Private Thomas Ellingham (1825......1912)
Settled
in New Zealand
- Back to . . 58th
Foot Rutlandshire Regiment
Born : 18
November 1825
Where Born : Wittlesea, Isle
of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation : Labourer /
Soldier
Date Arrived : Sydney
25 November 1844.
Ship Arrived on : "
Agincourt "
Rank on Discharge : Private
Date of Enlistment :
20 September 1843
Regimental #
Where Enlisted :
Transferred :
65th Regiment on 1 December 1849
Date of Discharge 31
January 1850
Where Discharged : New
Zealand
Died : 2 July 1912
Where Died /
Buried : Ashley Clinton and was
buried on his farm at Whittlewood on 5 July
Parents Names :
Spouse's Name :Mary
Anne McCarthy
Born :
Where Born :
Date Arrived :
Ship Arrived on :
Died : 24 December
1935
Where Died /
Buried : Mangahei, Dannevirke and
was burried at Ashley Clinton on 26 December
Date Married :
11 December 1860
Where Married : Episcopalian
Church, Te Aute
Spouse's Parents :
- Descendants :
- Area Settled :
- New Zealand
- Children :
-
History
& Achievements :
On 10 March 1845 embarked on either the HMS North
Star or the Velocity, - arrived Auckland 24 March 1845.
Discharged in New Zealand Thomas Ellingham with the 58
was initially in the Bay of Islands during the conflict
with Hone Heke, then posted to Wellington where a
garrison of 50 men built and manned a stockade at
Boulcotts Farm. While there took part in the defence
following an attack by Maori on 16 May 1846 (where he
received a gun pellet in the side of his nose - leaving a
tattoo mark which he carried for the rest of his life).
He was later involved with the 58 in the building of the
Rutland stockade at Wanganui. He transferred to the 65th
Regiment on 1 December 1849 and took his discharge on
part pay from the army on 31 January 1850
He is understood to have then had a small farm at
Tawa Flat, then to have subsequently gone mining copper
(possibly in the Nelson area), then lived in Australia
for six years. He returned to New Zealand to live with
his brother William who was the first proprietor of the
Te Aute hotel in Hawkes Bay.
Thomas married Mary Anne McCarthy on 11 December
1860 at the Episcopalian Church, Te Aute
Initially they lived in a cottage adjoining the
Te Aute hotel. He was road contracting for some time and
subsequently moved to Otane. In 1875 they moved to
Whittlewood at Ashley Clinton in Hawkes Bay where he
continued road contracting and cartage while farming
Discharged in New Zealand In the Return of Freeholders in
New Zealand as at October 1882 (published 1884) it
records Ellingham Thomas, Settler, 574 acres - Ruataniwha
County - value 1,622 pounds Thomas and Mary Anne had 13
children.Thomas died 2 July 1912 at Ashley Clinton and
was buried on his farm at Whittlewood on 5 July (BDM
1912/1753). Mary Anne died 24 December 1935 at Mangahei,
Dannevirke and was burried at Ashley Clinton on 26
December (BDM 1935/3503)
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- Last revised: February 03, 2004.