TREWEEK family:
John Treweek, the son of Samuel Treweek & Margaret Andrews, was born on July 5th 1814 at Tregeny, Cornwall in England. At the age of 22 on July 26th 1836 John, a farmer, married Honor Jane CHAPMAN, the daughter of Richard Chapman and Honor Prynn, at St Breocks, Bodmin in Cornwall. Honor was born on February 8th 1815 at Blisland, Cornwall and baptised there on March 12th 1815. John and Honor had three children in England (John b 1836, Samuel b 1838 and Richard b 1840) before sailing from Plymouth in England to New Plymouth in New Zealand on the "Timandra" on  Nov 2nd 1841. This voyage was undertaken under the auspices of the Plymouth Land Company, an off-shoot of the New Zealand Company.  After arriving in New Plymouth on February 24th 1842 John and Honor were to have nine more children: (Thomas b 1843, William b 1845, James b 1847, Honor Jane b 1849, Joseph b 1851, Elizabeth Ann b 1853, George Andrew b 1856, Frederick b 1857 and Charles b 1859). Honor died on October 15th 1884 at Normanby, New Zealand and John died on August 23rd 1896 at Greatford, New Zealand. If you have a connection with this family or wish to know more please contact Robyn Harding.  

GOLLOP family:
Robert GOLLOP and his wife Elizabeth (nee HARFORD) arrived at New Plymouth on the 23 February 1842, on board "Timandra", from Plymouth, Devon, England. Robert was born c 1787 at Netherbury in Dorset and married Elizabeth in 1816 at Netherbury. Eight children were born to this couple, but only five survived to make the trip to New Zealand. Mary, the eldest, born in 1817, was on board with her own child and husband, 
Charles SAMPSON. The passenger list gives the following names as children of  Robert and Elizabeth; Henry
(probably incorrectly named - possibly should be John), William, Benjamin and Ellen. Robert was listed as an Agricultural Labourer on the passenger list. Robert and Elizabeth remained in New Plymouth for their lifetimes. Elizabeth died on December 30th 1864, and Robert married again in 1866 to Matilda DOBBIN, a young widow with a family. Robert died at his home in Eliot Street, New Plymouth on October 19th 1874 at the age of 87. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact the writer Bev Crabb.

SAMPSON family:
Charles SAMPSON and his wife Mary (nee GOLLOP) were also passengers on the "Timandra" voyage from Plymouth, Devon to New Plymouth. Charles was born November 1st 1818 at Netherbury in Dorset, the eldest son of Mark SAMPSON and Martha (nee GALE). Charles was employed from a young age at the weaving trade, for the Navy. On 4th March 1840, Charles married Mary GOLLOP, eldest child of Robert and Elizabeth, at Netherbury. Within the following year, Charles and Mary made plans to join the emigration flow to New Zealand, by which time their first child Marina had been born. Along with them Mary's parents and younger siblings made the trip to Plymouth Devon, to board the "Timandra" and sail on 2 November 1841. After their arrival at New Plymouth, Charles got work cutting lines to lay out the new town. He soon bought several pieces of land around the New Plymouth area, with his farm block being at Bell Block. When the Taranaki war broke out in 1860 Charles joined the Taranki Militia and later gained the N.Z. War Medal. During part of this time, Mary and the children went to Nelson for safety, along with many other women and children from the area. The family had grown to include 10 children by this time with the youngest, Julia being born in 1859. Charles was a member of several local bodies over the years, and obviously a community-minded man. Charles died 26th May 1895 aged 77 years, and Mary survived him for only another few months - her death occurred on 31st December 1895. They are both buried at Te Henui cemetery. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact the writer Bev Crabb.