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Mary Williams (Carey)

Also Known As: "Mary", "Mary Coleman", "Mary Williams", "Mary Carey"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hooe, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
Death: December 24, 1905 (88)
Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Port Chalmers, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of James Carey and Phoebe Carey
Wife of Benjamin Samuel Coleman and Capt. Peter Williams
Mother of Mary Woolsey; Phoebe Ann Shanks; Elizabeth McKinlay; James Coleman; Ellinor Coleman and 6 others
Sister of William Carey; Ann Godsell; David Carey; Julia Carey; John Carey and 11 others

Find A Grave ID: 200812601
Immigration to Australia: Coromandel, 2 October 1838
Immigration to New Zealand: Magnet, 16 March 1840
Managed by: Private User
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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
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Mary Williams's Timeline

1817
April 6, 1817
Hooe, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
April 6, 1817
Susex, Hooe, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
1838
January 2, 1838
Hove, Sussex, England (United Kingdom)
1839
December 14, 1839
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
1842
July 13, 1842
Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
1843
January 7, 1843
Waikouaiti, Dunedin City, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
1844
September 5, 1844
Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
1845
December 30, 1845
Matanaka, Otago, South Island, New Zealand
1847
November 1, 1847
Port Chalmers, Otago, South Island, New Zealand