Susanna (Parsons) Matthews (abt. 1819 - 1860)

Born about 1819 in Devon, England

Wife of Samuel Matthews — married 31 Dec 1840 in Boyton Church, Devon, England

Descendants

Died 10 Apr 1860 at about age 41 in Waiwakaiho, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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Susanna (Parsons) Matthews lived in New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.

Biography

Susanna Parsons was born at Devon, England about 1819.

In 1841, at the age of 22, she emigrated to New Zealand aboard the 'Amelia Thompson' with her 25-year-old husband Samuel Matthews.^[1] The 'Amelia Thompson' arrived at New Plymouth in Taranaki on 3rd September 1841 after leaving Plymouth, England on 25th March 1841, a voyage of five and a half months.

Susanna and Samuel settled in New Plymouth and eventually owned land at Waiwakaiho, near the Fitzroy area of New Plymouth. The couple are believed to have had eight children, the first of whom was either stillborn or died in infancy in 1843.^[2]

Susanna died at Waiwakaiho, New Plymouth on 10th April 1860^{[3] [4]}, and was buried at the Fitzroy [Primitive] Methodist Churchyard in New Plymouth the following day.

Sources

1. ↑ "New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists, 1839-1973," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDV-FPJ6 : 10 August 2017), Susan Matthews, 16 Oct 1841; citing ship , Archives New Zealand, Wellington; FHL microfilm
2. ↑ New Zealand Olivers webpage has a Parsons Family Tree online at <https://nzolivers.com/tree/wc08/wc08_424.html> which shows a Mary Jane Matthews as the eldest child of Susanna Parsons and Samuel Matthews, born and died in New Zealand on 7th December 1843. Efforts to find confirmation of this have so far been unsuccessful.
3. ↑ New Zealand Births, Deaths & Marriages Online [digital index], NZ Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz), Death Registrations: Susanna Matthews, age not recorded, 1860/128; confirmed date 10 April 1860
4. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-KVM3 : accessed 30 September 2017), Susanna Matthews, 1860; citing Death, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1860/2789