Here is another Dorset, England / New Zealand connection. I am seeking to make contact, and to share HULL and SYMONDS family history notes, with any descendant or researcher of my cousin, John HULL. Abraham HULL was born about 1790 and was baptized in Chillington on December 25th., 1790. On April 16th., 1822, in Pilsdon, Dorset, England, Abraham HULL married Amelia SYMONDS. In 1833, Abraham was a churchwarden for the Mosterton chapel, Dorset. He died of fever in Mosterton, Dorset, on June 23rd., 1838, aged 47, and was buried in Mosterton, with M.I.; Amelia, his widow, died on October 14th., 1859, aged 68 years (M.I. in Mosterton, Dorset, England). They had issue: John HULL, who was born 1826, probably in Dorset, England, and died 1905, aged 79, in Waiuku, New Zealand. John was a qualified chemist, trained in Germany. He arrived in Auckland in 1854. In 1855, he moved to Waiuku, where he purchased Park Farm, where he resided till his death. On May 3rd., 1858, in the chapel at Waiuku, John married Isabella Adelaide CANN, who was born in Battersea, London, on April 14th., 1832. They lived in Waiuku, New Zealand, where John was a farmer. For some years he was Chairman of the Waiuku Road Board. He was one of the first Justices of the Peace appointed in Waiuku. John died on August 15th., 1905 and was buried with m.i. in Waiuku. Isabella died on March 24th., 1915 and was buried with m.i., with John. John and Isabella had a large family in Waiuku, N.Z. Best wishes. Peter Ferreira Toronto, Canada.