The three-masted, 560 ton ship, EMMA COLVIN departed from London, under the command of Captain Nicholson, on 9 March 1856, arriving in Nelson 23 June 1856, a journey of 106 days

known PASSENGERS to date
* passengers were found (& still being found) from various sources. If you know of others, please leave in comments
* most appear to have been from around Northamptonshire areas
* once ages are confirmed in brackets, they may differ from the ages on passenger list which were written at time of booking passage in 1855 and as ages were often altered to suit immigration requirements, threat them as approx only
* like names grouped together does not necessarily mean they were related
* As always, treat the following as a guide only to your own research

19 July 1856 We understand that all the immigrants lately arrived on the Emma Colvin have found employment and that until they procured private engagements the Government found them work at six shillings a day.

Nelson Examiner, 30 June 1856
DESERTERS ex "Emma Colvin"
To The Nelson District Constables And Others
A REWARD of £5 per man will be paid by the undersigned upon the apprehension of any of the Deserters from the Ship 'Emma Colvin' against whom warrants have been issued. And notice is hereby given, that any party or parties harbouring or employing the same will be proceeded against with the utmost rigour of the law. J. NICHOLSON, Commander "Emma Colvin"

Colonist, 19 Jan 1858 Immigration Office Nelson. The IMMIGRANTS by the Ships 'Inchinnan' and 'Emma Colvin', who have not paid their passage money, are requested to call at this office on or before Saturday, the 6th February next and make arrangements for the payment of the same or Legal proceedings will be taken against them. By order of the Commissioners, Alfred Greenfield, Immigration Secretary.

Colonist, 4 May 1859
Of the amount shown to be due for passage money, namely, £2401 13s 10d., only £277 8s remains due in respect of immigrants whose passage money was advance on the security of residents in the province; all the remainder being due from person whose passages were prepaid on their own security. These were immigrants sent out in the Emma Colvin, Cresswell and other vessels by the late Emigration Agent, Mr Macdonald. Great difficulty is experienced in recovering payment from this last class of immigrants - a difficulty not attributable in any to the Emigration Agent, but inherent in that system itself, increased in some degree by the withdrawal of the extended powers given to the Resident Magistrate's Court, which prevented larger amounts that £20 being sued for. Steps are being taken against these persons in the Resident Magistrate's Court for the recovery of the smaller sums, though, as might have been expected, some of the immigrants, after application for the money, have left the province in order to avoid being summoned.
* The NZ £1 in 1860 is roughly equivalent today to $130

ALDHAM
*Mr Aldham was a saloon passenger

ALDRIDGE
* Henry age 37 (1818-1877)
* Esther age 37 (nee Shaw 1818-1897)
* John Harold age 11 (1845-1925) +Walker +Rogers
* Henrietta age 8 (1847-1903)
* William Frederick age 6 (1850-1936) +Hull, died Victoria
* Richard age 4 (1851-1882)
* Ann infant (1855-1909)
. 5 children born Nelson .
* 1857 - 1940 Elizabeth Aldridge (+Coleman) 14 children
* 1860 - 1880 Rose Anna Aldridge
. Rose married Thomas Jennens in 1876 when she was 16 & had 2 daughters. She died aged 19. Thomas next married Minnie Pierson (nee Beckman) in 1888. Thomas left not long afterwards (& went into some illicit distilling business in the South Island) and Minnie lived with (because the minister declined to marry them), Marmaduke Dove aka Marmaduke Dove Wilson aka Marmaduke Wilson, but Marmaduke soon left town too and, in Dunedin, advertised for a wife. The widow, Mrs Harriet Louisa Wates (nee Lees 1849-1910, mother of 13) married him on 2 June 1910 at North-East Valley, Unfortunately, a month later, Harriet was killed when run down by a gig on George Street. The Inquest revealed to her relatives that Mrs Jennens was sill alive in Nelson. So, in Oct 1910, there began an extraordinary case of bigamy and trying to prove if Thomas Jennens was still alive. This, of course, means that Marmaduke & Minnie eventually managed to find someone to marry them.
* 1862 - 1896 Daniel Aldridge (+Bradshaw)
* 1864 - 1926 George Aldridge
* 1867 - Edwin Aldridge
* Henry was born 31 July 1818 in Northamptonshire. He married Esther Shaw on 24 Sep 1843 in Braunston, Northamptonshire.
. on arrival Henry was offered an acre of ground, a cottage and 6s per day. It turned out to be a 'scam' (yes, even way back then) and the man who made this liberal offer was charged with being something worse than an imposter
. in June 1857 there was unclaimed mail in the Nelson Post Office for Henry Aldridge
. passenger monies paid .
Mrs Aldridge paid £1 for herself & family in March 1858
Henry paid £5 in 1860
Henry paid £5 in April 1863
HENRY died 20 April 1877
ESTHER died 24 April 1897
. DEATH OF AN OLD SETTLER - We regret to hear of the death of Mrs Esther Alldridge, which occurred on Saturday afternoon at Halifax street, the Wood, Until the previous afternoon the deceased continued in her usual state of health and cheerfulness, but on Friday she had a seizure and for twenty-four hours she remained in an unconscious state and then quietly breather her last. Mrs Alldridge and her husband, who died a number of years ago, were Northamptonshire people. In 1859 they settled at Wakapuaka where they resided for some twenty years when they came to live in town, but soon after that Mr Alldridge died, whereupon the widow, who had a large family to maintain, had to struggle on their behalf. That she succeeded was proved by her bringing up her young family with credit to herself and by the esteem in which she and they were held. Of her children there survive five sons and two daughters, while she has also left twenty-nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren to mourn their loss.
* They are buried Wakapuaka

ARNOLD
* John age 38 (1817-1883)
* Joyce age 38 (nee Hardy 1818-1887)
* Thomas age 4 (1851-1908) +Fawcett
* Jannet Mary age 2 (1853-) +Large
. her name seen written Janett Mary, Janet Mary, Mary Jane, Mary Jeanett & Mary Janet
* in June 1857 there was unclaimed mail in the Nelson Post Office for John Arnold
JOHN died 27 April 1883
JOYCE died 8 June 1887
* They are buried St Johns Churchyard, Wakefield

BARTON
* John age 22 (1833-1867)
* Ellen age 21 (nee Reading 1836-1913)
. John & Ellen married 10 Feb 1856 in Leamington Priors, County Warwick, England.
. passenger monies paid .
John Barton paid £10 for himself & wife in March 1858
He paid £10 in April 1863
He paid £10 in Sep 1864
He paid 3s in Jan 1865
He paid £1 10s in July 1865
He paid £4 13s in Nov 1865
. 2 children born Nelson .
* 1865 - 1936 John Henry 'Jack' Barton (+Punch) 9 children
* 1867 - 1867 William Barton
JOHN BARTON died 3 June 1867 at his residence, Wellington st, Toi-toi Valley aged 34. His son William was born 7 days later and died 9 July 1867 age 1 month.
* They are buried together Wakapuaka
. Ellen next married Thomas Hunter in 1868 & had 2 daughters
ELLEN died 12 July 1913
* she is buried Kumara cemetery, West Coast

BATES
* Edward age 22 (1833-)

BATEY
* Mr
* Miss

BLACKMORE
* George Thomas Blackmore age 21 (1834-1874)
George was a saloon passenger. He married Sarah Ann Carter (1835-1915) a year later
Nelson Examiner, 8 Aug 1857 On the 5th instant, at the Waimea-road, Nelson, by the Rev T. D. Nicholson, George Thomas Blackmore, master of the schooner Rapid, to Sarah Ann, youngest daughter of Mr John Carter, Waimea-road.
. they had 9 known children .
* 1858 - 1859 Mary Ann Blackmore (7 months)
* 1860 - 1916 Catherine Anne 'Katie' Blackmore
. Katie married James Hart in NZ 1885. She died in Sydney
* 1862 - 1934 Arthur Jacques/James Blackmore
* 1864 - 1949 Bertha Mary Blackmore (+Thomas Harwood Lyon)
* 1866 - 1867 Alice Annie Blackmore (13 months)
* 1868 - 1942 Eleanor Amelia Blackmore (+Robert Lyon)
* 1870 - 1960 Emily Blanche Blackmore (+Martin)
* 1872 - 1951 Clara Louisa Blackmore (not married)
* 1874 - 1945 George Samuel Jacques Blackmore (+Ebbett)
GEORGE died 9 March 1874 aged 40
. The Friends of the late George T. Blackmore are respectfully informed that the Funeral will leave his late Residence, Gloucester-Street, Toi-Toi Valley, to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at half-past Three o'clock, for the New Cemetery.
* He is buried Wakapuaka.
. Sarah next married Adolphus Heinrich Krause/Krouse (1830-1896) on 15 Jan 1879.
SARAH died died 23 Oct 1916
* she is buried Terrace End

