In a letter to Sir George Grey dated 3rd April 1852, the settlers of Wellington and neighbouring districts wrote:
... We, the undersigned Settlers and Landowners of Wellington, in the colony of New Zealand, beg respectfully to express to your Excellency our strong sense of the serious evils to our interests and injury to the colony, arising from the Act to regulate the affairs of certain of the New Zealand Company's settlements, passed during the last session of Parliament
... The Act of Parliament revives the Terms of Purchase and Pasturage of Land, issued by the New Zealand Company in Wellington, and in force at the date of the surrender by the Company of its charters to the Government, which fix the price of rural land in this settlement, in blocks of 25 acres, at ?2 per acre; (2012 equivalent of about $250) the effect of these terms, when in force under the Company, was such that no rural land was sold in this settlement. But since that period so much additional land has been granted in compensation to resident and absentee land purchasers as to reduce the price of rural land, except in particular situations, considerably below 20s, per acre ... (more at next link)

The full letter and the original list of settlers can be seen at
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* names without any address are for the most part settlers in Wellington
* names are spelled as found
* some settlers signed their name with an x

... A
• George ALLEN, boatbuilder and landowner
• Eli ALLEN, (1821-1889), arrived in New Zealand on the BIRMAN in 1842
• William ALLEN, land and stockholder
• Thomas ALLINGTON, landowner, Karori (1804-1853)
• David ANDERSON, landholder
• J. ANGELL, settler
• Thomas ASHBOLT, settler On Tuesday 11th March 1862, at Christchurch, Canterbury, Mr Thomas Ashbolt, late of Wellington, aged 52 years. 5 March 1897 Another old colonist passed away at Wellington on Wednesday in the person of Caroline Ashbolt, widow of the late Thomas Ashbolt. The deceased lady, who was in her 86th year, was one of the best known of our earlier colonists. She left England on the 17th June 1841, in the ship Gertrude, commanded by Captain Fisher Stead, and after a long passage of 136 days arrived in Wellington on 31st October 1841. One of her sons, Mr A. Ashbolt, is foreman printer of the New Zealand Times
• George ASHDOWN, land and stockowner

... B
• James Henry BAGGERLEY, settler (1813-1856)
• Richard BAKER, J.P., landowner
• William McLeod BANNATYNE, J.P. and stockholder. Founded the business W. M. Bannatyne & Co. Ltd in the 1840s and was joined soon after by his stepson, Arthur Rowsell Baker. In 1877 Harold Beauchamp joined in as salesman and became a full partner 12 years later.
• Edwin BANNISTER, settler
• R. E. BANNISTER, landowner
• William BANNISTER, jnr., landholder
• John BARB, labourer
• John BARBER, settler
• David BARHAM, settler
• John BARNETT, landowner
• William BARNETT, settler
• Charles Charles Desimus, settler (1822-1898)
• James BARROW, x settler
• Richard BARRY, settler
• Thomas BARRY, x settler
• N. BARTLETT, landowner
• R. BARTON, land and stockowner, River Hutt
• William BASSETT, landowner
• James BAULF, x settler
• N. E. BEAMISH, settler
• Francis BEE, settler (1820-1902)
• William BELL, landowner, Porirua Road
• J. BENGE, landowner
• Frederick Augustus BENKENSTEIN, landowner, died in Australia in 1904
• George BENNET, landholder
• Thomas BENNETT, settler
• William BENNETT, settler
• William BEST, land and stockowner
• Joseph BICKNELL, x settler
• C. H. BIDWELL, stockowner, Wairarapa
• Frederick BILLS, settler
• Edward BIRCH, settler
• Joseph BISHOP, land and stockholder
• Richard BLAKE, x settler, married Elizabeth Matilda CONSTABLE 1836, had a son Richard, then on 5 Feb 1841 they embarked on the CATHERINE STEWART FORBES arriving in Port Nicholson 24 June 1841
• George BLAKER, settler
• Edward BODDINGTON, settler
• Anthony BODEN, settler (1825-1907)
• Frederick BOLTON, stockholder
• James BOOTH, settler, Karori
• Edward BOULTON, stockholder, Pauatahanui
• William BOWDEN, x settler
• Joseph BOWLER, landholder, settler
• William BOWLER jnr, landowner
• H. BOYTON, landowner
• Francis Henry BRADEY, settler (1816-1888)
• Francis BRADEY, jnr., landholder
• Francis BRADEY, stock and landowner
• Frederick BRADEY, landholder
• John Edward BRADSHAW, settler
• Henry BRIGHT, x settler
• William BRIGHAM, settler (1798-1886)
• Thomas BRIGHTWELL, settler
• William BROADBENT, settler
• Joseph BROGDEN, settler
• E BROWN, settler
• James BROWN, landowner, Upper Hutt
• John BROWN, landholder
• Charles BRUCE, settler
• James BRYANT, gardener (1812-1902), worked as a gardener, a carrier and a hotelkeeper, (he was employed as forman gardener of Sir William Molesworth's estate at Pencarrow in Cornwall and was for a time, superintendent of Francis Molesworth's estate in the Hutt), then he bought 3 acres in Ohariu
• John BRYCE, landowner
• Henry Gregory BUCK, blacksmith (1808-1879), arrived on the BIRMAN
• William BUCK, landowner
• James Nelson BURCHAM, landowner
• James BURKE, settler and stockowner
• John BURNES, x land and stockowner, Porirua Road
• Joseph BURRELL, stockholder, Paikakariki
• Thomas BURT, settler (1818-1888)
• Thomas BUTLER, x settler
• Thomas Charles BUTLER, carpenter and landowner

