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Kent / Re: Matson and Lushington Family research
« on: Saturday 25 February 17 04:56 GMT (UK)  »
Hello Doverrog - I will email you - but just came on to see in anything about the Waipu  NZ Matsons as I have now moved here.   Lushington interested me as Harbour Master Henry Matson (b. 1814) had a major run-in with a Lushington Goodwin in Tassie - wonder if it was a co-incidence - or there was family history there?   I have also found another Matson relative close by.  Still digging? 

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Canada Lookup Requests Completed / Re: come across some great info today about rev Norman Mcleod
« on: Thursday 31 January 08 01:02 GMT (UK)  »
Doverrog hello!! 

So good to hear from you - the BG Forums info is the same as the thread on Rootschat - so would rather just stay with Rootschat - I was born a Matson in Christchurch in New Zealand in 1945, and moved to Tasmania in 2002 and when I found that the only reference I could find to Henry here was less than flattering; Henry crossed paths with Goodwin, the editor of The Cornwall Chronicle who, suffering paranoia, slighted Henry and his superior Matthew Curling Friend in the newspaper. Posibly resulting from Goodwin’s interference through the newspapers Henry was refused a pay rise and felt there had been a ‘slur cast on his character’I decided to redress this by presenting an article to the Examiner newspaper to put his name in the archives - I am more into social history than genealogy.

 HENRY MATSON b. 1814 Wingham, Kent.
Son of Robert Matson m.Elizabeth Moon 11 Aug 1808

The family  dates are from the Family Tree commissioned byJohn Thomas Matson. His mother Alice Manifold (d.May 26, 1861)-  was the niece of William Barnes who gifted the Cataract Gorge in Launceston to the people of Tasmania. 

In ‘Matson of St Albans’ (Christchurch NZ 1952)
The story of Henry Matson of Delce Farm is well presented - I think this is online - but I have a photocopy of this I could email to you.

I have  ‘An Imperial Disaster’ by Michael Roe and could photocopy any pertinent pages.

There were at least 3 of the sons of Robert Matson here in Tasmania at some time through the 1800’s - Henry Matson - Harbour Master at George Town(2 words not one, and VDL, not Tasmania.At the time Henry (and George, and James) were here, Tasmania was Van Diemen’s Land.
).  George Matson with the Bank of Australasia (not Australia) in Hobart;   and James Moon Matson.


I have a copy of  ‘The Wished For Land’ and have contact with the Manifold and Bostock families, and a couple of receipts from Henry Manifold Matson - son of Henry and Alice. (photo attached)
The other Matson that I have had an interest in is Capt. Thomas Matson, master of the barque 'Margaret' - as I used to live in Mangawhai 20 minutes from Waipu in Northland, New Zealand, and the obelisk outside the Waipu Early Settler Museum has reference to Capt.Matson - 'sailed from Cape Breton for Adelaide Oct. 1851; arriving April 1852, from whence they were transipped to Auckland). Unfortunately, the book about the Nova Scotian settlers has transcribed Matson to Watson.  I sighted the original signature and it was that curly M that could be read as W - and the curator was immoveable on it even tho' the name Matson was on the obelisk. I see threads about Thomas that I yet have to explore properly.

If I can be of help here in Tasmania I'd love to hear from you.
Migs17

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Canada Lookup Requests Completed / Re: Henry Matson
« on: Thursday 24 January 08 23:47 GMT (UK)  »
Hi - I hope I am using this correctly - just joined  so I could answer your queries and information about the Matson clan here in the Antipodes. This is my family too - I was from NZ and now live in Tasmania.  Matsons in NZ - Henry's line , his cousin Henry Matson from 58th Foot Regiment & New Zealand Wars, and !! Capt Tom Matson who was the Captain of the Barque "Margaret " that took the settlers to Waipu from Novia Scotia - there is an obelisk with his name on in Waipu.
I posted some info on our Henry (1814 Delce Farm) on B-G Forums last night.    
HENRY MATSON b. 1814 Wingham, Kent.
Son of Robert Matson m.Elizabeth Moon 11 Aug 1808

Matson/Manifold Family Tree  byJohn Thomas Matson, son of Henry Matson and Alice (Manifold).
This dates from Robert (no birth date) and Elizabeth Moon b.Jan 9 1788.