BROOKS
* William Henry Valentine age 22 (1832-1918)
* Decima age 23 (nee Costford 1832-1876)
* Henry William age 4 (1851-1913)
* Thomas Edward aged 3 (1852-1937)
* Elizabeth Ann infant (1855-1935) +Kilgour +Edwards
. 9 known children born NZ .
* 1856 - 1934 Mary Ann Eliza Brooks (+Nisbett +McLean)
* 1858 - 1858 unnamed Brooks (age 5 days)
* 1863 - 1950 Esther Brooks
. married John Caldwell Gibbs in 1885 + 7 children
* 1865 - 1939 Charlotte Brooks
. married William Jordan in 1885, son of Martin Jordan & Harriet Burton below
* 1866 - 1950 James Brooks
. married Ellen 'Nellie' Gibbins in 1900. Ellen was a daughter of Vincent Gibbins & Phoebe Ward who were on the same voyage (above). She brought 5 children to the marriage and their names became Brooks or Gibbins-Brooks. James & Nellie had 7 children
* 1868 - 1944 Sophia Brooks
. Sophia married Patrick Nelson (1868-1892) from County Clare, in St Mary's, Nelson in Feb 1892. Six weeks later, on 30 March 1892, Patrick was killed in the tunnel on the Midland Railway Company's works at Belgrove. Sophia next married William Charles Pickett in July 1892. They are buried Hamilton East
* 1872 - 1881 Owen George Brooks (age 9)
* 1874 - 1958 Violetta Brooks (+Roach)
* 1876 - 1963 Sarah Jane Brooks (+Adamson)
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £6 4s for himself & family in April 1863
* William was a son of John Thomas Brooks & Hester Sturch. A brother, Thomas Brooks (1827-1890), married Sarah Humphries (1826-1913) in 1849 and they arrived into Auckland 18 March 1865 on the Bombay, with daughter Amelia 'Emily' (1860-1888 +Birtwistle in Victoria). They spent some time in Nelson near brother William & had another 4 children. In 1879 they moved to Melbourne. Thomas died in Hawthorne 8 July 1890. Sarah moved back to NZ and married Thomas's widowed brother William.
Colonist, 18 Sep 1918 MEMORIES Of The KELLY GANG. The death of Mr William Brooks at Morrinsville recently removes yet another of the rapidly diminishing band of pioneer settlers. Born in Northamptonshire in 1827, Mr Brooks, when about nineteen, joined the Imperial Forces with three of his brothers. A previous employer, however, bought Mr Brooks out of the army, but two of the brothers were killed in the Crimean war . Upon landing Mr Brooks left his wife and family in the depot in the 'hop country' (Nelson) and set out with a mate to look for work, which was plentiful. He worked for a farmer for about four years and then left to take up pit sawing work on his own account. Afterwards Mr Brooks went prospecting for gold with three companions, but only struck small patches and not in payable quantities. Mr Brooks ultimately became an all round contractor in the northern portion of the South island. He supplied the timber for the bridges and railroad on the first railway line connected with the Westport coalmines. He was the first man to take a bullock team through from Nelson to Westport and the extent of this undertaking can be gauged when it is stated that at that time there were neither roads nor bridges and the Buller river had to be negotiated. At the time of the opening of the diggings at Wakamarina, near Havelock, Mr Brooks was engaged in road-making at Nelson and, thinking it a good chance of disposing of his bullocks to advantage, he travelled through to the diggings, When there he spent some hours on the Maungatapu and it was whilst on the river bank that he and his companion saw the Maungatapu murderers - "The Kelly Gang" - cleaning their pistols .. more here
NOTE the 'Kelly Gang' was the Burgess-Kelly Gang of Nelson 1866, as opposed to the Australian Ned Kelly gang of 1878-1880
* Sarah & William are buried in Morrinsville

BROTHERTON
* Ann
. passenger monies paid .
E. H. Dashwood paid £10 for Ann in Aug 1857
NOTES
* Edwin Hare Dashwood (1825-1862), son of Capt. Edwin Sandys Dashwood & Emily Hare, was educated at a military school in Germany, obtained an ensigncy in the 10th Regiment of Foot (North Lincolnshire) and served in India before resigning emigrating to Nelson. Wikipedia Encyclopedia describes Edwin as an 'alcoholic sheep farmer from the South Island of New Zealand'. His ancestors include Sir Francis Dashwood (1708-1781), best remembered in history as the founder of the Hellfire Club rather than for his term as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Edwin purchased a farm in Motueka and a sheep run in the Awatere, Blenheim. He returned to England in 1852, married and returned to Nelson. He again returned to England in 1859 where he succeeded as 7th Baronet and died there
* There was an Ann & Francis Brotherton, with child Francis Brotherton, who arrived into Dunedin on the Chile on 7 Dec 1861. Was this the same Ann? Did she return to England in 1859 with the Dashwoods perhaps as nanny to their 3 Nelson born sons? It would mean however, that she was probably already married in 1856 (name Brotherton)

BROWN
* Jonathan 'John' age 52 (1801-1882)
* Hannah age 50 (nee Baldwin 1802-1880)
* Zilpa age 19 (1836-1885) (+Thomas). Zilpa died of Typhoid
* Esmy age 16 (1840-1911)
. In 1873 Esmy was charged with cruelty to animals for cutting off his horses tongue
* Ann Susannah age 10 (1846-1917)
. married George Gibbs in 1869. His brother James married Sarah Ann Brown (below). Their sister Charlotte married Joel Prestidge (below)
* They were also accompanied by their married children, William Brown (next) & Rebecca Carvel (below)
. passenger monies paid .
* John paid £10 for himself & family in April 1859
* He paid £5 in May 1859
* He paid £5 in Feb 1861
HANNAH died 27 Oct 1880
* she is buried Saint Pauls Churchyard, Brightwater
JOHN died 1 April 1882
* he is buried Mararewa cemetery

BROWN
* William 25 (1830-1910)
. son of Jonathan & Hannah above
* Selena 30 (nee Humphreys 1825-1910)
* Amelia 2 (1853-)
* Sarah Ann infant (1855-1933)
. Sarah married James Gibbs in 1878. His brother George married Anne Susannah Brown (above). Their sister Charlotte married Joel Prestidge (below)
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £3 for himself & family in April 1863
He paid £3 in Aug 1863
He paid £3 in April 1864
He paid £3 in Aug 1864
He paid £5 3s in March 1865
SELINA died 18 Sep 1910 in Brightwater
* she is buried Saint Pauls Churchyard, Brightwater
WILLIAM died 6 Oct 1910 in Hastings
* he is buried Hastings
. daughter Sarah Ann Gibbs, a Pioneer Settler of Alton, died 6 Feb 1933 & buried Patea

BUNN
* Maria age 15 (1839-1897)
Maria was a daughter of Henry Bunn (1800-1855) & Eliza Elizabeth Betts (1807-1886). Her father died in Surrey & her mother and a number of siblings came to NZ. Her mother next married Samuel Woolf in 1857 in NZ and is buried Riwaka
. passenger monies paid .
Maria paid £5 for herself in Feb 1858
Colonist, 11 Jan 1859 JENKINS-BUNN - On the 30th December 1858 at Nelson, by the Rev P. Calder, Mr Wm. Jenkins of Riwaka, to Miss Maria Bunn of Nelson.
they had 8 children (7 daughters)
* 1861 - 1924 Lavinia Jenkins (+Picard)
* 1864 - 1884 Elizabeth Jane Jenkins
* 1866 - 1901 Charlotte Emma Jenkins (+Tannant)
* 1870 - 1942 Maria Louise Jenkins (+Perry)
* 1873 - Mary Ellen Jenkins (+Cook)
* 1874 - 1949 Alfred Charles Blewitt Jenkins (+Laird)
* 1876 - 1921 Lucy Bertha Rebecca Jenkins (+McLean)
* 1878 - 1879 Florence Esther Jenkins (5 months)
. written 1906 . Mr WILLIAM JENKINS, sometime of Riwaka, was born in Cornwall, England, in the year 1832. At the age of twenty-one he decided to try his fortune in the colonies, and landed in Sydney, Australia. After staying there for some months, he came to New Zealand, and arrived in Nelson in the year 1856. Riwaka was chosen by Mr Jenkins as a place where he might carve out a home for himself, and his farm became second to none in New Zealand. He was one of the first pioneers who undertook the drainage, which has been of lasting benefit to the district. Mr. Jenkins had a large farm of about 600 acres. He was for some time a member of the road board, and of the school committee, and also one of the trustees of the Riwaka cemetery. Mr. Jenkins had been a member of the Riwaka Loyal Good Intention Lodge of Oddfellows from its inception. He died in August, 1900.
MARIA died 12 April 1897
WILLIAM died 22 July 1900
* they are buried Riwaka cemetery

