Captain John Annesley Hickson

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Captain John Annesley Hickson


John Annesley Hickson was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 22nd February 1798. He died in Auckland, New Zealand, on the 16 March 1858. His father was Richard Hickson (1754-) and mother Catherine Skerret( - ).

On 27th December 1821  he married Elizabeth Pleasant Williams(1803- ) in Clontarf Church in Ireland.

He was an officer of the 73rd Regiment, and in 1848 brought out a company of pensioners per ship “Ann,” Captain Walker, to Auckland, and, settling at Otahuhu, he remained until his death in 1858. The ship departed from Belfast Ireland 25th December 1847 and arrived in Auckland on the 16th May 1848.



The following comes from a family history written by Cora Longton (nee Hickson).

Captain and Staff Officer of pensioners (late 31st Regt) was born in Dublin 22nd Feb 1798. On 27th December 1821 he was married in Clontarf Church by the Rev Charles Molloy to Elizabeth Pleasant, second daughter of Richardson Williams of Stanville Lodge, Clontarf, Co. Dublin.

Captain and Paymaster of the Londonerry (or 16th ) Regt of Militia. Educated at Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland, at a private school which the principal was Rev Dr Finucane.
On 7th Sept 1812 was appointed Ensign in the North Cork (or 34) Regt of Militia of which his father was a major.

His commision (by purchase) in the Regular army is dated 25th December 1813, when he joined the 88th Regt (Connaught Rangers) taking with him 50 men of the North Cork Regt. He served the campaign of 1814 in Canada under Sir George Sprvost, and that of 1815 in the Netherlands and France under Field Marshall, the Duke of Wellington, after which he was for some years in the Army of occupation in Paris.
On the death of his father in 1819, he retired on half pay from the 12th Regt of Foot on account of urgent family affairs. At this time he was unfortunate enough to loose his property "The Wilderness", Co, Tipperary through the mismanagement of his lawyer.

On 11th November 1824 he joined the 73rd regt as Quartermaster which naturally retarded his promotion, but having lost his property, and with an increasing family he found it necessary as being more lucrative.
From 1824-27 he was stationed in Ireland. From 1827-29 he was with his regiment in Gilbraltar, From 1829-34 in Malta, 1834-38 in Ionian Islands. In 1839 he went out to Canada with his regiment for the second time remaining theree for two and a half years. He then spent several years between England and Ireland when his regt (the 73rd) being ordered to the Cape of Good Hope. He joined the 31st Regt and soon afterwards was appointed staff officer of Pensioners at Thures N B (hard to read unsure of word). In 1847 Captain Hickson was appointed Staff Officer of Pensioners at Auckland, New Zealand. he came out to the Colony with his wife and family in the barque "Ann" 801 tons, in command Captain S C Walker having left Belfast, Ireland on 25th december 1847, arriving at Auckland on 16th may 1848.
Captain Hickson brought out 73 pensioners and their wifes and families (The NZ Fencible Corps). The party complied of 73 men, 66 men and 10 children. he received a grant of land at Otahuhu, Auckland - from the imperial government, and added considerably to this by purchasing adjacent lands, besides owning a nice property in the Waikato, all of which property went at his death, to his eldest surviving son, Joseph edward Hickson as heir -at-law, he having died intestate.

Captain Hickson intended settling some of his sons on the land before returning home and rejoining his Regt but he became blind, so remained in Auckland until his death in 1858. he sold out with the rank as Major two months before his demise. he died on the 16th march 1858 having had issue nine sons and five daughters.


http://www.newzealandgenweb.org/index.php/regions/auckland/44-source-records-auckland/48-passenger-list-of-ann-plymouth-october-1847-to-auckland 
ANN - 1848
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Captain C S Walker
Surgeon Dr Bacot  

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ANN,  801  tons,  sailed from Gravesend on 5 Oct 1847, left Belfast 25 Dec 1847 arrived in 
Auckland, 16 May 1848.
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Lieutenant John Annesley Hickson commanded the 6th Detachment from North Ireland which settled in 
Otahuhu, Auckland, NZ.

Passengers suffered from influenza before boarding, twelve children died, four were born - overall 
the voyage took six months. 


