completed who are these three men?

[hereford]

Wanting info on a William Lewis Medwin,Thomas Hinde and Mathew Potts They are mentioned in the Dawson family bible  at Blue Spur during the gold rush and am trying to find the connection between the Dawson Family at Bluespur and these three men?
William was born 1839and died 1869
Mathew was died1868
Thomas hinde born 1828
No member of my dawson family were in nz until about 1860 Oliver dawson was the head of the house and came to nz via england and Australia He was born about 1839 Thanks hereford

[Lucy2]

Hi hereford

Mmm ... when you say these men are "mentioned" ... do you just mean their dates of death ( & birth) are noted in the bible ??

There are a few bits and pieces about each of them, in PapersPast - (I haven't explored all the items though).

Perhaps a "picture" of them can be built up from the various articles and that may give leads to where they fit in ?

Lu

[Thamesite2017]

tHOMAS hINDE MARRIED - JANE MEDWIN 1871
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[Lucy2]

Matthew POTTS

From PapersPast :

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/

[i]"Tuapeka Times" - 10 October 1868 - DIED - page 2[/i]
---   Matthew POTTS - at his residence, Victoria Hotel, Peel Street, Lawrence.

[i]"Tuapeka Times" - 1 May 1869 - BIRTH[/i]
---   a daughter  born to the widow of the late Matthew POTTS.
[See BDM online - 1869 - birth of Elizabeth POTTS]

Can't see a marriage in NZ for Matthew POTTS but it appears his wife was named Elizabeth (also) :


"Otago Witness" - 19 June 1890 - MARRIAGE[/i]
---   marriage of N.O. POTTS* ... eldest son of late Matthew POTTS to Agnes Porteous McLEAN only d/o Malcolm McLEAN of Lawrence.

*  N. O. POTTS is Nicholas Oliver POTTS - born (NZ) 1864.

[I wonder ... as he has the second name of "Oliver" whether Oliver DAWSON may have been his godfather ... or uncle  ??]

"Tuapeka Times" - 21 September 1871 - MARRIAGE - page 6
---   marriage of Elizabeth POTTS (possibly the widow of Matthew ?) .. to Richard WILLIAMS :

~   Lu

[Lucy2]

William MEDWIN - died 1869 *

[*  death index records him as "William" rather than William Lewis MEDWIN. ]


"Otago Witness - 16 October 1863 - NEWS OF THE WEEK
---   William MEDWIN - the proprietor of the Flag Staff Accommodation house ... giving evidence at a murder trial.
 

[Lucy2]

Thomas HINDE - died 1883

"Otago Witness" - 8 September 1883 - LAND BOARD - p. 19

---   Executors of the Estate of Thomas HINDE applying for cancellation of licence, of Run 170A and Run 1, Tuapeka pastoral district.

[Lucy2]

William MEDWIN - d. 1869

"Tuapeka Times" - 20 February 1869 - Advertisments P1 - Col 3
----   William MEDWIN - Proprietor of Blue Spur Hotel
(announcing hotel -  removed from Gabriel's Gully to the Spur near the schoolhouse).


"Tuapeka Times" - 24 July 1869 - "Measures not Men"
----   near the end of the column is an obituary for William MEDWIN, though says little about his background.


Archives NZ (Dunedin) hold a probate record.

MEDWIN - William Lewis - Blue Spur, Tuapeka - Innkeeper - 1869

~  Lu

[Lucy2]

Matthew POTTS

Hmmm  ... I wonder if Matthew POTTS married a sister of your Oliver DAWSON ??

FREE BMD (UK)

Marriages - DEC - 1855

(the following names on page)

DAWSON - Elizabeth   
GLEESON - Thomas
HAYS - Ellen
POTTS - Matthew   

Registered at Auckland - Co. Durham.

~  Lu

[tazzie]

  I found this on a thread posted for another lookup on William Lewis Medwin so will post here to show you as well..

 1851 Wolsingham Durham.HO107/2388 F 452 PAGE 18

 Jane Dawson hd wid 45 householder Northumberland Shotley
 Hugh               son u  22 coke burner   Allendaleton
 Jane                dau u   19                         "  "
 Elizabeth         dau u    15 dressmaker  "      "
 Oliver               son u    7                     Kenton.

 also in Wolsingaham in 1851 is William L Medwin b 1828 Oxfordshire.
 and Matthew Potts b @1828in Stanhope Durham

  Tazzie