matoaka

Arrival of the Matoaka A Huge collection of transciptions from Hawkes Bay , Poverty Bay Newspaper Painstakingly transcribbed by Elaine, and her wonderful team Your Time has been appreciated and I am delighted to be allowed to put them on my site
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Arrival of the Matoaka, from London. 3RD January 1866 from London The clipper ship Matoaka arrived off the Heads yesterday afternoon, after a good passage of 93 days from the start. The Matoaka is a vessel of 1,323 tons, one of George SEYMOUR, PEACOCK, and Co.'s liners, and is a fine specimen of a Brunswick-built clipper ship. She was formerly here in charge of Captain STEVENS, but is now commanded by Captain William C BARNETT, who has visited our waters on several previous occasions in the good ship Cresswell, and appears to have gained the confidence and esteem of all on board his ship. The Matoaka was last here in September, 1859, coming up harbour with the unfortunate Tornado, out the same number of days from Liverpool direct. On that occasion she made the passage in about 100 days, including a stay of several days at Wellington. She has just been re-cleansed and is now on the first letter for twelve years. The Matoaka brings a full cargo of general merchandise, and an addition to our population of 441 souls, there being including crew 480 souls on board. It is not often a vessel with so large a number of immigrants on board enters our harbour in so cleanly and well-ordered state: and this fact is highly creditable to Captain BARNETT and the medical officer in charge, Mr Jonas KING, who has faithfully attended to the health of the passengers. The Matoaka took her departure from the Docks on the 23rd September, with a westerly wend, and sent the pilot on shore on the 27th, taking her final leave off Start Point on the following day with a gentle easterly wind. On the 5th October the island of Porto Santo was sighted, and the wind being S.W. had to tack across until passing Madeira: the wind still prevailing from W. to S.W. until reaching latitude 20 N.. the ship was compelled to pass to the eastward of Cape de Verde Islands. She then had the wind from N. and N.E. for two days, and on the 19th October sighted a ship supposed to be the Light Brigade, in latitude 12.28 N. Latitude, 22 46 W longitude. On the 24th spoke to the Light Brigade, twenty-six days out, which vessel reported that the ship to the N E was the Robert Henderson, 36 days from Glasgow, bound to Otago. On the 28th was still in company with the Light Brigade. The island of Trinidad was observed on the 3rd of November, on which day the S E. trades were lost, and on the 22nd of the same month the meridian of the Cape of Good Hope was made, A full rigged ship, supposed to be the Light Brigade was here sighted, she being about five miles distant to the S W. [By reference to the report of the Light Brigade, we find that the two vessels must have kept very close together, as the Matoaka and Light Brigade both sighted the island of Trinidad on the 3rd November. There is but little doubt that the vessel which the Matoaka sighted off the Cape was the Light Brigade.] After passing the Cape she had very light and variable weather, with the exception of one or two moderate gales, running down her easting to 50 s.,!and on the 84th days from the Downs. The Three Kings were made on Sunday last, at 11 a.m., and a fair wind brought her down coast. She will work up the harbour this morning, and her passengers will probably be landed to-morrow. The following is a list of the passengers and cargo.
