Page:A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Colonial Gentry Vol 1.djvu/73

 BURKE'S COLONIAL GENTRY. 53 I. Godfrey Dryden, h. 16th January, 1862, d. 29th of the same month. II. Wilfred, h. 15th January, 1864. III. John Dryden, b. 16th September, 1865. IV. Godfrey, b. 14th December, 1868. I. Mildred, b. 26th May, 1863. II. Mary, b. 22nd June, 1867. Sir John emigrated to New Zealand in 1852 ; was a member of the Pro- vincial Council of Canterbury, 1853 — 76 ; resident magistrate for Christchurch and Lyttieton, 1856 — 63 ; elected a member of the House of Representatives, 1855; the following year became colonial secretary; member of the Legis- lative Council from 1862 to 1866; postmaster-general, 1866 — 69; again colonial secretary from 1872 to 1873 ; appointed premier of New Zealand, 1879, and retired from that office, 1882. He was created K.C.M.G. in 1882. ILtncaw. This family claims to be a branch of tlie old Lincolnshire family of Hall. John Hall, Esq. of Kingston-upon-Hull, CO. York, a younger brother of the Trinity House at Hull, ni. in 1768, Eleanor, daughter of George Dutchman, Esq. of Kingston-upon- Hull, and d. 27th November, 1816. By his said wife (who d. 12th May, 1820) Mr. Hall had issue, I. John, b. 16th September, 1774, d. at Jamaica. II. Geoege, of whom presently. III. Thomas, b. 27th July, 1783, d. 12th August following. IV. WilKam, b. 18th February, 1785, d. 2nd January, 1787. I. Mary, b. 19th February, 1770, d. voung. 11." Elizabeth, b. 19th February, 1770, d. young. III. Eleanor, b. 12th April, 1771, d. 4th May, 1783. IV. Elizabeth, b. 27th December, 1776, d. young. V. Mary, b. 17th January, 1780, d. 14th February following. VI. Elizabeth, b. 17th January, 1780. VII. Eleanor, b. 4th November, 1784. The second son, Geokge Hall, Esq. of Kingston-upon- Hull, was an elder brother of the Trinity House there, and was b. 4th January. 1782. He m. first, 2l8t October, 1817, Grace, daughter of Thomas Williamson, Esq. of Kingston-upon-Hull, and by her had issue. I. George Williamson, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, b. 5th August, 1818, m. 1850, Agnes Emma, daughter of William Dryden, Esq. of Kingston-upon-Hull, and has issue. II. Thomas Wiliamson, of Timaru, Can- terbury, New Zealand, b. 18th Novem- ber, 1819, m. 1845, Sarah, daughter of William Young, Esq. of Wapping, CO. Middlesex, by whom he has III. John (Sir), K.C.M.G., of Horo- rata. I. Ann Williamson, twin with her brother, Thomas Williamson, b. 18th November, 1819, d. 1st June, 1826. II. Grace Williamson, b. 31st January, 1826, m. to John Sugden Neal, Esq. of Croydon, co. Surrey, and has issue. Mr. Hall m. secondly, 28th November, 1848, Mary Anne daughter of Harrison Packman, Esq. of Horndon-on-the-Hill, co. Essex, but by her had no issue. He d. 29th August, 1865. Arms — Arg. on a chev. sa. between two talbots' heads erased in chief of the last, and on a mount a tree-fern in base ppr. a mullet of six points witliin an annulet or. Cresi — Two fronds of fern ppr., therefrom issuant a talbot's head erased sa. guttee d'or, gorged with a collar gemel, or. Residence — Hororata, Canterbury, New Zealand. Calbeit of gKooUlantis. CALVERT, JOHN JACKSON, Esq. of Woodlands, Marrickville, near Sydney, N.S.W., clerk of the Parliaments, N.S.W., b. 31st August, 1830, at Manchester, co. Lancaster, England, m. at Sydney, 1869, Mary Murray, daughter of James Barker, Esq. of Sydney, and has issue,