BURTON
* William age 26 (1829-1880)
* Elizabeth age 22 (nee Smith 1833-1857)
. Smith William age 4 (1851-1921)
* William was the son of Elizabeth, born prior to her marrying William. His name became William Burton-Smith. He was killed by a bull aged 69, read link below
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £1 10s for himself & family in May 1863
He paid £1 10s in June 1863
He paid £1 10s in July 1863
He paid £1 10s in Sep 1863
He paid £1 10s in Jan 1864
He paid £1 10s in Feb 1864
He paid £1 10s in April 1864
He paid £1 10s in July 1864
He paid £1 13s in Sep 1864
He paid £3 in Jan 1865
NOTES
ELIZABETH died 6 months after their arrival. Her headstone reads .. Elizabeth Burton (nee Smith) Died 5 January 1857 aged 23 years. Loved wife of William Burton and loved mother of William Smith. She came to NZ for a better life but died six months later
WILLIAM snr died died 23 years after Elizabeth
Nelson Evening Mail, 9 Sep 1880 BURTON - September 8th, at his residence, Richmond, William Burton, aged 50 years.
* They are buried Richmond cemetery
* her son William Burton-Smith was baptised in Northamptonshire as William Bird, his mother, Elizabeth Smith, was listed as a single woman. He emigrated with his mother & stepfather when 4 years old. His name became Burton-Smith but he was often referred to as just William Burton. William married Florence 'Fanny' Mytton in 1874, (1 of 9 known children of Edward Mytton & Martha Nottingham, buried Motueka) & had 9 known children.
* 1875 - Ellen Smith
* 1876 - Robert William Smith
* 1877 - Ada Smith
* 1879 - Arthur George Smith
* 1880 - George Arthur Smith
* 1882 - 1917 Leonard Francis Smith (killed in France, WWI)
* 1885 - Ivy Smith
* 1887 - John Smith
* 1890 - 1965 Florence Beatrice Smith (+Beach)
FANNY died 17 Sep 1914
WILLIAM died 24 April 1921 when he was killed by a bull on a Sunday morning
* they are buried Richmond cemetery

CARVELL
* Frederick age 50 (1805-1887)
. son of Stephen Carvil (1773-1814) & Sarah Watson (1768-1855)
* Jane age 50 (nee Carter 1803-1900)
* Ann age 26 (1829-1900)
* Emily age 24 (1835-1862)
* Frederick age 14 (1840-1920)
. married Isabella Louden in 1864 & 12 children. Their Golden Wedding Anniversary in May 1912. He died in Wanganui
NOTE Isabella was a daughter of William Louden & his 1st wife, Elizabeth Ann Bell. 4 of her siblings married 4 Mead siblings - see below
. passenger monies paid .
Frederick paid 16 13s 4d for self & family in July 1857
He paid £23 6s 8d in Feb 1858
* Frederick & Jane had at least 3 other children who were deceased before they emigrated.
FREDERICK died 17 Aug 1887
JANE died 28 May 1900
* they are buried St John's Churchyard, Wakefield

CARVELL
* Eli 21 (1834-1907)
. Eli was born in Everdon, Northamptonshire to James (1805-1877) & Sarah (1805-1882) Carvell. His father was the 10th of 11 known children of Richard Carvel (1767-1853) & Lidea Rushall (1768-1816). Eli's known siblings were Uriah (1828-1878), Richard (1832- +McCartney), James (1840-1872) & Sarah Ann Carvell (1845- +Brown). His relationship (if any) to Frederick Carvel above is still being researched.
* Rebecca age 23 (nee Brown 1832-1907)
. daughter of Jonathan Brown & Hannah Baldwin above. She married Eli just prior to emigrating. They did not have children but adopted a daughter, Louisa Newton (1867-1909). Louisa was a biological daughter of George Henry Newton & Betsy Rickard Wills (1837-1870). Betsy arrived into New Plymouth 24 Feb 1842, aged 4, with her parents James William Wills & Betsy Brooming Rickard, steerage passengers on the Timandra. Betsy married James Old (1831-1882) in 1854 & had 7 children (plus Louisa). Louisa was renamed Mary Ann Carvell. She married James Simson (1861-1932) in 1885 & had 6 children. They are buried Omaka cemetery cemetery
. passenger monies paid .
Eli paid £6 for himself & family in Feb 1858
He paid £5 in May 1859
He paid £9 in June 1863
REBECCA died 22 July 1907
Marlborough Express, 23 July 1907 Mrs Rebecca Carvell, wife of Mr Eli Carvell, died at the residence of her husband in Stephenson Street yesterday at about 1 o'clock. The deceased was one of the oldest residents of Blenheim and at the time of her death was in her seventy-sixth year. She came out to the Colonies in company with her husband in the Emma Colvin and landed in Nelson in 1856, coming on to the Wairau about five years later, where her home has since been. She was, until her health failed, prominently connected with the Methodist Church, with which body she was an earnest and effective Christian worker. About two years ago, when visiting the Marlborough Exhibition, she was seized with sudden illness and had been unable to leave her home since. Of late she had been so weak and frail as to need constant attendance and yesterday, during the brief absence of her adopted daughter from her room, she quietly passed away. About a year ago Mr and Mrs Carvell celebrated their golden wedding. The husband, who survives, is at present very ill in the Wairau Hospital. There are no children, but Mrs J. Simson is an adopted daughter.
ELI died 2 months after her on 18 Sep 1908.
Marlborough Express, 20 Sep 1907 Mr E. Carvell, who died at the Wairau Hospital yesterday, was a very old resident of Blenheim. In the year 1856 he came out with his late wife to New Zealand and shortly afterwards came on to Blenheim, where he had since resided. Many years ago he owned the whole of the block upon which his three concrete houses stand and which is partly bounded by two streets, Everden and Carvell Streets. The ground for these two streets was given to the Council bye the deceased and his name having been given to one of them he will always be remembered. Mr Carvell had been closely associated with the Methodist Church since his advent to Blenheim and for 33 years was a member of the Rechabite order. Only about 18 months ago he and his late wife, whose death separated them by only about two months, celebrated their golden wedding. At the time of his death Mr Carvell was 73 years of age. For some time he had been in very poor health and had been declining rapidly. He leaves no relatives in the Colony with the exception of Mrs J. Simson, his adopted daughter.
* They are buried in Omaka

COBHAM
*William age 21 (1834-1864)
* was in Waimea East in 1858. If this was the same man, he was a private in the 3rd Waikato Regiment attached to the Colonial Transport Corps in 1864 when he drowned at Rangiriri 5 Feb 1864

COOK
* William age 36 (1819-1886)
* Ann 'Annie' age 27 (nee Price 1828-1896)
* William age 1 (1855-1902)
. William married Emma Prestidge whose parents were on the same ship (below)
. 3 children born Motueka .
* 1857 - 1913 Annie Cook +Bryant
* 1859 - 1940 Sidney James Cook (+De Saunais)
. Sidney married Eugenie Fanny Jessie De Saunais in 1882, daughter of Captain Eugene Pascal De Saunais (1829-1898) from France & Elizabeth Mary 'Lizzie' Pike from the Channel Islands. Sidney, Eugenie, his & her parents are all buried Moutere Hills
* 1861 - 1918 George Edward Cook (+Brougham)
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £3 6s 8d for Annie in Jan 1858
He paid £16 13s 4d in Jan 1859
* William was a schoolteacher at Sarau School
WILLIAM died 30 Oct 1886
ANNE died 24 May 1896 age 68
* They are buried Moutere Hills cemetery, Tasman.

COTTON
* James Henry age 25 (1830-1904)
* Mary Ann age 24 (nee Nye 1832-1910)
* Charles Robert age 3 (1852-1942) +Hodgkinson
* Edward James infant (1855-1905) +Blick
. Edward also went by the name Henry Cotton
. 6 children born Nelson .
* 1859 - 1909 George Arthur Cotton (+Allen)
* 1861 - 1937 Emma Cotton (+Garner) 10 children
* 1863 - 1864 Anne Cotton
* 1866 - 1947 Caroline Cotton (+Pope) 10 children
* 1867 - 1954 William Cotton (+Adair +Brunnell)
* 1869 - 1930 John Edward Cotton (+King)
JAMES died 19 Sep 1904
Nelson Evening Mail, 20 Sep 1904 The death occurred yesterday of Mr James Henry Cotton, a very old resident of Nelson, at the age of 75 years. The deceased, who was well known through out the district, came to tho colony 52 years ago in the Emma Colvin and dwelt here thereafter. He took part in the Taranaki war and afterwards returned to Nelson. For the past five years he has been a cripple and had to be carried about. In the early days Mr Cotton was an enthusiastic amateur in theatricals, but he took no active part in public affair. He leaves a widow and a grown up family of five sons and four daughters.
MARY ANN died 22 May 1910
. They are buried at Wakapuaka

ESTCOURT
* George James age 30 (1825-1856)
* Elizabeth Dinely age 30 (nee Lies 1825-1913)
* William Edwin infant (1855-1947) +Bartlett +Witney
. a son was born . 2 months after arrival
* 1856 - 1938 George Louisson Estcourt +Anning +Blincoe
GEORGE died 28 Oct 1856, 4 months after arrival in the immigration barracks (emergency prefab housing)
* he is likely buried Fairfield cemetery
. Elizabeth next married John George Denne in Nelson 20 Oct 1860 & had 2 daughters
ELIZABETH died 15 Oct 1913
* she is buried Wakapuaka