MATOAKA Captain BARNETT Departure from London 23rd September 1865 Arrived Auckland 3rd January 1866 Ship of 1323 tonnage. Source Southern Cross 04/01/1865
AITCHINSON Elizabeth AITCHINSON Henry AITCHINSON William BATES Mary BATES Reuben BELL Anne BELL Emma BELL Sarah BELL Sophia BELL William BENNETT George BENNETT Lydia BILLING Albert BILLING Elizabeth BILLING John BILLING John (H?) BILLING Mary BILLING Selina BILLING William BINTON Ada BINTON Harriett BINTON Marshall BINTON William BLACKBURN John BLACKBURN Rebecca BLANCOMB Emma BLANCOMB Richard BOOKER Elizabeth BOOKER Hnry BOOKER Richard BOOTH John BOOTH John BOOTH Mary BOOTH Richard BOOTH Richard BOOTH Thomas BRAY Charles BRAY Mary BROWN Sarah BUCKLEY Anne BUCKLEY Annie BUCKLEY Cornelius BUCKLEY James BUCKLEY James BUCKLEY Mary BURRELL George BUSHELL Elizabeth BUSHELL Elizabeth BUSHELL Mary Ann BUSHELL Thomas CARDON Elizabeth CARDON John G CARDON Martha CARDON Thomas CASELY Annie CASELY Mary CASELY William CASHON Elizabeth CASHON Juanna CASHON Mary CASHON Thomas CATHERAN Joseph CHANDLER Hannah CHANDLER John CHANDLER Kate CHRISTOPHER Charles CHRISTOPHER Eliza CHRISTOPHER Martha CLARKE Emma CLARKE Mary CLARKE Matthew CLARKE Samuel CONNOLLY Anne CONNOLLY Anne CONNOLLY Elizabeth CONNOLLY James CONNOLLY William CONNON Alexander CONNON Esther CONNON Mary Ann CONNON Phoebe CONNON William COSTAR Alice COSTAR Emily DEAN Catherine DEAN Jane DEAN William DELAHUNT Mary DOYLE Alfred DOYLE Catherine DOYLE Emily DOYLE Eva DOYLE William DUFFIN Harriet EVETT David EVETT David EVETT Louisa EVETT Walter FETHAWAY Mary FLINT Walter FOSTER Annie FOSTER Edwin FOSTER Francis FOSTER Frank FOWLER Abraham	FOWLER Elizabeth FOWLER Francis FOWLER George FOWLER Hannah FOWLER Thomas FOWLER William FRENCH Eliza FRENCH Elizabeth FRENCH George FRENCH Mary FRENCH Sarah FRETHAWAY John FULLER Ada Maria 2 Persons or one? FULLER Luisa FULLER Sophia FULLER Stephen GARSIDE Benjamin GILLOTT Astley GILLOTT Henry GILLOTT Jonas GILLOTT Joseph GILLOTT Sarah GREY John GREY Margaret GREY Margaret GREY Rosanna GRUNDY Anne GRUNDY Isaac GRUNDY Sarah HAGUE Lydia HARNOTT James HARRIS Andrew HARRIS Mary HARRIS Mary Ann HARRIS Sarah HARRIS William E HAWKER Sarah HAWKER William HAYES Anne HAYES Catherine HAYES Catherine HAYES Julia HAYES Mary HAYES Michael HAYTER Albert HAYTER Elizabeth HAYTER Elizabeth HAYTER George HAYTER James HAYTER James HAYTER Jane HAYTER Jasher HAYTER Kate HAYTER Ranger HAYTER Waggett HAYTER William HAYTER William HEALE Robert HERRING James HERRING Sarah HILL Emily HILL Emily HILL James HILL James HODGSON George HODGSON Hannah HOLDSHIP Caroline HOLDSHIP Elizabeth HOLMES Alfred HOLMES Arthur HOLMES Charles HOLMES Eliza HOLMES Emily HOLMES George HOLMES Ida HOLMES John HOLMES Samuel HOLMES Sarah HOLMES Susannah HOWARD Mrs Howard HOWARD Samuel HOWARD Thomas HUTCHINSON Hannah HUTCHINSON JAS HYDE Julia HYDE Mary HYDE Robert HYDE Thomas JOHNSTONE ANNE JOHNSTONE Jane JOHNSTONE Mary JOHNSTONE Robert JOHNSTONE Sarah JOHNSTONE Walter KARF Jas LANE Ann LANE Anne LANE Charles LANE Emily LEE Eva LEE John LEINAHAN Henry LEINAHAN Mary LEINAHAN Robert LEINAHAN Robert LIGHT George LIGHT Mary LINTON Elizabeth LINTON Frederick LINTON Harriett	LINTON John LINTON John LOCKWOOD Annie LOCKWOOD John LOCKWOOD Kigira LOCKWOOD Mary LONGHURST Clark LONGHURST Elizabeth LOWE Benjamin LOWE Francis MACKAY Elizabeth MACKAY Robert MARSHALL George MARSHALL George MARSHALL James MARSHALL John