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 281 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. II. John. III. Heney, of whom presently. IV. VViUiam (Right Rev.), D.C.L., first bishop of Waiapu, New Zealand, b. 1800 ; educated at Magdalen Hall, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1824; ordained by l3r. Howley, bishop of London, in 1824, and afterwards spent some time in London walking the hospitals, and qualifying himself to act as surgeon to the mission, a capacity in which his services were frequently called into requisition in after years. He went to New Zealand in 1826, as missionary, under the Church Missionary Society ; was ap- pointed archdeacon of Waiapu in 1843, by Bishop Selwyn ; presented with the degree of D.C.L., by the University of Oxford, in 1852; and was consecrated first bishop of Waiapu in 1859. He compiled a Dictionary oj the New Zealand Lan- guage, 1849 (second edition^ 1858), and wrote Christianity among the New Zealanders, 1867. The Right Rev. Bishop Williams m. Jane Nelson (who was b. in 1801), and d. at Napier, ill 1879. having had issue, 1. Wilham Leonard (Ven.), B.A., archdeacon of Waiapu ; m. Sarah Wanklyn, and has issue, I. Frederick Wanklyn; m. E. M. Brathwaite, and has issue, Ronald Wanklyn. II. Herbert William (Rev.), M.A., m. Bertha L. Mason. III. Alfred Henry. IV. Francis James Volkner. V. Sydney Leonard. VI. Arthur Edward. I. Emily Jane ; m. Charles Gray, Esq., and has issue, Robert Leonard, Donald Camplin, and Agnes Sara. II. Margaret Ellen ; m. C. Maclean, Esq., and has issue, William Haydon, Leonard Herbert Lionel, Kenneth Edward, Eric Wanklyn, Margaret Elizabeth, and Dorothy. III. Edith Mary. IV. Agnes Maria. 2. Thomas Sydney. 3. James Nelson, of Frimley, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, J. P.; m. at The Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand, 22nd January, 1868, Mary Margaret, second daughter of William Beetham, Esq. of Danum and Te Mako Taita, both in Wellington, J. P., late of Frimley Hill, co. Surrey, England (see Beetham of Christ Church), and by her (who was b. at Hexthorpe, oo. York, England, 25th May, 1845) has issue, I. Heathcote Beetham, b. 2nd December, 1868. II. Arnold Beetham, b. 19th April, 1870. III. Cyril Nelson Beetham, 5. 1st November, 1877. IV. Edric Beetham, h. 12th July, 1884. I. Winifred Beetham, 6. 18th January, 1872. II. Gertrude Mary Beetham, b. 9th September, 1873. III. Elsie Jane Beetham, b. 16th December, 1874. 1. Mary ; m. her cousin, the Ven. Archdeacon 8. Williams. 2. Jane Elizabeth; m. H. Williams, Esq. 3. Anna Maria. 4. Lydia Catherine. 5. Marianne. 6. Emma Caroline ; m. William Nelson, Esq., and has issue, Lionel and Hilda Margaret. I. Mary. II. Lydia. III. Mary Rebecca. IV. Catherine. The third son, Ven. Henry Williams, aivhdeacon of Waimate, New Zealand, formerly of Notting- liam, England, subsequently of Paihia, Bay of Islands, and afterwards of Pakaraka, Bay of Islands, Auckland, New Zealand, b. 1792 ; entered the Royal Navy, 1806, serving until 1815, when he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant, and on the conclusion of peace, retired on half-pay ; entered into Holy Orders, 2nd June, 1822, ordained deacon by the bishop of London, and priest by the bishop of Lincoln ; went to New Zealand in 1823 as missionary under the Church Mis- sionary Society, and in 1844 was appointed archdeacon of Waiinate bv Bishop Selwyn, the first bishop of New Zealand. He m. 20th January, 1818, Marianne, daughter of Wright Coldham, Esq., who was the son of George Coldham, Esq., by Dorothy, his wife, daughter of John Wright, Esq., the son oi Kervin Wright, Esq. of Debenham, co. Suffolk, by Sarah, his wife, daughter of the Rev. Joliu Meadows (who was ejected in 1662, and was the son of Daniel Meadows, Esq. of Chattisham, co. Suffolk, who was b. in 1577, and grandson of William Meadows, Esq., who was b. in 1530), by Sarah, his wife, daughter of Benjamin Fairfax, Esq., the son of the Rev. Benjamin Fairfax, of Rumburgh, CO. Suffolk, who was b. 1592, ejected 1662, and d. 1675, and was the son of John Fair- fax, Esq., master of the great hospital in Norwich., in 1609, who was the son of William Fairfax, Esq. of Bury and Walsingham, descended from Sir Thomas Fairfax, of Walton and Anne Gascoigne, his wife. Wright Coldham, Esq., above-mentioned, m. Anne, daughter of Robert Temple, Esq, the son of John Temple, Esq., who was b. in 1700, and d. in 1777, and was son of Thomas Temple, Esq. (who was b. in 1677, and d. in 1735), the son of Colonel James Temple, son of Sir Thomas Temple, who was son of John