Hi there,
Maybe I should have added a bit more. Zacariah and Sarah are my gt gt g
parents, came in NZ in arriving 21/04/1840 in Wellington and had 6 children.
Sarah, Zacariah John (John Zacaraiah), twins Clara Rebecca and Lousia
Elizabeth (who died as an infant in England), George Philip, and Anne Louisa
(born in Wellington but died when 2). George Philip was drowned in the Hutt
River (near where they settled) aged 14. His father also drowned there in
1942. Clara died at 21 after marrying Thomas Creed and having a daughter
Clara Angela. Thomas his daughter when back to England, she married Dr and
spent time in Africa, the US and Australia. She had a daughter I think who
was born in the US. So of the 6 of them only 2 continued the generations in
NZ.
Saral Eliza married Joseph Henry Gillard, and Zacariah John married Eliza
Signal (for the NZers reading of which there are heaps in the Manawatu and
Horowhenua areas). They had 12 children (b 1856-1880. Some lines of this
progeny have not been documented. They initially lived at Makara (near
Wellington) and established a gold mine and boarding house. They then went
farming at Te Horo about 1 hr (now) north of Wellington about 10 south of
where I am sitting now.
Anywhy I had better go and deal with my 2 progeny.
Jocelyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "L L Milnes" <landairwater(a)xnet.co.nz>
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Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 1:20 PM
Subject: Re: [CAT...] Zac
Appears from the dates you give, Tim, that Zacc and Sarah might have
been
part of the original New Zealand Settlement shiploads of property-buyers
and
settlers who came out here in 1840-41. Not my line, but I found it
interesting and cast my mind back to long-ago NZ history lessons.
These 1840-41 settlers were at the time the backbone of English-based New
Zealand society. They have held on to the political and economic reins
quite successfully ever since, too, though they've languished a bit lately
under the Helen Clark government.
They were paying passengers with some funds to invest.
They planned to live better in a new, unformed and challenging land,
knowing
it would be mighty hard work and fairly lonely, and they might never
see
England again. Terrifically brave people in my opinion.
They came under the energetic direction of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, who
would have been a cover-boy for shiny business magazines had there been
any
then. He inclined towards eloping with and marrying under-age
heiresses.
His horse and trap rattled along sometimes only a few miles ahead of
the
more splendid coaches of angry rich fathers in pursuit.
Tim wrote:
> 6. Note that Zacc is recorded as emigrating to NZ 1840/41 plus wife and
> four children: George,John,Clara and Sarah, no mention of any
> ----Louisa or Zacariah John.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Cattley" <timjhcat(a)tiscali.co.uk>
To: <CATLEY-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:42 AM
Subject: Re: [CAT...] Zac
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