THE PARKHURST BOYS
ST GEORGE & MANDARIN - The Parkhurst Boys 1842 & 1843
ST GEORGE, ? tons, sailed from England on 1842, arrived in Auckland Oct 1842.
MANDARIN, ? tons, sailed from London 18 Jun 1843, to Hobart TASMANIA 2ND Nov 1843, arriving in Auckland, 14 Nov 1843.
Quakers arranged for young offenders at Parkhurst Prison to be sent to the Isle of Wight to be taught trades. Another offer was made that if they agreed to go to New Zealand to live and work, they would be pardoned. Most of the boys had been jailed for misdemeanours such as stealing fruit, or poaching.
The St George also had 123 cabin and 21 steerage passengers for Auckland.
The Mandarin's fare paying passengers went to Wellington.
The Parkhurst Boys were treated with open hostility by some Aucklander's.taken in by Auckland's harbour master, Captain David Rough, the Parkhurst Boy descendants became some of the most distinguished of Auckland citizens!
ST GEORGE 1842
Name Age Profession Name Age Profession
| Captain unknown | |
| John Miller 15 Shoemaker | Peter Richmond 14 Tailor |
| Astle William 12 Tailor | John Minhinnick 15 Shoemaker |
| Thomas Rook 19 | John Ryan 18 |
| John Saunders 14 | James Sayles 18 |
| Henry Seamell 20 | John Shears 17 Shoemaker |
| Charles Sheriff 17 Tailor | James Stokes 18 |
| William Smith 18 | William Thorn 18 |
| Henry Stephen Strong 18 | William Toppeny 13 |
| John Tuft 17 Shoemaker | William Tuck 11 Tailor |
| William Topping 13 Tailor | William Warnutt 16 Tailor |
| John Tugget 17 | John Willey 15 Tailor |
| Henry Wines 15 Tailor | William Woodgate 16 |
| John Moody 14 Tailor | Charles Murguard 16 |
| Richard Myler 14 Tailor | James McGuiness 17 Shoemaker |
| Andrew McQuarrie 17 | John Nicholson 18 |
| William Nicholson 18 | John Ogan 14 Tailor |
| James Parsons 16 | Joseph Phillips 14 |
| James Piney 14 | James Pool 17 |
| Thomas 15 Tailor | James Rampling 16 |
| Peter Richmond 14 Tailor | Thomas Rook 19 |
| William Axford 16 Shoemaker | John Axford 18 Tailor |
| William Baldwin 14 Tailor | George Baker 16 Shoemaker |
| David Bellamy 15 Tailor | William Beasley 14 Tailor |
| William G Blackwell 14 Tailor | Arthur Biggs 1 |
| James Briggs 17 Tailor | George Bottomley 15 |
| Bryant Briggs 15 Shoemaker | James Brown 16 Shoemaker |
| James Burgess 12 Tailor | William Burford 18 Tailor |
| Isaac Burnard 15 Tailor | Thomas Burnard 17 Shoemaker |
| Edward Carter 14 Tailor | Michael Burke 12 Tailor |
| Joseph Coley 17 | James Coley 15 Tailor |
| Samuel Cook 18 | Charles Chapman 15 |
| Joseph Cotey 17 | John Copping 16 Tailor |
| Thomas Critchley 17 Tailor | William Crawford 15 |
| Frederick Dawes 16 | James Davis 14 |
| Michael Dobby 15 Tailor | Thomas Dillan 14 |
| George Edge 19 Shoemaker | Henry Buller Dowie 19 |
| Thomas Fawian 16 | Alexander Elder 18 |
| Robert Waylett Fox 15 | John Floyd 18 |
| Thomas Hardy 17 | William Garn 18 |
| Benjamin Hitchcock 17 | Thomas Harvey 18 |
| Charles Holloway 17 Shoemaker | William Hollis 16 Tailor |
| Frederick Horne 15 Tailor | Gabriel Hopkins 13 Shoemaker |
| George King 18 | John Jones 17 |
| John Lee 14 Tailor | Thomas King 15 Shoemaker |
| John Lloyd 15 Tailor | Adam Liddle 17 |
| William MacKay 14 Tailor | John Mahoney 14 |
| David Marsh 15 | John Malcolm 19 |
| William Matthews 17 Tailor | James Marsh 16 Shoemaker |
| Walter Mellom 18 |
Mandarin 1843
| Captain T H Smith | T F McGauran Esq Surgeon Superintendent |
| Thomas Adams 17 Carpenter | George Allen 16 Tailor and Cooper |
| Henry Bassan 16 Bricklayer and Tailor | William Beales 18 Carpenter |
| Alexander Binnie 19 Tailor | John Cotterill 17 Tailor |
| Thomas Day 18 Tailor | William Denman 15 Tailor |
| Isaac Eggerton 17 Cooper and Shoemaker | John Farrell 16 Cooper and Shoemaker |
| Thomas Goulburn 16 Carpenter | James Griffiths 17 Carpenter & Shoemaker |
| John Hermitage 16 Carpenter | James Inchie 19 Cooper |
| Michael Lamb 16 Bricklayer & Shoemaker | George Lay 19 Cooper |
| John Lynch 17 Carpenter | Charles Neil 16 Shoemaker |
| Richard Organ 16 Plumber & Glazer | William Parker 12 Tailor |
| William Paton 19 Bricklayer | Edwin Rose 17 Farmer |
| John Shaw 17 Shoemaker | Joseph Smith 18 Plasterer & Bricklayer |
| William Smith 16 Farmer | Alfred Waller 15 Carpenter |
| William West 16 Bricklayer & Tailor | Joseph Williams 17 Cooper |
| George Wilson 16 Shoemaker | |
| There are 2 names missing from this list |
Mandarin Passengers
| Monsieur De Witte Belgian Consul | Mr Hayre | Mrs Hayre | Mr Bonnet |
| Madame De Witte | Mr DeNore | Birtins M | |
| Daughter De Witte | Miss Sewel | Mrs Atkins | |
| Miss McFarlane | MrAtkins | Mr Taylor | |
| Mr G&P Rhodes | Mr Couckwall | Mr Alderson | |
| Mr Stedman | Mr Upjohn | Mr Dusra | |
| Mr Kelly | St Arthur M | Hayre Son |
RESOURCES:
©McCarthy, Darry.,(1978)"The First Fleet of Auckland."Pacer Printing Co
Ltd., Box 13197, Onehunga, Auckland.
The Southern Cross (newspaper), Saturday 17 Nov 1843 "Shipping List"
Auckland Central City Library (1998): 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland City, New
Zealand, or PO Box 4638, Auckland 1001, New Zealand.