Ajax
Ship: 767 tons
Captain: John Young
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Thomas Bennett
Sailed London 8th September 1848 - arrived Otago 8th January 1849
Nelson via Wellington 7th February 1849
| Name | Age | Occupation | Destination & Comments | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Bennett | Dr Thomas | 32 | Bound for Wellington | |
| Ellen | 28 | |||
| Filleul | William | 17 | ||
| Richard | 14 | |||
| Forbes | John | 18 | ||
| French | Francis Edward | 17 | ||
| Fulton | James | 18 | ||
| Robert | 17 | |||
| Jeffreys | Mary | 16 | Niece of William H Valpy | |
| Newcome | Richard | 30 | ||
| Orson | Edward W | 24 | ||
| Pickard | 25 | |||
| Redpath | Thomas | 21 | ||
| Stewart | Dr Robert | 26 | Surgeon Superintendent | |
| Valpy | William Henry | 48 | ||
| Caroline | 44 | |||
| Ellen | 21 | |||
| Catherine | 18 | |||
| William Henry | 16 | |||
| Arabella | 14 | |||
| Juliet | 13 | |||
| Witherby | 23 | Bound for Wellington | ||
| Wilkes | Mary | 30 | ||
| Intermediate Passengers | ||||
| McHardy | James | 47 | ||
| Lydia | 31 | |||
| Lydia | 13 | |||
| James | 12 | |||
| Charlotte | 9 | |||
| Jane | 8 | |||
| Adolphus | 7 | |||
| Lockland | 6 | |||
| William | 11 | |||
| Chalmers | Alexander | 21 | ||
| Nathaniel | 18 | |||
| Fuller | William | 25 | ||
| Alfred | 22 | |||
| Longuet | Lewis | 32 | ||
| Amelia | 25 | |||
| Walter | 9 | |||
| Amelia | 5 | |||
| Lydia | 3 | |||
| Lewis | 2 | |||
| Christie | Ellen | 21 | Travelled with Longuet | |
| Buswell | William | 28 | ||
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Paid Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Anderson | John | 25 | Gardener | Bound for Otago |
| Bond | Richard | 26 | Painter | Bound for Wellington |
| Margaret | 25 | |||
| Campbell | Peter | 34 | Blacksmith | Bound for Otago |
| Jane | 34 | |||
| John | 13 | |||
| Ann | 11 | |||
| Peter | 5 | |||
| Jane | 5 | |||
| Archibald | 2 | |||
| Campbell | Robert | 31 | Printer | Bound for Otago |
| Christina | 28 | |||
| Dodd | Thomas | 23 | Bound for Otago | |
| Gallie | John | 32 | Blacksmith | Bound for Otago |
| Lydia | 20 | |||
| Catherine | 4 months | |||
| Hay | George | 30 | Saddler | Bound for Otago |
| Jane | 30 | |||
| William | 9 | |||
| Jesse Margaret | 7 | |||
| Jane | 5 | |||
| George | 2 | |||
| John | 1 month | |||
| Loveridge | Sophia | 46 | Bound for Otago | |
| Samuel | 22 | Mason | Bound for Otago | |
| Sophia | 20 | |||
| Maria | 20 | |||
| Emma | 15 | |||
| Edwin | 13 | |||
| George | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 7 | |||
| Loveridge | Aaron | 24 | Mason | Bound for Otago |
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Lothian | James | 25 | Gardener | Bound for Otago |
| Alexa | 22 | |||
| McNicol | Daniel | 33 | Labourer | Bound for Otago |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Stephen | 11 | |||
| Mary | 2 | |||
| Milstead | Joseph | 29 | Labourer | Bound for Otago |
| Susannah | 28 | |||
| Susannah Hinton | 3 | |||
| Ermina | 1 month | |||
| Norris | Sarah | 28 | Servant | Bound for Otago |
| Parry | Thomas | 32 | Bound for Otago | |
| Mary | 30 | |||
| Stewart | Duncan | 29 | Shepherd | Bound for Otago |
| Ann | 26 | |||
| Stiles | John | 22 | Labourer | |
