WESTMINSTER - 1842
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Copyright (c)1998 Carol Whyte Auckland New Zealand
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WESTMINSTER, ? tons, sailed from Plymouth on 4 Dec 1842, arrived in Auckland, 1843.
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Commissioners for Emigration recruited mainly englishmen due to the state of the English
economy, the fact that many people were moving into the larger cities and that there was
a lot of overcrowding in places such as London. There was also a spirit of opportunity
and adventure in hearing about great gobs of land that 'no one' owned.
The first planned emigrant ship from England to Auckland was the Westminster which left
from Plymouth.
Passengers from the Westminster had a very difficult time finding work. The government
had spent its Crown money, yet settlers were unable to purchase land directly from the
Maori. In addition, Auckland had to import its food - adding to the national debt, and
it was in the midst of a depression.
The following was taken from the 'Certificate of Final Departure' which notes all names
of those who set out from Plymouth on that winters day.
Names of those who disembarked at Auckland have been double-checked against the NZ Herald
article, and the book, "The First Fleet of Auckland" (contains names of heads of families
only) available at Auckland Public Libraries, or on the Interloan Library system.
FORMAT
last name, first name, sex, age, single/married, disembarked at Auckland
Left column - names from the 'Certificate of Final Departure'
Right column - names from NZ Herald
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Captain Forbes Michie, master;
PASSENGERS (9) AGE MARITAL
STATUS
Adams, Henry 21 s
Barribal, Ann 28 m
Barribal, Charles 30 m Disembarked Auckland
Barribal, John 6
Barribal, Samuel 3
Barribal, Sophia 1
Barron, John 20 s Disembarked Auckland
Bell, Richard 20 s Disembarked Auckland
Bennett, George 17 s Disembarked Auckland
Brooks, Ellen 1½
Brooks, Ellen 23 m
Brooks, William Thomas 22 m Disembarked Auckland (Brooks, William Dennis)
Chariett, Charles 20 s
Cooper, William 16 s Disembarked Auckland
Cozens, William 17 s Disembarked Auckland
Dael, James 18 s Disembarked Auckland
Dael, John 22 s Disembarked Auckland
Darbey, John 20 m Disembarked Auckland (Darbey, Narroway John)
Darbey, Matilda 18 m
Davey, Anne 13
Davey, Eliza 36 m
Davey, Elizabeth 8
Davey, Ellen ?
Davey, Hetty 5
Davey, James 16 s
Davey, Mary Ann 7
Davey, Thomas 10
Davey, Thomas 38 m Disembarked Auckland (Davy, Thomas)
Desmond, Henry 27 s Disembarked Auckland
Dunn, Frances 28 m
Dunn, Timothy 36 m Disembarked Auckland
Edwards, William 19 s Disembarked Auckland (Edwars, William)
Elliot, Eliza 16 s
Elliot, George 14 s
Elliot, Mary Jane 21 s
Elliot, Samuel 55 m Disembarked Auckland
Elliot, William Henry 18 s Disembarked Auckland
Fowler, Ann 23 m
Fowler, Joan 28 m
Fowler, William 21 s Disembarked Auckland (Fowles, Isaac)
Goddard, Mary Ann 32 m
Goddard, William 4 s
Goddard, William 31 m Disembarked Auckland
Grattan, Alexander 33 m Disembarked Auckland
Grattan, Eliza 8
Grattan, John 7
Grattan, Mary 11
Grattan, Rebecca 28 m
Green, Benjamin 8
Green, Edward 5
Green, Harriet 10
Green, Harriet 41 m
Green, John 12
Green, Thomas 17 s
Green, Thomas 40 m Disembarked Auckland
Green, William 15 s
Hall, Michael 18 s Disembarked Auckland
Halson, Catherine 17 s
Harmer, Edward 29 s Disembarked Auckland
Harper, William 16 s
Heone, Bernard 22 m Disembarked Auckland
Heone, Catherine infant
Heone, Janet 19 m
Hibborson, Abraham 21 s Disembarked Auckland
Hibborson, Joseph 30 s Disembarked Auckland
Hill, Albert 2
Hill, Carlton 18 s
Hill, Emma 12
Hill, Ernest 9
Hill, Frederick 7
Hill, James 38 m Disembarked Auckland
Hill, Maria 29 m
Hill, Mary 17 s
Hill, Robert 10
Hill, Sarah 14 s
Hillbrand, William 17 s Disembarked Auckland
Hooper, Edwin 7
Hooper, Elizabeth 34 s widow
Hooper, Elizabeth Ann 13
Hooper, Mary 5
Hortigan, Michael 22 s Disembarked Auckland (Hortigon, Michael)
Humphrey, George 20 s Disembarked Auckland
Joshbury, Henry 21 s
Keley, Kormak 20
Kennedy, Margaret 20 s
Kennedy, William 22 s Disembarked Auckland
Knee, John 23 s Disembarked Auckland
Landrick, Joseph 32 s Disembarked Auckland
Lark, John 34 s Disembarked Auckland (Lork, John)
London, Anne 19 s
London, David 16 s
London, Ellen 37 m
London, John 14 s
London, Mary 14 s
London, Patrick 9
London, Patrick 37 m Disembarked Auckland
London, William 12
Lonigan, Bartholomew 15 s Disembarked Auckland (Lonigan, John?)
