London
Ship: 700 tons
Captain: Thomas Atwood
Surgeon Superintendent: W M Turnbull M D
Sailed Gravesend 2nd January 1842 - arrived Port Nicholson 1st May 1842
No
Simple Passage, published April 2011, records the journey of this ship to Port
Nicholson (Wellington) in 1842 and tells of the lives of its passengers
during the voyage and after they reach New Zealand. You will find details of this
fascinating book at http://www.jennyrobinjones.com
| Name | Age | Occupation | Comment | |
| Cabin Passengers | ||||
| Attwood | Susanna | Wife of Captain Attwood | ||
| Kelham | James | |||
| Georgenia | ||||
| Empson | Charles | |||
| Sheppard | Mrs William | |||
| Torre | Mrs Henry | |||
| Wills | Mrs Margaret | |||
| Intermediate Passengers | ||||
| Abbott | Edward M. E. | |||
| Calvert | William | |||
| Cheeseman | Robert Suckling | 39 | ||
| Anne | 26 | |||
| Annie | 4 | |||
| Robert Suckling | 2 | |||
| Dale | William | |||
| Dougherty | Daniel | |||
| Sarah | ||||
| Child | ||||
| Child | ||||
| Hamilton | William | |||
| Martin | Mrs Emma | |||
| Child | ||||
| Child | ||||
| Rider | Thomas | |||
| Wallace | Richard | |||
| Steerage Passengers | ||||
| A'Court | James | 25 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Catherine | 21 | |||
| Andrews | William | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Eliza | 28 | |||
| Barb | James | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary | 26 | Died at sea 17/03/1842 Chronic Dysentry |
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| Thomas | 2 | Died at sea 08/03/1842 Diahorrea |
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| William | 3 months | Died at sea 05/03/1842 Diahorrea |
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| Barratt | William | 33 | Painter & Glazier | |
| Mary Ann | 33 | |||
| Mary Ann | 9 | |||
| Sarah | 7 | |||
| Caroline | 6 | |||
| William | 4 | |||
| Sophia | 3 | |||
| Ellen | 3 months | |||
| Bee | Francis | 21 | Baker & Sawyer | |
| Ann | 19 | |||
| Ellen | 10 weeks | |||
| Benton | Timothy | 41 | Sawyer | |
| Mary | 44 | |||
| Eliza | 16 | Servant | ||
| Frances | 15 | Servant | ||
| Thomas | 12 | |||
| Bidmead | Jonathan | 29 | Farm Labourer | |
| Sarah | 27 | |||
| Caroline | Infant | |||
| Bird | William | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Bird | Mary | 18 | Servant | Comment by Surgeon - "Histeria" (Hysteria?) |
| Brewer | William | 35 | Agricultural Labourer | Cook on board ship |
| Caroline | 30 | |||
| Sarah | 13 | |||
| William | 10 | |||
| George | 4 | |||
| Burling | Henry | 31 | Gardener | |
| Mary | 32 | |||
| Caroline | 14 | Sempstress | ||
| Henry | 10 | |||
| Rose | 7 | |||
| Alfred | 4 | |||
| Charles | 3 | Died at sea 09/03/1842 Marasmus |
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| Arthur | 9 months | |||
| Cattell | James | 38 | Carpenter | |
| Mary | 35 | |||
| Harriett | 13 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Caroline | 8 | |||
| Eliza | 6 months | |||
| Cattell | William | 23 | Carpenter | |
| Elizabeth | 21 | |||
| William Henry | 8 months | |||
| Chamberlain | Thomas | 35 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Susannah | 32 | |||
| William E. | 9 | |||
| Sarah Ann | 7 | |||
| Giles E. | 3 | |||
| Edwin E. | 8 months | Died at sea 05/02/1842 Bronchitis |
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| Clarke | William | 11 | Nephew of Louiza Fitchett |
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| Clarke | Joseph | 9 | Nephew of Louiza Fitchett |
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| Collier | Joseph | 29 | Bricklayer | |
| Harriett Amelia Ann | 21 | |||
| Collins | John Power | 39 | Boot & Shoemaker | |
| Margaret | 38 | |||
| Jeremiah | 17 | Boot & Shoemaker | ||
| John | 7 | |||
| Samuel | 4 | |||
| Raymond | 2 | |||
| Conlan | Richard | 27 | Farm Labourer | |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| Ellen | 1 | |||