FORMAT
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 last      first   (last       born         died 
 name,     name     name(s))   year place - year place  (comment)

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Arthurs, John               1801 CLG IRE - 1874 Otahuhu
Arthurs, Mary (Best)             CLG IRE
Arthurs, 2 children
Bacot, Dr John Thomas W     1821 LND ENG - 1888 DVN ENG
Bacot, Anne Agnes (Mc Donald)
Boggs, Joseph/Jasper             BLF IRE - 1863 Otahuhu
Boggs, Eliza (Wilson)            TYR IRE - 1892 Otahuhu
Boggs, Matilda              1837
Boggs, Margaret             1842
Boggs, John                 1845
Boggs, George               1846
Breen, William              1804 FRM IRE - 1877 Otahuhu
Burns, James                1803 ARM IRE - 1852 Otahuhu
Burns, Alice                             - 1865+ Otahuhu
Callaghan, John             1804 HMP ENG - 1883 Otahuhu
Callaghan, Bridget (Murtagh)             -1855 Otahuhu
Callaghan, 4 children
Callagher, Francis (Hughes) 1806 LNGF IRE - 1888 Otahuhu
Callagher, Anne (Fox)       1820 LTR IRE - 1889 Otahuhu
Callagher, Jane             1840
Callagher, Francis          1843
Callagher, Ann              1845
Christie, John              1803 ANT IRE - 1852 Otahuhu
Christie, Mary (Mc Donell)  1806 BLF IRE? - 1889 Auckland  (remarried 1853 & 1871)
Christie, John              1831
Christie, Mary Jane         1836
Cobine, Joseph              1801 DWN IRE - 5 Mar 1862 Otahuhu
Cobine, Anne (Coyle)                     - 1866 Otahuhu
Cobine, Robert                           - 1875 Auckland
Cobine, 4 children
Cogan, Philip               1808 MNG IRE - 1878 Otahuhu
Cogan, Eliza (Thompson)     1810     IRE - 1881 Otahuhu
Cogan, 2 children
Condon, Robert              1808 ATH IRE - 1876 Auckland
Condon, Mary (Fitzsimmons)       BLF IRE?
Condon, 5 children
Coyle, Peter                1810 TYR IRE - 1889 Karaka NZ
Coyle, Margaret (McGuire)   1815 TYR IRE - 1888 Karaka NZ
Coyle, 2 children
Cunningham, Patrick              BLF IRE
Cunningham, wife & children
Davis, Edward               1806         - 1873 Otahuhu
Davis, Catherine (McMaster)              - 1873+ Otahuhu
Dixon, William              1800 MNG IRE - 1865 Otahuhu
Dixon, Nancy (Brady)
Donnelly, James             1802 CRK IRE - 1868 Ramarama NZ
Donnelly, Margaret (O'Neill)     TYR IRE 
Dougherty, Hugh             1811 DNG IRE > 1850s Auckland > Wanganui
Dougherty, Mary (Alford)
Dougherty, Mary             1836
Dougherty, Ellen            1843
Dougherty, Sarah            1845
Evitt, David                1815 TPP IRE - 1851+ Otahuhu
Evitt, Ellen (Kane, Casey)
Evitt, David                1835 India
Evitt, George               1839 India
Evitt, Mary                 1844 India
Evitt, Susannah             1846 India   - Died enroute NZ
Fallen, James               (Disembarked Belfast Ireland 1847 due to illness)
Finnegan, James             1800 TYR IRE - 1857 Otahuhu (Army of India Medal 1851)
Finnegan, Mary Jordan       1810 TYR IRE - 27 Sep 1865 Auckland (murdered)
Finnegan, Eliza             1830     IRE
Finnegan, Elizabeth         1834     IRE > Auckland > 1865+ Australia
Finnegan, Mary Jane         1839     IRE - Jan 1865 Auckland
Finnegan, Alexander         1839     IRE - 
Finnegan, John              1845?    IRE - 27 Sep 1865 Auckland (murdered)
Finnegan, James             1849     IRE - 27 Sep 1865 Auckland (murdered)
Fisher, Samuel              (embarked Belfast Ireland, see J Fallen)
Follas, Thomas (Fallas)     1802 ARM IRE - 1875 NZ
Follas, Elizabeth (Orr)          DWN IRE - 1848 Otahuhu
Follas, William             1832     IRE
Follas, James               1834
Follas, Jane                1836
Fox, James                  1784 LTH IRE? - 1849 Otahuhu
Fox, Ann (James)            1790          - 1919 Auckland (remarried 1850s)
Fox, Margaret               1830 India
Fox, Mary Ann/Eliza         1834 India
Fox, James                  1840 India
Galagher, Edward            1807     IRE - 1873 Otahuhu
Galagher, Margaret (Riley)
Galagher, 3 children
