Hi Arachne,
I am new to this, and not finding it easy!
I initially wanted to find more about the Fearons. I knew the story of Edward becoming a master mariner , marrying and the first shipwreck, and returning to England to make the journey again. Settling at Motueka and having a family. I have been several times to New Zealand, visited Motueka, its library and the graveyard, and the site of their house.
When last in New Zealand, and inWellington, I wanted to visit the Turnbull Museum and see Edward Burrell 's diaries, but it was shut.
But then in Hackney archives I found more on Isaac and wanted to go further back. I am afraid I do not know what he did, he states "stockbroker" and I looked him up in the stockbrokers archives, but could not find him listed, only recently coming across that he was a merchant as well. But he was only 36 when he died. Did his widow go back to her family then, John Hodgson was her father I think, and a John Hodgson, father of Elizabeth or brother (?) paid for Edward to go to school and brought the children up. But she ended up being buried in Hackney . Emma's daughter Emma tinniswood died of dementia in a home. Maybe we can pool some of our information. I do not know how to send photogaphs via Roots
A rather disjointed reply to you but I had a slow start with it vanishing, and I did not want to lose it again.