FENEMOR
(spelt Fennimore on list & BDM, sometimes spelt Fenemore BDM)
* Joseph age 29 (1824-1902)
* Sarah age 25 (nee Tomlin 1830-1913)
* Frederick age 7 (1848-1910) +Parks
* William age 5 (1850-1932) +Claasen
* Elizabeth infant (1855-1856) died at sea
. 7 known children born Waimea West .
* 1857 - 1928 George Fletcher Fenemor (possibly died USA)
* 1858 - not recorded Fenemor
* 1859 - 1882 John Fenemor
* 1862 - 1948 Mary Ann Fenemor (+Watson +Wray)
* 1864 - 1960 Thomas Fenemor (+Wilkinson)
* 1868 - 1967 Ellen Elizabeth Fenemor (+Savage) 13 children
* 1872 - 1954 Sarah Fenemor (+Hingston)
. passenger monies paid .
* John Tinline paid £9 16s 4d for Joseph & family in June 1857
H. Stafford paid £9 16s 4d for Joseph Fennimore in March 1858
John Fennimore paid £9 16s 4d for himself & family in 1860
JOSEPH died 25 Sep 1902
SARAH died 23 Sep 1913 . her Obituary
* They are buried Foxhill cemetery
NOTE About John Tinline (1821-1907) . He was born in Jedburgh, Scotland to John Tinline & Esther Easton, emigrated to Sydney in 1839 to join his brother George then came over to Wellington in 1840 where his cousin Robert Waitt (1817-1866) was in business as a merchant. In Oct he joined Major Durie in becoming partners, opening a business as storekeepers on Lambton Quay. Early 1842 he went to Nelson with a cargo of good to be in time for the arrival of the first settlers. There he established a general merchant business. Early in 1844 Governor Robert Fitzroy (1805-1865) arrived in Nelson and chose John Tinline for the position of Clerk in the Magistrate's Court and Native Interpreter. He founded three scholarships bearing his name, two for boys and girls of Nelson and Marlborough to attend Nelson Colleges and one for the University of New Zealand. In company with a Maori boy, he was the first white settler to go from Nelson to Wairau by way of the Whangamoa and came out onto the stream which now bears his name. John never married. He had a brother & sister in Australia (his father died in Adelaide in 1868) and a son of his sister, J. G. R. Murray came over to Nelson in 1907. He was a very generous and kind man ... full story

FENEMORE
* William age 25 (1830-)
* possible brother of Joseph above

FIELD
Mr Field was a saloon passenger

GARDNER
* William age 38 (1817-1897)
* Hannah age 38 (1817-1889)
* Thomas age 13 (1842-)
* Isaac age 7 (1848-1917)
. Isaac married Eliza (1838-1933) on 8 Jan 1870, the widow of Henry 'Harry' Powell (1833-1868) below. Isaac, Eliza & Harry are buried together in Moutere Hills cemetery
* Caleb age 5 (1850-1928)
* William age 3 (1852-)
* James infant (1855-)
. passenger monies paid .
Jonathan Livick (1825-1880) paid £5 for William in March 1858
William paid £5 in April 1863
He paid £3 in Aug 1863
HANNAH died 17 Aug 1889
WILLIAM died 9 Sep 1897 in Stoke, Nelson
* They are buried together in Seaview cemetery

GIBBINS
* Vincent Melville age 31 (1825-1897)
. son of James Gibbins & Joyce Gibbs
* Phoebe age 28 (nee Ward 1826-1906)
. daughter of Francis Ward & Ann Gulliman
* Elizabeth 'Betsy' age 7 (1848-1917) +Watson
* George age 5 (1850-1886)
* Mary Ann 'Polly' age 3 (1852-1937)
. Polly married Joshua Scholefield in 1878, a son of Josa Scholefield + Frances Hirst. Her sister Phoebe married Joshua's brother. Mary Ann died in Nelson aged 85
* Vincent 'Vin' 8 months (1855-1935)
. Vin married Mary Rose Avery on 13 Feb 1881 & 13 children
. 5 daughters born in NZ .
* 1857 - 1949 Sarah Jane Gibbins (+Woodcock)
* 1859 - 1947 Phoebe Gibbins
. Phoebe married John Thomas Scholefield) in 1902, brother of her sister Mary's husband.
* 1862 - 1915 Joyce Gibbins (+Ford)
* 1867 - 1897 Harriet Gibbins (+Woodham)
* 1869 - 1943 Ellen 'Nellie' Gibbins
. Nellie married James Brooks in 1900 & had 12 children. He was a son of William & Decima Brooks on the same voyage (above)
VINCENT died 21 Feb 1897
PHOEBE died 27 May 1906
* they are buried Foxhill cemetery

HALL
* Robert age 22 (1833-1912)
* Mary Ann age 22 (1833-1910)
. passenger monies paid .
E. Saxton paid £20 for Robert Hall in March 1858
. no children found .
MARY ANN died 30 July 1910
ROBERT died 26 Jan 1912
Probate went to Percy Bolland Adams (1854-1930) & Flora Maria Pike (1866-1943), the executors named in his Will
* They are buried Richmond cemetery

HICKMAN
* Henry age 22 (1834-1856)
. died in Nelson 10 Nov 1856, 4 months after arrival
Nelson Examiner, 6 May 1857 In The Supreme Court of New Zealand. In the Estate of HENRY HICKMAN, deceased, intestate. Pursuant to the rule of this Honourable Court, the Creditors of the above-named deceased are to come in and prove their debts before me, on or before the 6th day of June next; or in default thereof, they will be peremptorily excluded from all benefit arising from the said Estate. JOHN SHARP, Deputy Registrar.

JELLICOE
* sons of William Edward Jellicoe & Elizabeth Isabella Rogers . written J. & W. Jellicoe, they were saloon passengers from London
* Joseph Alexander age 18 (1837-1890)
. Joseph was born in Andhra Pradesh, India. He married Alice Batty (1856-1932) in Coal Creek, Westland in 1877 & 3 children.
* William Edward age 14 (1841- didn't die in NZ)
. OR meant to be brother Frank who came to NZ & died Motueka
* Frank Leigh age 12 (1843-1892) +Edwards
NOTE Alice was a daughter of Matthew Batty (1827-1900) & Elizabeth Nuttal (1832-1908). Her father was a Coal Miner. He worked at Mt Brunner mine in NZ. He is buried Karoro cemetery, Greymouth. Her mother is buried Wakapuaka, Nelson.
JOSEPH died 2 Aug 1890
Colonist, 5 Aug 1890 JELLICOE, August 2, at Wanganui, Joseph Alexander Jellicoe, brother of Frank Jellicoe, Esq., of Motueka
* He is buried Heads Road cemetery, Wanganui
. Alice next married Charles Cook (1844-1926) in Buller in 1895. She is buried in Orowaiti cemetery

JORDAN
* Ellen age 25 (1831-1889)
. daughter of Jane Jordan of Rosemary Cottage, Islington, London. At her 2nd marriage in 1866 she was a '35 year old widow' making birth year about 1831. Passenger list has aged 19 (1836)
. passenger monies paid .
Ellen paid £10 for herself in Oct 1857
* Ellen married John McCann (1832-1864) in 1860
they had 2 sons
* 1861 - 1894 Richard Jordan McCann
* 1864 - John William McCann
John was a mariner, captain of the schooner 'Gipsy'
JOHN died 31 July 1864 aged 32
* he is buried Wakapuaka
* Ellen next married, as his 2nd wife, Benjamin Fiddler Taylor (1830-1877). Benjamin was born 19 March 1830 in Walls and Flotta, Orkney, the 9th of 15 children of William Taylor & Ellen Chalmers. He was a Master Mariner. He had first married Elizabeth 'Betsy' Sutherland (1826-1862) in 1855 & had 3 children. Betsy died in Walls and Flotta, Orkney. After her death Benjamin left his children with relatives and emigrated to NZ, settling in Nelson. Ellen & Benjamin married on 28 Sep 1866
they had 1 son
* 1876 - 1952 Randolph Benjamin Taylor
. Randolph married Thressa Maud Garbett (1885-1965) in the Basilica, Hill St., Wellington in 1908. Daughter of Henry Garbett & Eleanor Girondin. The were the proprietors of the Cricketers Arms in Wellington before moving to Napier.
BENJAMIN died 18 Aug 1877 in Christchurch
ELLEN died in 1889 in Nelson

JORDAN
* George age 47 (1808-1875)
* Mary Ann age 47 (nee Alldridge 1807-1889)
* John age 16 (1839-1863) +Primmer
. John drowned in the Waimea River
* Jane age 13 (1842-1934)
. married John Malcolm & had 13 children
. Jane died in Nelson aged 92, survived by 10 children, 5 grandchildren & 24 great grandchildren
* Ann Elizabeth 'Annie' age 11 (1844-1876) (+Parkinson)
. passenger monies paid .
George paid £14 4s for himself & family in Nov 1857
He paid £14 4s in Jan 1858
He paid £14 4s in May 1858
GEORGE died 17 Feb 1875 in Richmond
. Mary Ann then went to live with daughter Jane Malcolm
MARY ANN died 22 April 1889
* They are buried in Richmond cemetery

