![]() John Stephenson Smith, wife Hannah and their 5 children travelled to New Zealand in 1849 on the ship "Pekin". They settled at New Plymouth where 3 daughters were born. John was Commissioner of Crown Lands for Taranaki, Post Master and assisted at the Exchanges Court and was for a time Acting Sheriff. His diaries, covering the years 1863-1869 and 1872,
consist of brief entries recounting daily events, land grants and claims
worked on.
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