Jefferson_1815

British Southern Voyage

WRIBV046900
VesselJefferson
MasterJoseph Winslow
Departure1815
Return (days)1816-05-14
Port (dock)London
DestinationNew Zealand (Van Diemen's Land; New Zealand)
Owner (Agent)Enderby
Cargo600 casks
SourcesSST1; SST2; SST3
ReportsAt Van Diemen's Land some time in 1815 (filled in 7 weeks)
NotesLooks like the Jefferson relocated from Milford Haven to London. Staffordshire Advertiser of Saturday 18 May 1816 records that on Wednesday last the Earl of Harrowby received three beautiful black swans, a present from the Governor of Van Diemen's Land. They were brought to England in the ship Jefferson, a South-sea whaler. McNab records [in1816] a young New Zealand chief belonging to the Bay of islands, who had lived for some time with [Samuel] Marsden in his seminary at Parrammatta was quietly gathered to his fathers [died] in a lonely lodging house in Edgeware Road, London. Maui the chief in question ... shipped as a sailor on board the Jefferson, bound for England, which he reached in May 1816. Finding him an encumbrance the captain of the Jefferson took Maui to the House of the Church Missionary Society ... On 10 June Rev Basil Woode made provision for him to lodge at Edgeware Road ... In November [Maui] developed consumption that carried him off [dead] on 28 December.' Jefferson was advertised for sale in June 1917 but soon proceeded again to whaling.

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