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ARRIVAL OF THE EDWARD Natal Witness May 10 1850

The 680 ton barque Edward left Gravesend 9 January 1850 and landed at Natal on 24 March having carried her 250 passengers safely during a comparatively uneventful voyage.

Most of the emigrants were destined for Richmond, and their names read like a familiar roll-call. There were the three brothers DACOMB. John FEILDEN (given in the Witness as FIELDING), acquired the property 'Fenniscowles', and his wife compiled a charming diary published as 'My African Home', illustrating what life was like for a woman in the Colony. Another was Anthony PIGG (spelled with one 'g' in the Witness) members of whose family later mined gold at Pigg's Peak. An omission in the published Witness list is John FRANKLIN, who was so keen to come to Natal that he agreed to work his passage as cook; preparing three meals a day for over 200 people on board ship may have dimmed his enthusiasm - especially as he received no land allotment at the end of it. WILKINSON and BARTLETT were specifically sent by Byrne to establish a fishing business using the large surf-boat which was carried as cargo on this voyage, but the project was unsuccessful. About 20 Wesleyans, including the POVALL family, travelled per Edward.

LIST OF PASSENGERS
Per barque Edward, 680 tons, Captain Robertson

Payn, William farmer
Trotter, David, farm labourer
Crocker, William, stone cutter
Marshall, William, butcher, Elizabeth, John
Ratcliff, John, labourer, Susan, George, William, Charles, Stephen
Young, Edwin, blacksmith, Elizabeth, Sarah, Edwin, WP, Thomas, Charles
Bird, John, carpenter
Miles, John, labourer
London, Edward, bookseller, Emily, Emily, William
Thompson, John, miller
Heppenstall, George, farm labourer
Jones, John, ditto
Bryan, James, farm servant, Rebecca
Laurie, George, farm labourer, Alice, George, Alice (?Lawrie)
Grevin, John, mechanic
Howells, Thomas, cabinet maker, Margaret, Thomas, John, Margaret
Lambert, Rebecca
Tyzack, Richard, tailor, Louisa, Richard, Charles, Louisa
Weir, James, gardener, Mary Ann
Tallack, Francis, carpenter
Young, James, carpenter, Ann, Eliza, Stewart, Thomas, Fanny
Pratt, Henry, agriculturist
Hillman, Alfred, ditto
Osborn, William, ditto, JB, miller, EB, John, Ann
Dacomb, William, farmer, Charles, Josiah
Acutt, WH, farmer
Stoddard, James
Baker, Thomas, agricultural labourer
Browning, Edwin, ditto, Charles
Bowser, George, carpenter
Pig, Anthony, joiner and wheelwright, Maria, Marian Jane, George, William (Pigg)
Kismode, Edward, baker, Margaret, Thomas E (?Kermode)
Ross, George
Jones, John, Jane
Ashton, Charles, farmer
Woodhead, Robert, ditto
Edmonds, WC, ditto (?Edmunds)
Fielding, John, ditto (Feilden)
Smith, John, ditto
Robson, John, ditto, Elizabeth
Stacey, Charles, coffee planter
Joslin, John, farmer
Logan, George, mason, Maria, John, Anne, Eliza
Logan, Robert, mason, Hannah, Margaret, John, Mary, Elizabeth, James, Susannah
Logan, James, mason, Susannah
Eagle, James, farmer
Simpson, John, ditto
Payne, -, Elizabeth, Hannah, Louisa
Stabler, John, farmer, Mary, Hannah, Elizabeth
Paford, William, agriculturalist (?Paverd)
Hoggarth, John, ditto (?Hogarth)
Horsley, -, ditto
Redshaw, Jonathan, Elizabeth
Wallace, John, farmer
Grieves, William, carpenter (?Grieve)
Williams, James
Holton, HTR, bricklayer, Sarah
Challinor, George
Foster, William, farmer, Louisa
Wilkinson, S
Bartlett, Robert
Bull, James, Emma, Emma, Allen
Thropill, Charles, Rachel (?Throssell)
Jones, Mary Ann, Dorothy
Dennis, Sophia
Moss, Robert
Cain, Thomas, farmer, Harriet, Henry
Thropill, William, farmer (?Throssell)
Taylor, Moses, agriculturalist, Rachel, Mary Ann, Caroline
Vear, George, shipwright
Vear, W, gardener
Spring, Francis, farmer, Arthur
Palmer, Job, farmer, Elizabeth
Hillery, George (?Hillary)
Bright, Alfred, tailor
Elston, George, carpenter
Russell, H, wheelwright
Richards, Charles, farmer
Smith, John, agriculturalist
Batchelor, William, printer
Lord, James, farmer
Burgess, William, baker, Sophia, dressmaker
Basley, John, miller, Jane, Sarah, Elizabeth, William, George (?Baseley)
Robinson, Charles, miner, Sarah, Charles, William, Mary Ann, Thomas
Biddle, Thomas, miner
Oiston, Edmund
Cockerall, Alfred, carpenter
Pay, George, agriculturist, Eliza Ann, Charles George
Hatton, Henry H, farmer (?Hutton)
Fleming, Horace
D'Anado, AF (?Andrade)
Hampshire, Elizabeth

The following is a list of Wesleyan Emigrants
Groom, Richard, farmer, Elizabeth, Betsey, Ellen, Thomas, Edward, Mary
James, Josiah, farmer, Ann
Povall, Charles, shipwright, Mary, Charles, Joseph, Sarah
Devereux, Lionel, Louisa
Walker, George, tailor
Markham, James, engraver
Balderston, E, farmer, Elizabeth
Austin, William, labourer, Sarah, Thomas
Bull, Samuel, tailor
Abbott, George, miller

JOHN MORELAND, Agent.