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Martha Ridgeway Ship: 621 tons Captain: James Forbes Bisset Surgeon Superintendent: John Frederick Knox Sailed London 5th July 1840 - arrived Wellington 14th November 1840 Via Downs on morning of 9th July 1840 and via Isle of Wight 6pm on 11th July 1840
- Anderson
- Thomas 21 Baker & Labourer
- Ashby
- Mary 17 Servant Under protection of G Saywell
- Bolton
- James 23 Agricultural Labourer
- Bottomley
- William Henry 28 Millwright
- Charlotte 30
- Son 5 (Joseph)
- Brittain
- William 20
- Brooks
- Stephen 39 Labourer
- Sarah 37
- Caroline 16 Sempstress
- Maryanne 10
- Daughter 7
- Daughter/Son (?) 1 James (?)
- Brosnahan
- Patrick 20 Labourer
- Brown
- Charles 29 Stonemason
- Anne 25
- Daughter Infant Born on board
- Browne
- Thomas 20 Agricultural Labourer & Carpenter
- Annie 21
- Daughter 3 months
- Campbell
- Jane 24 Sempstress
- Canning
- Joseph 28 Carpenter
- Mary 21
- Cannon
- William 27 Labourer
- Dallison
- Joseph Bond 19 Miller & Baker
- Day
- John 48 Blacksmith
- Jane 38
- Son 13 (b 1827)
- Daughter 10 (b 1829)
- Son 9 (b 1831)
- Son 6 (b 1834)
- Son 3 (b 1837)
- Son 7 months when boarding (b 1839)
- Duncan
- Arthur William 17 Seaman
- Goldie
- John 21 Square Wright (son Robert born 1848)
- Barbara 21
- Goodens
- Leonard 40 Labourer
- Mary 38
- Anna 19 Sempstress
- Philip 17 Labourer (maried Mary Ann and had daughter Sarah Jane in 1851)
- Ellice 15 Sempstress
- Daughter 13
- Son 5
- Son 1
- Harfield
- Daniel 15 Butcher & Farm Labourer
- Harvey
- Richard 23 Carpenter & Joiner
- Mary 23
- Son 2 months
- Harvey
- John 19 Carpenter & Joiner
- Elizabeth 20
- Daughter 2
- Daughter 3 weeks
- Head
- Edward 26 Agricultural Labourer
- Sarah 23
- Daughter 2
- Daughter 3 weeks
- Hobman
- James 40 Blacksmith Came on board off Deal
- Jane 35
- Son 6
- House Ann 35 Housemaid Living in the Cabin. No em- barkation letter. Not included in embarkation list T.G.R.
- Howell
- Thomas 34 Bricklayer
- Eliza 30
- Son 9
- Daughter 2
- Howland
- Sarah 20 Servant Under protection of Judd
- Hudgell
- Joseph 21 Bricklayer Boarded at Downs 08/07/1840
- Hughey
- William 37 Mason & Carpenter
- Marianne 31
- Son 11
- Daughter 9
- Son 7
- Daughter 4
- Daughter 1½
- Hunt
- Thomas 48 Agricultural Labourer
- Elizabeth 47
- Caroline 19 Sempstress (married Daniel West)
- Emma 17 Sempstress
- William Jnr 16 Labourer
- Naomi 15 Sempstress
- Son 14 This child is unknown to today's descendants.
- Lot 12
- Lavinia 10 (married George Joseph Sellwood)
- Brown 8 (married Sarah Ann Chamberlain)
- Hunt
- Frederick 23 Agricultural Labourer (son of Thomas and Elizabeth)
- Mary 27
- William 1
- Jones
- Joseph 21 Gardener & Agricultural Labourer
- Elizabeth 19
- Son 5 months
- Judd
- William 38 Labourer
- Ann 30
- John 7 (married Catherine Eddy Thomas)
- George 5 (George Alexander Judd married Mary Kilmister)
- Stephen 2½ (married Fanny Frances Kilmister)
- Mason
- William 40 Farmer
- Elizabeth 38
- Mary Jane 21 Sempstress (married Burleigh Richardson Stevenson)
- Samuel 18 Labourer
- William Jnr 16 Labourer
- Son 14
- Daughter 12
- Son 10
- Daughter 7
- Medhurst
- Charles 31 Agricultural Labourer
- Mary Ann 34
- McGregor
- Joseph 26 Agriculturalist
- Ellen 30
- McLelland
- Ann 25 Sempstress
- Milner
- Richard 38 Agricultural Labourer Shown as Milliner on original passenger list.