JORDAN
* Martin age 23 (1828-1865)
* Harriett age 23 (nee Burton 1828-1913)
. Martin & Harriet married 17 Feb 1856 at Catesby Chapel, Catesby, Northamptonshire
. a daughter was born at sea .
* 1856 - 1942 Emma Colvin Jordan
. Emma married Walter Faulding in 1880 & had 9 children. When she died in Nelson in Oct 1942 she was reported as the last surviving passenger of the Emma Colvin's passengers
. a son was born in NZ .
1862 - 1939 William Jordan
. William married Charlotte Brooks in 1885, daughter of William Brooks & Decima Costford above
. passenger monies paid .
Martin paid £8 in April 1859
MARTIN died 25 Feb 1865
* he is buried St John's Lutheran Churchyard
HARRIET died 4 Dec 1913
Colonist, 8 Dec 1913 There died in 88 Valley, Wakefield, on the 4th inst., at the good age of 82 years, Mrs Harriet Jordan, widow of the late Mr M. Jordan, widow of the late Mr M. Jordan, who predeceased her by 49 years. Since the death of her husband she had lived with her son Mr William Jordan of 88 Valley and has always been regarded as a quiet but much respected settler. The deceased brought up a family of one son and two daughters, who are still living. Mr and Mrs Jordan came to Nelson from Northamptonshire, England, in the ship Emma Colvin, about 57 years ago. After staying a short time at Mr John Price's, Wakefield, they bought the small farm at 88 Valley. Some six years after taking this section Mr Jordan died. The children are: Mr William Jordan (Waimea County ganger), Mrs A. Godbaz, (Foxhill) and Mrs W. Foulding (Spring Creek, Blenheim). Mrs Jordan leaves 21 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren. Mrs Jordan was laid to rest in St John's cemetery on Saturday, the Rev J. R. Dart performing the last rites.
A Jordan Family of Marlborough Genealogy Blog

KELCHER
. brothers William & Joseph, sons of William Kelcher & Phoebe Hunt Mumford
*JOSEPH KELCHER age 17 (1838-1898)
. written 1903 . Mr Joseph Kelcher sometime of 'Hampton Farm,' Fernside, was born in Northamptonshire, England and emigrated to Nelson in the ship 'Amecohvila'(sic - close, reporter must have spelt it as he heard it) in 1856. A year later he removed to Canterbury and worked for four years with Mr Robertson, afterwards taking up land at Fernside. He had several other properties in the district, amounting in all to nearly 300 acres. Two of his sons are farming in South Canterbury. Mr Kelcher was one of the oldest members of the Rangiora Agricultural Society and was also a member of the road board. He was married in 1867(sic, 1869) and had four sons and one daughter. Mr Kelcher died in 1898.
* Joseph married Elizabeth Beard (1844-1879) 4 March 1869 in St John's Church, Rangiora. Elizabeth was 24
. their 5 children .
* 1870 - 1904 Joseph Henry Kelcher (+Leslie)
* 1872 - 1914 Annie Henrietta Kelcher
* 1873 - 1940 Thomas William Kelcher
* 1875 - 1935 Frederick Charles Kelcher (+Blackmore)
* 1876 - 1938 Leonard Kelcher (+ Isabella Mary Kelcher)
. Leonard married Isabella Kelcher, daughter of his father's brother William Kelcher (next)
ELIZABETH died 6 Sep 1879 after a long and painful illness aged 35, leaving 5 children aged 3 to 9
* she is buried Rangiora
JOSEPH died died 17 Jan 1898 in Rangiora
* he is buried St John's cemetery
. .
* WILLIAM KELCHER age 20 (1834-1908)
* William married Mary Gow (1853-1887) 3 June 1869 at Parish Church, Rangiora. Mary was 16
. their 12 children .
* 1870 - 1891 Charlotte Jane Kelcher
* 1872 - 1934 William Alexander Kelcher (+Renahan)
* 1873 - 1879 John Kelcher (age 6)
* 1874 - 1874 Mary Kelcher (born still)
* 1877 - 1879 Phoebe Kelcher (age 2)
. born March. Phoebe died 11 May 1879, 9 days after sister Margaret
* 1877 - 1877 Patrick Kelcher
. born Aug (prem?)
* 1878 - 1879 Margaret Kelcher (6 months)
. Margaret died 2 May 1879, 9 days before sister Phoebe
* 1880 - 1918 James Kelcher
* 1882 - 1966 Isabella Mary Kelcher
. Isabella married Leonard Kelcher, son of her father's brother Joseph above
* 1884 - 1964 Harriet Kelcher (+Vaughan)
* 1885 - 1924 Elsie Mabel Kelcher (+Burgess)
* 1887 - 1887 Frank Kelcher (3 months)
MARY died 8 Sep 1887 aged 34, 2 weeks after her baby Frank, leaving the 6 remaining of her 12 children, aged 2 to 17 . her probate was granted to her husband William & her father, John Gow
* she is buried Flaxton St Pauls Waikakariri
* William next married Alice Elizabeth Barnes (1855-1927) 23 Dec 1889 at Island Church, Clarkville (aka Kaiapoi Island) Waimakariri
WILLIAM died 3 Nov 1908 & buried in Flaxton cemetery
ALICE died 2 Oct 1927
* & buried Bromley, Christchurch

KENNING
* William age 28 (1827-1900)
* Lavinia age 23 (nee Stanton 1833-1928)
* Fanny Jane infant (1855-1938) +Harvey
. Lavinia was a daughter of John Stanton (1803-1881) & Elizabeth Higham (1807-1882) and a sister of Fanny Stanton below.
She married William Kenning in Northamptonshire on 10 June 1851. They had at least 14 children.
. 12 children born in NZ .
* 1857 - 1917 Thomas Kenning (+Feary) 10 children
* 1859 - 1933 Richard Kenning (+Leov) 8 children
* 1861 - 1944 Maria Kenning (+Dixon) 3 children
* 1864 - 1948 William Kenning (+Good) 5 children
* 1866 - 1867 Sarah Elizabeth Kenning (16 months)
* 1868 - Ellen Lavinia Kenning (+Baker)
* 1871 - 1873 Annie Kenning (twin with Selina)
* 1871 - 1908 Selina Kenning (+Rodley) 6 children
* 1873 - 1873 James Hyam Kenning
* 1873 - 1959 Augusta Ann Kenning (+Neale)
* 1881 - 1964 Arthur Askin Kenning (+Gribble)
* 1881 - 1970 Ernest James Kenning (+Stephens)
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £1 for himself & family in May 1859
He paid £1 in May 1863
He paid £1 in July 1863
He paid £1 in Feb 1864
He paid £1 in June 1864
He paid £1 in Sep 1864
He paid £12 10s in Feb 1865
He paid £1 in June 1865
He paid £1 in Sep 1865
He paid £1 in Feb 1866
WILLIAM died 9 June 1900
* he is buried St Barnabas Anglicen Churchyard
LAVINIA died 7 Aug 1928
Manawatu Standard, 11 Aug 1928 Mrs Lavinia Kenning, whose death at Nelson at the age of 96 is announced, had a remarkably large number of descendants. There were 15 children, of whom three daughters and four sons are still living, 54 grandchildren, 80 great Grandchildren and nine great, great, grandchildren.
. Lavinia left 150 descendants

LAW
*Joseph age 31 (1823-1885)
* John age 6 (1849-1920)
. passenger monies paid .
Joseph paid £13 3s in Aug 1864
* Joseph was born 20 July 1823, the 4th of 5 known children of Joseph Law (1786-1868) & Mary Newit (1787-1846). He married Mary Dobson in Oxfordshire in 1846 & had at least 2 daughters & son John. He emigrated in 1856 only with his son. Wife Mary was still working in England in 1861. Joseph partnered Annie Cargill (1847-1916), marriage not found, perhaps Joseph was not divorced. 10 of their 11 children were registered as Cargill but later went by the names Cargill / Law / Law-Cargill / Cargill-Law
surnames written as registered on BDM
* 1862 - 1872 William Cargill
. 14 Dec 1872 - In the inquest of the fatal accident, Joseph Law, farmer, Tua Marina deposed that deceased, William Law-Cargill, was his son
* 1864 - 1939 Edward Cargill (+McMorrin +Malcolm)
* 1865 - 1956 James Cargill (+Thomas)
* 1868 - 1952 Joseph Cargill (+Greig)
* 1870 - 1910 Mary Ann Cargill (+Wilkins)
. on August 11th 1887 at the residence of the bride's mother, Albert Edward, second son of the late Edward Wilkins, of Blenheim, to Mary Ann, eldest daughter of the late Joseph Law, of Tua Marina (after her death he married her sister Phoebe)
* 1872 - 1956 Alice Law (+ Gilbert Carter)
* 1874 - George William Cargill (+Ethel Henderson)
* 1875 - 1945 Elizabeth Cargill (+Williams), died Melbourne
* 1878 - 1954 Phoebe Annie Cargill (+Albert Wilkins), her sister Mary's widower
* 1881 - 1963 Jane Cargill (+Mudford)
* 1883 - 1951 Caroline Ellen Cargill (+Baker)
JOSEPH LAW died 10 March 1885 in Whakarewarea, Rotorua.
The LATE Mr LAW .. was a native of Morton Pluckey, Northamptonshire, England. He resided at Wakefield for 2 years but thinking he could do much better in the Wairau he started for this place and settled at the Big Bush, where he was engage in sawing for about 2 years, when he finally removed to Tua Marina, where he has remained ever since. Mr Law was a shrewd and careful man and by dint of good management acquired an extensive and valuable property. This was his second visit to the springs, where he sent for the benefit of his arm, which became painfully paralyzed several years ago. He left her in company with Mr Isaac Gifford on the 12th of last month and died suddenly in his 60th year of inflammation of the kidney after a few days illness. Mr Law will be buried in the buried Tua Marina cemetery cemetery and it is expected that his remains will arrive from Auckland by Thursday night's steamer.
* His headstone reads: Sacred To The Memory Of JOSEPH LAW. Born At Morton, Northamptonshire, Eng. Died At The Hot Springs Rotorua, March 10 1885. Aged 62. In The Midst Of Life We Are In Death
. Annie next married John Turner Wilson in 1888. She died 11 Feb 1916 in Hamilton & buried Hamilton West
son JOHN LAW died in Te Awamutu 21 Aug 1920

