> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alan B. Pearce
>
> My wife can trace here ancestry back to the first woman 
> ashore in 1840 at Petone (pronounced pet-tony) in Wellington. 
> She reckons on being 5th generation NZ born, 7th generation 
> resident (a mother and daughter came out on the ship).

That is cool!

Allow me to introduce Giles NEWTON (my great, great, great, great, great
grandfather)
http://www.piclist.com/techref/other/newtons/wc01/wc01_051.htm

Born 1735 Henrico County Virginia. Henrico or "Henricus" is one of the
earliest English settlements in the "new world." First set foot on by
Captain Christopher Newport and his company (Captain John Smith, George
Percy, Esq., Captain Gabriel Archer, and about 20 others) in 1607, the first
permanent settlement was established by Sir Thomas Dale in 1611.

5' 10" 180 lbs ruddy complexion, dark hair and blue-grey eyes (I'm an inch
or so taller, but otherwise...)

"...He and his two sons, James and Younger, served as patriots in the war of
the revolution..."

He or his parents most likely came over from England. There just wasn't
anyone else in that region at the time. But I haven't been able to find the
connection.

Any advice on old ship records? Other than google or the geneology sites of
course.

---
James.
 


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