... C
? John CAIL, landowner
? Dugald CAMERON, landowner
? George CAMERON, ropemaker
? Robert CAMERON, miller
? Thomas CAMOREY, settler
? John CAMPBELL, landowner, Karori
? Charles CANNING, stockholder
? John Davis CANNING, stockholder
? Robert Holt CARPENTER, Bookbinder, local politician, bookseller (1819-1891)
? George CASPER, storekeeper and settler
? John CASTLE, settler,
? Edward CATCHPOOL, landowner
? William George CHANDLER, settler
? James CHAPPELL, carpenter, landowner
? Robert S. CHEESMAN, solicitor, sheep & landowner
? Edward CHEW, stockholder (1809-1891)
? Peter CHRISTISON, settler
? H. CLA?TEN, boatman
? Hugh CLARK, landowner
? John CLARKE, settler
? Richard CLIFTON, jnr, settler
? Richard CLIFTON, sen, x settler
? Adin COCKROFT, land and stockowner
? John COLE, landowner
? Joseph COLLIER, stockholder
? James COLLINS, land and stockowner
? John Power COLLINS, settler (?-1859)
? R. COLLINS, stockowner, Wairarapa
? David COMPTE, settler
? Alfred COMPTON, landowner
? Daniel CONACHER, bootmaker
? James COOK, baker
? John COOK
? George COPELAND, landowner
? William CORBET, settler
? Edward CORDING, landholder
? James CORKING, settler
? William CORNER, settler
? John CORY, landowner
? Pierce COTTER, builder and landowner (1816-1894)
? R. COULTER, settler
? Donald COUPER, x stockholder
? Peter COUPER, stockholder
? William COUPER, land and stockholder, Porirua
? James A. COURT, landholder
? James George COX, assistant
? W. COX, settler
? James CRAIG, x settler
? Robert CRAIG, landowner
? William CRAIGHEAD, farmer
? George CRAWFORD, merchant and landowner
? Thomas CREED, settler
? George CROOKE, settler
? Thomas CROSBIE, land and stockholder
? Thomas CROWTHER, landholder
? C. CUNDEY, landowner
? George CURTIS, settler

... D
? David DALGITY, settler
? John DALY, settler
? James DAVIES, landowner
? James DAVISON, landowner
? John DAY, x settler
? John DAYSH, landonwer
? Jabez DEAN, plumber
? Richard John DEIGHTON, landowner
? Thomas DELF, x settler
? William DEW, landowner, Karori
? Davy DICK, landowner
? Charles DIXON, stockowner
? Joseph DIXON, settler
? William DODGE, William - settler
? Robert DONALD, settler, Karori
? Robert DONALDSON, book-keeper
? Peter DORREEN, jnr, settler (?-1870)
? Peter DORREEN, sen, settler (1775-1875)
? Edward DOWNEY, settler
? John DOWNEY, landowner
? Andrew DUNCAN, landowner
? Frederick Abbott DUNCAN, storekeeper (1827-1884)
? Richard John DUNCAN, merchant and stockholder (1823-1894)
? W. DUNN, dyer
? Samuel DUNSTER, sett;er