Gallagher, James                 ENN IRE? - 1861+ Auckland
Gilmer, James (Gilmore)          CHR IRE? - 1854+ Otahuhu
Gilmer, wife & 3 children
Glencross, Samuel (Cole)    1807 DWN IRE - 1877 NZ
Glencross, Martha (McBride) 1810 BLF IRE? - 1870 NZ
Glencross, Elizabeth        1842
Glencross, Martha           1845
Golt, John (Gott)                BLF IRE? - 1854+ Otahuhu
Golt, wife & child
Graham, John                     (replacement)
Grieve, John                1809     IRE - 7 Jan 1852 Otahuhu (St Thomas Church, Kohimarama)
Grieve, Mary (Falloon)           (remarried 1853)
Harrison, William           1805 DBL IRE - 1887 Auckland
Harrison, wife & 6 children
Hart, Richard               1806 TPP IRE - 1882 Auckland
Hart, Catherine (McBride)
Hart, 4 children
Henderson, William                   IRE - 1848+ Auckland
Henderson, wife & 5 children
Hickson, Capt John Annesley (Skerrett) 1798 CRK IRE - 1858 Otahuhu
Hickson, Elizabeth P (Knipe, Williams) 1803 DBl IRE 
Hickson, Catherine          1823
Hickson, Joseph             1829
Hickson, John S             1830
Hickson, Robert             1837
Hickson, William            1839
Hickson, George             1842
Hickson, Charles AS         1844
Hickson, Richard JS         Born enroute NZ
Hoop, John                               - 1873 Morningside, Auckland
Hoop, Francis                    Betabet - 1865 Auckland
Hughes, Frederick                    IRE - 1850+ Otahuhu
Hughes, Jane Grimes
Hughes, child
Hughes, James               1804 TYR IRE - 1875 Otahuhu
Hughes, Ellen (Taylor, Hughes) 1811 DBL IRE? - 1883 Otahuhu
Hughes, Edward              1835 W Indies
Hughes, Margaret            1839 Barbados
Hughes, Ellen               1841 Canada
Hughes, Mary Anne           1846 
Jones, Roger                1801 FRM IRE - 1854+ Otahuhu
Jones, wife & 3 children
Kingsborrow, Henry          1805 ARM IRE - 21 Jan 1880 Auckland
Kingsborrow, Mary (Irwin)   1821     IRE - 1882 Manukau
Kingsborrow, 2 children
Kyle, Richard               1808 ANT IRE - 1874 Otahuhu (Army of India Medal 1851)
Lennon, Michael                      IRE - 10 Jun 1848 Waitemata Harbour, Auckland
Lennon, Rose Ann (Conway)        DNG IRE (remarried 1848)
Lennon, Michael             1842
Lennon, Patrick Joseph      1846
Linehan, Dennis                  TLL IRE
Linehan, wife & 3 children
Little, Cornelius           1801 ARM IRE - 1883 Otahuhu
Little, Ann Flynn           1819 India (2nd wife)
Little, Mary                1837
Little, Thomas 
Little, Joseph              1842
Little, Charles
Loughrea, Robert                 LNDN IRE - 1854+ Otahuhu
Loughrea, wife
Martin, John                1807 DRMT IRE - 1875 Otahuhu
Martin, Mary (Fitzsimmons)       BLF IRE - 1863 Auckland
Martin, 4 children
McAnulty, John              1805 DRMM IRE - 1883 Otahuhu
McAnulty, Mary (Cogan)             India? - 1900 Auckland
McAnulty, Alice 
McAnulty, Lucy
McAnulty, Andrew 
McAnulty, John              Died enroute NZ
McCrory, Patrick (Bailey)   1808 ARM IRE - 1872 Otahuhu
McCrory, Catherine (Donnelly, Campbell) 1796 IRE -1891 Gore, NZ
McCrory, Patrick            1846
McCrory, Ann Laura          1848
Campbell, Elizabeth         1832 (Catherine McCrory, mother)
Campbell, William           1834 (Catherine McCrory, mother)
McCutcheon, William (Haddock) 1803 FRM IRE - 1865 Onehunga
McCutcheon, Sarah (Nixon) 
McCutcheon, Sarah
McCutcheon, Mary
McGee, Alexander            1810     IRE - 1858 Otahuhu (McGee St)
McGonagh, William           1809 TYR IRE - 1882 Otahuhu
McGonagh, Jane (Crawford)   1821         - 1901 Otahuhu
McGonagh, Robert            1844
McGonagh, child
McGonaghy, John             1810 ARM IRE - 1875 Auckland
McGonaghy, Mary Ann
McGonaghy, 3 children
McGuire, Patrick                 TYR IRE - 1875-6 Otahuhu
McGuire, Norah (Dewling)
McGuire, 4 children
McIntyre, Colin             1874 KNT ENG - 1854+ Otahuhu
McIntyre, Mary McKenna           BLF IRE?
McIntyre, Catherine         1848
McIver, Francis                      IRE - 1854+ Otahuhu
McIver, Mary Anne (Breen)
