LadyNugent1850

Lady Nugent
Ship: 668 tons
Captain: John Parsons
Surgeon Superintendent: Frederick A Laking
Sailed Plymouth 13th December 1849 - arrived Otago March 26th 1850
Port Nicholson May 1850
Nelson May 10th 1850

Name		Age	Occupation	Comments
Chief Cabin Passengers
Bolton	Emily	19		Bound for Wellington
Bulkely	Francis	22	Ensign 65th Regiment	Bound for Wellington
Elliott	Mr	22	Gentleman	Bound for Wellingto
Godley	John Robert	27		Bound for Port Cooper
	Charlotte	25
	John Arthur	1 month
Lee	Edward James	26	Gentleman	Bound for Nelson
Nicholson	Mr	20		Bound for Wellington
Robison	Hugh	24	Gentleman	Bound for Otago
Tollemache	Algernon Gray	48	Gentleman	Bound for Wellington
Wakefield	Edward Jerningham	32	Gentleman	Bound for Wellington
Fore-Cabin Passengers
Bishop	Ann	23	Servant	Bound for Wellington
Bolton	Frederick	24	Gentleman	Bound for Wellington
Cleaver	William	27	Settler	Bound for Nelson
	Mary	21
	Ann	5 months
Drewite	Joel	22	Settler	Bound for Nelson
Ferguson	George	28	Gentleman	Bound for Wellington
Howe	Eliza	39	Servant	Bound for Wellington
McRae	William	46	Settler	Bound for Nelson
	Sarah	38
	George	11
	Kate	9
	Roderic	7
Morrison	John	27	Settler	Bound for Otago
O'Loughlan	Matthew	30	Settler	Bound for Nelson
	Emma	27
Spencer	Sarah	17	Settler	Bound for Nelson
Widderburn	Joseph	48	Settler	Bound for Nelson
	Martha	27
Paid Steerage Passengers
Abrahams	A	13	Servant	Bound for Otago
Beamish	Nathaniel	22	Labourer	Bound for Wellington
Bradley	Arthur	33		Bound for Wellington
	Lydia	35
	Mary Ann	13
	John	7
	Henry	5
	Alfred	3
	Jane	1
Connell	Elizabeth	18	Servant	Bound for Wellington
Findlater	Alexander	39	Settler	Bound for Otago
	Elizabeth	36
	Alexander	15
	Eliza Leslie	10
	James Turnbull	8
	Mary	6
	Susan Forrester	3
Legg	William	28	Servant	Bound for Otago
McKenzie	William	25	Labourer	Bound for Otago
	Robert Gordon	21	Labourer	Bound for Otago
McLeod	Donald	30	Labourer	Bound for Otago
Moule	Stephen	26	Carpenter	Bound for Otago
Nicholas	Alexander	16	Labourer	Bound for Wellington
Ritters	Johan Albert	38	Organist	Bound for Wellington
Russell	Andrew	37	Teacher	Bound for Otago
	Margaret	35
	Catherine	11
	William	9
	Margaret	6
	Andrew	3
Storman	William	42	Servant	Bound for Wellington
Waterlow	Richard Frederick	37	Labourer	Bound for Otago
	Sarah	32
Assisted Steerage Passengers
Allan	David	21	Shepherd	Bound for Nelson
	Agnes	19		(nee McKenzie) Married prior to departure
Anderson	Robert	33	Labourer & Carter	Bound for Nelson
	Isabella	33
	Ellen	2
	Elspeth	8 months
Bell	William	20	Agricultural Labourer	Bound for Nelson
	Mary	23		(nee Dron) Married prior to departure
Borton	Frederick			Bound for Otago
Brougham	Catherine	16	Farm Servant & Maid	Bound for Nelson
Chapman	William	36	Gardener	Bound for Otago
	Helen	31
	Janet	5
	William	3
	George	1
Clarke	John		Farm Servant
Connor	Margaret	20		Bound for Otago
Cowell	Ralph	32	Dairyman	Bound for Nelson
	Martha	29
Cummins	George	22	Shepherd	Bound for Nelson
	Thomas	27	Shepherd	Bound for Nelson
Cundy	John	40	Builder	Bound for Nelson
	Harriet	39
	John	15	Labourer
	Frederick	13
	George	11
	Emily	8
	Harvey	5
	Richard	2
Dann	Joseph	26	Farm Labourer	Bound for Nelson Mr Widderburns nominees
	Hannah	27	Servant	Bound for Nelson Mr Widderburns nominees
Dron	John	45	Ag Labourer & Miller
	Agnes	44
	Lawrence	21	Ag Labourer & Miller
	Agnes	15		Married to David Allan
	Margaret	12
	William	11
	John	8
	Anne	4
	Elizabeth	10 months
Duncan	David	10		Bound for Nelson
Gourlay	George		Blacksmith	Bound for Nelson
Lee	Andrew	18		Bound for Otago
Legg	Charles	29		Bound for Wellington
Lindsay	Margaret	33		Bound for Otago
Lowden	James	19	Farm Servant	Bound for Nelson
Marten	Harriet	14	Servant	Bound for Nelson
Matthews	George	37	Gardener	Bound for Otago
	Elizabeth	32
	James A	7
	George	3
	Isabella	9 months
Matthews	Jane	25	Sister of George above	Bound for Otago
McNamara	Bridget	16	Farm Servant & Maid	Bound for Nelson
Morrison	Reverend John	27	Minister	Bound for Otago
Murphy	Thomas	21	Shepherd	Bound for Nelson
Nicholson	Rhodes	20		Bound for Wellington
Pattie	Robert	28	Farm Labourer	Bound for Nelson
	Mrs	28
	Mary	6 months
Powles	Mary	37		Bound for Wellington
Robison	Hugh	28	Merchant	Bound for Otago
Steel	David Pike	22		Bound for Otago
Veitch	Thomas		Ploughman
	Mrs
Wan	William	29	Brickmaker	Bound for Nelson
	Helen (Ellen)	27
	Mary	7
	Alexander	1
	Infant	Infant
Watson	Mary	51	Widow	Bound for Nelson
	Mary Ann	26	Servant
	Robert	22	Blacksmith
	Margaret	19	Servant
	Helen	15	Servant
Whyte	David	48	Carpenter
	Mrs	48
	James	14
	Elizabeth	12
	Henry	8
Wilson	David	34		Bound for Otago
	Janet	35
	David Wright	8
	Elizabeth	1
Woolmer	John B	21	Labourer	Bound for Nelson