... E
? William EARP, William - settler
? George EBDON, x settler
? G. EDMONDS, settler
? John EDWARD, settler
? Giles EDWARDS, settler
? John EDWARDS, settler
? John EDWARDS, x - landowner
? Benjamin EGLINTON, settler
? William ELL, settler
? Edward John ELLERM, cooper, landholder
? William EVERETT, landowner and stockholder

... F
? Stephen FAGAN
? William FAGG, settler
? Edward John A. FARRANT, settler
? John FARRANT, settler
? Alexander FARMER, land and stockholder
? Benjamin FELGATE, settler
? John FELL, settler
? Bernard FERRERS, settler
? Daniel FILPOT, x settler
? James FIRTH, landholder
? William FISHER, settler
? John FITCHETT, landholder
? J. P. FITZGERALD, J.P., landowner
? George FOSTER, x settler
? John FRANCES, settler
? Alexander FRASER, sheepholder
? Thomas FRASER, stockholder
? Thomas FRETHEY, landowner
? Joseph FRY, landowenr
? William FUDGER, settler
? Smith FURNESS, settler and landowner (1825-1884)

... G
? Daniel GALAVIN, x settler
? William GALPIN, land and stockowner
? Samuel GASKEN, x landholder (1810-1886)
? Mathew GASKIN, settler (1821-1867), brother of Samuel
? Samuel GAWITH, cabinetmaker
? John GELL, landowner, manager of the telegraph station at Wakapuaka
? J. H. GILLARD, landowner
? Charles Haggerty GILLESPIE, landowner (1832-1897)
? O. GILLIES, land and stockowner, Wairarapa
? James GILLIGAN, settler
? John GILLMAN, settler
? John GINSON, landholder
? John GLASGOW, LANDOWNER
? Robert GLASGOW, land and stockholder
? Donald GOLLAN, settler, Ahuriri
? O. G. O. GOOD, settler
? Leonard GOODEN, x settler (?-1853)
? Phillip GOODEN, x settler
? John GOODER, landholder
? B. GORDON, landowner
? Alexander GRANT, shepherd, Wairarapa
? Alexander GRANT, storekeeper, Turakina
? George GRAY, landholder
? Harrison GREEN, sett;er
? James GREEN, landowner
? Robert GRIGG, settler
? Thomas Leman GRIMSEY, settler
? John GUNN, stockholder
? D. GUTHRIE, stockholder

... H
? William HALBER, settler
? W. H. HALE, settler
? Charles HALES, landowner
? John HALL, carpenter
? Mathew HAMMOND, landowner
? Richard HAMMOND, landowner
? William HAMMOND, settler
? John HARDING, land and sheepowner
? William HARDWICK, labourer
? E. A. HARGREAVES, settler
? James HARLOW, settler
? A. HARRIS, settler
? David HARRIS, landowner
? George HARRIS, x settler
? H. S. HARRISON, land and stockowner
? George HART, land and stockowner
? Robert HART, solicitor, sheep and landowner
? George HEDLEY, settler
? August Adolph 'Albert' HEESE, landowner (1813-1864), arrived on the Slains Castle 29 Jan 1841 with wife Theodore 'Pauline' Adelgunde (1817-1850) & 2 sons, had the Freemason's Tavern, Lambton Quay & 'invented' in 1847, the Prince Albert's Cordial for his 'tee-total friends who have taken the pledge'. He later moved to Upper Hutt where he was found dead (30 Aug 1864) in a water-hole near the side of the road, which he had fallen into the previous night. He was 51
? Frederick HEINEN, settler
? John HEMMINGS, landholder
? Francis Henry HENRYSON, landowner, Nelson
? Joseph HERBERT, settler
? Peter Morrison HERVEY, merchant (1824-1860)
? D. HEYMAN, landholder
? W. HICKSON, J.P., merchant, land and stockowner
? George HILL, settler
? John HILL, settler
? Sidney HIRST, landowner (1814-1961), arrived on the GEORGE FYFE 7 Nov 1842 when there were about 30 households, a carpenter and joiner, he built the Christ Church Taita church (now a historics place)
? George HOBBS, landholder
? Walter HODDER, x land and stockowner
? John HOLMES, x cabintmaker
? William HOLMES, settler
? John HOOPER, x settler
? Charles HOWE, landholder
? David HUGHEY, landowner
? John HUGHEY, settler
? William HUGHEY, sen - landowner
? Peter HUME, land and stockowner
? William HUMPHRIES, settler
? Charles HUNT, landowner
? Henry HUNT, carpenter
? John HUNT, settler, Porirua Road
? William HUNT, settler
? George HUNTER, J.P., land and stockowner
? Edward HUTCHINGS, landholder

