William Darby Brind

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William Darby Brind (* 1794 in London ; † 1850 ) was a captain and whaler in New Zealand . He was baptized on July 28, 1794 at St Philip's, Birmingham . He died in the Bay of Islands area in 1850 .

Travel to the South Pacific

On March 20, 1820, Brind arrived in the Bay of Islands as captain of the whaling ship Cumberland , owned by Samuel Enderby & Sons . The Cumberland visited Kororareka (now Russell) a few times and sailed for Sydney in December 1821 with a cargo of whale oil .

Brind returned to the Bay of Islands in December 1822 as captain of the Asp . The Asp made four electoral fishing trips from Kororareka. In 1824 Brind drove the Asp to whaling grounds near Japan. On December 17, 1825, Brind returned to New Zealand as captain of the Emily .

From about 1823 to 1826 Brind lived with a daughter of Pomare I , the chief of the Hapū Ngati Manu of the Ngāpuhi . Brind became a friend of Reverend Thomas Kendall and helped him after he was fired from the Church Missionary Society .

William Brind arrived in September 1828 as captain of Toward Castle in the bay.

From 1828 Brind lived with Moewaka, the daughter of Chief Rewa (Manu) of the Ngai Tawake. Their daughter was christened Eliza Isabella Brind . She was murdered by Wiremu Kingi Maketu in 1841 .

Girls' War

Brind is best known as the occasion for the so-called Girls' War in 1830. The war began with insults and abuse among young, high-ranking Māori women who vied for Brind's affection. Brind himself was not in the Bay of Islands at the time of the incident. Te Urumihia, the wife of Kiwikiwi from the Ngati Manu and chief of Kororāreka, whose daughter was involved in the incident, insulted Brind's women (Pehi, daughter of Hongi Hika and Moewaka, daughter of Rewa from Kerikeri ). This led to a costly and by the standards of Māori large battle between about 1400 warriors with about 100 dead.

Next life

On December 19, 1835, Brind married Eliza Anne Snoswell in Gravesend, Kent, UK . She came to New Zealand and the couple lived on Matauwhi Bay near Russell. William and Eliza had three sons and two daughters who were baptized in New Zealand. Brind died on the Bay of Islands in 1850.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Jocelyn Chisholm: Brind, William Darby - Biography . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. September 1, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b c Angela Ballara: Pomare II - Biography . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. September 1, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b Cumberland . In: Early shipping in New Zealand waters . November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  4. ↑ Richard Wolfe: Hellhole of the Pacific . Penguin Books (NZ), 2005, ISBN 0143019872 .
  5. ↑ Asp . In: Early shipping in New Zealand waters . Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  6. ↑ Emily . In: Early shipping in New Zealand waters . Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  7. ^ Toward Castle . In: Early shipping in New Zealand waters . Retrieved November 10, 2013.
  8. ↑ Steven Oliver: 'Maketu, Wiremu Kingi' . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. October 30, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ Jocelyn Chisholm: William Darby Brind . In: Dictionary of New Zealand Biography . Ministry for Culture & Heritage . Accessed December 2011.
  10. ↑ Florence Keene : Bay of Islands - The Girls' War . Blue Orb Charitable Trust , archived from the original on January 15, 2015 ; accessed on February 22, 2016 (English, original website no longer available).
personal data
SURNAME Brind, William Darby
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British whaling captain
DATE OF BIRTH baptized July 28, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH 1850
Place of death Bay of Islands