Lady Nugent
Ship: 600 tons
Captain: James Santry
Surgeon Superintendent: George Richard Hilliard
Sailed Gravesend 10th Oct 1840 - arrived Port Nicholson 17th March 1841
Althought not
the biggest ship that came out to New Zealand, the Lady Nugent, 600 tons, Captain Santry,
brought out the largest number of passengers sent out at one time by the Company.
Evidently the company did not believe in overcrowding its emigrants, for one hears none of
the complaints that became only too common when the tendency seemed to be for some of the
shipping companies to crowd as many people as they could on board, and feed them as
cheaply as possible. On the Lady Nugent there were 263 people, the largest number to that
being the 232 brought out in the London three months before. The Lady Nugent sailed from
Gravesend on October 21st, 1840.
Running short of water, she put into Hobart on February
27th, and while she lay there great inducements were held out to the people to disembark
and make their homes in Tasmania instead of going on to the wilds of New Zealand. But they
wisely decided to stick to the ship, which left on March 17th. Among the cabin passengers
was Mr Edmund Storr Halswell, FRS, who had been appointed by the British Government to the
post of Commissioner of Native Reserves in New Zealand. Halswell, like so many of the
names of ships and pioneers of those stirring times, has been preserved by its use as a
place name, Point Halswell, where Mr Massey's grave stands being called after this early
official.
It was stated that a finer body of British people then the
Lady Nugent party had rarely lefty Great Britain. They came from various parts of England
and Scotland and the North of Ireland; the majority from Hawkchurch, Dorestshire, and the
near villages. The greater number were married pairs. The central dormatory of the Lady
Nugent was fitted up for the married and their children; beyond these, towards the bow,
swung a couple of dozen hammocks for the young men; and sternward the unmarried
females were stowed, two and two, in some of the best berths on the ship.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Name | Age | Occupation | Comments | |
Cabin Passengers | ||||
Beamish | Nathaniel | 22 | ||
Cruickshank | Margaret | 30 | ||
Dunn | James | |||
Mrs | ||||
France | Frederick John | 35 | ||
Ruth | 31 | |||
Frederick | 5 | |||
Harriet | 3 | |||
Ruth | 1 | |||
Greenwood | Mr M | |||
Halswell | Edmund | 50 | ||
Hugh Beauchamp | ||||
Lowther | George | |||
Milne | Archibald | |||
O'Keef | Margaret | 22 | ||
Poole | Nathaniel | |||
Smith | John | 24 | ||
Turner | John | |||
Wathen | M | |||
Young | Arthur | |||
Steerage Passengers | ||||
Baker | George | 24 | Carpenter | |
Susan | 25 | |||
Daughter | 2 | |||
George | 2 months | |||
Beachen | George | 24 | Painter | |
Fanny | 22 | |||
Son | 6 months | |||
Bevan | Thomas | 39 | Rope & Twine Manufacturer | |
Mary | 39 | Died at sea | ||
George | 17 | Labourer | ||
Edward | 15 | Labourer | ||
Henry | 11 | Died at sea | ||
Daughter | 8 | |||
Daughter | 6 | |||
William | 4 | |||
Thomas | 2 | |||
Infant | Child born & died at sea | |||
Bolton | Frederick William | 33 | Bricklayer | |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
Jane | 9 | |||
George | 7 | |||
Henry | 5 | |||
Louiza | 2 | Died at sea 23/01/1841 Gastronomic fever |
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Bowman | David | 31 | Carpenter | |
Janet | 28 | |||
Son | 10 | |||
Son | 3 | |||
Son | 11 months | Died at sea 28/11/1840 Marasmus (4:00 am) |
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Bruce | Peter | 23 | Sawyer | |
Helen | 22 | |||
Daughter | 4 months | |||
Brungar | James | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Sophia | 24 | |||