... I
? William ILLMAN, settler
? William INGLIS, settler
? Archibald INGRAM, blacksmith
? Charles INKERSALL, x stockowner
? Kendrick IRONS, settler
? Thomas IRVING, settler
? David ISAACS, settler

... J
? Henry JACKSON
? J. JACKSON, tailor
? Walter JACKSON, landowner
? John JARVIS, x settler, Porirua
? Thomas JEFFERIES, settler
? Benjamin JEFFERSON, landowner
? George JEFFS, settler
? W. JENKINS, landonwer
? John JOHNSON, landowner
? Richard JOHNSON, settler
? D. JOHNSTON, landowner
? William JONES, settler
? William JONES, x landowner, Upper Hutt
? Thomas JOYCE, settler
? John JUDD, x settler
? William JUDD, landowner, Stokes Valley

... K
? H. T. KEMP, J.P.
? John KEMP, settler
? Henry KENNEDY, settler
? Catherine KERNS, settler
? C. KEYS, settler
? John KING, solicitor, landowner
? William KING, landowner
? William KIRTON, Minister of the Scotch Church
? John KITSON, landowner
? William KNIGHT, settler
? H. S. KNOWLES, landowner

... L
? Peter LAING, settler
? Robert LAMBERT, clerk and landowner
? Robert LANGDON, stockholder
? James LANSDALE, landowner
? W. P. LATHAM, landowner
? Joseph LAWSON, x settler
? Thomas G. LEMMINGTON, engineer
? John LEVERTON, landholder
? N. LEVIN, merchant, land and stockowner
? Lipman LEVY, settler
? Edward LEWIS, settler
? Benjamin LING, stockholder
? George LISMORE, settler
? Thomas LOCKYER, land and stockowner
? F. LOGAN, landowner
? Charles LONDON, stockowner
? Henry LONDON, landowner
? Isaac LOVELOCK, landholder
? Edward LOWE, landholder
? W. S. LOXLEY, merchant and stockowner
? Thomas LOYD, landowner
? A. LUDLAM, J.P. landowner
? William LUDWELL, settler
? W. LUMSDEN, murseryman
? G. D. LUXFORD, land and sheepowner
? William LUXFORD, land and sheepowner
? William Nicholas LUXFORD, landowner
? W. LYALL, bootmaker
? Robert LYLE, carpenter
? Henry LYNCH, landowner