Lonigan, Catherine 19 s
Lonigan, Daniel 9
Lonigan, Jane 44 m
Lonigan, Lawrence 21 s Disembarked Auckland
Lonigan, Margaret 11
Lonigan, Mary 13
Lonigan, Patrick 25 s Disembarked Auckland
Lorrigan, Daniel 45 m Disembarked Auckland
Lorrigan, John 23 s Disembarked Auckland
Lorrigan, William 17 s Disembarked Auckland
MacEmery, Thomas Geo 27 s
Marks, Charles 17 s
McCuatt, James 12
McCuatt, Maria 5
McCuatt, Mary Ann 26 m
McCuatt, William 32 m Disembarked Auckland
McLeod, Frances 25 m
McLeod, James 25 m Disembarked Auckland
Merret, George 23 s
Merret, Henry 17 s Disembarked Auckland (Merrit, Henry)
Merret, Joseph 20 s Disembarked Auckland (Merrit, Joseph)
Morgan, Ann 35 s widow
Morgan, Charles 21 s Disembarked Auckland
Morgan, Fanny 14 s
Morgan, James 4
Morgan, Margaret 16 s
Morgan, Mary Ann 17 s
Nash, James 22 s Disembarked Auckland
Nash, John 19 s Disembarked Auckland
Page, Frederick 23 s Disembarked Auckland
Palmer, James 12 Disembarked Auckland
Palmer, Maria 18 s
Paradise, Joan 22 s Disembarked Auckland (Paradise, Isaac)
Paterson, Andrew 24 m Disembarked Auckland (Peterson, Andrew)
Paterson, Elizabeth 25 m
Peasdon, Ann 21 m
Peasdon, William 37 m
Pell, Elizabeth 4
Pell, Hannah 22 m
Pell, John 20 s Disembarked Auckland
Pell, Walton 22 m Disembarked Auckland
Port, Edward 13
Port, Jane Elizabeth 31 m
Port, John 5
Port, Thomas 10
Port, Thomas 34 m
Randles, Henry 17 s Disembarked Auckland (Rendles, Henry)
Roach, Ann 14 s
Roach, Catherine 3
Roach, Margaret 1
Roach, Margaret 25 m
Roach, Patrick 25 s Disembarked Auckland
Roach, Thomas 25 m
Rose, Charles Henry 11 Disembarked Auckland (Rose, Henry)
Rose, John JR 15 s
Rose, Marian 9
Rose, Sarah 7
Rose, Sarah 36 m
Rose, William 36 m Disembarked Auckland
Russell, Amelia 45 m
Russell, Henry 1
Russell, Jane 4
Russell, Mary 6
Russell, William 12
Russell, William 39 m Disembarked Auckland
Scott, John 23 m Disembarked Auckland
Senior, Joseph 18 s Disembarked Auckland
Shepperd, Charles 2
Shepperd, Heather 34 m
Shepperd, Thomas 4
Shepperd, Thomas 36 m Disembarked Auckland (Shepard, Thomas)
Sholes, John 26 s
Skeers, Catherine 21 m
Skeers, Robert 19 m
Slemaker, Ellen 23 m
Slemaker, William 33 m Disembarked Auckland
Slow, Elizabeth 29 m
Slow, Esther 10
Slow, Isabella 19 m
Slow, Mary infant
Slow, Robert 32 m Disembarked Auckland
Smith, Robert 15 s Disembarked Auckland
Spore, Dorcas 24 m
Spore, Dorcas Eliz. 1
Spore, Harriet 30 s
Spore, James 27 m
Stanton, Elizabeth 31 m
Stanton, George 31 m Disembarked Auckland
Stanton, Jane 7
Stephen, Ann 2
Stephen, Ann 55 m
Stephen, Eliza 8
Stephen, John 5
Stephen, Richard 57 m
Stockwell, Henry 23 s Disembarked Auckland
Sullilvan, Elizabeth 21 s
Sullivan, Ellen 20 s
Tattersall, Ann 34 m
Tattersall, James 5
Tattersall, Joseph 2
Tattersall, Laurence 7
Tattersall, Ralph 11
Tattersall, William 13
Tattersall, William 30 m
Walker, Ann 10
Walker, Anne 36 m
Walker, Edward 12
Walker, Edward 33 m
Walker, John 7
Walker, Martha 1
Wilkins, George 30 s Disembarked Auckland
Willetts, James 3
Willetts, Mary 30 m
Willetts, William 4
Willetts, William 34 m Disembarked Auckland
Wood, Abraham 36 m Disembarked Auckland
Wood, Louisa 36 m
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Other passengers to disembark from the Westminster at Auckland include:
Best, John
Fishbury, Henry
Parr, Thomas
Terry, Charles
Tholes, John
Thomas, Colonel
White, Henry
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RESOURCES:
©(NZ) Department of Internal Affairs File ref: 1845/2092: microfile
no 1.2; Certificate of Final Departure
©McCarthy, Darry., (1978) "The First Fleet of Auckland." Pacer Printing Co
Ltd., Box 13197, Onehunga, Auckland.
©Southern Cross, The NZ Guardian (December 1842)
Auckland Central City Library (1998): 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland City, New
Zealand, or PO Box 4638, Auckland 1001, New Zealand.
Mount Albert Public Library (Take the "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852." book out on loan)
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t r a n s c r i b e d & c o l l a t e d b y
Carol Whyte, Auckland, New Zealand
30 December 2000
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