MARSHALL Mary MARTIN Alice MARTIN Blanche MARTIN George MARTIN Joseph MARTIN Juliana MARTIN Juliana MARTIN Kate MASSEY Anne MASSEY George MASSEY Sarah MAY Clara MAY James MAY Jane MAY John MAY Thomas MAY William MAYALL Arnaud MAYALL Ellen MAYALL George MAYALL James MAYALL John MAYALL Martha MAYALL Mary MAYALL Phineas MAYALL Sarah McASHBY Elizabeth McGREGOR Margaret McILRO Richard McKENZIE Alexander McKENZIE Margaret McKENZIE Murdoch McNAMARA Winifred McSHEE Alfred McSHEE Alfred McSHEE Charlotte McSHEE James McSHEE John McSHEE Norah MILLISON Eliza MILLISON Ellen MILLISON Henry MILLS Amelia MILLS Charles MILLS George MILLS John ?.. MILLS Mary MILLS Thomas MOSS Harry MUNRO Isabella MUNRO James MYERS Elizabeth MYERS Ellen MYERS Henry MYERS Louis NADEN Hannah NADEN Mary NADEN Thomas NEWCOMBE Henry NEWCOMBE Richard NEWSOME Joseph NEWTON George NEWTON Mary NEWTON Matilda NEWTON Sarah NICHOLSON James NICHOLSON Sarah O'BRIEN Christopher O'BRIEN Ellen OLDFIELD Edwin P(?R)ONSFORD Emma P(?R)ONSFORD Lucy P(?R)ONSFORD William P(?R)ONSFORD William PAIN Charles PAIN Hannah PAIN William PARDON Williams PASSMORE William PATSKEY Harriett PATSKEY Isabella PEARSON Harry PEARSON Jane PEARSON Mary PHILLIPS Lavinia PHILLIPS Thomas PILGRIM Samuel PINGELEY William PROCTOR Mary PROCTOR William RIDGEWAY Henry ROBERTSON C A ROBINSON Celia ROBINSON Ellen ROBINSON John RODGERS James RODGERS Mary	SCHOLEZ Charles SCHOLEZ Helen SEED James SEED Sarah SEED Thomas SHADLOW Anne SHADLOW Benjamin SHADLOW Frank SHADLOW W Henry SHAW Rachel SHAW Thomas SHORT Ellen SHORT Mary Ann? Could be 2 people SHORT William SHORT William C SIMPSON Charlotte SIMPSON Esther SIMPSON Joseph SIMPSON Martha SMITH Charlotte SMITH Charlotte SMITH Esther SMITH Jane SMITH John SMITH John SMITH Sarah SMITH Thomas SMITH Thomas SMITH William SMITH Young STANLEY John STANLEY Mary STANLEY William STEBBING William STEVENS Caroline SUM James SUM Susan SUM William SUMMERSET Henry SUMMERSET Rose TAYLOR James R TIERNON Catherine TIERNON Bridget THESE ARE LINKED TIVION?* Patrick TRADE John TUCKER Elizabeth TUCKER Elizabeth TUCKER George TUCKER Sarah TURNER John TURNER Mary WADE John WADE William WADSWORTH Annie WADSWORTH David WADSWORTH Elizabeth WADSWORTH Emily WADSWORTH Mary WADSWORTH Mary WADSWORTH Robert WADSWORTH William WALDRON Jane WALDRON Mary WALDRON Sophia WALDRON Thomas WALDRON Thomas WARE Eliza WARE Eliza WARE George WARE Henry WATTS Emma WATTS Jane WATTS William WESTHEAD Benjamin WESTHEAD Emma WESTHEAD James WESTHEAD Joseph WHITE Eliza WHITE George WHITE Mary WHITE Mary WHITE William WHITE William WHITEHEAD David WHITEHEAD John WHITEHEAD Martha WHITEHEAD Mary WHITEHEAD Sarah WHITEHEAD Susannah WILLIAMS Martha WILLIAMS William WILSON Ada Jane WILSON Alice WILSON Catherine WILSON Catherine WILSON George WILSON Isaac WILSON Jane WILSON Letita WILSON Mary Jane WILSON Thomas WORTHINGTON Harriott WORTHINGTON Henry WORTHINGTON Richard WRIGGS Sarah WRIGGS William WRIGHT Annie WRIGHT Annie WRIGHT Thomas A WYKES Joseph YOUNG Cecilia YOUNG David
My family, the COSTAR family came over on this boat. It seem's in this list only Alice arrived? The other seem to be spread around under differant names. (Coaster and Christopher and?) There should have been Charles, Eliza, Martha, Christopher, Alice, Emily, and one born half way over (Probably not listed), but called Matoaka!!! Chris Wright [email protected]

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