Martha Ridgway
Ship: 621 tons
Captain: Henry W. Webb
Surgeon Superintendent: John Henry Cooper
Sailed Liverpool 6th November 1841 - arrived Nelson 7th April 1842
* indicates person disembarked at Wellington.
| Name | Age | Occupation | |
| Chief Cabin Passengers | |||
| Brodie | James | 30 | Farmer* |
| Campbell | Alexander Le Grand | 22 | Gentleman |
| Campbell | Frederick Hugh Pearson | 18 | Gentleman |
| Cooper | John Henry | Surgeon | |
| McDonald | Alexander | 30 | Banker |
| McDonald | Mary | 50 | Mother of above |
| McDonald | Jane | 19 | |
| McCleod | Harold | 20 | Gentlman * |
| Read | Andrew | 35 | Nurseryman* |
| Seymour | Henry | 48 | Commission Agent |
| Elizabeth | 48 | ||
| Fanny | 20 | ||
| Intermediate Passengers | |||
| King | John | 32 | * |
| Taylor | W | 21 | * |
| Steerage Passengers | |||
| Allen | Benjamin Smart | 38 | Gardener |
| Elizabeth | 35 | ||
| Benjamin Smart Jnr | 19 | Gardener | |
| Kezia | 17 | Sempstress | |
| Avery | George | 21 | Chairmaker/Gardener |
| Sarah | 26 | ||
| Bainbridge | James | 29 | Carpenter/Joiner |
| Isabella | 25 | ||
| John | 6 | ||
| Sarah | 4 | ||
| Elizabeth | 1 | ||
| Bell | Lachlan | 25 | Farm labourer |
| Blyth | James | 38 | Joiner |
| Ann | 22 | ||
| David | 7 mths | ||
| Bowman | Samuel | 33 | Blacksmith |
| Jane | 32 | ||
| Jonathan | 9 | ||
| Ann | 4 | ||
| Brougham | John | 32 | Labourer |
| Maria | 31 | ||
| James | 7 | ||
| John | 3 | ||
| Brown | William | 32 | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 34 | ||
| John | 9 | ||
| Jemima | 7 | ||
| Mary | 5 | ||
| William | Infant | ||
| Butterfield | John | 28 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | ||
| Hannah | 4 | ||
| Asa | 8 mths | ||
| Coffey | Mary ann | 22 | Servant |
| Coleman | Thomas | 35 | Baker |
| Rebecca | 36 | ||
| James | 15 | Baker | |
| Thomas | 14 | Baker | |
| Moses | 11 | ||
| William | 7 | ||
| George | 1 | ||
| Crapper | Ely | 28 | Mason |
| Ellen | 29 | ||
| Mary Ann | 3 mths | ||
| Egginton | John | 35 | Gardener |
| Ann | 35 | ||
| Stephen | 16 | Gardener | |
| Mary | 12 | ||
| William | 11 | ||
| John | 7 | ||
| George | Thomas | 27 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 21 | ||
| Glenon | John | 32 | Smith |
| Mary | 34 | ||
| John | 4 mths | ||
| Glenon | Catherine | 22 | Servant |
| Gormly | Margaret | 20 | Servant |
| Greathead | George | 28 | Smith & Horseshoer |
| Dorothy | 30 | ||
| William | 3 | ||
| George Henry | 1 | ||
| Handley | John | 30 | Millwright |
| Martha | 30 | ||
| Thomas | 8 | ||
| William | 6 | ||
| Mary | 2 | ||
| John | 2 mths | ||
| Harding | William | 38 | Bootmaker |
| Mary | 35 | ||
| Thomas | 12 | ||
| Elizabeth | 10 | ||
| George | 7 | ||
| Mary | 1 | ||
| Harrison | William | 37 | Smith |
| Mary | 36 | ||
| Ann | 9 | ||
| William | 7 | ||
| Mary | 1 | ||
| Hunt | Edward | 50 | Gardener |
| Inkersoll | Charles | 30 | Labourer |
| Sarah | 32 | ||
| Jackson | Adam | 24 | Sawyer |
| Alice | 25 | ||
| Jennings | Charles | 32 | Mechanic |
| Elizabeth | 22 | ||
