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Sailors, Settlers & Sinners by Moira Taylor

The Hall family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907

An escape on foot from captivity in France in 1810, the attempted murder of a young wife in New Zealand and a heroic death in the Transvaal in 1880 are just three of the extraordinary stories recounted in Sailors, Settlers & Sinners.

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John … was farewelled by 60 Maori, all leading men from Kaiapoi, Rapaki and Port Levy, who praised his kindness as a magistrate and asked him to tell the British government that European and Māori were living together in peace.

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George, Thomas and John spoke German and French after a boyhood education in Germany, France and Switzerland. They were widely read … George and Thomas, as captains in the foreign service, were both highly skilled men. John … had administrative skills.

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To his parents, uncles and brothers Tom had seemed a hard-working, loving husband. The first charge of attempted murder at first seemed bizarre and ludicrous, and impossible to believe.

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[Edward] Wakefield combined qualities of brilliance with the inability to moderate his ambition and particularly his desire to perform and shine publicly.

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John Hall thought it was unfair that intelligent, law-abiding adult women were placed on the same level as children, lunatics and criminals in being excluded from voting.

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As I write, some members of the British government, on the verge of exiting the European Union, are realising the importance of its history of empire now that it seeks to re-establish links with its former colonies as trading partners.

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George Hall took some time to answer Captain Christie’s question, put to him in 1795 when he was a cabin boy of only 13, away from home in French waters at the height of the French Revolution. Should he remain on this American merchant ship or return to the port of his birth, Hull?

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On 21 October 1817 in Holy Trinity in Hull, at the age of 35, George married Grace Williamson, the 30-year-old daughter of Captain Thomas Williamson, a wealthy Hull merchant whose family had become enriched by importing iron from Sweden.

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By 6 December 1851, when Thomas and Dauntless were again in Antwerp, he complained to John in a letter that ‘times are so bad […] it is impossible to make a vessel pay her Bills if allowed to stay still at all’, saying he was proceeding from Cadiz to the River Plate to load salt.

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Sailors, Settlers & Sinners by Moira Taylor

The Hall family in Hull and New Zealand, 1795-1907

Published by Elloughton Press.

“

John … was farewelled by 60 Maori, all leading men from Kaiapoi, Rapaki and Port Levy, who praised his kindness as a magistrate and asked him to tell the British government that European and Māori were living together in peace.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

George, Thomas and John spoke German and French after a boyhood education in Germany, France and Switzerland. They were widely read … George and Thomas, as captains in the foreign service, were both highly skilled men. John … had administrative skills.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

To his parents, uncles and brothers Tom had seemed a hard-working, loving husband. The first charge of attempted murder at first seemed bizarre and ludicrous, and impossible to believe.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

[Edward] Wakefield combined qualities of brilliance with the inability to moderate his ambition and particularly his desire to perform and shine publicly.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

John Hall thought it was unfair that intelligent, law-abiding adult women were placed on the same level as children, lunatics and criminals in being excluded from voting.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

As I write, some members of the British government, on the verge of exiting the European Union, are realising the importance of its history of empire now that it seeks to re-establish links with its former colonies as trading partners.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

George Hall took some time to answer Captain Christie’s question, put to him in 1795 when he was a cabin boy of only 13, away from home in French waters at the height of the French Revolution. Should he remain on this American merchant ship or return to the port of his birth, Hull?

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

On 21 October 1817 in Holy Trinity in Hull, at the age of 35, George married Grace Williamson, the 30-year-old daughter of Captain Thomas Williamson, a wealthy Hull merchant whose family had become enriched by importing iron from Sweden.

Excerpt from Sailors, Settlers & Sinners

By 6 December 1851, when Thomas and Dauntless were again in Antwerp, he complained to John in a letter that ‘times are so bad […] it is impossible to make a vessel pay her Bills if allowed to stay still at all’, saying he was proceeding from Cadiz to the River Plate to load salt.

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