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Genseek Mariners Index N-R
The following is an index to pre 1900 references for sea men mentioned in Australian newspapers. Further information can be obtained by emailing Jenny
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The GENSEEK SHIPS INDEX has further information on vessels mentioned below.
Master/Captain		Reference or Ship				Year

Nash - David		Tidewaiter/witness/court/NSW			1834
Neal - John		his Hawkesbury boat missing			1819
Neil-Capt		Friendship					1830
Neil-Capt		Friendship					1831/& S
Neil-Capt		USA ship Navy				1836
Neilsen - Mr		mate/Storm King/to Aust				1890
Neilson - Kristen	chief mate__Seladon				1897 - CF
Neilson - Capt		Rob Roy__Vict					1876
Nelso - George_		Capt_-drowned___Clan Alpine			1873M
Nelson - Mr		mutineer__in Melb gaol				1875M
Neni-Capt Dominic	gaol Syd/pirated vessel				1831/S4
Nesbitt - Mr		Wolf/death/Ist officer				1835*
Nichol-Capt A		Hebe						1832
Nichol-Capt		Deveron						1830
Nichol - Rbt		suicide/Chief Off/Meeiinderry			1898 - 1
Nichols	-Capt		master of Portsea/Aust.colonial trade		1819
Nichols - Isaac		death of/former owner of colonial ships/Aust	1819
Nichols - William	crewman/HM MERMAID/death on survey expedition	1820
Nicholls-Capt		Moniter						1831/S3
Nickerson - Cap		John.B.Martha___Staten Isl			1860 - 1
Nicholas-Capt		Eliza/drowned Isle of France			1830 & SG
Nicholas - Zach		crewman__Agnes					1876
Nicholls - Mr		english/seaman  on the Merope
			of Calcutta/murdered at Manilla			1821SG
Nicholson - Capt	master of Haweis/Sydney-Otaheite		1819
Nicholson - Capt	master of HAWEIS				1820
Nicholson - ?Corkel?	seaman__Tararau					1881 - 1
Nicholson - Capt	chief harbour master/Marilla			1860 - 1
Nicholson- Capt		harbour master__Geelong				1872 - 1
Nicholson-Capt.J	Nelson						1883
Nickels-Capt		Monitor						1830
Nimmo - George		seaman/Sally Ann/drowned Portland		1844
Nisbet-Dr		R.N_Supt Surg_Grenada			 	1827
Nixon-Capt		Chili						1836
Noddall - Master	Agaememnon					1857 - 2
Noel -Capt F		HM sloop SPEY/at Malta/arrested slaver		1820
Noel-Clement		mate_Quixote					1831
Noon - Capt		Red Rover					1851 - CF
Noon - Capt		Freedom						1853 - CF
Noon - Capt		Gem						1870
Norgate - Capt		surveying at Port Campbell			1879
Norman - Capt		death						1870
Northwood-Capt		Leda						1827
Norsworthy-Capt		John						1830
Norsworthy-Capt		John						1831
North-Capt		William..out of Hull				1831
Noyes-Capt		Marquis of Lansdown				1827
Noyes-Capt		Marquis of Lansdown				1829
Nutting-Capt		Hive						1836

Oakley - Capt		mater of JESSIE/Eng to Aust			1820
O'Brien - Capt		master of Lontarro/kiled/of Sth America		1819
			-Commodore of fleet of South American Insurgents/
			died Valparaiso/former Commodore of Doris (british
			frigate, India).				1819
Ockleford - Mr		chief mate__Normandy				1870
Ogilvie-Capt Alex	Research					1831
Ogilvie-Capt		Research					1832
O'Hara_Mr		Engl.4th engineer/Bublina			1868
O'Hara - Capt		Crinoline					1870
Oldfield-E.B		Capt_Waterloo					1829
Oldfield-Capt		Elizabeth					1830
Oliphant - Capt Joseph	master of Endeavour at NSW			1803
Oliver-Mr		customs,Syd.rowing match			1832
Olivarez-Hilario	seaman_court_New South Wales			1835*
Olson - Tullah		Seladon						1897 - CF
O'Meara - Capt		Amy Robsart					1876
Onman-Charles		seamer per Burrell_absconder			1831
Ord-J.W_.Capt		Integrity					1831 & S5
Orkney -Capt		Maori						1869
Ormon - Capt		master of HALDANE				1820
Ormond - Capt		master of Mary/Bengal - VDL			1819
Ormond - Capt		master of Morning Star/wrecked Torres Straits c 1816  1819
Orton - Capt		ANDREW MARVEL/fishery SouthEast Bay		1820
Orton_Thomas		mate/Truelove/Scot/struck by whale 1834
Ostler-Capt		Marquis of Hastings_missing			1827