Edward James LEE: Edward James Lee, born March 30th 1822 at Walton-on-Thames, was a clerk in the Bank of England before taking ship in Plymouth for Nelson, New Zealand. The 'Lady Nugent' sailed on 13th Dec 1849, arriving 10th May 1850. Fellow cabin passengers, of note to Cantabrians, were John RobertGodley, and his wife Charlotte. Charlotte mentions Edward in her diaries. After looking around the country, he decided that there was good sheep country down in Canterbury. He reckoned that there could be a more direct, overland, route from Nelson to the Port Cooper plains to take sheep. On 22nd December 1851, he set out across country and after twelve days of difficult riding arrived, 2nd January 1852, on the Plains, 27 miles north of Christchurch. An account of this journey was published in the Lyttelten Times 17^th Jan 1852. Later he and Edward Jollie formed a partnership and they brought their 1800 sheep down the trail Lee had blazed. It took a month,due to the hard going, to arrive at their destination ‘The Retreat’, later called ‘Cheviot Hills’. A year later they took up their own run at Parnassus, freeholding 1400 acres for 10/- acre soon afterward as their neighbour ‘Ready-money’ Robinson’s large operation was making them nervous. He married Harriet Maria Paul 6^th August 1853 at Motueka. They sold Parnassus, some 38822 acres c1860, doubling their money on the freehold. The sale realized around �28000, � to Jollie and � to Lee. They moved to the Ellesmere district, buying 2000 acres. This was divided between the two after Jollie married in 1861, Lee’s called "Brooklands’, and Jollie’s ‘Beachcroft’. As well as farming, Edward Lee became very active in local affairs, taking on paid offices such as receiving officer, returning officer etc. He was also involved with the local Roads Boards. From 1868 he became the Revising Officer for the North Canterbury electorate, and later the Marlborough, Nelson and West Coast electorates. He showed stock successfully at the district shows during this time, indicating that his farm was not being neglected. In 1875, he bought ‘Beachcroft’ from Jollie, and in 1878, when land prices were booming, sold his original farm, ‘Brooklands’. Local body politics beckoned, and in 1878, he was elected to the Selwyn County Council, two years later moving into the Chair. In 1883 he was elected to Parliament and was an orthodox conservative. Unfortunately, life in Wellington was too much of a change, and he died at ‘Beachcroft’ 17^th Dec 1883. He owned at his death, three farms, totalling some 4200 acres. He and Harriet had eight children; - Louis born 13/3/1855 - John Bateman born 12/1857 - Jane Pauline Harriet born 22/6/1859 - Laura born 26/4/1861 - Harry Herbert born 30/5/1863 - Charles Woodhouse born 22/6/1865 - Robert Paul b.6/12/68 - Sybil Mary born 1/6/1872. Jane married Arthur Cuthbert Williams 26^th April 1881. From Jane’s line, Edward Lee has eight grandchildren, nine gr grandchildren, sixteen gr.gr grandchildren and 28 gr.gr. gr grandchildren, as at October 9th 2002. One branch of this family has carried Lee as a Christian name through four generations. There a thriving Lee branch in Trayning, Western Australia, descendants of Robert Paul. I have a faint childhood memory of Aunt Sybil reading to me in my grandparents garden. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Edward James Lee's Great Great Grandson John C L Williams. For further information on Edward Lee, his forebears, siblings and descendants in New Zealand, please visit http://www.grahsand.com

Reference:
Wellington Public Library
Archives New Zealand NZC34/3 page 143