Maraea Wrathall

Stephen Lupton Wrathall landed at Taipa in 1831, one of the first group of sawyers who established the timber industry in the Mangonui area. Fifteen years old, intelligent and ambitious, he quickly befriended the local Maori, and eventually married Maraea Te Inutoto from, Waimate North. Together they raised 13 children.

Notes

• Some trees have parents as Hongi Hika and Tangiwhare Hongi (Mutunga)
• Auckland Museum: WRATHALL, R. T. The biography of Stephen Wrathall. (MS 1150) Includes a copy of a letter from Mary Ann Wrathall (Walker) to her son Stephen regarding his marriage to Marae Te Inototo at Maunganui
• NZ WRATHALL Genealogy, compiled by Stephen H. WRATHALL; Rotorua, NZ; 22 Nov 2000 Version http://wrathall.org/wrathall/james/newzealand/Nzwrword.html
• 03-Apr-17 John Cooper Devonport Auckland. getting somewhere now .. can anyone add information to this please Murray family background Marae Te Inototo Also Known as Maria Hinutatu Recorded as maori family of high lineage captured from Ngaiterangi tribe by Ngapuhi Tribe at her marriage: Ngapuhi - Hapu Ngatikahu (Kupe canoe) ? Other surname versions from national libary/family death certificates Te Inototo / Hinetoto / Hinutatu / Waitoto / Te Initoto National Archives connect her Iwi to Matakana Island, Tauranga Tribe: Ngaiterangi Her father http://communities.co.nz/ngatikahu/VisitorBook.cfm
• 03-Oct-17 Rob McMillan, Wellington. A reply to John Cooper in Devonport: My mother-in-law is also a direct descendant of Marae Te Inototo - it appears Marae was not captured as her father attended her wedding in Mangonui and the wedding established a peace between Nga Puhi and 'a large southern tribe of Tauranga'. Given what was happening at the time, I think there is a good chance Marae was Te Arawa descent, Ngati Whakaue perhaps but very hard to confirm. http://communities.co.nz/ngatikahu/VisitorBook.cfm
• The line of Stephen Wrathall & Marae Te Inototo: Man of the sea marries lady of New Zealand. Publisher: Pukekohe [N.Z.] : J. Dell, c2002. [researched, compiled, written & illustrated by Jewel Dell]

  ---

• Residence: Bay of Islands, Northland, New Zealand - 1896