Owen-Capt		Sydney Packet					1831/S4
Owen-Capt Samuel	master/David Scott/court			1835*
Owen-Mr			chief officer..City of Melb			1868

Paddle - Capt		Rebecca/Wentworth collision			1876
Paddon-James		master/Brigand/whaling NZ			1844/6
Pagley - Capt G		Argyle/to Port Fairy				1879
Pakyers-Geo-Capt	Merope						1831
Palland-Capt		Pat the Rover					1865
Pallant-Capt		Pat the Rover______[2]				1868
Palmer - Edward		sailor/visited wreck in NZ			1834
Palmer - J		owner of Edwin/Sydney				1803
Panditch-Capt		Elizabeth_[see also Powdich]			1831
Parish-James		dism.as pilot of Port Dalrmp			1829
Park - Capt M.J		master of Cato					1803
Parke - Capt		master of PORPOISE/wrecked New Zealand		1820	
Parker-Capt Samuel	Bombay						1827
Parker-Capt Joseph	Samuel Cunard					1836
Parker-Capt		Speculator					1830
Parker-Capt		Speculator					1831
Parker-Capt Hyde	HMS Rodney					1836
Parker - George		seaman/David Scott/Court witness		1835*
Parry -Lieut		master of Alexander/bottle message in sea	1819
Parry - Lieut		at Baffins Bay - no news			1820
Parry-Sir Edward	Melville Island					1868
Parson-Peter		Liberty						1832
Parsons-Capt		master of the Maitland				1844/4
Pascoe-John		seaman-courtcase-Tas				1829
Pasley-Capt		Flying Squirrel					1868
Pasley 			Flying Squirrel					1869
Paterson-Capt		Royal William					1836
Patrick - Capt		Success/ashore in gale/Madras			1819
Patrick - Capt		Murray/at Port Fairy				1879
Patterson-Thos		Capt of Magnolia				1854AF
Patterson-Mr		seamen per Ayrshire Lass-death			1865
Pawley - George		native of colony/hand shot off aboard PRINCE REGENT 1820
Payne - Capt		master of Sinbad/NSW - Hobart			1819
Payne - Capt		master of SINBAD				1820
Payne - Capt		witness in court N.S.W				1834
Peache-Capt		Harvey						1827
Peak- Isaac		seaman/DAPHNE/wrecked Kents Group		1820
Pearson-Capt		Lady of the Lake				1830
Pearson-Capt		Lady of the Lake				1836
Peck _ Capt		Neva_wrecked Bass Strait			1835*
Pengally - Mr		chief officer Coast Guard_Channel 		1869
Penny -Joseph		shipping agent/Tas				1836
Penny -Capt		whaling--Lady Franklin				1857/2
Percival - Capt		Charles, of Boston/in Bass Strait		1803
Perkins - Richard	master of Martha/arrived Hobart			1819
Perkins - Richard	master of Martha (sloop)			1820
Perry - Mr		carpenter?__Catherine Adamson			1857/2
Perry - Capt		master of slave trader/Sierra Leone		1820
Peter-Capt		Jolly Rambler					1832
Peter - Robert		commander_Queenstown				1852/CF
Peterson-Capt		Juno						1831/S5
Petersen - Capt		Europa (Russian boat)				1879
Petrie-Peter		Drummore					1831
Petrie -Capt		Betsey_NSW					1835
Petrie - Capt William	Kerangerie/wrecked				1879
Phillip-Capt		Resolution..out of Pterhead			1831
Phillips-Capt		Elizabeth					1830
Phillips-Capt		Elizabeth					1832
Phillips - Matthew	steward/DAPHNE/report on wreck/Kents Group	1820
Pickett-Capt		Glatton (13t)					1831/S
Pickering_Capt		London						1832
Pidcock - A.W		Rose						1898/1
Pierce-Capt		Corowa ex Wahgunan-arr Echuca			1868
Pink - John		crewman__Agnes					1876
Piper - Capt		crew race/Sydney				1819
Pitner-Capt Chas H	also spelt Pittner
			(USA vessel)General Sucre			1827
Pitner-Capt		Boliver						1827
Plunkett-Capt		Persian_					1830
Plunkett_R		Capt_Persian					1831
Pockley-Capt		master of the Tobago				1844/5
Poe - Capt		Janet Izat					1831/S
Poe-John		capt-Janet Izat					1830
Poe-Capt		Janet Izat					1831
Pollock-Capt		Francis Feeling					1836
Poole-Capt		INSPECTOR/at N.Z				1807SG
Poppleston - Mr		awarded Albert Medal				1869
Porter - Capt		master of Essex/at Boston			1819
Porteus-T.L		commander of Mallard				1854AF
Potter-S		commander of Omega				1854AF
Powditch-Capt		Elizabeth (brig)				1831/S
Powditch-Capt		Elizabeth/Bee					1831
