Sarah Ann Riggs

Abt 1830 - 1891  (61 years)

• Name	Sarah Ann Riggs
  Birth	Abt 1830	Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset, England   [1, 2]
  	daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Bushrod) Riggs
  Baptism	21 Mar 1830	Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset, England   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Census	1861	Acreman Street, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England   [4]
  	William Mabey, Head, Mar, M, 31, Ag Lab, born in Cerne Abbas, Dorset Sarah Mabey , Wife, Mar, F, 32, born in Winfred, Dorset Joseph Mabey, Son, M, 10 Mo, born in Cerne Abbas, Dorset
  Immigration	Between 22 Apr 1865 and 3 Dec 1867	Auckland, New Zealand   [5]
  	William and Sarah Ann (nee Riggs) Mabey left London Dock on 22 April 1865 and set sail to Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia in the sailing ship "Royal Dean" of the Black Ball Line with their two sons, William George and Joseph Mabey. Of the 600 passengers aboard, thirty four died during the trip and were buried at sea. As one of the children and Mrs. Mabey contracted Sandy-blight, the family decided to immigrate further to New Zealand. They sailed from Queensland to Sydney on the steamer "James Patterson" in November 1867. From Sydney they traveled on the Barque "Alice Cameron" and arrived in Auckland on 3 December 1867. A fortnight later they sailed for Poverty Bay but as the Maori Wars were raging they decided to return to Auckland in September of 1868. The day after they left Gisborne, Te Kooti conducted his massacre of seventy men, women and children. Cutting tracks and forging streams, the Mabeys arrived in Maramarua from Auckland in a bullock dray on 16 January 1869. They built Whares and named their settlement "Mabey-Town" near Stoney Creek and Mabey Hill. This site is about 2 miles up the Fisher Road and only a few older residents remember these landmarks today. In 1885 they moved to Mangatawhiri where William worked as a bushman and gumdigger. Sarah Ann, his wife, died in 1891 and in the early 1900s he made his home in Maramarua in a thatched shanty on the farm of his son, William George. William senior was a great gardener and supplied most of the vegetables for his son''s family and gave the younger members of his family Sunday School lessons each week. William Mabey died in 1913 at the age of 82 years. Today there are a large number of direct descendants of William and Sarah Ann, but Mrs. Edna Hale and her two children are the only descendants living in Maramarua today
  Death	19 Jul 1891	Maungatawhiri Valley, Waikato, New Zealand   [6]
  	bronchitis and dropsy
  Burial	21 Jul 1891	Public Cemetery, Pokeno, Waikato, New Zealand   [6]
  Note	2006
  	Picture available from Maybee Society.
  Reference Number	15278
  Person ID	I15200	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Family	William Mabey,   b. Abt Oct 1831, Filchington, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England d. 2 Sep 1913, Maramarua, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	11 Aug 1859	St Mary's Church, Charminster, Dorset, England   [7]
  Children	1. Joseph Mabey,   b. 14 May 1860, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England d. 23 Jun 1934, Maramarua, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. William George Mabey,   b. 15 Sep 1864, Bere Regis, Dorset, England d. 13 Jun 1941, Thames, Waikato, New Zealand (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F3632	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S281] McCathie-Rea, Joan, History of the Mabey Family 1696-2003; Date: 2003, New Zealand, William's death certificate New Zealand 66260, died age 61. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906. [S470] Christopher Wright, Email sent to John MayBee the MayBee Society database coordinator; Date: 27 Jan 2014; Author E-Mail: carlaandchris@xtra.co.nz, Page 53 (No. 417) Winfrith Newburgh. [S444] 1861 British Census (Includes England, Wales and the Channel Islands); Url: Ancestry.com, Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England, Class: RG 9; Piece: 1357; Folio: 15; Page: 23; GSU roll: 542800, , ED 8, household 72. [S281] McCathie-Rea, Joan, History of the Mabey Family 1696-2003; Date: 2003, New Zealand. [S281] McCathie-Rea, Joan, History of the Mabey Family 1696-2003; Date: 2003, New Zealand, her death certificate, New Zealand 66253. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921.