LINGFORD
* Henry 'Harry' age 18 (1837-1904)
. passenger monies paid .
Henry paid £5 in April 1863
He paid £1 in Sep 1864
He was in Hampden in 1882 where he was a Groom & the Secretary of the Hampden Racing Committee, Central Buller
NZ Herald, 28 March 1892 MISSING FRIENDS - Harry Lingford left London for New Zealand 1856. His sister last heard from him in 1859.
* He was a blacksmith in Waimea West in 1897
HARRY died 29 March 1904
* he is buried Wakapuaka cemetery

MARSHALL
Mrs
Miss
* they were saloon passengers

MEAD
* Walter age 38 (1817-1868)
. Walter was a son of Frederick Mead (1791-1869) & Mary Sharp (1794-1869), also born Northamptonshire & died 2 days apart. He married Ann Hardy in 1840 and they emigrated with their 4 sons who later married 4 Louden siblings.
* Ann age 41 (nee Hardy 1814-1890)
* Frederick age 16 (1839-1915)
. married Jane Ann Louden in April 1862 & 2 children
* Herbert/Hubert age 14 (1841-1924)
. married Janet Louden in Oct 1862 & 15 children
* Thomas William age 10 (1845-1906)
. married Elizabeth Louden in 1870 & 7 children
* John age 7 (1848-1930)
. married Mary Louden in 1873 & 13 children
NOTE The 4 Louden siblings were all born in Scotland, daughters of William Louden & his 1st wife, Elizabeth Ann Bell. A sister, Isabella Louden married Frederick Carvell, who emigrated on the Emma Colvin when 14 (see above)
. passenger monies paid .
Walter paid £20 for himself & family in March 1859
He paid £10 in April 1863
WALTER died 7 Sep 1869
ANN died 2 July 1890
* they are buried Mararewa Cemetery, Nelson

MURCOTT
* George Henry age 32 (1824-1899)
* Mary Ann age 29 (nee Faulkner 1826-1867)
* William age 4 (1850-1936)
. William didn't marry. His Obit tells a family story
* Thomas age 2 (1853-1885) +Busch
. passenger monies paid .
Mrs Murcott paid £8 15s 4d for George Murcott & family in Feb 1858
* George & Mary Ann married in Northamptonshire in 1849. Two daughters were born in Nelson
* 1858 - 1925 Mary Ann Murcott
. Mary Ann married Frederick Stratford (1848-1941) in 1918, who had arrived in the same ship with his parents above
* 1861 - 1935 Lucy Hannah Murcott
. Lucy had 4 children who went by the name Murcott, father not recorded
MARY ANN died 10 Dec 1867, leaving 4 children aged 17 to 6.
* On 27 April 1872 George was charged with attempting to hang himself
GEORGE died 31 July 1899
* he is buried Saint Pauls Churchyard, Brightwater with 2 children, William & Lucy

NEWBURY
* Thomas age 28 (1827-1897)
* Elizabeth age 32 (nee Butler 1823-1907)
* James age 6 (1849-1927) +McDonald
* Mary age 4 (1851-1930) +Batt, 9 children
* William age 3 (1852-1900) +Foster, 9 children
. a daughter born Nelson .
* 1860 - 1885 Sarah Elizabeth Newbury (+Davies)
. passenger monies paid .
Thomas paid £6 for himself & family in April 1863
He paid £2 in June 1863
He paid £1 in Aug 1863
He paid £1 in Sep 1863
He paid £1 in Jan 1864
He paid £1 in Feb 1864
He paid £1 in April 1864
He paid £1 in June 1864
He paid £1 in Aug 1864
NOTE Thomas's sister, Hannah Thomason & her husband Esmy (above) were on the same voyage. He had a small farm at Waimea West.
Colonist, 13 July 1891 PAINFUL ACCIDENT - We are informed that Mr Thomas Newberry(sic), a settler residing at Brightwater, had the misfortune while cutting manuka, to have the ball of the eye pierced through by a berry striking it with terrific force. The unfortunate man had no idea at the time that the hurt was dangerous and kept the eye bandaged up, expecting all would be well in a few days; however, as the sight of the other eye became weak, he found that he had completely lost the sight of the wound one, Great sympathy is felt for Mr Newberry, as although well advanced in years, his sight up to the time of the accident was remarkably good.
THOMAS died 2 Aug 1897
ELIZABETH died 20 Sep 1907
* They are buried Saint Pauls Churchyard

NIBB
* Ann (1855-)
. passenger monies paid .
Ann paid £5 for herself in July 1857

OSBORN
* John age 32 (1823-)
. passenger monies paid .
John paid £8 in April 1859

POWELL
* Henry 'Harry' age 17 (1838-1868)
* Eliza age 17 (1838-1933)
. passenger monies paid .
Henry paid £5 in March 1858
He paid £8 in April 1859
He £7 in May 1863
HARRY died 27 Aug 1868
Nelson Examiner, 29 Aug 1868 FATAL ACCIDENT - A man named Henry Powell lost his life at the Moutere, on Thursday evening. The deceased was riding in a horse and cart, after dark we imagine, and in crossing a bridge at a turn in the road, he kept too close on one side, which caused the timber of which the bridge was constructed to tilt up and overturn the cart into the ditch. Powell was found yesterday morning by some men going to their work quite dead, with the cart resting on his chest. Powell was a married man without family. This accident must show the District Road Board that the bridges under their charge are of faulty construction, for had this not been the case in respect of the one in question, Powell would not have lost his life there.
* Eliza next married Isaac Gardner (above) on 8 Jan 1870.
ISAAC DIED 20 Jan 1917
ELIZA died 17 May 1933
* Harry, Eliza & Isaac are buried together in Moutere Hills cemetery.

PRESTIDGE
* Henry age 35 (1821-1919)
* Mary age 35 (nee Baldwin 1821-1902)
* George age 11 (1845-1930) +Mills
* John age 9 (1847-)
* Joel age 6 (1850-1941)
. Joel married Charlotte Gibbs (1855-1910) in 1876 & had 11 children. Two of her brothers married Brown girls above. Joel next married Jane Glen in 1915 & 6 children
* Martha Ellen (Helen on passenger list) age 4 (1851-1918)
* Edwin Henry age 2 (1853-)
. 3 children born in Upper Moutere .
* 1858 - 1950 Emma Prestidge
. Emma married William Cook (1855-1902) in 1881, who arrived as a 1 year old with his parents William Cook & Annie Price above
* 1862 - 1879 Henry Prestidge (age 17)
* 1864 - 1966 Mary Prestidge (didn't marry)
. passenger monies paid .
H. H. Stafford paid £14 for the Prestidge family in Oct 1857
H. H. Stafford paid £28 1s for the family in Jan 1859
MARY died 29 Oct 1902
HENRY died 29 April 1919
* they are buried Moutere Hills cemetery

QUINNEY
*William age 21 (1834-1895)
. son of Thomas Quinney & Ann Bailey. He married Sarah Ann Brewerton in 1859 & had 10 children. Two of Sarah's sisters married 2 Stratford brothers above.
died 19 Nov 1895
* he is buried Mararewa Cemetery
. Sarah next married David Price (1851-1922) in 1907
SARAH died 18 Oct 1913
* she is buried Terrace End cemetery

SMITH
* Charles age 29 (1826-1901)
* Mary age 30 (nee Tomalin 1825-1867)
* Caroline age 2 (1853-)
. passenger monies paid .
Charles paid £1 10s for himself & family in May 1863
He paid £1 10s in Aug 1863
He paid £3 in April 1864
He paid £9 13s in June 1864
* Charles & Mary married in 1853 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire & had 5 known children.
MARY died 11 May 1867 at Stoke
* she is buried St Barnabas Churchyard
. Charles next married Ann Robertson (1826-1895) in the Trinity Church, Nelson in 1869.
CHARLES died 17 July 1901
* he is buried Wakapuaka with Ann