| Francis | 1 | ||
| John | 1 mth | ||
| Kearns | Charles | 23 | Bricklayer |
| Mary | 23 | ||
| William | 8 mths | ||
| Kent | Thomas | 28 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 23 | ||
| William | 4 | ||
| John | 3 | ||
| Eliza | 5 mths | ||
| Ladley | James | 36 | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 34 | ||
| George | 1 | ||
| Leighton | William | 36 | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 34 | ||
| Frederick | 12 | ||
| Elizabeth | 7 | ||
| McGee | Alexander | 34 | Shoemaker |
| Catherine | 33 | ||
| Charles | 15 | Shoemaker | |
| Henry | 12 | ||
| Ann | 9 | ||
| Elizabeth | 7 | ||
| David | 8 mths | ||
| McIntosh | Lilly | 28 | Husband in Colony |
| Duncan | 12 | ||
| John | 9 | ||
| William | 7 | ||
| Mary | 1 | ||
| Malcolm | Andrew | 38 | Sawyer |
| Margaret | 31 | ||
| John | 2 | ||
| Maling | Thomas | 29 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Mary | 26 | ||
| Elizabeth | 3 | ||
| William | 9 mths | ||
| Moore | Daniel | 26 | Carpenter |
| Moorhouse | William | 29 | Smith |
| Alice | 29 | ||
| Thomas | 5 | ||
| Charlotte | 2 | ||
| Morgan | Richard | 37 | Smith & Turner |
| Johanna | 35 | ||
| Joseph | 18 | Smith & Turner | |
| George | 15 | Mechanic | |
| Benjamin | 14 | Smith & Turner | |
| Mary | 12 | ||
| Sarah | 12 | ||
| Hannah | 10 | ||
| Martha | 7 | ||
| Nichol | Enoch | 32 | Mason |
| Sarah | 32 | ||
| Thomas | 11 | ||
| Elizabeth | 3 | ||
| Grace | 3 | ||
| Saunders | 1 | ||
| Page | William | 38 | Bricklayer |
| Sarah | 35 | ||
| Mary | 12 | ||
| Joseph | 5 | ||
| William | 2 | ||
| Rebecca | 7 mths | ||
| Parkes | Benjamin | 28 | Sawyer |
| Elizabeth | 26 | ||
| Mary Ann | 7 | ||
| Elizabeth | 5 | ||
| Sarah Jane | 2 | ||
| Paterson | Andrew | 29 | Joiner |
| Margaret | 27 | ||
| Henrietta | 1 | ||
| Paul | Hugh | 17 | Farm Servant |
| Perrin | Edmund | 28 | Brickmaker |
| Mary | 26 | ||
| Perrin | James | 36 | Brickmaker |
| Hannah | 35 | ||
| Potts | David | 26 | Joiner |
| Hannah | 23 | ||
| Martha | 7 mths | ||
| Ratcliffe | Thomas | 24 | Agricultural Labourer |
| Rowbottom | James | 20 | Farmer |
| Elizabeth | 20 | ||
| Scott | William | 32 | Baker |
| Catherine | 27 | ||
| Catherine | 2 | ||
| William | 5 mths | ||
| Sigley | Joshua | 35 | Carpenter |
| Sarah | 38 | ||
| John | 12 | ||
| John William | 11 | ||
| Thomas | 9 | ||
| Eliza | 7 | ||
| Deborah | 11 mths | ||
| Smith | Donald | 28 | Farm Labourer |
| Sullivan | Thomas | 40 | Bricklayer |
| Margaret | 34 | ||
| Mary Ann | 19 | Servant | |
| Jane | 16 | Servant | |
| Edward | 11 | ||
| Eliza | 8 | ||
| William | 2 | ||
| Phoebe | 9 mths | ||
| Thompson | Ann | 19 | Servant |
| Thompson | John | 40 | Shoemaker |
| Alice | 28 | ||
| John | 7 | ||
| Alice | 5 | ||
| Tully | Michael | 39 | Gardener |
| Margaret | 31 | ||
| Patrick | 7 | ||
| Margaret | 3 | ||
| Mary | 4 mths | ||
| Tyzack | John | 23 | Maltster & Brewer |
| Mary Ann | 22 | ||
| Waldie | Janet | 25 | Dressmaker |
| Waterhouse | Thomas | 42 | Labourer |
| Sarah | |||