... M
? Charles MABEY, landowner
? John MABEY, x settler
? George W. MACE, storekeeper
? Alexander MACKAY, settler
? James MAGINITY, landholder
? Jonathan MANNING, settler
? William MARSHALL, schoolmaster
? John MARTIN, landholder
? William MASON, land and stockowner
? William Frederick MASON, storekeeper
? A. MASTERS, landowner, River Hutt
? John MASTERS, settler
? Joseph MASTERS, settler
? C. MATTINGLEY, landowner
? John MAY, settler
? Samuel MAXTON, baker
? James McBETH, storekeeper and landowner
? J. C. McDONALD, land and stockowner
? H. E. McDONOGH, J.P.
? Thomas McDONOGH, landholder
? William McDOWALL, settler
? Gregor McGREGOR, stockholder
? A. McHARDIE, settler
? Alexander McHARDIE, landowner
? David McHARDIE, jnr landowner
? John McHARDIE, x lndowner
? Francis McIVER, stockholder
? John McKAIN, landowner
? Thomas McKAY, settler
? James McKEEVER, stockholder, Porirua
? Dugald McLACHLAN, landholder
? A. McLAREN, settler
? Donald McLEAN, J.P., settler and landowner
? J. D. McMANAWAY, surveyor
? Angus McMASTER, stockowner, Wairarapa
? John MEADS, labourer
? William MEADS, settler
? Henry MEECH, shipbuilder
? William MEECH, settler
? Richard MEREDITH, carpenter and landowner
? William MILLER, settler
? Charles MILLS, builder
? T. M. MILLS, settler
? Thomas MILLS, settler
? Alexander MILNE, landowner
? William MINIFIE, landholder
? Joseph MIRCHELL, land and stockowner
? Henry MITCHELL, x stockholder
? J. MITCHELL, landowner
? James MITCHELL, land and stockowner
? John MITCHELL, land and stockholder, Porirua
? J. MONK, farmer
? G. D. MONTEITH, surgeon, stock & landowner
? W. MOODY, settler, River Hutt
? George MOORE, J.P., merchant, landowner
? Thomas MORAN, landowner, Porirua Road
? William MORGAN, land and stockowner, Porirua Road
? D. MORRISON, stockowner, Wairarapa
? Daniel MORRISON, landowner
? H. MORRISON, stock and landholder
? John MUDFORD, sailmaker
? Daniel MUNN, land and stockholder
? Philip MURCH, landholder
? Alexander MURDOCH, settler
? Thomas MURRAY, settler

... N
? C. J. NAIRN, settler
? William NATTRASS, tailor and stockowner
? William NEAL, watchmaker
? Arthur NICOLS, landholder
? Charles NICHOLS, landholder
? William NICOLS, stock and landowner
? William NOEL, watchmaker
? Caroline NORTHWOOD, land and stockowner
? James H. NORTHWOOD, stockowner, Wairarapa
? William NOTT, landowner

... O
? William O'NEAL, landholder
? J. O'REILLY, J.P., Catholic Pastor
? F. ORMSBY, stockholder
? James OSMOND, settler
? Nicholas OXENHAM, settler

... P
? George PACKMAN, settler
? F. J. PAGON, cabinetmaker
? Thomas PARKEN, x settler
? S. D. PARNELL, landowner, Karori
? R. W. PATTEN, settler
? J. J. PEACOCK, master mariner and landowner
? John PEARCE, settler
? Daniel PECK, landowner
? George PEGLER, x settler
? Joseph PERCY, landowner
? Joseph Hewlett PERCY, landowner
? Benjamin M. PEREIRA, dealer
? Edmund PERRIN, stockholder
? B. P. PERRY, landholder
? A. PETHERICK, plasterer
? A. PETHERICK, carpenter
? J. PETHERICK, land and stockholder
? Francis L. PHILIP,
? George PHILLIPS, x settler
? Henry J. PHILLIPS, surgeon, settler
? Thomas PHILLIPS, x landowner
? John PHILPS, landowner
? William P. PICKERING, settler
? Gilbert PICKETT, storekeeper
? William PIKE, x settler
? George PILCHER, storekeeper
? John PIMBLE, landholder
? Charles H. PIPER, settler
? John PLIMMER, landholder
? H. G. PLOWMAN, settler
? Thomas POAD, landowner
? T. G. POPE, landholder
? David PORTER, x settler
? Christopher POTTS, landowner
? Samuel POULTER, landowner
? W. D. POWELL, settler
? Edward PRINCE, carpenter
? Richard PROUSE, jnr landowner
? Richard PROWSE, land and stockowner, Wainuiomata