STRATFORD
* William Levi age 33 (1822-1888)
* Catharine age 31 (nee Barb/Barber 1823-1903)
* William Levi jnr age 11 (1844-1927)
. married Emily Sophia Brewerton in 1868. His brother Alfred married her sister Martina
* Frederick age 7 (1848-1941) +Murcott +Penny
* Clara age 5 (1851-1924) +Keen
* Mark infant (1855-1942) +Wakefield
. 3 children born in Nelson .
* 1857 - 1897 Alfred George Stratford
. married Martina Elizabeth Brewerton in 1885. His brother William married her sister Emily. Their sister Sarah Ann Brewerton married William Quinney below
* 1860 - 1924 Anne Eliza Stratford (+Thomas White)
* 1861 - 1949 Charles Edwin Stratford (+Taylor)
. passenger monies paid .
William paid £5 15s in July 1863
He paid £6 11s in Sep 1864
He paid £23 9s in July 1865
WILLIAM died 19 Aug 1888
CATHERINE died 6 June 1903
* They are buried Richmond cemetery

STANTON
* Frances 'Fanny' age 20 (1835-1920)
. daughter of John Stanton (1803-1881) & Elizabeth Higham (1807-1882), sister of Lavina Kenning above. She married fellow passenger, William Wells (below) 5 months after arrival, on 20 Nov 1856
. they had 15 children in Nelson
* 1857 - 1943 Maria Elizabeth Wells (+Webber)
* 1858 - 1925 George William Stanton Wells (+Neal)
* 1860 - 1933 Harriet Jane Augusta Wells (+Holland)
* 1862 - 1941 Rosetta Amy Wells (+Robson)
* 1863 - 1920 Charles Caleb Eydon Wells (+Lammas +Case-Ford)
* 1864 - 1901 John Leonard Wells (+Hippolite)
* 1866 - 1901 James Herbert Wells (+Martin)
* 1867 - 1957 Jessie Louise Wells (+Hockey)
* 1869 - 1951 Francis Arthur Lewis Wells (+Whitwell)
* 1870 - 1912 Augusta Ellen Wells (+Lynch)
* 1872 - 1942 Jabez Eli Wells (+Tear)
* 1873 - 1918 Emily Ella Constance Wells (+Brewerton +Daly)
* 1875 - 1960 Wallace Arthur Wells (+King-Turner)
* 1879 - 1957 Alfred Horace Wells (+Fisher)
* 1881 - 1947 Albert Vincent Wells (+Mockett)
WILLIAM died 10 July 1903
FANNY died 1 Sep 1920
* They are buried Wakapuaka cemetery

TAYLOR
* John age 19 (1836-1917)
. passenger monies paid .
John paid £5 for himself in 1857
He paid £5 in Jan 1858
He paid £5 in April 1863
* John was born 10 Oct 1836 in Preston Capes, Northamptonshire to George Taylor & Lydia Barrett. After arriving in 1856 he went to the Collingwood gold diggings setting up a store and the Bridge Hotel. He married Mary White
* Mary was born in Bath, Somerset to Benjamin White & Mary Anne Bell. Her mother remarried in 1840 to William Higgins and they emigrated to NZ on the Clifford, arriving in 1842 when she was 6. She married John Taylor on 10 Feb 1858 in Nelson and they settled at Wakefield, later moving to Pigeon Valley. They had 11 children
* 1858 - 1863 Mary Ann Taylor
* 1860 - 1949 George William Taylor
* 1862 - 1931 Sarah Elizabeth (+Burns)
* 1865 - 1911 Susan Taylor (+Wilkins)
* 1867 - 1947 Charlotte White Taylor (+Baigent) + 8 children
* 1869 - 1887 John Phillip Taylor
* 1870 - 1906 Alice Jane Taylor (+ Henry William Oppert)
* 1873 - 1874 Ernest Henry Taylor
* 1875 - 1915 Ellen Louisa Gertrude Taylor (+ Job Palmer)
* 1878 - 1957 James Henry Taylor (+Kerr +Stent) + 9 children
. James married his 2nd wife, Mary Emma Stent (1888-1943), in Hunterville in 1907. She was a daughter of Charles Stent & Emma Lynds-Jackson (Emma was a daughter of the 'famous' NZ Whaler, James Hayter Jackson (1800-1877), 1 of the 1st 50 European settlers in NZ). Charles was a son of Charles Stent & Sarah Peck, my great, great, grandparents.
* 1880 - 1957 Edward Thomas Taylor (+Palmer) +9 children
JOHN died 19 March 1917 at Pigeon Valley
MARY died 14 Feb 1922
* They are buried in Saint Johns Churchyard

TALBOT
* Daniel age 34 (1822-1880)
* Mary age 35 (nee Sheppard 1816-1888)
* Henry age 16 (1839-1893) +Chant
* Daniel Ian age 14 (1841-1908) (+Francois)
* William age 7 (1848-1856 3 months after arrival)
* Sarah age 4 (1851-1901) +Francois
* Elizabeth age 3 (1852-1917) +Goodman
* John Edmond age 2 (1853-1867)
. a daughter born in Nelson .
* 1857 - 1939 Phillis Talbot +Simpson
passenger monies paid
Daniel paid £5 for himself & family in April 1863
He paid £5 in Feb 1864
He paid £12 in Aug 1864
* In 1858 he was a Farmer in Motueka
DANIEL died 15 March 1880
MARY died 16 Nov 1888
. Another old settler, Mrs Talbot, late of Motueka, has passed over to the great majority. The deceased, with her husband, who died some eight years ago, left the Old Country in March 1856 by the ship Emma Colvin and they arrived in Nelson in the month of July following. For a short time they resided in the Moutere and then removed to Motueka, where for some thirty two years the deceased resided. The late Mr Talbot was one of the first to enter upon the cultivation of hops in the district and after his death his widow continued the work which he had begun. Mrs Talbot was greatly esteemed by all who knew her, as was testified by the fact that her funeral, which took place on Sunday last, was more largely attended than any which had previously taken place in the district. The deceased, who was a native of Corsham, Wiltshire, leaves seven children and 51 grandchildren to mourn their loss.
* They are buried in Motueka Cemetery

TALBOT
* Robert White age 22 (1834-1916), died Kaiuma
. passenger monies paid .
Robert paid £10 for himself in April 1859
* Robert married Elizabeth Ann Anthony (1843-1868) in 1859 & had 6 children
* 1859 - 1927 Caroline Talbot (+Mickell)
* 1861 - 1863 Penelope Talbot
* 1863 - 1953 William Henry Richard Talbot
* 1864 - Ellen Talbot
* 1866 - 1928 Robert White Talbot
* 1867 - 1919 James Richard Talbot
ELIZABETH died 8 Dec 1868 aged 25
* she is buried Moutere Hills cemetery
ROBERT died 6 Aug 1916
Pelorus Guardian, 8 Aug 1916 Mr ROBERT TALBOT - We have to record the passing away of another of the old identities of the district in the person of Mr Robert Talbot of Kaiuma. The deceased gentleman, who was in his 83rd year, landed in Nelson from the Old Country in 1856 in the ship Emma Colvin. He remained in the Nelson district until about twenty years ago when he went to live at Kaiuma with his son W. H. Talbot (William Henry Richard Talbot), with whom he resided up to the time of his death. He leaves three sons and two daughters - all married except the son who was his companion and stay in the later years of his life. The funeral takes place to-morrow (Wednesday), the remains leaving the wharf for the Havelock Cemetery at 2 p.m.

