EARLY NELSON SETTLERS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 14 July 1938, Page 10

EARLY NELSON SETTLERS

ARRIVALS BY SHIP CLIFFORD

The ship Clifford sailed from Gravesend on 18th December 1841, and arrived at Nelson on 10th May 1942. The vessel was in charge of Captain Joseph Sharpe and Mr Thomas Hughes was the Surgeon-Super-intendent. Appended is the passenger list.

Name. ( Surname. Christian. Age Alexander, Edward 18 Alexander. Augusta 15 Blincoe. Francis 45 Ann 88 Five children: Francis (11). John (7). William (5), James GO mos.), Sarah (13). Blincoe, Ann 10 Badman, Samuel 29 i Emma 84 Four children: Charles (9), Kezia (10), Jemima (7), Clifford (2 days). Baigent, Edward 30 : Mary Ann 30 Five children: Edward (9). 1 Alfred (8), Arthur (4), Samuel (1), Elizabeth (6). Batcy, Jacob 30 Cook. John 33 Elizabeth 2 't Four children: John (6), Edmond <4), Eleanor (9), Elizabeth (14). Cording, Edmund 48 Ann 47 Two children: Sarah (13), Susan (12). Clarke, David 30 Elizabeth 28 Five children: Elizabeth (12), Lucy (7), Isabella (5), Emily (3), Ann (infant). Crumpton (grandmother) 51 Dench, James 38 Elizabeth 37 Ford. Charles 41 (?) Hannah 35 (?) Four children: Thomas (12), John (10), Daniel (6), Elizabeth (2). Ford. Henry 15 Ford, Marianne l(i Gappei, Bernard 35 Mary 39 Five children: Francis (13), Edward (11), Mary (7). Eunice (14), Amelia ((5 weeks). Gibson. Sandy Robt 29 1 Susannah 27 One child: Elizabeth (4). Hyde. James 20 Higgins. William Mary Anne Two children : Matthew (7 months), Mary (0). Hughes, :j4 Lusty. Benjamin 22 Eliza 23 Mansell. William 24 ! Matilda . 25 Macisaac Richard 32 Jean 30 Four children: Robert (13). Richard (10), Jean (8), Ann <(i weeks). Plumridge, James 39 Maria 38 Two children: Eliza (11), Sarah Ann (9).

Quince, Hannah 27 Richards, Mary Ann 27 Rodgers, William 32 Mary Ann 33 One child: Mary Ann (8). Ratt. George 41 Sarah 30 Four children: John (7), Josiah (2 mos.), Julia (11), Jane (4). Ratt, Hannah 14 Roughton. Gervas 14 Halt, William 13 Ratt. Ann Jb Rail, George 20 .Hannah 24 Smith. George 20 Harriet 19 Spanton. James 37 Susan 38 Stanton. William 37 Mary 35 Six children: William (13), Richard (2). Phoebe (10), Elizabeth (7), Mary (5), Hannah (infant). Sloss. John 30 Esther 22 Stratford, Charles 23 Sarah 24 One child : Kezenhappuch (5 months). Tunnicliffe Thomas 33 Hannah 32 Five children: Thomas (8), Joseph (3), Sarah (10). Mary Ann (6), Caroline (8 months). Tunnic’ Te, Henry John l-J Timms. Charles 30 Selina 35 Three children: Samuel (9), Richard (7), Anne (3). Trant, Myra 23 Truss. Robert 28 Elizabeth 27 Trounce. Thomas 28 Jane 26 Walker. Charles 30 Winifred 30 One child; William (2). Wilson. Susannah 18 Wilson George 25 Margaiet 28 Watson, Jacob ... 23 Alice ]8 Verry. Thomas 40 Mary 45 Three children: George (8), Mary Ann G2), Charlotte (10> Verry, Charles 20 Verry, John 13 Salt. William Bates 24 Saxton. John 34 Wife 30 Five children Conrad (8), Edward (6). Charles (4». Priscilla (2£>, George (8 months). Saxton. Rev. Charles 35 Wife _ Saxton, Miss Wakefield. Miss