Robert Matson         May 22,  1809 
James Moon             July 26,  1810
John  Matson            May26,  1812
Henry  Matson          June 17, 1814
George Matson         Dec 5,    1817
In ‘Matson of St Albans’ (Christchurch NZ 1952)
The story of Henry Matson of Delce Farm is well presented.
Henry Matson was the Chief Officer on ‘George III’ he was cleared of any misconduct in the shooting of convicts.
The incident is well covered in ‘An Imperial Disaster’ by Michael Roe
Pub: Blubber Press, Tasmania 2006 ISBM 0 908528 329
I now live in Tasmania (b.New Zealand) and wrote an article about Henry Matson for The Examiner newspaper in 2006.
Henry, 1st mate Geo III, Harbour Master at George Town, Van Diemen’s Land married Alice, the daughter of William and Mary Manifold(Barnes) of Kelso (n.b. George Town - 2 words, and Tasmania was Van Diemen’s Land if researching.)
Henry crossed Goodwin, the editor of The Cornwall Chronicle a paranoid,  slighted Henry and  Matthew Curling Friend in the newspaper. Henry was refused a pay rise and felt there had been a ‘slur cast on his character’.
 3 of the sons of Robert Matson here in Tasmania at some time through the 1800’s - Henry Matson - Harbour Master at George Town; George Matson, who worked for the Bank of Australasia (not Australia) in Hobart; and James Moon Matson.
The oral history I knew as I grew up, was that Henry and John came from England together, both as ship’s officers, pioneering myth?
George Matson? a banker with the Bank of Australasia in Hobart.  Index for the Launceston Examiner 1852 - 1859, he was formerly of H.M. 7th Royal Fusiliers, and dropped the first ball of shot from the shot tower in Hobart.
 Henry’s brother James Moon Matson worked the Bacchus March quarries with Henry in Victoria. During this time Alice stayed at Purrembete with her brothers’ families, as was often the case in Colonial Australia. This was harsh country, harsh times - recession period, gold rush, bush rangers, snakes and fires- a difficult place for a woman away from the comfort of her family. Some of this is written up in The Bostock diaries.
James Moon Matson. The first reference I have found for him here in Tasmania is as the chief officer on ‘Charles Kerr’ bound for Java. Visited Launceston 21 December 1835. As Harbour Master, Henry Matson in 1835, also acted as Customs Officer according to notes from John Thomas Matson. The two brothers would have been together briefly then.
James is  in 'The Tregurtha Log’ in 1836. In Feb 1837, Tregurtha took up land with brothers Henry and James Matson in the Western Districts of Victoria.’ He(James) went with the first settlers to Victoria and was a passenger on the ‘Henry’ 3 March 1837 from Launceston(VDL) to Port Phillip (Victoria). In note 282 of ‘The Tregurtha Log’ … ‘James Moon Matson. His brother Henry was Harbour Master at George Town in 1838.……….James was involved in various pastoral activities. Apparently he never married.’
Robert? I have no record of him in the Antipodes. I presume he stayed home to take over the farm.
There are three(3) Henry Matsons.
1 - our Henry. Born 1814 Wingham, Kent.
2 - his cousin Major Henry Matson m. Isabella de Thierry, 58th Foot Regiment - New Zealand Wars. Settled in Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand. Correspondence in NZ archives has a letter to his cousin Henry (our Henry Matson).
3. Henry Manifold Matson . Henry and Alice’s son who stayed in Victoria at Purrumbete when the remainder of the family went to New Zealand in 1862 - and became the property manager.
 

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