| Dixon | Charles | 23 | Sawyer | |
| Mary | 22 | |||
| Sarah | 3 | |||
| David | 8 months | |||
| Dixon | Joseph | 26 | Sawyer | |
| Mary | 26 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Joseph | 9 months | Died at sea 03/01/1842 Pneumonia |
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| Dockray | Samuel | 28 | Agricultural Labourer | Cook on board ship |
| Hannah | 32 | |||
| Margaret | 9 | |||
| Ann | 3 | |||
| Thomas | 1 | |||
| Eades | William | 33 | Brickmaker | |
| Frances | 32 | |||
| Frances | 9 | |||
| James | 8 | |||
| Matilda | 7 | |||
| John | 2 | |||
| Edwards | Robert | 40 | Agricultural Labourer & Sheep Shearer | |
| Phoebe | 36 | Died at sea 24/02/1842 Typhus |
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| Giles | 16 | Agricultural Labourer & Sheep Shearer | ||
| George | 14 | Agricultural Labourer & Sheep Shearer | ||
| Israel | 10 | |||
| Jane | 7 | |||
| Charles | 6 | |||
| Herbert | 4 | |||
| Henry | 9 months | Died at sea 28/02/1842 Diahorrea |
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| Felgate | George | 40 | ||
| Martha | 41 | |||
| Merinda | 19 | Servant | ||
| John | 18 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Benjamin | 15 | Agricultural Labourer | ||
| Louiza | 14 | Servant | ||
| Elizabeth | 10 | |||
| Maria | 7 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Fitchett | John | 33 | Painter & Glazier | |
| Louiza | 32 | |||
| Louiza | 9 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| William | 5 | |||
| Alfred | 3 | |||
| George | Infant | |||
| Florence | Thomas George | 28 | Bricklayer | |
| Celia | 28 | |||
| Hall | William Jabez | 35 | Wheelwright & Agricultural Labourer | |
| Maria | 33 | |||
| William | 12 | |||
| Joseph | 10 | |||
| David | 8 | |||
| John | 5 | |||
| Thomas | 11 months | |||
| Harvey | William | 53 | Carpenter | |
| Sarah | 47 | |||
| Sarah | 22 | Sempstress | ||
| Charles | 21 | Carpenter | ||
| Alfred | 18 | Carpenter | ||
| John | 17 | Carpenter | ||
| Herbert | Joseph | 27 | Labourer | |
| Sarah | 27 | |||
| Jesse | 1 | |||
| Hodder | Walter | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Emma | 27 | |||
| Elizabeth Mary | 10 months | |||
| Holder | William | 39 | Sawyer | |
| Martha | 36 | |||
| Emma Phillis | 10 | |||
| Thomas | 7 | |||
| Mary | 10 months | |||
| Hollingworth | Edward | 26 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
| Phillis | 22 | |||
| Benjamin | 3 | |||
| Joseph | 1 | |||
| Hurley | Alexander | 35 | Baker | |
| Ann | 36 | |||
| John | 11 | |||
| Henry | 9 | |||
| Eliza | 7 | |||
| William | 3 | |||
| Daniel | 3 months | |||
| Ikin | John | 36 | Cabinet Maker | |
| Jane | 27 | |||
| John | 11 months | |||
| James | John Charles | 40 | Flax Dresser | |
| Eliza | 35 | |||
| Edward | 16 | |||
| Amelia | 15 | |||
| Ellen | 12 | |||
| Clara | 9 | |||
| Emma | 3 | |||
| Louisa | 4 months | |||
| Jenkins | William | 28 | Upholsterer & Cabinet Maker | Assistant to Surgeon |
| Catherine Jane | 22 | |||
| Jane Tutin | 2 | Died at sea 30/03/1842 Hydracephalis |
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| John Wesley | 1 | Died at sea 02/02/1842 Diahorrea |
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| Jones | Henry | 30 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mary | 28 | |||
| Maria | 8 | |||
| John | 7 | |||
| Elizabeth | 3 | |||
| Mary | 6 months | Died at sea 18/04/1842 Marasmus |
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| Judd | John | 24 | Agriculturalist, Gardener & Labourer | |
| Selina | 24 | |||
| Joseph | 5 | |||
| Lawreston | A. Rushton | 20 | Sempstress | Servant to Mrs Wills |
| Lockyer | Thomas | 39 | Carpenter & Joiner | |
| Elizabeth | 39 | |||
| William | 19 | Carpenter | ||
| Christopher | 15 | |||
| Mary Ann | 12 | |||
| Elizabeth | 6 | |||
| Eliza Ann | 4 months | Died at sea 16/02/1842 Diahorrea |