Powell - Capt		master of BLACK JOKE/Aust			1820
Powell - Mr		Mate of 'Harriet'/to Sydney			1832SG
Pratt-Capt		Eagle						1830
Presnell-Lt		Helen						1832
Presnell-Capt		Alexandra					1868
Presnell-W		rescuer at Port Fairy				1868
Prest - John		Port Fairy harbour crew/death of		1879BG
Preston-Capt		Helen						1832
Priestly-Joseph		seaman_asslt wife-London			1829
Pringle-Captn_John	Margaret					1829
Pringle-Capt		Margaret______Tas				1830
Pritchard-Capt		aboard Orlando					1865
Proudfoot - D Capt	master of MARQUIS OF HASTINGS			1820
Pryce-Capt		Nancy						1830
Pryce-Capt		Nancy						1831
Pryce-Capt		Nancy						1832
Pujcol			cabin boy__Bretange				1869
Puller - Capt		Cyclops						1858
Purden-Capt		Ellen						1827
Putland-Lt John		commander of the HMS Porpoise			1807SG
Putnan - W		Master _Nabob_absc seamen			1835
Pye - John		mariner/passenger to Sydney			1832SG

Quinn - John		master__Bertha					1870
Quinton-A.J		commander of Regina				1854AF

Raby-see Reibey
Rahill - Frank		fireman__Tararau				1881 - 1
Rain-Charles		crewman Bombay_court case			1831
Raine - Capt		master of Surry/Eng to NSW			1819
Raine - Capt (Thos)	his brother and sister in law passengers to Syd.1820
Raine - Capt Thos	Surry/arrived Sydney from England		1820
Ralph-Capt		Albion	(C.T)					1827
Ramage - Lieut.Commdr	master of Hornet, US schooner			1819
Ramsey-Capt		Brittania					1830
Ramsey-Capt Robt	Britannia					1831
Ramsay - Capt		ex Craigendarroch/jumped overboard.to Eng	1879
Rangi			Crewman__Young Australian			1869
Rasmussen - Capt	injured__Meron					1898/1
Rattenbury-Capt		George						1830
Ray-Capt		Craigievar					1831/S5
Ray-Capt W		Cragievar					1832
Ready-Michael		Currency Lass./death				1834
Reardon-Capt		Gem						1868
Reardon - Capt		inquest/death					1869
Redden - John		seaman/LUBRA/evidence in court/W.bool		1879
Redford-James		Surgeon/LUCY 					1807SG
Redman - John		sold 'Martha' sloop to R.W.Loane/Sydney		1819
Redmond - Edward	whaling hand/TUSCAN/death of			1820
Reece-George		seaman/ court Tas/ for drunkness		1836
Reed-Capt		Union						1854AF
Reed - Peter		chief engineer__Winsloe				1875M
Rees - Mr		at Whampoa?thanked for assisting GREYHOUND	1820
Rees-Capt F		Highlander					1836
Reeves-Capt		Carabeen					1830
Reeves-Capt		Ellen						1831/S3
Reeves-Capt		Endeavour (13t)					1831/S1
Reibey  - Mrs		sale of Governor Macquarie to R.W.Loane		1819
Reibey	- T		owner of Raven/Sydney				1803
Reibey-T		owner of James/Sydney				1803
Reibey - Thomas		master of John Palmer				1819
Reid - Capt		master of CASTLE FORBES				1820
Reid-Sir John		Diligence/missing				1839/NG2
Rendall - Robert	death of/on Franklin's Artic exploration/1818	1879
Reney-Mr		chief Officer_whaler_subscrip			1835*
Rennoldson-Anthony	Queen Charlotte-Capt				1829
Rennie - Andrew		seaman/Cape Packet/witness-Inquest 		1835
Rennyldson-Capt		Queen Charlotte_				1830
Rennoldson-Capt		Queen Charlotte					1831/S
Rewcastle_Capt		pass per Constant Trader			1832
Reynolds-Capt		William Young					1829
Reynolds		fireman/RMS Jumna/drowned			1890
Rhodes-Capt		master of Alexander, whaler, at N.Z		1803
Rich - Capt		hunting sea serpents/N.W.coast of America	1819
Richards-John		seaman Bombay__court case			1831
Richards - Richd	22-30yo/no Wales/Inquest Aust/Cape Packet	1835
Richards-Capt		promotion to Town Pier-Melb			1868
Richards-Capt Hy	Frances Charlotte				1836
Richardson-Capt 	Joseph Winter					1831/ & S
Richardson-J		Captn_Joseph Winter				1832
Richardson - Mr		carpenter__Normandy				1870
Richardson - Robert	drowned/sealing venture				1821SG
Rickman-Capt		Flora						1836
Riddell-A_Capt		Duckenfield					1831
Riddell-Capt		Derwent						1836
Riddell-Capt		Martha						1836
Ridger - Capt		Hampshire/transferred to command Somersetshire	1879
