Blenheim
Barque: 378 tons
Captain: John Grey
Surgeon Superintendent: Samuel Norway Esq
Sailed Plymouth 2nd July 1842 - arrived New Plymouth 19th November 1842
By the fifth barque, the Blenheim, 374
tons, Captain John Grey, 159 passengers arrived in New Plymouth on November 19, 1842,
after a passage of 141 days from the mother Plymouth. Apparently nothing very unusual was
noted about this long voyage, but it is interesting to know that the contract price for
bringing out the passengers was �17 9/6 for each adult.
White Wings - Sir Henry Brett
Journal of the Surgeon Superintendent Samuel Norway - our sincere thanks to Dawn Dare and Peter Bolton for this
| Our sincere thanks to John Offord for transcribing this list. |
| Name | Age | Occupation | Comments | |
| Intermediate Passengers | ||||
| Brooks | William | 20 | For Wellington | |
| Bullock | Edward | 35 | Farmer | For Wellington |
| Chillman | Mary | 19 | For New Plymouth | |
| Duncan | George | 22 | For New Plymouth | |
| Ford | Nicholas | 35 | For New Plymouth | |
| Hall | Joseph | 36 | Land Agent | For New Plymouth |
| Jane | 36 | |||
| Joseph | 4 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| William | 1 | |||
| Hicks | John | 23 | For Wellington | |
| Holyrod | Michael | 22 | For New Plymouth | |
| Hughes | Thomas | 25 | For Wellington | |
| Johnstone | Euphemia | 25 | For Wellington | |
| Mary | 8 | |||
| Robert | 6 | |||
| Knight | Francis | 30 | Gentleman | For Wellington |
| Rosina | 27 | |||
| Francis | 1 | |||
| Mary | 3 months | |||
| Leadman | Amelia | 21 | For New Plymouth | |
| Murch | Palmer | 24 | For New Plymouth | |
| Ann | 22 | |||
| Mary Ann | 3 months | |||
| Norway | Samuel | 40 | Surgeon on Board | For New Plymouth |
| Parris | Robert | 25 | For New Plymouth | |
| Mary | 25 | |||
| Mary | 4 | |||
| Sarah Ann | 1 | |||
| Prentice | Edward | 23 | For Wellington | |
| Pridie | James | 25 | For New Plymouth | |
| Smart | James | 50 | Farmer | For New Plymouth |
| Mary | 47 | |||
| Sarah | 19 | |||
| Elizabeth | 17 | |||
| Hannah Maria | 13 | |||
| Jane | 9 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Turner | William | 27 | For Wellington | |
| Walsh | Richard | 35 | Lawyer | For Wellington |
| Louisa | 30 | |||
| Williamson | David | 22 | For Wellington | |
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| Argle | William | 40 | Miner | |
| Mary | 40 | |||
| William | 17 | Miner | ||
| Richard | 11 | |||
| Grace | 9 | |||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
| Baird | Marion | 23 | Domestic Servant | For Wellington |
| Baker | Robert | 39 | Carpenter | |
| Emma | 40 | |||
| Eliza | 8 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Elizabeth | 14 | |||
| Robert | 17 | |||
| Coleman | William | 24 | Carpenter | |
| Ann | 20 | |||
| Collins | William | 36 | Blacksmith | |
| Maria | 37 | |||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| John | 8 | |||
| Hannah | 6 | |||
| Thomas | 4 | |||
| Mary | 3 | |||
| Richard | 8 months | |||
| Dust | James | 33 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Agnes | 27 | |||
| Emma | 9 months | |||
| Elizabeth | 4 | |||
| George | Edmund | 34 | Miner | |
| Elizabeth | 30 | |||
| Cecila | 12 | |||
| William Henry | 8 | |||
| Elizabeth | 5 | |||
| Edmund | 3 | |||
| Gibbons | John | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Ann | 24 | |||
| Walter | 9 | |||
| Goninan | Richard | 27 | Carpenter | |
| Letitia | 26 | |||
| Eliza Ann | 4 | |||
| John William | 2 | |||
| Goninan | Thomas | 28 | Baker | |
| Hales | Charles | 16 | Clerk | For Wellington |
| Holloway | William | 34 | Timber Cutter | |
| Francis | 21 | |||
| Rosanna | 2 months | |||
| Hurford | John | 26 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Ann | 23 | |||
| Infant daughter | Born on board | |||
| Julian | Richard | 45 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 44 | |||
| Mary Jane | 10 | |||
| Sophia | 7 | |||
| John James | 2 | |||
| Eleanor | 23 | Domestic Servant | ||
| Caroline | 21 | Sempstress | ||
| Richard | 20 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Samuel | 18 | Blacksmith | ||
| Nicholas | 15 | Mason | ||
| Langman | Richard | 30 | Miner | |
