----- Original Message ----- From: "Toby" <mytoby@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-NSW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 7:56 PM Subject: Re: [AUS-NSW] WISEMAN/GRONO & WRECK OF THE INDUSTRY, NEW ZEALAND 28 FEB, 1831. > Further to....... > > The marriage of William WISEMAN and Matilda GRONO was the first to be celebrated in the Church at Ebenezer. Witnesses to the marriage were Alexander BOOKS and George HALL. Occupation seaman, ships' captain. William served on a number of ships before joining the GRONO built and part owner vessel the "Elizabeth". On the "Elizabeth" he served under John GRONO, Alexander BOOKS and John Rudolphus KENT, before becoming captain of the "Elizabeth". > > William WISEMAN had two daughters to New Zealand women. Mary Ann, whose mother was Rugig of New Zealand, born about 1830 and baptised 29 Nov 1837 at Lower Hawkesbury and Sophia Petty, mother given as New Zealand woman, baptised 30 Sep 1832, Lower Hawkesbury. Occupation seaman, ships' captain. William served on a number of ships before joining the Grono built and part owner vessel the "Elizabeth". On the "Elizabeth" he served under John Grono, Alexander Books and John Rudolphus Kent, before becoming captain of the "Elizabeth". On the 29 Oct 1830 He sailed for New Zealand as Captain of the GRONO built and part owned "Industry" . The "Industry" was wrecked at Easy Harbour, Stewart Island, 28 Feb 1831, with the loss of William and ten men. About 1830 William WISEMAN purchased large tracts of land around Lyttelton and Christchurch on behalf of Daniel COOPER and Solomon LEVEY. No documents have been found to support this purchase, and the transaction is hidden in obscurity owing t! > o the untimely death of WISEMAN in 1831. There was trading in flax, pigs and potatoes with the Maoris from about 1830. Port Lyttelton, near Christchurch, was known as Port Cooper, and a port close to the north was called Port Levy. The names had been given to the Ports by William WISEMAN who was employed by COOPER and LEVEY. In 1848 the names of the two bays were changed. Ports Cooper and Levy, were thus called Ports Victoria and Albert, after the Queen and the Prince Consort. > > > > Toby in OZ ~¿ô > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >