THE FIRST PIONEERS.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1402, 30 March 1912, Page 22

THE FIRST PIONEERS.

——-« PASSENGERS BY THE WILLIAM BRYAN. • SEVENTY-FIRST ANNIVERSARY. • To-day is-the seventy-first anniversary of the "Taranaki province. Seventy-one years ago the barque Williahr Bryan, of 3)2 tons, commanded by Captain: If Lean, arrived off the Sugar.Loaves with H married and twenty-two single adults, and 70 children. . There.were also on board-Mr. George Outfield (naval architect in charge of tho. expedition), Mr.. I!. Chilman, of London (who was appointed clerk to , Mr. Cutfield),'Mr. Thomas King, of! London, and Mr. A. Aubrey.' (son of Colonel Aubrey, of tho Horse Guards). The William Bryan sailed from' Plymouth Sound 011 November 19, 1840, and after li favourable passage~the vessel .entered Cloudy Bay oh March 19, 1841,.f0r orders, rinding no one in the Bay able to give him nny information respecting the site of the new settlement, Mr. CutfieM hired a cutter and proceeded to Wellington, for tho purpose of seeing Colonel Wakefield on the subject. After a brief stay, lie returned with a pilot, and. wif.h orders to proceed to Taranaki. The A\illiam Bryan eet sail on March-28, and came to anchor off the Sugar Loaves on the evening of March 30, 18-11. The following is'a list of the passengers■ . A übrey, \F rederick. Aubrey, Alexander. . and family. Bayly, Enoch. Outfield, George.'. ' Chilman, Richard, and wife. Crocker, John, wile, and family. . : Crocker, S. '(Mrs. Alexander Reid). Crocker,'Miss E. Curtis, Samuel, and wife. Cowling, William. . ..Clinio, James,'aiid wife. Daw, John, wife, and family. •' Edgecombe, William, wife, and family. ' Eflgccombo (Mrs. Samuel Harris). . Edgecombe, Charles. French, John, wife, and family. French, — (Mrs. James Batten). French, — (Mrs. Speck). Faull, Ileury, wife, and family. Faull, Henry, junr. . Faull, C. (Mrs. Edward I.ye). Faull, E. (Mrs. Morgan). Faull, E. (Mrs. John Smith). Gilbert, Henry. Harrison, Thomas, wife, and family. . Harrison. Thomas, junr. Harris, E;, wife, and family. . Hicks, John. Hoskin, Peter J. ■ Henwood, William. Inch, Paul, wife, and family. Inch, — (Mrs. H. .U. Wood). Inch, Thomas. .Tames, John, and wife. Jury, —, wifp and family. Jury, Richard. Jury, John. King, Thomas. Lye, John, wife, and family. . Lye, William. Lye. Edward, ' Lve, John. Lye, M. (Mrs. . Hood). : Lyc,'A. (Mrs. Henry Hooker). ; Lye,— (Mrs;'' James' Shaw). Marshall, William, wife, and family. Marshall, John. " Marshall,'. William. Medland, Edward. Nairn, —. wife, and family. . Nairn, — (2).' ■ Pepperell, John, wife, and family. Pepperell, Samuel. Pepperell, John. . Putt, Richard, wife, and family. Putt, John. „ • Putt, Henry. - Putt," — (Sirs; W. Henwood). Putt, — (Mrs. John Loveridge). Pearn, Jonathan, wife, and family. Pearn,'.Jonathan, junr. . Pearn, Edward. Phillips. Mrs., and family. Revell,. Henry, wife,, and family. Revell, Henry, junr., Revel 1, James. Revell, John. •' Revell, —. Revell. 'T. (Mrs. J. Sleel):- ' ' ' Reid, Nathaniel.' .' | ... Roe, Richard, and wife. ! Ross, Alexander, and wife. Sarten, Edmond, wife, and child. 1 Sarten, Levi. , -.' ; Shaw, James. Tucker, Jianiel, wife, and children. Weekes, Dr. . Of this number, the only survivors rei siding now in Taranaki are Mrs. H. H. i Wood, Mrs. John Smith, -and Messrs. T. . Inch, E. Lve,' W. Team, C. Revell,' and , S. Marshall.' •