| Mary | 29 | |||
| Richard | 7 | |||
| Thomas | 4 | |||
| John | 6 | |||
| Lee | John | 23 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Jane | 23 | |||
| McBean | Thomas | 27 | Farmer | For Wellington |
| Millstead | Josiah | 20 | ||
| Susannah | 21 | |||
| Moon | Philip | 37 | ||
| Sarah | 35 | |||
| John | 17 | Mason | ||
| George Henry | 7 | |||
| Thurza | 5 | |||
| Charlotte | 2 | |||
| Infant daughter | Born on board | |||
| Parker | Joseph | 32 | Gardener | |
| Jane | 34 | |||
| Amelia | 1 | |||
| Payne | Elizabeth | 20 | Domestic Servant | |
| Radford | Thomas | 24 | Carpenter | |
| Ramsden | James | 19 | Farmer | For New Plymouth |
| Richards | William | 30 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary | 28 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Mary Jane | 1 | |||
| Rogers | John | 20 | Miner | |
| Thomas | 19 | Miner | ||
| Eliza | 18 | House Servant | ||
| Francis | 15 | House Servant | ||
| Henry | 11 | |||
| Edward | 8 | |||
| Rusden | Thomas | 30 | Mason | |
| Elizabeth | 25 | |||
| Thomas | 3 | |||
| Richard | 1 | |||
| Elizabeth Ann | 3 months | |||
| St George | Edwin | 28 | Clerk | For New Plymouth |
| Shell | William | 28 | Stonemason | |
| Jane | 29 | |||
| Skitch | Ann | 18 | Domestic Servant | |
| Tuffin | Eliza | 24 | ||
| Emma | 8 | |||
| George | 5 | |||
| Wilkinson | Thomas | 38 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Alice | 26 | |||
| John | 1 month | |||
| Wilkinson | Charlotte | 29 | Sempstress | |
| Williams | James | 32 | Miner | |
| Mary | 33 | |||
| Elizabeth | 7 | |||
| Mary Ann | 2 | |||
| Grace | 1 | |||
| Infant daughter | Born on board 02/11/1842 | |||
| Williams | William | 28 | Stonemason | |
| Elizabeth | 24 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| William James | 4 | |||
| Wright | John | 16 | Clerk | For New Plymouth |
| Wright | Sydney | 17 | Clerk | For New Plymouth |
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| MILLSTEAD family: Josiah and Susannah Millstead were the Great Grandparents of Dawn Dare and the late Mary Richardson. They went to New Zealand on board the Blenheim living for a time at New Plymouth before moving to Kawai Island till 1846. They then travelled to Australia when they left on the "Terror" on 22/10/1846 arriving in Port Jackson (Sydney) on the 6/11/1846. From Sydney they travelled to Adelaide in 1848 (method unknown) where Josiah had a brother, Edward, whose wife was a cousin of Susannahs, (Jane Tressider Beaglehole). Josiah had a falling out with his brother, and went to Victoria during the Gold Rush years where they stayed until the late 1860's when they went to live with a daughter in New South Wales. Josiah was killed by a fall from a horse in 1880 and Susannah died in New South Wales in 1903. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Dawn Dare. |
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| Ann SKITCH: Ann was born on June 1st 1825 in Stratton, Cornwall, England, the third child of cordwainer Robert and Honor (Smeeth) Skitch. Robert died tragically in 1826 at the age of 27, leaving his 7-month-pregnant wife to raise 4 children alone - no easy task. In the 1841 Stratton census, Honor was living with her youngest son, Robert. Eldest son, William, recently married, was living in nearby Bude, and daughter, Jane, was a servant in the same town. Just prior to that date, a friend of Ann had booked passage to New Zealand on the Blenheim, looking after children in return for payment of her fare, but at the last moment backed out of the arrangement. Ann decided to go in her place. After a voyage of nearly 5 months, she arrived at New Plymouth with 17/- in her purse, having to find accommodation and a position. It is believed that her future husband, William Thompson, carried her ashore from the Blenheim's skiff. They were married 15 June 1843, their first son, William, arriving in May 1844. In 1845 they left for Australia, where they had another 6 children. Ann died in Glanville, South Australia, 21 May 1902. If you have a connection with Ann or would like to learn more please contact Barbara and Peter |
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