Dorset Compiled Genealogies

Templeton, John. The 19th Century Oke Family of Southampton. A short family history of the family starting in 1682-1870, originally from Sherborne, Dorset, who moved to Southampton. Article is in the Hampshire Family Historian, vol.XII, no.1, May 1985, pages 15-16. Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h v12 Tilmouth, James.&#160; A Mariner Among The Maoris.&#160; A history of James Heberley eldest child of John Jacob Heberley. John Jacob a native of Germany who was captured at sea, and taken to Weymouth to start a new life, and settled there and married Elizabeth Curtis on 2 Jan. 1809.&#160; Their son James born at Weymouth, 22 Jan. 1810 and died in Picton New Zealand 26 September 1899, had 3 brothers, and at age 11, went to sea.&#160; He had a hard life until he got to New Zealand in 1830, where he married a Maori lady Te Wai Nahi, 13 December 1841.&#160; They had 8 children.&#160; James became the first Pilot for Wellington and The Sounds.&#160; He also claimed to be the first man to reach the summit of Mount Egmont on Christmas Day 1839, in company of Dr. Ernst Dieffenbach assisted by maori porters. Article has a picture of James, also another one with his wife Te Wai Nahi, and a sketch of Mount Egmont, with maori folk in the foreground.&#160; Article in The Hampshire Family Historian, vol. XV, no.3, November 1988, pages 171-174, Family History Library Ref. 942.27 B2h

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