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I don't have a name for a first wife - have been looking but its a bit needle in the haystack. Will keep on that track and see what comes up.... I thought that if I could find his siblings.....someone may have done their history and it may be revealed on another tree, might look at the...

Hiya. I have James Hancox marrying Mary Sedgwick.....

Oh thats very interesting - thank you. I thought that if they were coming out under an agreement with an agent or on a government scheme, their lot in England may well have been a sad one. If they had come out under their own funds it would have been a different story.

Hiya - thank you - he was indeed a step son who took his stepfather's surname - only 9 when they married.

I think it was because on the marriage bans he is a 'widower'. She is also on her second marriage, the first to Joseph Heath. I shall go hunting for the first marriage later today..... thanks heaps Lyn. Sleep well!

G'day. After the voyage of 1872 took much longer than other vessels and the high mortality rate, an enquiry was held here in NZ - 16 children between the age of 7 weeks and 2 years died and this was found to be unacceptable. The result of the enquiry laid blame on a few points - the lower...

Morning - yes - there were rather a lot of James and Mary Hancox's about at the time - I think I have it right that they had three boys but if you have a moment to have a look - I would be grateful. I have John Hancox marrying Mary Sedgwick 24 July 1797 at St Martin, Birmingham. James (1797...

Gday - you are all so amazing! I am blown away by the kindness and time you take to reply. Thanks heaps. Lyn, we are descended from John baptised at Kenilworth. Yes Mary Newton married Joseph Heath and had a bunch of kids before he died and then married John Hancox a year later. Our...

G'day from New Zealand! So glad to find this forum. I am trying to trace the above gent - he is our 4 x great grandfather who came out to New Zealand on board the Bebington in 1872 with his wife Mary and daughter Lucy. Two of his sons had gone before him and after John and Mary arrived, the...