British
Crown
Ship: 1150
Captain: Whitfield
Surgeon Superintendent: Dr Jollie
Sailed Liverpool May 4th 1863 - arrived Lyttelton August 16th 1863
The British Crown, an American built
ship of 1150 tons, commanded by Captain Whitfield, sailed finally from Tusker Light on 6th
May 1863, with over 400 souls on board, for Lyttleton. She arrived on 17th August 1863,
having made the passage in 103 days. This was the first ship to arrive at Lyttelton direct
from Liverpool. Twelve deaths occurred, all children, during the voyage, and there were
nine births. This ship did not make a second voyage to the colony.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Arrival of the British Crown
Commissioners
Report
Our sincere thanks to Bob Doran for sending us this passenger list
Name | Age | County | Occupation | |
Families & Children | ||||
Ashton | Richard Henry | 22 | ||
Mary Ann | 21 | |||
Anderson | Thomas W | 24 | ||
Elizabeth | 23 | |||
Armstrong | John | 26 | ||
Ann | 31 | |||
James | Infant | |||
O'Brien | Catherine | 12 | Travelled with Armstrong | |
Ayrey | Anthony | 27 | ||
Sarah | 24 | |||
Elizabeth | 1 | |||
Beatson | John | 30 | ||
Eliza Ann | 25 | |||
Joseph Frederick | 2 | |||
Barlow | Thomas | 32 | ||
Ann | 23 | |||
Bell | William | 31 | ||
Betsy | 31 | |||
Hannah | 8 | |||
Bagley | William | 23 | ||
Ellinor | 23 | |||
John Thomas | Infant | |||
Blackburn | Thomas | 37 | ||
Mary | 40 | |||
William | 8 | |||
Richard | 6 | |||
Briggs | Joseph | 22 | ||
Mary | 21 | |||
Brocklehurst | George | 26 | ||
Ellen | 30 | |||
Brown | Charles | 43 | ||
Margaret | 43 | |||
Elizabeth | 11 | |||
Margaret | 9 | |||
Martha | 5 | |||
Esther | 2 | |||
Bollington | Thomas | 28 | ||
Ann | 25 | |||
Sarah | 2 | |||
Brunt | John | 42 | ||
Mary | 41 | |||
Sarah Ann | 10 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Backhoust | Thomas | 39 | ||
Ann | 33 | |||
Charles | James | 41 | ||
Ellen | 38 | |||
Thomas | 8 | |||
Michael | 5 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Curren | John | 29 | ||
Isabella | 38 | |||
Tyle Isabell | 9 | |||
John | 6 | |||
Thomas | Infant | |||
Cheery | John | 25 | ||
Mary Ann | 27 | |||
William | 1 | |||
Coard | John | 24 | ||
Mary | 22 | |||
James | 1 | |||
Crawford | Thomas | 33 | ||
Ann | 33 | |||
Elizabeth | 9 | |||
John | 5 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Davis | John | 23 | ||
Mary Ellen | 22 | |||
Jeanette | Infant | |||
Daly | Michael | 29 | ||
Betsy | 24 | |||
Drabble | Joseph | 24 | ||
Jane | 25 | |||
Sarah Jane | 4 | |||
Elizabeth A | 1 | |||
Drabble | Thomas | 22 | ||
Elizabeth | 23 | |||
Susannah | 2 | |||
Elizabeth | Infant | |||
Daltry | Joseph B | 34 | ||
Sarah | 36 | |||
George | 10 | |||
Edmondson | Christopher | 25 | ||
Mary Ann | 25 | |||
William H | 5 | |||
Eugard | Stephen | 35 | ||
Sarah | 35 | |||
Francis | 10 | |||
George H | 7 | |||