- Sarah 41
- Sarah 14 Sempstress (married John Love)
- Richard 11
- George 10 (married Mary Ann Dickson)
- Rosanna 7
- Jane 5
- Jesse 2
- Ann 3 weeks
- Mitchell
- Francis 17 Farmer (married Mary Robertson)
- Moloney
- John 24 Labourer
- Ellen 20
- Son 2
- Mount
- Charles 35 Carpenter & Joiner
- Mary 32
- Daughter 11
- Murphy
- Mary Margaret 20 Sempstress
- Murphy
- Partick 26 Labourer
- Catherine 24
- Parkes
- Samuel 50 Chemist
- Pike
- Janet 19 Servant
- Pope
- Samuel George 30 Carpenter
- Elizabeth 34
- Pratt
- Thomas Dennis 31 Farm Labourer
- Sarah Ann 29
- Rea
- Thomas 38 Labourer
- Margaret 34
- Daughter 13
- Son 3½
- Son 1
- Reed
- James 34 Shepherd
- Mary 26
- Giddens
- George 4 Children of Mrs James Reed by her first marriage to George Giddens.
- Giddens
- William 2 (married Elizabeth Wakelin and had children Inner Clemence George Giddens, Richard Frank Giddens, John Leonard Giddens)
- Renall
- Alfred William 26 Carpenter & Joiner
- Emma 29
- Daughter 8
- Son 1½
- Robinson
- John 39 Carpenter & Chair Maker
- Mary 38
- Frederick 20 Carpenter & Chair Maker
- Amelia 16 Sempstress
- Son 9
- Saywell
- George 35 Carpenter & Labourer
- Susan 30
- Son 10
- Son 9
- Son 8
- Daughter 7
- Daughter 4
- Daughter 1½
- Seed
- John 39 Cabinetmaker & Carpenter
- Anne 37
- Son 13
- Daughter 8
- Sharpe
- Margaret 26 Housemaid Under the protection of Mr Judd
- Small
- Charles 36 Saw Miller Was appointed assistant to the Surgeon but resigned and succeeded by John Seed.
- Margaret 33
- Daughter 12
- Son 10
- Son 8
- Daughter 6
- Son 4
- Daughter 2
- Smith Thomas 15 Blacksmith
- Stent
- Edmund 26 Ag. Labourer (children born in NZ 1854, William Herbert, 1857 Bertha, 1860, Henry Edmundson)
- Ann 22
- Taylor
- William 44 Agricultural Labourer (built the Taylor-Stace cottage in Pauatahanui, historic category 1 protection)
- Ann 39
- James 16 Agricultural Labourer (cabin boy)
- George 14
- William 12
- Henry 11
- Richard 5
- Frederick 3
- Walter
- Richard 24 Farm Labourer & Gardener
- West
- Daniel 16 Agricultural Labourer Appeared Sunday 5th June 9 o'clock.
- Whitley
- William 30 Shipwright
- Mary 29
- Son 7
- Daughter 5
- Daughter 1
- Wilhelmi
- Corsten Deidrich 29 Farmer
- Marguerita 28
- Daughter 6 (Elizabeth)
- Son 4
- Son 4 months
- Woouldham
- Henry William 30 Gardener
- Ann 35
- Son 8
- Daughter 6
- Daughter 3
- Wright
- James 23 Agricultural Labourer
- Hannah 19
- Daughter 1½