John CARMONT was born in 1794 in New Abbey. Dunfries & Galloway, South West Scotland

John CARMONT, substanstial farmer married Elizabeth CAVEN in 1826. They emigrated to New Zealand to be with their daughter, Agnes, who at age 24, had emigrated to Wellington in October 1850 on the "Phoebe Dunbar" as a steerage passenger as a companion to accompany Marianne Clifford (nee HERCY, daughter of John Hercy, of Crichfield House, Berkshire), the young wife of Mr Charles Clifford (later Sir Charles Clifford) to New Zealand for a period of 3 years, where, at the time, Clifford with two of his cousins held large areas of land in the Wairarapa and Marlborough districts.

It appears that John & ELizabeth Carmont arrived into Wellington, via Sydney on the "Marchioness" in September 1857

the known children of John & Elizabeth
1829 - 1906 Agnes Carmont
- born in Castle Douglas, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
- brought up by her uncle Dr McCARTNEY in Glasgow, had been engaged as a ladies` companion by a Mr & Mrs CLIFFORD who farmed the huge Flaxbourne estate in Marlborough
- she married Hector McDONALD in Wellington in 1854 as his 2nd wife and they had 10 children as well as bringing up Hector's son Hugh from his 1st wife Te Kopi, who had died giving birth. She was a niece of Te RAUPARAHA,
- Hector was a son of Roderick McDONALD & Ann MacLEAN of Scotland

1831 - ? Mary Ann Carmont
- nothing is known of Mary Ann
- she was born in Dumfries Scotland. Did she too emigrate ?

1832 - 1895 Jane Caven Carmont

1834 - 1916 John McCartney Carmont

1835 - ? Margaret Carmont
- it is reported that Margaret & William had 12 children
can you help with who they were ?

1841 - 1867 Alexander Carmont

1842 - 1922 Allan John Carmont

1844 - ? Elizabeth Carmont
- married Francis Gustave Magnusson

1847 - ? Catherine Dubious Carmont