Scottish settlers to Dunedin, New Zealand in 1848

Dunedin, New Zealand.

John Wickliffe was the first ship to arrive carrying Scottish settlers, including Otago settlement founder Captain William Cargill, in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. The ship was named after the Reformer, John Wycliffe.

Departing with 97 passengers from Gravesend, near London, on November 22, 1847, and from Portsmouth on December 14, 1847, she arrived at Port Chalmers on March 23, 1848. March 23 is now observed as Otago Anniversary Day. Her sister ship, the Philip Laing, arrived three weeks later on April 15.

One of the more prominent buildings in the Exchange area of downtown Dunedin is named John Wickliffe House in honour of the ship. It stands on land close to where the ship berthed in Dunedin.

John Wickliffe List

• Aitken, George [labourer].
• Alexander, Henrietta [governess to Mr Garrick's family].
• Anderson, Andrew (38) [carpenter].
• Atkinson, Edward Bland (23) [storekeeper, farmer, m. Margaret Westland; Oamaru].
• Batchelor, Elizabeth Wild (17) [servant; m. William Henry Monson (ex John Wickliffe); d. 9/9/1862].
• Bentley, Charles (26) [miller; d. 4/12/1896]; Harriet née Ragg, wife (21) [d. 7/12/1881].
• Bentley, John (24) [labourer].
• Blatch, Henry Frederick (40) [gardener; Upper Harbour; d. 6/2/1888]; Sarah Mercy née Batchelor, wife (40) [d. 27/12/1886]; Thomas H (14) [d. 1/11/1925]; Alfred (12) [farmer; d. 29/6/1918]; Ann Caroline (10); Mary Eliza (4) [m. Conrad Rains (ex John Wickliffe); d. 16/10/1885]; Emma (2) [unm.; d. 30/8/1867].
• Brebner, Thomas (29) [labourer, waterman; Port Chalmers; d.4/4/1883]; Mary née Hambleton, wife (23) [d. 7/1898]; Adam Glendinning (3.5) [Stationmaster at Bluff d. 10/11/1910]; Robert (1.5) [drowned Martins Bay; unm.].
• Carberry, Kitty (45) [servant to Cargill family; d. 12/7/1868].
• Cargill, William, Capt. (63) [leader of the Otago Settlement; d. 6/8/1860]; Mary Ann née Yates, wife (57); Christiana Dorothea (20) [m. William Henry Cutten (ex John Wickliffe); d. 24/9/1918]; Marion Jamieson (18) [m. John Rbt. Johnston]; John [m. Sarah Jones; 2nd Eliza C Featherston; runholder; in British Columbia; d. 2/1/1898], Spencer (17) [m. Mary Batson; went to India]; Annie Cunningham (13) [m. John Hyde Harris, ex Poictiers; d. 18/1/1881].
• Chrystal, Francis (26) [baker, farmer; Akatore; never married; d. 1893].
• Cook, Charles John (38) [mariner]; Eliza H née ?, wife (38).
• Cutten, William Henry [m. Christiana Dorothea née Cargill (ex John Wickliffe); d. 30/6/1883].
• Delaire, Phillip (32)
• Derry or Derby, Fanny (30) [servant].
• Dommett, Henry (25), labourer.
• Ferens, Thomas (25) [ag. m. Margaret Westland; Oamaru; d. 6/6/1888].
• Finch, John (34) [labourer, farmer; Milton; d. 22/11/1897]; Elizabeth née Shaw, wife (30) [d. 19/10/1875]; John (6) [m. Margaret Strain (ex Ajax); d. 24/1/1921]; Samuel (4) [carter, ag.; N E Valley; d. 28/2/1899]; Emma (3 [d. 26/1/1916); Elizabeth (4 months) [d.11/4/1927].
• Fry, Richard (30) [carpenter, farmer; m. Agnes McLeod (ex Mary); Waikouaiti; d. 9/4/1899].
• Garrick, David, solicitor [Sydney 1852]; Mary, wife; Caroline (8); David (6); Jessie (4); William Henry [auctioneer; Anderson's Bay].
• Gibson, John Scott, (30)
• Jeffreys, Julius [landowner; d. Auckland pre 1898]; Emily née ?, wife [d. 7/4/1909].
• Jenkins, William (61) [fisherman]; Mary née ?, wife; Frances (15); Thomas (12); Elizabeth (10)
• Lovell, Napoleon (28); Emily née ?, wife (28); and niece.
• McDonald, Alexander (50) (alias Sinclair) [kept Royal Hotel, farmer].
• Manning, Henry Dr [doctor; m. Elizabeth Stokes (ex John Wickliffe); d. 3/12/1884].
• Monson, Henry (53) [carpenter, gaoler, solo father; d. 9/12/1866]; William Henry (22) [carpenter m. Elizabeth Wild née Batchelor (ex John Wickliffe); d. Eng. 1895]; John Robert (19) [Custom House officer; m. Mary Ann Roebuck; Port Chalmers d. 10/3/1914].
• Mosley, William Alfred (26) [machinist, farmer; Inch Clutha; d. 25/10/1889]; Mary née Howsley, wife (26); Mary Ann (4) [d. 1893]; Elizabeth Charlotte (3) [d. 26/6/1932]; Hannah Martha (8 months) [never married].
• Pike, Lucy (20), servant.
• Rains, Conrad Williams Bingham (26) [labourer; m Mary Eliza née Blatch (ex John Wickliffe); d. 14/4/1877].
• Shaw, Samuel (28) [painter].
• Sidey, Robert Kay (19) [farmer; d. Sydney, 19/8/1916].
• Smith, John Edmund (20) [clerk, ag., Factor Church Trustees; m. Matilda Trumble (ex Mariner 2nd voyage); d 13/6/1895.].
• Stokes, Eliza [m. Dr Henry Manning (ex John Wickliffe)].
• Taylor, Catherine (23) [servant to W Garrick].
• Watson, George (30) [smith]; Susannah née ?, wife (25); Louisa (3); Henry (1).
• Webb, Charles (18), [clerk to Capt. Cargill; m. Mary Anne née Graham (ex Blundell); Wellington].
• Westland, William (31) [millwright; unm. d. 12/8/1850]
• Westland, George (27) [mechanic; unm. d. 12/4/1853].
• Westland, Margaret (24) [m. Edward Bland Atkinson, 5/3/1849; d. 6/4/1852]
• Westland, Margaret (10) [m. Thomas Ferens (ex John Wickliffe); d. 27/10/1926].
• Wilson, John (28) [painter]; Elizabeth née ?, wife (25).
• Wilson, James (42), stonemason; Jane née ? wife (35); Thomas (18), mason; Jane (10), John (7), Isabella (5).

External links

• Passenger list

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