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About Mary Williams
The last but one of the original white settlers of Otago passed peacefully to her rest on Sunday morning, 24th ult., in the person of Mrs Mary Williams, relict of Captain Peter Williams, formerly a prominent resident of Port Chalmers. Mrs Williams, who was formerly Mrs Benjamin Coleman, arrived with her husband, her brother (the late Mr David Carey) and his wife at Sydney in the ship Coromandel from London in the year 1837. After a short sojourn at Sydney she and her husband and some relatives entered into an engagement with the late Mr John Jones and came to Waikouaiti in the barque Magnet. After staying there for some time they came on to Port Chalmers. Messrs Coleman and Carey were the first white females to reside there, and to them may be ascribed the credit of founding the Wesleyan Church, the timbers for the erection of which were cut by Mr Carey. The deceased's first husband (Mr B. Coleman) was unfortunately drowned, and she afterwards married Captain Williams. For the last 20 years Mrs Williams was, unfortunately, confined to her room, where she was lovingly attended by her daughters Mesdames McKinlay, Woolsey, Shanks, and Smythe (of Port Chalmers), Haynes (of Christchurch), Stumbles (of Timaru), and W. H. S. Roberts (of Oamaru). She leaves in addition to these ladies two son, Mr James Coleman (of Marlborough) and Mr Peter Williams (of Oamaru). Mrs Williams was for 65 years a resident of Otago. She landed on the colony eight years before the settlement of Dunedin. There are no less than 62 grandchildren and 68 great-grandchildren of the deceased lady still living. Her husband, the late Captain Williams, came to Preservation Inlet in 1829, and settled there for a time, opening a store for the convenience of whalers visiting the inlet. [9 children, 62 grandchildren, 67 great grandchildren. total 138]. Source: Otago Witness (3 January 1906, p. 49).
- Residence: NSW, Australia - Oct 3 1838
Mary Williams's Timeline
1817 |
April 6, 1817
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Hooe, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
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April 6, 1817
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Susex, Hooe, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
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1838 |
January 2, 1838
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Hove, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
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1839 |
December 14, 1839
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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1842 |
July 13, 1842
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Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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1843 |
January 7, 1843
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Waikouaiti, Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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1844 |
September 5, 1844
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Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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1845 |
December 30, 1845
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Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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1847 |
November 1, 1847
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Port Chalmers, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
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