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New Zealand Settler Ships - Martha Ridgway 1842

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  • Sarah Inkersell (c.1810 - d.)
  • Ellen Inkersell (1812 - 1890)
  • Mary-Ann Martin (c.1841 - 1933)
    Mary-Ann came to New Zealand when she was 3mths old on the immigrant ship "Martha Ridgway". Passenger list name - 'Crapper" Obituary :- WAIRARAPA DAILY TIMES, 5 OCTOBER 1933, PAGE 5
  • George Coleman (1840 - 1892)
    Residence : Waimea, Marlborough, New Zealand - Bet. 1853–1864* Residence : Rangitikei, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand - Bet. 1880–1881
  • William Coleman (1834 - 1917)
    Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy : Oct 19 2019, 21:58:46 UTC

Sailed Liverpool 6th November 1841 - arrived Nelson 7th April 1842 Captain: Henry W. Webb

Passenger List Source

[*] indicates person disembarked at Wellington.

Chief Cabin Passengers

Brodie James 30 Farmer*
Campbell Alexander Le Grand 22 Gentleman
Campbell Frederick Hugh Pearson 18 Gentleman
Cooper John Henry Surgeon
McDonald Alexander 30 Banker
McDonald Mary 50 Mother of above
McDonald Jane 19
McCleod Harold 20 Gentlman *
Read Andrew 35 Nurseryman*
Seymour

  • Henry 48 Commission Agent
  • Elizabeth 48
  • Fanny 20

Intermediate Passengers

King John 32 *
Taylor W 21 *

Steerage Passengers

Allen

Avery

  • George 21 Chairmaker/Gardener
  • Sarah 26

Bainbridge

  • James 29 Carpenter/Joiner
  • Isabella 25
  • John 6
  • Sarah 4
  • Elizabeth 1

Bell

  • Lachlan 25 Farm labourer

Blyth

Bowman

  • Samuel 33 Blacksmith
  • Jane 32
  • Jonathan 9
  • Ann 4

Brougham

  • John 32 Labourer
  • Maria 31
  • James 7
  • John 3

Brown

  • William 32 Carpenter
  • Sarah 34
  • John 9
  • Jemima 7
  • Mary 5
  • William Infant

Butterfield

  • John 28 Agricultural Labourer
  • Elizabeth 26
  • Hannah 4
  • Asa 8 mths

Coffey

  • Mary ann 22 Servant

Coleman

Crapper

Egginton

  • John 35 Gardener
  • Ann 35
  • Stephen 16 Gardener
  • Mary 12
  • William 11
  • John 7

George

  • Thomas 27 Agricultural Labourer
  • Mary 21

Glenon

  • John 32 Smith
  • Mary 34
  • John 4 mths

Glenon

  • Catherine 22 Servant

Gormly

  • Margaret 20 Servant

Greathead

  • George 28 Smith & Horseshoer
  • Dorothy 30
  • William 3
  • George Henry 1

Handley

  • John 30 Millwright
  • Martha 30
  • Thomas 8
  • William 6
  • Mary 2
  • John 2 mths

Harding

  • William 38 Bootmaker
  • Mary 35
  • Thomas 12
  • Elizabeth 10
  • George 7
  • Mary 1

Harrison

  • William 37 Smith
  • Mary 36
  • Ann 9
  • William 7
  • Mary 1

Hunt

  • Edward 50 Gardener

Inkersoll

Jackson

  • Adam 24 Sawyer
  • Alice 25

Jennings

  • Charles 32 Mechanic
  • Elizabeth 22
  • Francis 1
  • John 1 mth

Kearns

  • Charles 23 Bricklayer
  • Mary 23
  • William 8 mths

Kent

  • Thomas 28 Agricultural Labourer
  • Mary 23
  • William 4
  • John 3
  • Eliza 5 mths

Ladley

  • James 36 Carpenter
  • Sarah 34
  • George 1

Leighton

  • William 36 Carpenter
  • Sarah 34
  • Frederick 12
  • Elizabeth 7

McGee

  • Alexander 34 Shoemaker
  • Catherine 33
  • Charles 15 Shoemaker
  • Henry 12
  • Ann 9
  • Elizabeth 7
  • David 8 mths

McIntosh

  • Lilly 28 Husband in Colony
  • Duncan 12
  • John 9
  • William 7
  • Mary 1

Malcolm

  • Andrew 38 Sawyer
  • Margaret 31
  • John 2

Maling

  • Thomas 29 Agricultural Labourer
  • Mary 26
  • Elizabeth 3
  • William 9 mths

Moore

  • Daniel 26 Carpenter

Moorhouse

  • William 29 Smith
  • Alice 29
  • Thomas 5
  • Charlotte 2

Morgan

Nichol

  • Enoch 32 Mason
  • Sarah 32
  • Thomas 11
  • Elizabeth 3
  • Grace 3
  • Saunders 1

Page

  • William 38 Bricklayer
  • Sarah 35
  • Mary 12
  • Joseph 5
  • William 2
  • Rebecca 7 mths

Parkes

  • Benjamin 28 Sawyer
  • Elizabeth 26
  • Mary Ann 7
  • Elizabeth 5
  • Sarah Jane 2

Paterson

  • Andrew 29 Joiner
  • Margaret 27
  • Henrietta 1

Paul

  • Hugh 17 Farm Servant

Perrin

  • Edmund 28 Brickmaker
  • Mary 26

Perrin

  • James 36 Brickmaker
  • Hannah 35

Potts

  • David 26 Joiner
  • Hannah 23
  • Martha 7 mths

Ratcliffe

  • Thomas 24 Agricultural Labourer

Rowbottom

  • James 20 Farmer
  • Elizabeth 20

Scott

  • William 32 Baker
  • Catherine 27
  • Catherine 2
  • William 5 mths

Sigley

  • Joshua 35 Carpenter
  • Sarah 38
  • John 12
  • John William 11
  • Thomas 9
  • Eliza 7
  • Deborah 11 mths

Smith

  • Donald 28 Farm Labourer

Sullivan

  • Thomas 40 Bricklayer
  • Margaret 34
  • Mary Ann 19 Servant
  • Jane 16 Servant
  • Edward 11
  • Eliza 8
  • William 2
  • Phoebe 9 mths

Thompson

  • Ann 19 Servant

Thompson

  • John 40 Shoemaker
  • Alice 28
  • John 7
  • Alice 5

Tully

  • Michael 39 Gardener
  • Margaret 31
  • Patrick 7
  • Margaret 3
  • Mary 4 mths

Tyzack

  • John 23 Maltster & Brewer
  • Mary Ann 22

Waldie

  • Janet 25 Dressmaker

Waterhouse

  • Thomas 42 Labourer
  • Sarah 39
  • John 18 Labourer
  • Rachael 11

Webster

  • George 33 Sawyer
  • Maria 34
  • Joseph 4
  • Elizabeth 2

Woodhouse

  • Cecilia 18 Sempstress

Woodhouse

  • Thomas 17 Carpenter

Woolf

  • Samuel 30 Agricultural Labourer
  • Lydia 29
  • Alice 9
  • Ann 7
  • Thomas 6
  • John 4

Yates

  • John 33 Carpenter
  • Jane 31
  • Henry 9
  • Edward 2