Sarah Ann | Infant | |||
Fletcher | Charles J | 38 | ||
Eliza | 36 | |||
Ruth | 7 | |||
Eliza Ann | Infant | |||
Fletcher | George | 25 | ||
Martha | 29 | |||
Fyfield | William Josaph | 26 | ||
Alice | 26 | |||
Charlotte | Infant | |||
Farley | Stephen | 32 | ||
Sarah | 32 | |||
Stephen | 6 | |||
Catherine | 4 | |||
Farrell | John | 30 | ||
Ann | 25 | |||
Mary E | 3 | |||
Robert H | Infant | |||
Goodall | Robert | 32 | ||
Emma | 20 | |||
Orlando | Infant | |||
Gleave | John | 25 | ||
Sarah | 25 | |||
Hargreaves | James | 26 | ||
Mary Ann | 21 | |||
Hargreaves | Peter | 26 | ||
Helen | 25 | |||
Hyland | James | 22 | ||
Cecelia | 21 | |||
William | 2 | |||
Thomas | 1 | |||
Haworth | Richard | 24 | ||
Mary E | 23 | |||
Robert | 2 | |||
Margaret Ann | 1 | |||
Hanley | George | 25 | ||
Margaret | 22 | |||
Hill | Isaac | 35 | ||
Emma | 34 | |||
Isaac P | 6 | |||
Hollingsworth | George | 36 | ||
Hannah | 33 | |||
Kelso | John | 50 | ||
Catherine | 48 | |||
Sarah | 10 | |||
Catherine | 8 | |||
James | 4 | |||
Knowles | John | 36 | ||
Anna | 38 | |||
William | 14 | |||
James | 7 | |||
Frederick | 3 | |||
Knott | John | 32 | ||
Mary | 32 | |||
George | 7 | |||
Kelsall | John | 36 | ||
Jane | 34 | |||
Walter | 13 | |||
Moses | 11 | |||
John Edward | 7 | |||
Sarah Jane | 4 | |||
Kilburn | James | 40 | ||
Jane | 41 | |||
Lavelle | Michael | 23 | ||
Mary | 21 | |||
Hannah | 2 | |||
Patrick | Infant | |||
Leeming | William | 22 | ||
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
Robert | Infant | |||
Latham | William | 27 | ||
Hannah | 25 | |||
Charles | 2 | |||
Alice Ann | Infant | |||
Lee | Henry | 25 | ||
Eliza | 23 | |||
William | Infant | |||
Lord | Thomas | 25 | ||
Mary | 25 | |||
Miedeton | Joseph | 23 | ||
Priscilla | 22 | |||
Robert | 3 | |||
Morris | Richard | 34 | ||
Jane | 35 | |||
Henry | 3 | |||
Alice | 1 | |||
Marsden | John | 26 | ||
Ellen | 26 | |||
Mary Ann | 3 | |||
Ellen | 1 | |||
Miller | Richard | 35 | ||
Alice | 34 | |||
John | 10 | |||
Elizabeth | 6 | |||
Alice Ann | 2 | |||
Nadd | James | 37 | ||
Deborah | 35 | |||
Ellen | 18 | |||
Janetta | 10 | |||
Oliver | Joshua | 22 | ||
Fanny | 21 | |||
Mary Jane | 2 | |||
Parkinson | John | 25 | ||
Elizabeth | 26 | |||
Margaret | 3 | |||
Preston | Thomas | 42 | ||
Sarah | 42 | |||
Charles T | 15 | |||
Joseph | 13 | |||
Sarah Ann | 11 | |||
Phillips | David | 35 | ||
Sarah | 37 | |||
Sarah Ann | 14 | |||
Mary Ann | 11 | |||
Lucy | 9 | |||
David | 6 | |||
Sybil G | 1 | |||
Priestnall | John | 34 | ||
Charlotte | 35 | |||
Elizabeth Ann | 4 | |||
Mary | 1 | |||
Renshaw | James | 28 | ||
Catherine | 34 | |||
Mary E | 4 | |||
Kate H | 1 | |||
Kat Sarah | 11 | |||
Robinson | William | 35 | ||
Jane | 33 | |||
Mary Ellen | 10 | |||
Thomas | 6 | |||
Robert | 2 | |||
Sidebottom | Isaac | 40 | ||
Ann | 38 | |||
Stiles | Joseph | 33 | ||
Margaret | 33 | |||
John | Infant | |||