Ridley - Capt		master of Triad/whaler				1819
Riggs - Abimelech Capt	master of General Gates/american brig		1819
Riggs - Abimelech Capt	charged with assisting escape of convicts	1820
Rimmer - Capt		Glaslyn						1872 - 1
Risk - Capt		master of JUPITER (see also Rusk)		1820
Ritchie - Capt		master of GREYHOUND/passenger to Sydney		1819
Ritchie - Capt		master of BLACK JOKE/Sydney			1820
Ritchie-Capt		Clansman					1829
Ritchie_Capt		Clansman					1830
Ritchie - Capt Thos	corrects log report	/Syd			1820
Rixin-Hammony		seaman_court_New South Wales_			1835*
Roach-Capt		court witness NSW_(2)				1835*
Robb_Capt		Leda						1832
Robbins- Thos		seaman_court_Tasm_lurking			1836
Roberts - Ellis		seaman/Medway/drowned near Sydney		1821SG	
Roberts-John		mate of Holyhead wreck/licence suspended 	1890
Robertson - Capt	Sir Edward Hamilton/1802//ship struck by 
			Lightning 1803/Rice ship			1803
Robertson-Capt		Spencer..out of Montrose			1831
Robertson-James		Captain of Forth				1832
Robertson-John H	master of the Minervai
			report on unchartered reef.			1836
Robins-Charles		Captain/S.D.Bailey/Trial			1868
Robins - Frank		sank brothers boat/Paddy From Cork/At Melb.	1879
Robinson-Capt		Corsair						1827
Robinson-Capt		Wellington					1830
Robinson		seaman/drowned/Brishane			1847
Robinson - Capt		Marilla						1860 -1
Robinson - Thomas	drowned New Zealand/sealer			1819
Robinson - Mr		mate/WILLIAM/missing from vessel/murdered?	1820
Robson - Pilot		Sydney						1857- 2 
Robson-Mr		owner of Schnapper wrecked NZ?			1832SG
Robson-Robt		seaman per Burrell_absconder			1831
Robson-Robt		fund raiser for his injuries/	
			received at Port Phillip			1836
Robson-Thos		causing a riot on Amelia Thompson 		1836
Rodger-Capt		Tigress						1829
Rodgers-Capt		Glutton						1830
Rodger-W		Supt Surgeon of Arab				1836
Rogers - Capt		US ship Tybee					1836
Rogers-Capt		Medora						1836
Rogers - Capt		master of the Nelson_Sydney			1844/8
Rogers - Capt		Isabella Watson					1852 - CF
Rogers - Capt		executed Liverpool				1858
Rogers-J.T		Capt__Western Empire_mutiny			1868
Rogers - Joe		Great Britain/Royal Charter			1876
Rogers-W		seaman per Harmony_Court			1832
Rogerson - Joseph	maltese seaman__Royal Charter			1860 - 1
Rollo - J.W		master of Little Mary/NSW			1819
Rollo - J.W		master of TUSCAN from Calcutta			1820
Rollo - John Wallis	TUSCAN/death of/estate admin/had Flinders Chart	1820
Rolls - Capt		master of the Emily,Melb-W.P			1844/11
Rolls - Master		Edina						1865 - CF
Rolls - Capt		Aldinga						1869
Rolls - I.T		Capt__Wetern					1870
Rook - Capt		master of Elizabeth &  Mary/sealing/NZ		1819
Rose -Capt		at Whampoa? thanked for assisting GREYHOUND	1820
Rose - William		seaman-wounded					1868
Rosevear-Capt		Sally Ann_colonial trade Aust			1844
Ross-Capt R.C		Borneo						1832
Ross-Hamilton		Alice_court witness NSW				1835*
Ross - Capt		master of La Gazette/sealing voyage St Pauls	1819
Ross-Capt		Lady Mary Pelham				1836
Ross-Sir James		expedition to Antartica				1868
Rous-Capt Hy John	H.M.S _Rainbow					1827
Roy - Master		Brothers					1851 - CF
Rowcastle-Capt		Brenda						1831
Rowley-Capt Robt	R.N/51yo.died Kent.				1834
Rushworth-J		master of HM colonial schooner Cumberland 	1803
Rusk - Capt		master of Jupiter/to NSW(see also RISK)		1819
Ruskey-Polowskey	AB from Poland/drowned/Sydney			1830SG
Russell-Bourne		Captain_Lady Rowena				1829
Russel-Bourne		Captain_Lady Rowena				1832
Russell-Captn A		Czar						1831
Russell-Captn		Currency Lass					1832
Russell-Capt		Omega.USA ship/acct of reef			1836
Russell - J		boatswain/L'Enfant D'Adele /NSW			1803
Rutherford - J.B 	master of GREYHOUND/Aust			1820

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