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| Name |
James Barrow |
| Born |
Abt 1800 |
Kent, England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Immigration |
22 Jan 1840 |
Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand [1] |
- The barque 'Aurora' commanded by Captain Theophilus Heale, left Gravesend on 18 September 1839 anchoring under Somes Island in Wellington Harbour on 22 January 1840.
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| Residence |
1848 |
Glenside, Wellington, New Zealand |
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Hawthorne Hedge on Barrow Property
The age of the trees (in 1976) indicate they could be 130 years old.” (W H Secker, Kapi-Mana News, 1976). |
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Holy Tree on Barrow Property
In using hawthorn, holly and the odd sweet bay tree to divide his farm into small fields, he unwittingly created a replica of the Kentish countryside. The age of the trees (in 1976) indicate they could be 130 years old.” (W H Secker, Kapi-Mana News, 1976). |
| Notes |
- An old hawthorn hedge on Glenside Road conceals a magnificent holly tree and a laurel. The hawthorn hedge and other trees were planted on Section 22, the farm of the Barrow family.
James Barrow and his family of six arrived at Petone on the first immigrant ship Aurora in 1840. His daughter Sarah Ann Barrow, aged 15, became the first white woman to step foot on the shore at Petone.
One version of the story states that her father paid a seaman, Mr Jones, to carry her ashore. Another version states that Sarah and another young woman jumped over the side and swam ashore in a race to land on Petone Beach.
In a romantic twist to the tale, the seaman, Mr Jones, returned from England four years later to marry Sarah. The story of this site has been researched by relative of the Wall family, Barbara Kay and also by historian Secker. Secker writes:
?James Barrow was originally a Kentish farmer and the hedgerows which survive on Section 22 would have been planted by him or one of his sons. In using hawthorn, holly and the odd sweet bay tree to divide his farm into small fields, he unwittingly created a replica of the Kentish countryside. The age of the trees (in 1976) indicate they could be 130 years old.? (W H Secker, Kapi-Mana News, 1976).
Early settler Thomas Arnold boarded with the Barrow family and letters of his experiences living with the household on this road in 1848 are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington.
The holly and the laurel are located on vacant land, owned by developer Rodney Callender. The hawthorn hedge is on road reserve.
Source Website "Glenside 'The Halfway' 1840-1928" Barrow
Garden
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| Person ID |
I12999 |
Frost Family |
| Last Modified |
8 Jul 2009 |
| Children |
| | 1. James (Junior) Barrow, b. Abt 1817, Kent, England |
| | 2. Charles Barrow, b. Abt 1819, Kent, England |
| | 3. Thomas Barrow, b. Abt 1821, Kent, England |
| + | 4. Ann Barrow, b. Abt 1824, Suffolk, England , d. Abt 1886, New Zealand (Age ~ 62 years) |
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| Last Modified |
7 Jul 2009 |
| Family ID |
F9640 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S316] Early Wellington by Louis E. Ward (Reliability: 3).
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