Smith | James | 34 | ||
Jane | 35 | |||
Charles | 10 | |||
Alice | 6 | |||
Emma | 3 | |||
Thomas | 1 | |||
Shepherd | James | 25 | ||
Ellen | 20 | |||
Sharples | Henry | 26 | ||
Elizabeth | 25 | |||
Sarah Maud | 1 | |||
Savage | John | 33 | ||
Harriet | 27 | |||
Thomas | 10 | |||
Tunny | John | 22 | ||
Mary | 20 | |||
Jane | Infant | |||
Thompson | Thomas | 29 | ||
Jane | 28 | |||
Margaret Ellen | 2 | |||
Sarah A | Infant | |||
Taylor | Richard | 34 | ||
Ann | 34 | |||
Sarah | 9 | |||
Margaret | 8 | |||
Amy | 1 | |||
Thornley | Thomas | 24 | ||
Ellinor | 25 | |||
Harry | 3 | |||
Turner | Alfred | 28 | ||
Matilda | 28 | |||
William | 7 | |||
Walsh | James | 41 | ||
Mary | 30 | |||
Wade | Jacob | 28 | ||
Elizabeth | 35 | |||
Woods | John | 41 | ||
Mary Ann | 35 | |||
Barton | 12 | |||
Margaret | 5 | |||
John | 3 | |||
Mary Ann | 1 | |||
Whitehead | Samuel | 37 | ||
Sarah | 32 | |||
James | 12 | |||
Samuel | 2 | |||
Wilding | John | 21 | ||
Elizabeth | 22 | |||
Walker | Joseph | 30 | ||
Sarah | 28 | |||
Ruth | 8 | |||
Winstanley | John | 29 | ||
Mary | 27 | |||
Wilson | John | 30 | ||
Ellen | 29 | |||
Gilbert | 7 | |||
Robert | 5 | |||
Williamson | Elkanah | 30 | ||
Mary Ann | 30 | |||
Martha | 8 | |||
Henry | 2 | |||
Wood | John Neild | 31 | ||
Sarah | 31 | |||
Single Men | ||||
Allen | William | 26 | ||
Blackburn | William | 28 | ||
Thomas | 12 | |||
John | 14 | |||
Bagley | James | 21 | ||
Bennet | William | 17 | ||
Brunt | George | 18 | ||
Joseph | 20 | |||
William Morris | 22 | |||
Birehall | Nathan | 24 | ||
Brown | Charles | 14 | ||
Henry | 18 | |||
Connolly | William | 27 | ||
Clegg | John | 28 | ||
Charles | Patrick | 15 | ||
Francis | 18 | |||
John | 21 | |||
Fairhurst | Thomas | 27 | ||
Goodwin | Peter | 25 | ||
Hunt | William | 19 | ||
Hobson | Thomas | 22 | ||
Kelso | William | 27 | ||
John | 16 | |||
Kilburn | Thomas | 12 | ||
George | 15 | |||
Joseph | 17 | |||
James | 19 | |||
Knott | Samuel | 24 | ||
Lancaster | John | 16 | ||
Mallert | Charles | 25 | ||
Morris | William | 13 | ||
Perry | John | 24 | ||
Smalley | Richard | 23 | ||
Slater | William | 23 | ||
Sutherland | Alexander | 23 | ||
Stafford | Samuel | 21 | ||
Stevenson | James | 19 | ||
Tipping | John | 27 | ||
Tonge | James | 19 | ||
Thornley | Thomas | 21 | ||
Winstanley | William | 30 | ||
Single Women | ||||
Annis | Isabella | 19 | ||
Bower | Edna | 25 | ||
Bamford | Elizabeth | 17 | ||
Cahill | Ann | 19 | ||
Coburn | Frances M | 17 | ||
Cummings | Elizabeth | 20 | ||
Corry | Mary | 23 | ||
Collinge | Ann | 20 | ||
Farrell | Elizabeth E | 18 | ||
Fletcher | Alice | 21 | ||
Faulkner | Sarah Ann | 18 | ||
Flinn | Mary | 27 | ||
Hart | Catherine | 23 | ||
Kearns | Mary Ann | 20 | ||
Pennington | Mary | 18 | ||
Ryan | Bridget | 24 | ||
Robinson | Ellen | 18 | ||
Wilkes | Louisa | 19 | ||
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