| Taylor | Eliza | 45 | Servant | |
| Thompson | William | 24 | Labourer | Bound for Otago |
| Weatherhead | Robert | 47 | Carpenter | Bound for Wellington |
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Allen | William | 40 | Builder | |
| Jane | 40 | |||
| Jane | 15 | |||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| Frank | 9 | |||
| Charles | 8 | |||
| Brooks | Henry | 30 | Carpenter & Labourer | Bound for Wellington |
| Mary Elizabeth Ellen | 30 | |||
| Henry Walter | 5 | |||
| Brown | James | 25 | Labourer | Bound for Otago |
| Brown | Janet | 35 | Bound for Otago | |
| Brown | Jane | 26 | Bound for Otago | |
| Brydon | Robert | 24 | Painter | |
| Burt | Richard | 32 | Carpenter | |
| Cook | Samuel | 30 | Farmer | |
| Grace | ||||
| Fearnley | Joseph | 21 | ||
| Fraser | Thomas | 31 | Carpenter | Bound for Otago |
| Gawith | Samuel | 32 | Carpenter | Bound for Wellington |
| Jane | 29 | |||
| William Jervis | 8 | |||
| Goodall | John | 32 | Gardener | Bound for Otago |
| Rebecca | 31 | |||
| Charles James | 10 | |||
| William | 8 | |||
| Amelia Ann | 6 | |||
| Edwin | 3 | |||
| Walter John | 2 | |||
| Ellen | 1 month | |||
| Gose | James Gilbert | 36 | Plumber | |
| Harriet | 27 | |||
| Catherine | 2 | |||
| Alfred | 2 month | |||
| Grant | Isabella | 23 | Bound for Otago | |
| Hartman | Joseph | 28 | Labourer | Bound for Nelson |
| Eliza | 26 | |||
| Louisa | 2 | |||
| Charles | 8 months | |||
| Henderson | William | 28 | Grocer | |
| Hughs | John | 25 | Surveyor | |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Catherine Elizabeth | 3 months | |||
| Lancaster | Edward | 26 | Linen Draper | |
| McNeil | Andrew | 20 | Coachmaker | Bound for Otago |
| McPhee | Angus | 34 | Shepherd | Bound for Otago |
| Ann | 32 | |||
| Alexander | 8 | |||
| Hugh | 6 | |||
| Charles | 5 | |||
| Catherine | 4 | |||
| Margaret | 2 | |||
| McQueen | Robert | 18 | Draper | |
| Plank | John | 19 | Mason | |
| Ramage | John | 25 | Farmer | Bound for Otago |
| Rix | Joshua | 27 | Sawyer | Bound for Nelson |
| Martha | 27 | |||
| Elizabeth | 8 | |||
| Henry John | 1 | |||
| Shepherd | John | 30 | Labourer | Bound for Otago |
| Elizabeth | 35 | |||
| Stowers | George | 32 | Labourer | |
| Sarah | 30 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Thomas | 2 | |||
| Strain | William | 42 | Mason | Bound for Otago |
| Betty Ann | 39 | |||
| James | 14 | |||
| John | 10 | |||
| Samuel | 9 | |||
| Margaret | 7 | |||
| Sarah | 5 | |||
| David | 3 | |||
| Sutcliffe | Richard | 40 | Farmer | Bound for Wellington |
| Caroline | 28 | |||
| Sutcliffe | Henry | 25 | Farmer | Bound for Wellington |
| Mary | 23 | |||
| Jane | 19 | |||
| Emma | 17 | |||
| Richard | 16 | |||
| Henrietta | 15 | |||
| Eliza | 46 | |||
| John | 21 | Blockmaker | ||
| Walker | Mary | 35 | ||
| White | William | 35 | Shoemaker | Bound for Otago |
| Agnes | 28 | |||
| James | 7 | |||
| Agness | 5 | |||
| Robert | 2 | |||
| Wilmore | John | 30 | Labourer | |
| Ann | 29 | |||
| Woolley | Samuel | 29 | Domestic Servant | Bound for Nelson |
| Maria | 30 | |||
| Samuel | 10 | |||
| Clara | 8 | |||
| Eliza | 6 | |||
| Maria | 4 | |||
| Jane | 2 | |||
| Lucy | 2 months | |||
Copyright Denise & Peter 2000
National Archives Reference NZC 34/3 p42
