Joshua MEWBURN

1817 - Abt 1855  (37 years)

• Name	Joshua MEWBURN
  Born	27 Mar 1817	Finsbury, Middlesex, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	3 Aug 1817	Finsbury, Middlesex, England   [1]
  Emigration	Jan 1833	New Zealand   [3, 4, 5]
  Occupation	tobacconist; Maori 'convert'
  Died	Abt 1855	Auckland, New Zealand
  Probate	13 Nov 1865	Principal Registry, London, England   [6]
  Person ID	I1735	Mewburn
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry John MEWBURN,   b. 6 Nov 1795, Cripplegate, Middlesex, England ,   d. 19 May 1836, Kingsland, Middlesex, England  (Age 40 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane RAMSEY,   b. 14 Jul 1798, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England ,   d. 16 Feb 1856, Islington, London, England  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	9 Nov 1815	Hackney, Middlesex, England   [7]
  Family ID	F1272	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances Ellen MCDONALD,   b. Abt Nov 1824, Camberwell, London, England ,   d. Abt Sep 1848, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1841	Bermondsey, London, England   [8]
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2024
  Family ID	F313	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - Abt 1855 - Auckland, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Probate describes him wrongly as a batchelor rather than widower. Also states that "In the month of January 1833 Joshua Mewburn who lived at Matson's Cottages, Kingsland Road in the County of Middlesex left England for New Zealand." In Dec 1857 his brother Henry John belived that he might be alive and living in ""Waipar near Waicataio about 15 miles from Auckland [actually 150 miles]". Last seen 3 years earlier. Known then as Moko or Jemmy Moko; had his face tattooed and was living with Maoris. In the Register of Merchant Seamen, 1835-1857 he is listed as Josh Mewburn - Shadwell with no. of Register Ticket 244380.

  
  

• Sources

  [S160] Baptisms index (PR) England. Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.co Operations Inc; Location: Utah, USA; Date: 2012;;;;), 03 Aug 1817, Finsbury, London. Ref: batch C02069-3; system England-ODM; film 585440-2. "at Saint Luke old Street Finsbury Joshua Mewburn; born 27 Mar 1817 father: Henry John Mewburn mother: Jane" [S38] Baptisms (PR) England. Collection:Births and Baptisms, London, England, 1813-1906, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 27 Mar 1817. Saint Luke, Finsbury, Islington. p.97; No. 769. "Bap Aug 3rd, born March 27 Joshua, son of Henry John, Goldsmith, & Jane Mewburn, Baldwin Street. J Towey performed" [S323] British Southern Whale Fishery - Voyages, University of Hull, (Name: Name: Name: Location: Hull, England;;;;), 01 Feb 1833. "558.10 Marquis of Lansdown" [S286] Bay of Islands Shipping Arrivals and Departures 1803-1840, Rhys, Richard and Joyce Chisholm, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Paremata Press; Location: Willington, NZ; Date: 1992;;;;), 1-13 July 1833. Bay of Islands, NZ. "Marq. of Landsown, London, Plant; London to fishery, no cargo; source NSW V&P, p. 169" [S430] Jane Gifford - 1842, A. Whyte, transcriber, (Name: Name: Name: Name: NZ Genweb; Date: 1998;;;;), 09 Oct 1842. Auckland, New Zealand. "Passengers; Mowburn, Joshua" [S349] Testamentary records. England. Collection: England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 13 Nov 1865, Principal Registry. "Mewburn, Joshua, effects under £1,000. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Joshua Mewburn late of New Zealand Batchelor deceased who died in or since 1854 at New Zealand aforesaid were granted at the Principal Registry to Sarah Elizabeth Ashley (Wife of James Ashley) of the Old Eagle Camden Town in the County of Middlesex the Sister and one of the Next of Kin of the said Deceased she having been first sworn" [S301] Marriages (PR) England. Collection: Marriages and Banns, London, England, 1754-1921, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 09 November 1815, Hackney, Page 173, No 518. "at St John, Hackney Henry John Mewburn of this Parish, Batchelor, and Janes Ramsey of this Parish, Spinster. Wit. William Ramsey; Elizabeth Kidman" [S301] Marriages (PR) England. Collection: Marriages and Banns, London, England, 1754-1921, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc.; Location: Provo, Utah, USA; Date: 2010;;;;), 20 Oct 1841, Bermondsey, Southwark. Page 248, No 495. "at St James' Church in the Parish of Bermondsey in the County of Surrey October 20 1841 Joshua Mewburn, full age, batchelor, tobacconist, of Bermondsey Street (father Henry John Mewburn, dead), and Frances Ellen McDonald, minor, spinster, of Bermondsey Street (father Peter McDonald, baker). Wit. Eleanor McDonald; Joseph Wheeler"