th Sep 1850, the "Sir George Seymour" departed from Gravesend calling in at Plymouth to take on late embarkations which included Peter, Mary and Elizabeth and several other passengers.
The family eventually settled in Oxford where they were timber millers. Later they moved to Dannevirke in Hawkes Bay. Elizabeth A.P.S. ROSSITER married Matthew HENDERSON 09 Mar. 1876. On the 30th Jan 1851 Peter and Mary's second child William Henry ROSSITER was born., "the first European boy to be born in Canterbury after the arrival of the Pilgrims." Peter Pillar ROSSITER died 08 Mar 1899 and was buried at the George Street Cemetery Dannevirke. His wife Mary Ann died 26 July 1904 and was also buried at George street. The first four ships were sent to Lyttelton by the Canterbury Association which was sponsored by the Church of England. Free passage was offered. Edward ROSSITER a brother of Peter ROSSITER arrived NZ a few years later and settled in Rangiora. Rossiter Road in Rangiora is named after Edward. Information courtesy of Merv Rossiter. Posted 3 Dec. 2000.
SOAR/KEATS - Seeking information on both these families. Julia Soar b. 1859 Oxford NZ married Richard Henry Keats in 1879 Oxford NZ. They had a daughter Hetty Evelyn Keats b. 25.12.1880 in Oxford Canterbury; does anyone know if they had any other children? Julia’s parents – George and Sarah SOAR (b. 1814 & 1812 UK) came out on the Randolph Ship 1850 with their infant, William (b. 1848 UK). Does anyone know where they came from originally? Submitted by Maria. Posted August 12 2002.STORER
Edward was born in Warwickshire, England in 1824. He married Ann DAY in Aston Juxta Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, 6th July 1845. Edward died 13th November 1900 in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, at 76 years of age. He was buried in Kaiapoi, New Zealand. Edward, Ann, and three sons (William, Thomas and Edward) sailed from Plymouth, England on the 7th September 1850 aboard "Randolph" and arrived in Canterbury, New Zealand on the 16th December, 1850.
STORER - on 13 November 1900 at his residence, Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi, Edward Storer, in his 77th year.
At a Kaiapoi cemetery "St. Bartholomew's Historic Cemetery" there is a headstone of Thomas StorerTimaru Herald Tuesday 24 December 1889 pg2
The Press of yesterday states: - The many friends of Mrs W.J.W. Hamilton will learn with regret of her death, which took place on Friday evening. The deceased lady was one of the Canterbury Pilgrims, arriving here with her family in the Cressy, one of the first ships. She was the eldest daughter of the late Mr James Townsend, and sister of Mrs Doctor Donald, and had won for herself by many acts of unobtrusive kindness the love and esteem of a very wide circle of friends. She was the widow of the late Mr W.J. W. Hamilton, for many years Collector of Customs in Lyttelton. Her decease, though she was somewhat of an invalid, was unexpected.WASHBOURN - St Peters Church, Church Corner, Riccarton, Christchurch Maria BANKS eldest daughter of the late H J WASHBOURN d 2 July 1929 in her 89th year 'A Canterbury Pilgrim' also Edward WASHBOURN d 4 Jan 1935 in his 93rd year 'A Canterbury Pilgrim.' They arrived on the Sir George Seymour.
Hawera & Normanby Star, 22 November 1882, Page 2
DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.
CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. Dr. Watkins, a very old and well known colonist, especially to visitors and residents on the Peninsula, died at Akaroa yesterday morning, at the age of 91. The deceased gentleman who had been in feeble health some time past, was the oldest member of the College of Surgeons, and likewise the oldest medical practitioner in the colony. He was one of the original Canterbury" pilgrims," having arrived here in the barque Cressy, the last comer of the famous first four ships, bringing immigrants to Canterbury.
WOOD
Christchurch Mill. Buried in the Linwood cemetary, former suffolk flourmiller William Dearsley Wood from the Randolph erected an imported English mill in Antigua Street. Few know that in 1854 Wood Brothers' seven-storey white windmill stood in Windmill Road, now Antigua Street, Christchurch. It was a distinctive landmark for distant travellers slogging their way through the swamp and tussock that surrounded the town, rather like the cathedral spire used to be before the city lost its "English" flavour. About 1861 the mill was removed by a 26-horse, 32-bullock trolley to Leithfield. There it perched on the ridge near the hotel for about 17 years until nor'westers reduced it to a dangerous condition and it 'was dismantled. Here too, it stood out like a beacon, not only for land travellers but for seamen making the passage from Motunau to Lyttelton on a relatively featureless Pegasus Bay coastline.
The Star Wednesday 13 August 1884
Friday 15 August 1884 page 3
Obituary - Charles Wellington BISHOP - The death of Mr C.W. Bishop
Mr Bishop was a good type of the "Canterbury pilgrim" -- a man of Kent, born at Maidstone, on August 24 in 1815, the year of Waterloo, his name was a memorial of the "great victory" in his early years the family removed to the North of France, where he was educated returning to England at age 17 he was one of the first to set foot on the shores of Lyttelton being among the passengers of the Charlotte Jane, He with his Bros., Messrs E.B. and F.A. Bishop - a very long column.
- Family
History Library Catalog
Early settlers of Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand, who arrived in the first four ships by Pearce, May Penrose, b. 1885. Contains lists of pioneers aboard the Charlotte Jane, Randolph, Sir George Seymour and Cressy, copied from Canterbury jubilee celebrations.
- Canterbury Museum Manuscript Library has the 'Cressy' passenger
list which includes ages and occupation.
- MacDonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies, Archives
Canterbury Museum contains information on many of these passengers.
- Canterbury Association manifests
Now, while I am convinced that society in such a colony as New Zealand must daily Americanize, I am also persuaded that the New Zealander will retain more of the Briton than any other colonist. Thomas Cholmondeley, Ultima Thule, 1854. Cholmondeley, Thomas, b. 1823? Ultima Thule : or, thoughts suggested by a residence in New Zealand. Published: London : John Chapman, 1854. New Zealand Anecdotes. 344 p. Cholmondeley's arrived at Lyttelton in 1850 in the Charlotte Jane, Tasmasnia in 1852, Royal Stuart in 1855 and the Evening Star in 1863. Thomas Cholmondeley did return to England.