THOMASON
* Esmy age 37 (1816-1869)
* Hannah age 31 (nee Newbury 1825-1864)
. Hannah & Esmy travelled with her brother, Thomas Newbury below
* William age 11 (1844-)
* Louisa aka Laura Rebecca age 9 (1846-1867)
* Sarah age 8 (1847-1901) +Lines
* John age 6 (1849-), described as a cripple
* Frederick age 4 (1852-)
* Mary Jane age 2 (1853-1936) +Canton
* Esmy Arthur infant (1855-1916) +Inwood 10 children
. son Lawrence married Georgina Manderson
. passenger monies paid .
Esmy paid £4 4s in for himself & family April 1863
He paid £1 in May 1863
He paid £1 in June 1863
He paid £1 in July 1863
He paid £1 in Aug 1863
He paid £1 in Jan 1864
He paid £1 in Feb 1864
He paid £1 in April 1864
He paid £2 in Sep 1864
He paid £1 in Feb 1865
* Esmy was a son of Thomas Thomason (1786-1857) & Sophia Wills (1791-1846) and brother of Benjamin Thomason (next)
- written 1906 . THOMASON, ESMY, Farmer, 'Lillydale,' Tadmor, Mr Thomason owns 200 acres of land, which has been cleared, grassed and fenced. It is stocked with 500 Romney Marsh sheep and a few cows. About thirty acres are cropped annually and the yields are very good. Three acres are planted with hops and the crop is of excellent quality. The section is well watered. Mr Thomason was brought up to farming; and, having lost his parents when he was young, he had to fight his own way in the world. He bought his present property in 1885. Mr Thomason was a member of the old road board for ten years; he served on the licensing committee years ago and is chairman of the school committee. He married a daughter of Mr Henry Inwood, of Motueka and has five sons and three daughters.
. 3 children born NZ .
* 1857 - 1919 Thomas Thomason +Lloyd
* 1859 - 1922 Ann Thomason (+Ceoudis), described as a cripple
* 1861 - 1929 Henry 'Harry' Thomason (+Delaney)
- written 1906 . THOMASON, HENRY, Fruit Grower, Pangatotara Valley. Mr Thomason owns seventy acres of land, of which thirty acres are ploughable. He has five acres in fruit and grows excellent crops of raspberries, besides oats for use on his farm. The land also carries 120 sheep and five head of cattle. Mr Thomason was born at Spring Grove in 1865, and is a son of the late Mr Esmy Thomason, who came to Nelson in the ship Fifeshire(sic) in 1842. He was brought up to farm work and acquired his present holding in 1885. Mr Thomason married a daughter of the late Mr James Delaney, of Ngatimoti.
HANNAH died suddenly 21 July 1864
Colonist, 22 July 1864 SUDDEN DEATH Yesterday morning Mrs Thomason, wife of Esmy Thomason, residing at Spring Grove, died very suddenly. While milking the cow Mrs Thomason felt unwell and went and sat down in a chair in the verandah and before Dr Dakers, who resides close by, could arrive, she had breathed her last. We believe deceased has left a family of ten children
ESMY died suddenly 7 July 1869
Colonist, 3 Aug 1868 SUDDEN DEATH - On Wednesday July 7, Dr Squires, the Coroner, held an inquest at Spring Grove, on the body of Esmy Thomason, farmer, who died suddenly the previous day. It appeared that he had been ailing for some time and during the night of Monday and morning of Tuesday, Dr Lakin was sent for. Soon after he sent for some of his friends, a short way off and when they came they found him lying on the floor speechless. He gave two or three gasps and expired a quarter of an hour before a medical man arrived. Dr Lakin gave it as his opinion, that death was produced by natural causes most probably disease of the heart, Verdict accordingly.
. They are buried Fox Hill cemetery

THOMASON
* Benjamin age 32 (1821-1893)
* Maria age 25 (nee Gilkes 1829-1898)
* Elizabeth age 6 (1849-1916) +Bayliss
* Kezia age 4 (1851-1926) +Carnell +Newton
* George William age 2 (1854-1939) +Cox
. passenger monies paid .
Benjaim paid £1 for himself & family in April 1863
He paid £8 10s in May 1863
He paid 10s in June 1863
He paid 10s in Aug 1863
He paid £1 10s in March 1864
* Benjamin was born 15 Jan 1821 in Farthingstone, Northamptonshire, a son of Thomas Thomason (1786-1857) & Sophia Wills (1791-1846) and brother of Esmy above. He married Maria Gilkes in Farthingstone on 14 Feb 1850 & had 11 children
* Maria was born 4 Sep 1829 in Farthingstone to Thomas Gilkes (1802-1887), a Sawyer & his 2nd wife, Mary Ann Dew (1809-1885), a lace maker
. 8 born in Nelson .
* 1857 - 1919 Thomas Thomason (+Lloyd)
* 1858 - 1879 Mary Ann Thomason
* 1860 - 1905 Edwin Thomason (+Palmer)
* 1862 - 1939 Louisa Thomason (+Maule)
* 1865 - 1940 James Thomason (+ Johanna James nee Phillips)
* 1867 - 1867 unnamed Thomason
* 1869 - 1897 Arthur Benjamin Thomason
* 1874 - 1948 Leonard Hugh Thomason (+Miles)
BENJAMIN died 15 Jan 1893
Colonist, 24 Jan 1893 Another of Nelson's early settlers passed suddenly away last week in the person of Mr Benjamin Thomason, who had resided at Spring Grove for many years, where he made for himself a very comfortable home.
MARIA died 26 May 1898
* They are buried Saint Pauls Churchyard

WELLS
* Thomas age ?
* William age 20 (1835-1903)
. William (perhaps Thomas too), was a son of Thomas Wells (1806-1890) & Jane Hamey (1810-1891) who married in 1829 in Northamptonshire and were in Nelson by at least 1852. They are buried Havelock South. William married fellow passenger Frances 'Fanny' Stanton 5 months after arrival, on 20 Nov 1856, & had 14 children. Their children listed above under Fanny
WILLIAM died 10 July 1903
FANNY died 1 Sep 1920
* they are buried Wakapuaka cemetery

WELLS
* Abraham age 26 (1829-1910)
. passenger monies paid .
Abraham paid £7 in April 1859
He was living in Richmond & received a pension of £18 in 1899
ABRAHAM died 25 July 1910
* he is buried Wakapuaka

WEST
* Thomas age 19 (1836-)
. Mr Thomas West of Waimea West married Miss Ann Carwell of Suburban-north, in the Wesleyan Church, Nelson 16 Feb 1860

WILLS
* Richard age 21 (1834-)

WILSON
* Edward age 29 (1826-)
* Ann age 32 (1823-)
. passenger monies paid .
Edward paid £5 for himself & family in April 1859
He paid £5 in 1860
He paid £2 in Aug 1863

On 23 Aug 1856 The Emma Colvin sailed from Nelson for Shanghai

NZ Herald, 21 Dec 1863 The Emma Colvin is wrecked
The s.s. Kangaroo arrived in the Manukau from Sydney, with cattle, yesterday afternoon with news of the total wreck of the ship Emma Colvin, at New Caledonia, on the 12th. All hands were saved and have been transferred to Sydney in the La Bonite, French transport vessel. The Emma Colvin was bound from Sydney to Port de France, under the command of Captain G. Kring. The following passengers were on board: Miss Albert, Miss McEvey, Messrs Kearney, Williams, Peasdell, Joubert and two in the steerage. Her cargo consisted of 62 tons of coal and 292 head of cattle, all of which, we believe, are insured. The vessel had almost arrive at her destination, when the weather became very thick and rainy. On the 13th November, at 4.30 a.m, it being the mate's watch, the vessel struck a detached reef about 50 miles south-est of Port de France, by the strong current setting in that direction. At daylight the boats were launched and a few articles, such as wearing apparel and provisions, were hastily thrown in. All landed in safety on an uninhabited island. Captain Kring, Mr Joubert and the female passengers, immediately started in the ship's longboat and reached Port de France in safety. The French steamer Coetlogon, on receiving information of the disaster, got up steam, proceeded to the island, rescued the crew and conveyed them to New Caledonia and from thence they were conveyed to Sydney by the French transport Bonite. The wreck was last seen on the 14th ultimo at daylight and was completely broken up and all the live stock drowned.

. Of Interest . some of the cargo
- ex 'Emma Colvin' from London -
4 octaves, 6 quarter casks old Port
4 octaves, 3 quarter casks old Pale Sherry
3 quarter casks Marsala
3 quarter casks Martell's pale Brandy
6 quarter casks Martell's Brown Brandy
1 quarter cask Whisley
6 cases superior Port
6 cases pale Sherry
10 cases Champagne
10 cases Claret
30 cases Geneva
30 cases Booth's Old Tom
10 cases Whiskey
20 hhds (hogshead) Burton Ale
10 hhds Whitbread's XX Ale
10 hhds Whitbread's London Stout
12 kegs and 4 half-tierces Tobacco

Ladies' Cashmere welted Boots
Ladies' Cashmere single-sole Boots
Ladies' patent goloshed cloth Boots
Gentlemen's Wellington Boots
Gentlemen's Blucher Boots
Youth's Blucher Boots &c., &c., &c.

1 superior Irish Jaunting Car
1 superior Dog Cart
1 superior Whitechapel Cart
1 case of improved Pack Saddles

Trying Planes, Jack Planes, Smoothing Planes, Half-Pitch Planes, Match Planes, Ploughs
Sash Pilasters, Side Pilasters
Screw Augers, with American Bits
Pit and Cross-cut Saws
Wrought and Cut nails, ditto brads
Sashweights, Sash Fasteners
Horse-shoe Nails, Cut and Wrought Tacks
Hammers, Adzes, Axes and Chisels
Spokeshaves, Pincers, Gimblets
Tea Kitchens, Oval Boilers
Saucepans, Tea Kettles, Frying Pans
Camping Ovens, Round Pots with lids and bales
50 boxes Price's Belmont Sperm Whale Candles
24 Bushels of first-rate White Seed Wheat
1 case Dial Clocks
And a varied assortment of useful goods, Agricultural Implements, Furniture, Slates, Slate Slabs for Hearthstones etc

A McCormick American Reaper with Messrs Burgess and Key's patent self-delivery Platform. This Machine will cut and deliver the corn off the side and leave a clear space for the horses and it gained the Royal Agricultural Society's first prize at the great trial of reapers at Leigh Court on the 25th August 1855, competing with Croskill's, Palmer's, Hussey's and Bell's Machines

PHOTO
William & Fanny (nee Stanton) Wells at Wakapuaka
HEADSTONE
In Loving Memory Of
WILLIAM WELLS
Who Departed This Life
July 10th 1903
Aged 67 Years
"The Spirit Returneth Unto God Who Gave It"
~ Also ~
FANNY WELLS
Wife Of The Above
Died Sept 1st 1920
Aged 87 Years