Martha Ridgway
Ship: 621 tons
Captain: Henry W. Webb
Surgeon Superintendent: John Henry Cooper
Sailed Liverpool 6th November 1841 - arrived Nelson 7th April 1842
* indicates person disembarked at Wellington.
| Name | Age | Occupation | |
| 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 | Benjamin Smart | 38 | Gardener |
| Elizabeth | 35 | ||
| Benjamin Smart Jnr | 19 | Gardener | |
| Kezia | 17 | Sempstress | |
| 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 | James | 38 | Joiner |
| Ann | 22 | ||
| David | 7 mths | ||
| 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 | Thomas | 35 | Baker |
| Rebecca | 36 | ||
| James | 15 | Baker | |
| Thomas | 14 | Baker | |
| Moses | 11 | ||
| William | 7 | ||
| George | 1 | ||
| Crapper | Ely | 28 | Mason |
| Ellen | 29 | ||
| Mary Ann | 3 mths | ||
| 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 | Charles | 30 | Labourer |
| Sarah | 32 | ||
| 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 | Richard | 37 | Smith & Turner |
| Johanna | 35 | ||
| Joseph | 18 | Smith & Turner | |
| George | 15 | Mechanic | |
| Benjamin | 14 | Smith & Turner | |
| Mary | 12 | ||
| Sarah | 12 | ||
| Hannah | 10 | ||
| Martha | 7 | ||
| 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 | ||
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| GEORGE family: Thomas George, the son of Thomas George who came out to NZ on the Martha Ridgeway, married Elizabeth YULE the daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth YULE who arrived on the Bengal Merchant and lived in the Wairarapa. The wedding took place on December 7th, 1866. If you have an interest in this family or would like to know more please contact Mathew Dowdell McPherson at [email protected] or visit his great web site at http://www.angelfire.com/bc/henryknox/ |
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| GEORGE family: Thomas GEORGE, Agricultural Labourer, born 4th March 1810, (son of Thomas GEORGE and Elizabeth MAIR), and his wife Mary WALL, born Wales 23rd August 1819, (daughter of George WALL and Mary HALL), were newlyweds married on the 26th October 1841 at the Cheltenham Parish Church in the County of Gloucestershire, just 10 days before departing Liverpool for Nelson, New Zealand, on the Martha Ridgway. Thomas GEORGE was four years later listed as entry no. 294 on the 1845 Nelson Census, Grove Street, as a Labourer and Squatter. The first two of Thomas and Mary’s eleven children are thought to have been born in Nelson. (1) Thomas GEORGE Jnr born 1844, who married Elizabeth YULE. (2) Mary Ann GEORGE born 1846, who married Charles SLIGHT. By the time their third child (3) Emma GEORGE born 1st January 1848, who married George Petoni CARTER, was baptised on 21st September 1848, the family had travelled on the cutter Johnnie Walker to Wellington where they permanently settled. The family lived in Willis Street and then a short time later at Tinakori Road, opposite where the present botanical gardens are. Thomas was the Turnkey at the Terrace Gaol for 22 years. Mary ran a Tea Garden called "The Cream Horn Garden". (4) William GEORGE born 1850, firstly married Mary Ann SAYERS, then Marion Josephine HOOPER and Ellen BOYCE. (5) Elizabeth GEORGE born 1853 married Henry KILMINSTER. (6) John GEORGE born 1855 married Sarah Ellen GILLARD. (7) James GEORGE born 1856 married Mary Amelia SKIPPER. (8) George Frederick GEORGE born 1858 married twice, firstly Catherine Mary STANTON then Melena GOSS. (9) Robert GEORGE born 1859 married Elizabeth CAMPBELL. (10) Henry GEORGE born 1861 married Mary McDONALD. (11) Rebecca GEORGE born 1863 married Joseph Japhet COTTLE. Please make contact with Lesley Keil, (a descendant of Rebecca GEORGE), if you are interested in researching this family. |
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| MALING family: Christopher Louis MALING was born in Nelson in 1843 a few months after his father Thomas, a Chief Constable in Nelson was killed in the Wairau affray. He rose to the rank of Major and later worked in Japan before settling in England where he died in February 1917. |
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