McIver, child
McManus, Hugh                    FRM IRE - 1854+ Otahuhu (Army of India Medal 1851)
McManus, wife & child
McMullen, Hugh              1800 ARM IRE - 1865 Otahuhu
McMullen, Ellen                  PRt IRE? - 1864 Otahuhu
McMullen, child
McMullen, Michael           1793 DWN IRE - 1859 Otahuhu
McMullen, Ellen (McElvoy)   1807 Charlston ? - 1864 Otahuhu
McMullen, Mary              1825
McMullen, Margaret          1826
McMullen, Rose Anne         1832
McMullen, Ellen
Meehan, Willaim                         - 1865 Otahuhu
Meehan, wife
Milgrew, Arthur             1810 TYR IRE - 1878 Otahuhu
Milgrew, Phoebe (O'Neill)   1826 ARM IRE? - 1894 Otahuhu
Milgrew, child
Miller, William             1805 LNDN IRE - 1868 Otahuhu
Miller, Sarah               1808 BLF IRE? - 1895 Otahuhu
Miller, 2 children
Mitchell, Henry             24 Sep 1812 Putney SRR ENG - 25 Aug 1901 Otahuhu
Molloy, William                  CHTH ENG - 1854+ Otahuhu
Molloy, Julia (Parker)
Murphy, William             1805 ARM IRE - 1865 Auckland (Army of India Medal 1851)
Murphy, Jane (Murphy)
Murphy, James               1844         - 1932 Otahuhu (Murphy Park)
Murphy, child
Murtagh, Patrick            1807 LTH IRE - 1883 Dunedin NZ (remarried)
Murtagh, Mary               1809     IRE - 1849 Gore NZ
Murtagh, 2 daughters
O'Hara, Charles                  MNG IRE - Otahuhu
O'Hara, wife
Patterson, William H        1803 LNDN IRE - 1865 Otahuhu
Patterson, Jane ((Mc)Cudden) 1826         - 1897 Otahuhu
Patterson, William 
Quinton, John               1811 ARM IRE - 1861 Otahuhu
Quinton, Ann (Slavin)            (remarried 1862)
Quinton, Martha             1847
Reason, William             Died enroute NZ, 24 Dec 1847
Reason, wife & 3 children
Robinson, George                 ARM IRE - 1858 Auckland
Robinson, Mary (Dawley)
Robinson, Mary
Robinson, Marshall
Robinson, George
Robinson, Ann
Ross, George               1805 DWN IRE - 1859 Otahuhu (Holy Trinity Cemetery)
Ross, Abigail (Carrol)     1827 BLF IRE? - 1871 Auckland (remarried 1866)
Ross, child
Ross, William (Rose)            SLG IRE
Ross, wife
Scallon, Andrew            1800 CHR IRE - 1853 Otahuhu
Scallon, wife & child
Schoolan, Cornelius        1804 FRM IRE - 1874 Otahuhu
Schoolan, Mary                          - 1865 Otahuhu
Schoolan, Ellen 
Scott, William Henry            BLF IRE - Auckland
Scott, wife & 4 children
Smith, Henry               1801 ARM IRE - 1872 Otahuhu (replacement)
Smith, Ann (Murray)             Died enroute NZ
Smith, Mary Ann            1835
Smith, Henry
Smith, Sarah
Smith, Thomas
Smith, Elizabeth
Smith, James (DeLapp)      1808 MTH IRE - 1890 Auckland
Smith, Rose (McKeown)                   - 1873 Auckland
Smith, Mary Ann            1845
Stewart, William                ARM IRE - 1854+ Otahuhu
Stewart, Grace (McGurke)
Stewart, child
Sullivan, James                     IRE - 1855+ Otahuhu
Sullivan, Ann (McDavid)
Sullivan, 4 children
Trimble, John              1809 TYR IRE - 1882 Otahuhu
Trimble, Jane (Kane)
Trimble, 3 children
Walsh, James Henry         1806 BLF IRE - 1877 Auckland
Walsh, Mary                             - 1856 Otahuhu
Walsh, 3 children
Walsh, John                             - 1863 Otahuhu
Walsh, wife & 2 children
Wood, William              1801 NTT ENG > 1848 NZ > 1866 ENG
Wright, Daniel             1803 EDN SCT - 1869 Auckland
Wright, Jemima
Wright, 3 children

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RESOURCES: 
©McCarthy, Darry., (1978) "The First Fleet of Auckland." Pacer Printing Co 
Ltd., Box 13197, Onehunga, Auckland.

©Alexander Ruth, Gibson, Gail,& LaRoche Alan., (1997) "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852." 
NZ Fencible Society Inc., PO Box 8415 Symonds St, Auckland NZ


Auckland Central City Library (1998): 44-46 Lorne St, Auckland City, New 
Zealand, or PO Box 4638, Auckland 1001, New Zealand.

Mount Albert Public Library (Take the "The Royal NZ Fencibles 1847-1852." book out on loan)


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