Ramillies

Carter's Family History via New Zealand

RAMILLIES - 1847

Lloyd's Register of British and Foreign Shipping, 1850, describes the vessel as a barque built in Sunderland, 1845, owners D. Dunbar, belonging to the Port of London.

"Ramillies" - 750 tons, under the command of Captain McLean (1st Detachment, Major William Henry Kenny, 73rd Regiment) sailed from Tilbury Port 14 April 1847, arrived at Auckland 5 August 1847. A voyage of 111 days according to "White Wings", page 117, aboard were 80 Fencibles, 56 woman and 120 children. Dr. Cunningham, R.N., was the surgeon and Lieut. Colonel Bolton, R.E. also came to New Zealand on the "Ramillies". According to the report published in the N.Z. Herald on the occasion of the Jubilee in 1897, there were 67 men, 55 woman and 103 children on board at arrival ["The Royal NZ Fencibles: A Complete Index" S. E. Kendall (1987). Also: Southern Cross, 7 August 1847, p 2]. See also: [Notice to Pensioners Selected for Enrolment in the NZ Force] and [The Arrival of the Fencibles].

Nominal List of the First Detachment of New Zealand enrolled Pensioners which emberked on the 14th April 1847, under Command of Captain Kenny, Staff Officer, on board the ship "RAMILLIES". Arrived (Auckland) 5 August 1847 [Jno. Gray, Major Commanding New Zealand Pensioners, Tilbury Fort. Dated 23rd April, 1847]:

No.	Regiment	Name	Pension	Family	District
1.	42^nd Foot	Hamilton Gillespie	1/-	Wife and 1 child	Edinburgh
2.	26^th Battln. Artillery	Alexander Walker	7d	Wife and 1 child	Edinburgh
3.	53^rd Foot	Joseph Windsor	8d	Wife and 1 child	Edinburgh
4.	40^th Foot	Patrick Kelly	1/10	Wife and 4 children	Limerick
5.	59^th Foot	Dennis Bowes	9d	Wife only	Limerick
6.	98^th Foot	Michael Kelly	9d	Wife and 2 children	Limerick
7.	21^st Foot	Jeremiah Sullivan	1/-	Wife and 4 children	Limerick
8.	86^th Foot	Thomas Pegum	9d	Wife and 1 child	Limerick
9.	Newfoundland Veteran	John Irvine	10d	Wife and 1 child	Limerick
10.	95^th Foot	John Capron	9d	No wife, 2 children	Bristol
11.	81^st Foot	Thomas Gapper	6d	Wife only	Bristol
12.	87^th Foot	Thomas Beer	6d	Wife only	Exter
13.	40^th Foot	Francis Northwood	1/-	No wife, 1 child	Northhampton
14.	9^th Foot	William Barr ¹	6d	Wife and 3 children	Southhampton
15.	31^st Foot	John McGhee ¹	1/4½	Wife only	Belfast
16.	52^nd Foot	Michael Rafferty	6d	Wife and 2 children	Belfast
17.	61^st Foot	John Dickie	1/-	Wife and 2 children	Belfast
18.	18^th Foot	John McPike	6d	Wife and 2 children	Belfast
19.	2^nd Foot	Thomas McSheery	6d	Wife and 1 child	Enniskillen
20.	50^th Foot	William McCutcheon	11d	Wife and 2 children	Enniskillen
21.	58^th Foot	Peter Burns	6d	Wife and 1 child	Enniskillen
22.	22^nd Foot	John Alexander	10d	Wife only	Enniskillen
23.	57^th Foot	James Mooney	1/-	Wife and 1 child	Enniskillen
24.	57^th Foot	Adam Nixon ¹	6d	Wife and 8 children	Gavan
25.	Marines	Patrick Purcell	£15/4/-	No family	Dublin
26.	54^th Foot	Acheson Price	1/-	Wife and 2 children	Enniskillen
27.	72^nd Foot	Alexander McCombie	8d	No family	Aberdeen
28.	60^th Foot	James Kearns	9d	Wife and 3 children	Manchester
29.	55^th Foot	Charles (Jefferson) Beswick ¹	1/-	Wife and 2 children	Manchester
30.	11^th Foot	Henry Lavery ¹	1/2½	Wife only	Belfast
31.	Sapper and Miner	George Addison	1/2	No family	Belfast
32.	42^nd Foot	Alexander Sutherland	1/1	Wife and 2 children	Dublin
33.	27^th Foot	George Hill	7d	No family	Dublin
34.	16^th Foot	Edward Gunning	11d	Wife and 1 child	Dublin
35.	60^th Foot	William Irwin	1/-	Wife and 1 child	Dublin
36.	Newfoundland Veteran	James Davis	1/-	Wife and 5 children	Worcester
37.	Marines	John Mander	£15/4/-	Wife and 4 children	Worcester
38.	94^th Foot	Robert Grant	1/-	Wife only	Dublin
39.	46^th Foot	Peter Healey	6d	Wife and 4 children	Dublin
40.	31^st Foot	Thomas Odlum	1/-	No family	Dublin
41.	Newfoundland Veteran	Jessie Piper	1/4½	Wife and 2 children	Jersey
42.	53^rd Foot	Charles Durbridge	1/10	Wife and 4 children	Sheffield
43.	53^rd Foot	Edward Palmer	1/-	Wife only	Leicester
44.	4^th Dragoons	William Turner	6d	No family	Gloucester
45.	5^th Battln, Artillery	William Owen	1/-	Wife only	Woolwich
46.	Marines	William John Booth	£12/2/-	Wife and 5 children	London
47.	99^th Foot	Martin Purcell	1/-	Wife and 2 children	Chatham
48.	Marines	Richard Day	9/4/-	Wife and 1 child	London
49.	4^th Foot	Charles Moore	1/3	Wife and 5 children	Chatham
50.	Marines	Timothy Hyde	£15/4/-	No family	London
51.	57^th Foot	John Arnold	6d	Wife and 2 children	Chatham
52.	22^nd Foot	John Douglas	1/-	Wife and 1 child	Chatham
53.	2^nd Foot	William Cossey	6d	Wife and 2 children	London
54.	2^nd Foot	John Bates ¹	11d	Wife and 1 child	London
55.	Marines	William Boyt	£15/16/-	Wife and 7 children	Wales
56.	Marines	William Reece ¹	£13.12/-	Wife and 3 children	Wales
57.	61^st Foot	Barney Tymon	9d	Wife and 1 child	London
58.	Royal Artillery	William McReynolds	1/-	Wife and 3 children	London
59.	19^th Foot	Richard Friend	7d	Wife only	Canterbury
60.	Marines	William Filmer	£24/-/-	Wife and 6 children	Canterbury
61.	Marines	Joseph Whiting	£25/-/-	Wife only	Chatham
62.	2^nd Foot	Stephen McGuirness	1/-	Wife and 4 children	Chatham
63.	58^th Foot	William Butler	1/-	Wife and 2 children	Chatham
64.	Royal Artillery	John Beeching	6d	No family	Chatham
65.	84^th Foot	John Kerr	6d	Wife and 2 children	Chatham
66.	13^th Foot	Edward Hudgins	1/-	No family	Chatham
67.	13^th Foot	J. O'Brien	1/-	Wife and 1 child	Chatham

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