Daughter | 5 | Died at sea 10/01/1841 Jaundice |
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Daughter | 3 | |||
Son | 2 months | |||
Campbell | John | 37 | Farm Labourer | |
Jane | 32 | |||
Margaret | 6 | Died at Sea Christmas Eve Typhus fever (10:00pm) |
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Eliza Jane | 5 | |||
John | 4 | |||
Hugh | 2 | |||
Infant | Died at sea | |||
Cockram | Thomas | 26 | Gardeners Labourer | Died at sea 25/11/1840 Typhus fever (10:30 pm) |
Maria | 26 | |||
Collier | George | 34 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 40 | |||
John | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Jane | 15 | Sempstress | Disembarked at Sydney | |
Anne | 13 | |||
William Sanson | 10 | |||
George | 8 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 | |||
Eliza | 3 | |||
Sarah | 8 months | Died at sea 09/12/1840 Marasmus (4.00pm) |
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Cross | Henry | 27 | Baker & Farm Labourer | |
Dodds | Thomas | 39 | Carpenter & Cabinet Maker | |
Mary | 40 | |||
James | 20 | Carpenter & Cabinet Maker | ||
Mary Ann | 16 | Servant | ||
William | 14 | Labourer | ||
John | 13 | Farm Labourer & Servant to Mr Halligan | ||
Duncan | Robert | 33 | Joiner | |
Ann | 28 | |||
Daughter | 5 | |||
Daughter | 3 | |||
Son | 10 months | |||
Dunlop | Anthony | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Duthie | Alexander | 25 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Espie | Miss | Sister of Mrs Jane Martin (Sempstress) | ||
Evans | Thomas | 27 | ||
Ann | 23 | |||
Son | 6 months | |||
Fairweather | Robert | 32 | Smith | |
Barbara | 25 | |||
Mary Anne | 7 | |||
John | 4 | |||
James | 13 mths | This infant is over 13 months, is not suckled, & entitled to 1/3 extra allowance to the family GRH | ||
Fill | Robert | 36 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 30 | |||
Jane | 9 | |||
Frances | 7 | |||
Sarah Ann | 5 | |||
Henry | 2 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 days | |||
Finnimore | William | 39 | Farmer | |
Anna | 24 | |||
William | 3 | |||
Futter | James | 40 | Labourer | |
Frances | 32 | |||
Kate | 13 | |||
Sarah Jane | 9 | |||
Mary | 8 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Annie | 2 | |||
* | 1 | Died at sea ? | ||
Futter | Susan | 16 | Sempstress | |
Gillard | Joseph | 17 | Brewer | |
Gray | Mary | 21 | Sempstress | Died at sea 14/01/1841 Culine |
Hazlett | Edward | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Rebecca | 23 | |||
Jefferson | Benjamin | 45 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Sarah | 37 | |||
Daughter | 9 | |||
Son | 7 | |||
Son | 6 | |||
Daughter | 6 mths | |||
Johnston | David Prouting | 23 | Carpenter | |
Amelia | 24 | |||
Amelia | 7 mths | |||
Jones | Edwin John | 21 | Saddler | |
Kennedy | Margaret | 24 | Servant | |
Kennedy | Thomas | 25 | Labourer | |
Mary | 25 | |||
Kieller | James | 31 | Wright | |
Mary | 21 | |||
Son | 18 mths | Died at sea 28/12/1840 Marasmus (3.00am) |
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Son | 4 mths | |||
Kilminster | John | 32 | Cooper | |
Frances | 30 | |||
Son | 8 | |||
Daughter | 6 | |||
Son | 4 | |||
Son | 1 | |||
McHardie | David | 38 | Sawyer | |
Elizabeth | 39 | |||
David | 15 | Sawyer | ||
Son | 10 | |||
Daughter | 3 | |||
Daughter | 18 mths | Died at sea 02/02/1841 Marasmus |
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Son | Infant | |||
Martin | Robert | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | Widower |
Son | 9� | |||
Jane | 8 | |||
John | 5� | |||
Martin | Jane | 25 | These are brother and sisters, children of two marriages, parents died in England. | |
Edward | 20 | |||