... Q
? Michael QUIN, landholder

... R
? J. RAWLINGSON, x settler
? H. READ, settler
? James READ, settler
? John READ, landowner
? John REDBY, settler
? James REED, landholder
? William REEVES, landowner, Porirua Road
? Thomas REID, settler
? W. R. RENALL, settler
? S. RETTER, landowner
? Daniel RICHARDS, x stockholder
? Thomas RICHARDS, x stockholder
? George RICHARDSON, landholder
? Thomas RICHARDSON, landholder
? Edward ROBERTS, landowner
? Duncan ROBERTSON, settler
? T. ROBINSON, J.P., land and stockowner
? Thomas ROBISON, x settler
? Samuel ROE, landowner
? H. ROSS, landowner, solicitor
? H. W. ROTERMUND, landholder
? William ROWETT, stockholder
? W. ROWLANDS, stockholder
? F. D. ROY, settler
? T. S. RUDD, settler
? James RUMBLE, settler
? Richard RUSS, settler
? Edward RUSSELL, landowner
? Henry RUSSELL, landonwer
? J. P. RUSSELL, land and stockowner
? John RUSSELL, landonwer

... S
? J. D. SALTER, settler
? John SANCTO, settler
? Robert SANSON, settler
? Henry SARGENT, settler
? T. SAUNDERS, land and stockholder
? William SAXBY, settler
? Burgess SAYER, settler
? Charles SAYWELL, setler
? George SAYWELL, landowner
? William SAYWELL, settler
? Isaac SCOTT, settler
? Walter D. SCOTT
? George SCRIMSHAW, settler
? Richard SEED, landowner
? William SEED, landowner
? John SHALLESS, landholder
? Henry SHARLEY, landowner
? Mathew SHARLEY, landowner, River Hutt
? Charles SHARP, stock and landowner
? Robert SHARP, settler, River hutt
? John SHAW, settler
? William SHEARER, landowner
? Thomas SHIELDS, settler
? Thomas SHIRLEY, settler
? Thomas SHIRLEY, x landowner
? James SHORT, settler
? Job SHORT, x settler
? Joseph SILVEN, x landholder
? William SIMPSON, stockholder
? Francis Robert Estoteville SKIPWITH, land and stockholder (1820-1855)
- Francis 'married' Hinenui Te Po Te MATIA (maori Princess) & had children
- he married Emily Morshed SYMONS in 1854
- he was 1 of 12 sons & 6 daughters of Sir Grey Skipwith, 8th Baronet
he was a brother of:
* Sir Thomas George Skipwith 9th Baronet (1803-1863), Capt 4th Dragoon Guards
* Judge Fulwar Charles Skipwith (1810-1883)
* Commander (Royal Navy) Sidmouth Stowell Skipwith (1825-1872)
* Capt (Royal Navy) Grey Skipwith (1811-1894)
* Col (43rd Regiment) Henry Skipwith (1815-1886)
* Capt (47th Regiment) William Skipwith (1807-1907)
* Dr Lionel Skipwith (1816-1886)
* Rev Randolph Skipwith (1822-1899), Rector Whilton, Northamptonshire
* Rev Humberston Skipwith (1823-1911), Rector Hampstall Ridware, Lincolnshire
NOTE see also Skipwith baronets
? William SLEATH, settler
? J. Valentine SMITH, land and stockowner
? James SMITH, x settler, Upper Hutt
? John Elisha SMITH, landowner
? John S. SMITH, storekeeper
? William James SNODGRASS, settler and landholder
? John SOUTHEE, settler (1798-1892)
? G. SPACKMAN, landowner, Stokes Valley
? William SPAIN, settler
? John SPEEDY, settler
? William SPEEDY, settler
? Richard SPICER, x stockholder
? William SPINKS, land and stockholder
? Ashton St HILL, stockowner
? Henry St HILL, R.M. landowner
? T. St LEIGHT, sett;er
? Timothy STEPHENSON, settler
? John STEVEN, settler
? Charles STEVENS, land and stockholder
? John STEVENS, landowner, Porirua
? Stephen STOCKBRIDGE, landowner
? James STODDART, landowner
? Robert STOKES, printer and landowner
? Robert R. STRANG, J.P., landowner
? James STRATFORD, landowner
? George STRETTON, settler
? H. S. STRONG, settler
? C. H. STUTFIELD, landholder
? Alexander SUTHERLAND, stock and landowner
? John SUTHERLAND, stockholder, storekeeper
? Nathaniel SUTHERLAND, land and stockowner
? George SYKES, farmer, Upper Hutt
? George SYKES, x landowner
? William SYKES, landowner
? James SYMONS, settler
? Jane SYMONS, landowner

