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BURTON SHIPLEY
Burton (not Botton) Shipley, son of William and Frances Shipley, labourer, was baptised in Foston on March 11, 1838. He worked on farms as a labourer and was a tenant farmer on an estate near Driffield. On June 20th, 1857, at Nafferton, he married Ann Milner, aged 19. The couple settled in the village and had their first child, Susannah, on 9th July, the same year. William, Nicholas and Sarah, soon followed. Nicholas died young and was buried in Nafferton. Conditions and wages were poor for farm labourer and advertisements for labourers in New Zealand caught the attention of the family. With their three remaining children, they said goodbye to family and friends and took the brave step of starting anew in a country they had only heard of, but knew very little about. Shortly after sailing, scarlet fever broke out and many of the 420 passengers became ill, some died. Sadly, Sarah, aged 1 year, was one of these, dying on the 27th July. An extract from a diary, written on the voyage, by A.H. Price, describes a burial at sea (the childs name is not known) - “Monday morning July 20th. Rose this morning at half past five as they buried the little one at six, before many was up. I went to the Hospital and helped the sailmaker sew the little thing up. We placed two large pieces of chain at the feet to make it sink. Lissy and myself went on deck and it was a most splendid morning, the sun was just rising, everything so calm and still, not a ripple on the sea, the sails set straight, not going more than two knots, everything seemed just beautiful. They layed the corpse on a board and covered it with a Union Jack, two sailors carried it to the side of the deck, and rested its feet upon the side. The father and mother and eldest daughter followed and stood behind crying. The schoolmaster read the burial service, and when he came to the part "we commit this body to the deep" they raised the head, and the body slipped off into the sea with a sudden splash, and sank immediately to rise no more till that day when the sea shall give up its dead unto Him who gave life. The cry of the mother at the moment the body fell was dreadful. The father standing behind the mother and daughter with his arms around both, all crying. It was indeed a pityful sight - the first time i witnessed a funeral at sea, and i hope the last, but I fear not as there are more on board very ill.” Many more episodes aboard on the voyage and 104 days later, the family embarked at Christchurch. At first Burton was employed as a shepherd at Snowdon Station in the Rakaia Gorge, then shortly afterwards, they returned to Templeton, where Burton worked on farms in the district. After some time, he took up land and farmed at West Melton for five years. Medical aid was difficult to obtain and when his wife was ill in 1868, he walked to Lyttleton and back to get medicine for her. That year, Anne and their daughter, Susannah, both died. Some time later, Burton went to Coutenay to take up a position as farm manager for Colonel Brett, formerly an officer in the Indian Army. On 23 May, 1874, he married Martha Thompson, age 24, from County Tyrone, Ireland. Three children were born to them at Courtney, Jane, Ada and Eliza. On June 18, 1877, Queen Victoria granted to ‘Burton Shipley, his heirs and assigns for ever,’ two hundred acres of ‘waste lands’ in the Hawkins Survey District, for £400. It was here that the first son was born to them, George, in 1878, and in 1880, another daughter, Margaret. When Margaret was 6 weeks old, as diptheria swept the country, she caught it, and soon, three of the girls had died as a result. George was affected too, but he recovered, as did Margaret. Four more children were born; Martha, Herbert, Louie and Annie. Burton returned to England at least once to visit relatives, who must have been very proud, if not envious, of his new status as farmer. He lived until 1911, when, after a long illness, he passed away, on 7th March. Martha lived on until 1942. Louisa married Charles Jarman in 1914; Herbert married Helen Rigden, in 1923; Annie married John Ballagh, in 1924; William died in 1934 and George in 1938. Burton’s grandaughter, (William’s daughter), Margaret, wrote about her granfather’s life, and she died in 1942, aged 82 years. Herbert’s grandson, also called Burton Shipley still farms in Ashburton. He works in banking and is married to Jenny Shipley, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, and now Leader of the Opposition. Burton is the descendant to whom I passed on the story and poems. He kindly sent me all that he knew about his family in New Zealand. One of the newer Shipley farms in Greendale, is called ‘Nafferton.’ For full story, click here JENNY SHIPLEY, wife of the present Burton Shipley and former PM of New Zealand
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