John | 18 | |||
Thomas | 16 | |||
Sarah | 14 | |||
Margaret | 11 | |||
Joseph | 9 | |||
William | 7 | |||
James | 5 | |||
Milne | Alexander | 26 | ||
Margaret | 24 | |||
Son | 4 | |||
Daughter | 13 mths | Died at sea 10/11/1840 Teething (4.00pm) |
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Milne | William Scott | 16 | Carpenter | |
Mummery | Charles | 39 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Mary | 38 | |||
Mary | 20 | Servant | ||
Oliver | James | 13 | Servant to Edmund Halswell Esq | |
Paul | Eliza | 19 | Sempstress | |
Phelps | James | 35 | Agricultural Labourer & Flax Dresser | |
Mary Ann | 23 | |||
Son | 3 | |||
Daughter | Infant | |||
Pimble | John | 31 | Brickmaker | |
Ann | 29 | |||
Prince | Edward | 35 | Labourer | |
Mary | 35 | |||
Daughter | 14 | |||
Son | 9 | |||
Daughter | 5 | |||
John | 3 | Died at sea 12/12/1840 Marasmus (11.00pm) |
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Son | 3 mths | |||
Rhodes | Richard | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Robertson | Alfred | 23 | ||
Emma | 20 | |||
Robertson | George | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Robertson | Mary | 18 | Servant | |
Robinson | Robert Leavesly | 40 | Tailor & Draper | |
Ann 2nd wife | 29 | |||
John | 18 | Tailor & Draper | ||
Richard | 16 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Robert | 9 | |||
Son | 7 | |||
Thomas | 4 | |||
Joseph | 1 | |||
Seear | William James | 25 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
Susan | 25 | |||
Son | 16 mths | |||
Sellar | James | 42 | Baker | |
Sophia | 37 | |||
James | 12 | |||
Margaret | 11 | |||
Sophia | 9 | |||
Sellar | John | 17 | Labourer | |
Shepherd | James | 25 | Servant | |
Shillton | William | 31 | Tailor | |
Smith | David | 31 | Mason | |
Agnes | 33 | |||
Daughter | 10 | |||
Son | 7 | |||
Son | 4 | |||
Smith | James | 40 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Amy | 32 | |||
James Jnr | 14 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
Son | 12 | |||
Daughter | 10 | |||
Daughter | 8 | |||
Son | 6 | |||
Daughter | 1 | |||
Southee | John | 40 | Millwright & Miller | |
Sophia | 37 | |||
William | 13 | |||
George | 11 | |||
Henry | 9 | |||
Mary Ann | 7 | |||
Alfred | 4 | |||
Elizabeth | Infant | |||
Stewart | Alexander | 19 | Baker | |
Stoodly | John | 34 | Agricultural Labourer | |
Eliza | 34 | |||
Son | 9 | |||
Son | 7 | |||
Daughter | 5 | |||
Son | 3 | |||
Stratton | Thomas | 45 | Labourer | |
Elizabeth | 35 | |||
George | 15 | Labourer | ||
David | 14 | Labourer | ||
Isabella | 9 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Sturgeon | Robert | 30 | Jeweller | |
Thorby | Ezekiel | 30 | Carpenter | |
Mary Ann | 27 | |||
Elizabeth | 10 | |||
Daughter | 3 | Died at sea 04/12/1840 Affection of the chest (9.00pm) |
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Son | 2 | Died at sea 11/12/1840 Croup (PM) |
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Son | 9 mths | Died at sea 12/11/1840 Disease of mesenteric gland (10.00PM) |
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Turnell | Martha | 19 | Servant | |
Watterson | John | 36 | Joiner & Cabinet Maker | |
Mary | 36 | |||
Mary | 14 | Sempstress | ||
Jamie | 12 | |||
John | 9 | |||
William | 6 | |||
George | 4 | |||
Watt | Ann | 17 | Sempstress | |
Watt | Peter | 16 | Labourer | |
Wilkie | Mrs Elizabeth | 60 | Nurse | Mother of Mrs Watterson |
Wilkie | James | 22 | Sawyer | |
Wood | Eliza | 22 | Servant | |
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WATTERSON family: For more information please contact Max Petersen or [email protected] |
Copyright Denise & Peter 1999, 2000, 2001
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