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| McCarthy | Joseph Michael | 27 | Shoemaker | |
| Mary Ann | 22 | |||
| Son | Born at sea 16/02/1842 Lat27.13N Long22.19W |
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| Marshall | David Watt | 32 | Blacksmith | |
| Jean | 31 | |||
| Alexander | 7 | |||
| Henry | 3 | |||
| Margaret | 10 days | |||
| Mason | William | 41 | Blacksmith | |
| Lucy Ann | 41 | |||
| Lucy Ann | 16 | Sempstress | ||
| William Frederick | 14 | |||
| Matthews | Charles | 31 | Cordwainer & Harness Maker | |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| Edwin | 4 months | Died at sea 25/01/1842 Diahorrea |
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| Nicols | William | 27 | ||
| Poulter | Samuel | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Mahalah | 20 | |||
| Remington | John | 21 | Painter & Glazier | |
| Rebecca | 19 | |||
| Mary | Born at sea 02/05/1842 Born at Port Nicholson |
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| Rogers | Charles | 25 | Agricultural Labourer & Shepherd | |
| Eliza | 23 | |||
| Ann | 11 months | |||
| Saunders | Joseph | 36 | Bricklayer & Labourer | |
| Rose | 34 | |||
| Mary | 9 | |||
| Ann | 9 months | |||
| Saunders | William | 20 | Gardener | |
| Maria | 20 | |||
| Scott | James | 36 | Bricklayer & Plasterer | |
| Catherine | 22 | |||
| Short | James | 31 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Charlotte | 31 | |||
| Reuben | 9 | |||
| Job | 7 | |||
| Elijah | 3 | |||
| Ryan | 1 | |||
| Stockbridge | Stephen | 30 | Gardener | |
| Mary | 29 | |||
| Louise | 7 | |||
| Caroline | 6 | |||
| James | 4 | |||
| Stephen | 3 | |||
| William | 1 | Died at sea 04/02/1842 Bronchitis |
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| Twins | Born and died at sea | |||
| Tarr | John | 33 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| William | 7 | |||
| Hannah | 5 | |||
| Mary Ann | 6 months | |||
| Tattle | John | 37 | Blacksmith & Brazier | |
| Ann | 35 | |||
| Lavinia | 17 | Servant | ||
| Charles | 10 | |||
| Eliza | 6 | |||
| John Webber | 5 | |||
| Ann Elizabeth | 2 | |||
| Taylor | Joseph | 30 | Gardener | |
| Elizabeth | 27 | |||
| Thomas | William | 33 | Carpenter | |
| Sophia | 33 | Sister of Mrs Woesley | ||
| Margaret | 10 | |||
| Henry | 2 | |||
| Son | 10 weeks | |||
| Tomkins | John | 38 | Bricklayer | |
| Mary | 37 | |||
| William | 17 | Bricklayer | ||
| Emma | 14 | Sempstress | ||
| John | 12 | |||
| Ann | 10 | |||
| Maria | 8 | |||
| Mary | 3 | |||
| Whale | Nathaniel | 33 | Grocer | "Nathaniel Whale had no embarkation order and ought not
to be included in the Company's passengers" H F Alston 5th Jan 1842 |
| White | Amelia | 27 | Milliner | |
| Williams | David | 29 | Cabinet Maker | |
| Eliza | 25 | |||
| Catherine | 2 | |||
| Elizabeth | 1 | Died at sea 19/03/1842 Bronchitis |
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| Worsley | Thomas | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | |
| Ann | 33 | Sister of Mrs Thomas | ||
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| HODDER family: The "London" arrived at Wellington in 1842 included my Great, Great, Great Grandparents Walter Hodder, his wife Emma Matilda (Nee Gooding) and baby daughter. Walter was born at Taunton, Somerset, England and died at Featherson in 1901. If you have a connection with this family or would like to know more please contact Sam Hodder. |
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| JENKINS family: William JENKINS was a Wesleyan minister, he also acted as official Government Interpreter. In 1863 he conducted a party of fourteen Maoris to England to be presented to Queen Victoria. He had two sons, William Naylor and Thomas Hunt. |
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Copyright Denise & Peter 1999 - 2011
Reference:
Archives New Zealand NZC 34/2 p304