Individual Details
Benjamin Lines
(1828 - 25 Dec 1847)
Events
| Birth | 1828 | Northamptonshire, England | |||
| Emigration-shared | 26 May 1842 | (Benjamin Lines) Gravesend, Kent, England |  |  | |
| Death | 25 Dec 1847 | Wai-iti, Tasman, New Zealand | | ||
| Burial | Saint Johns Churchyard, Wakefield, Tasman, New Zealand | | |
Families
| Father | Benjamin Lines ( - 1895) |
| Mother | Elizabeth Watts (1802 - 1868) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann Lines (1831 - 1906) |
| Sibling | Leah Lines (1840 - 1873) |
| Sibling | John Lines ( - 1910) |
| Sibling | Selina Lines (1845 - 1941) |
Notes
Emigration-shared
Benjamin Lines and his wife, Elizabeth Watts, departed Gravesend, Kent, England, aboard the ship Thomas Harrison on 26 May 1842 with their two sons aged 13 and an infant (Benjamin and John), and two daughters aged 11 and 2 (Sarah Ann and Leah). Also aboard was Benjamin’s older brother Thomas with his family. All of them were from Northamptonshire, England. They had been recommended to receive free passage to the colony at Nelson, New Zealand, by the Reverend S. H. White. Thomas and Benjamin Lines were laborers and lime burners by trade.Death
Benjamin Lines drowned crossing the Wai-iti River on Christmas Day, 1847.Burial
He was the first person to be buried at St John's Church, Wakefield.Endnotes
1. New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FY16.
2. Find a Grave Memorial 140776687.