... T
? James TAINE, merchant and landowner
? William TANDY, landholder
? J. W. TANKERSLEY, landholder
? William TANNAHILL, sett;er
? James TAVENER, settler
? Henry TAYLOR, stock and landholder
? Mary TAYLOR, landowner
? William TAYLOR, x stockowner
? William Waring TAYLOR, landholder (1820-1903)
? J. TELFORD, stockholder
? William THOMAS, landowner
? H. S. TIFFEN, stockowner, Ahururu
? Jonas TOCKER, settler
? Algernon TOLLEMACHE, landowner
? John TOMLIN
? William TOMPKINS, bootmaker
? William TONKS, stock and landholder
? Joseph TORR, storekeeper
? Chauncey Henry TOWNSEND, settler
? Patrick TROTTER, settler
? William TROTTER, settler
? Peter TUTCHEM x stockholder
? John TUTTY, landowner
? Robert TYLER, settler, land and stockowner

... U
Hart UDY, landowner (1808-1890), Hart, his wife Jane and 4 children left Plymoouth 5 Oct 1839 on the DUKE OF ROXBURGH, had another 5 children, lived in Wellington & worked for Sir Charles Molesworth on the first house built of NZ timber. Udy Street in Petone, Wellinton is named after him. Moved to Waiwhetu, Stokes Valley, Matarawa & later built a sawmill in Greytown. His namesake grandson, Hart, of his son Hart, became a New Zealand All Black player from 1884-1885, as did his grandson Daniel, from his son William, from 1901-1903

... V
? C. A. VALLANCE, stockholder
? John VARNHAM, stock and landowner, merchant
? James VAUGHAN, settler
? Charles E. von ALZDORF, land agent

... W
? Robert WAITT, merchant, land and stockowner
? Daniel WAKEFIELD, J.P.
? William WAKEHAM, x settler
? J. WAKELIN, settler
? Thomas WAKELIN, builder
? James WALKER, stock and landowner
? Robert WALKER, settler
? Anthony WALL, landowner
? George WALL, stockholder
? James WALLACE, landowner
? R. D. WALLACE, settler
? W. E. WALLACE, settler
? Thomas WATERS, settler
? J. E. WATKIN, storekeeper
? James WATKIN, Wesleyan Minister, Manners street
? James WATSON, settler
? John WATSON, land and stockowner
? William WATT, x stockholder
? Robert WEATHERHEAD, settler
? George WEBB, landholder
? William WELCH, landowner, Hutt
? James Balfour WEMYSS Esq., J.P., landowner. On Feb 6 1853, J. B. Wemyss & 4 servants caught the schoomer 'Wellington' from Wellington to Waipapa
? Samuel WESTON, landowner
? Edwin WHEELER, clerk
? Samuel WHITE, x settler
? John WHITEHOUSE, settler, land and stockowner
? Joseph WHITEHOUSE, stockholder
? W. M. WHITEWOOD, settler
? George WILKIE, landholder
? John WILKINS, x land and stockowner
? David M. WILKINSON, land and stockholder
? James WILKINSON, landowner
? D. WILLHELM, stockholder
? James WILLIAM, landowner
? Thomas WILLIAMSON, settler
? Edward C. WILLS, settler
? James F. WILLS, settler
? James WILSON, land and stockowner
? Thomas WILSON, stockholder, Pauatahanui
? Charles WILTON, stockholder
? Robert WILTON, stockholder (1796-1869), arrived on the ORIENTAL 22 Oct 1841 with wife Elizabeth (nee Denman) & 7 children. They had a total of 19 children
? Henry WINTERINGHAM, stockholder
? J. WOODWARD, land and stockholder
? Samuel WOODWARD, stockholder
? George WRIGHT, settler
? Thomas Gilliam WRIGLEY, carpenter, Landowner (1825-1867). Thomas was a cabin boy on the ORIENTAL, to the Hon Henry Petre, son of Lord Petre, a Director of the New Zealand Company

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? Arthur S. YOUNG, landowner
? Charles YOUNG, settler
? George YOUNG, landholder
? John YULE, merchant and landowner


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Christ Church Taita
the church that Sydney Hirst built in 1853