John Morgan (missionary)

John Morgan (1806 – 8 June 1865) was a New Zealand missionary. He was born in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland in about 1806.[1][2]

Morgan joined the Church Missionary Society and arrived in New Zealand in 1833, and in December of that year he worked with James Preece to establish the Puriri mission station in the Thames area.[3] He moved to the Mangapouri mission station in May 1835, which was located near Te Awamutu on the northern bank of the Puniu River, close to where it joins the Waipa River.[4] On 26 August 1835 he married Maria Mathew Coldham, the sister of Marianne Williams.[2] In about 1842 he established the Otawhao mission station.[5][6][7][8][9]

In 1846 Morgan helped to construct 3 water mills that were built by the local Māori to mill wheat for sale.[10]

References

  1. ↑ Howe, K. R. "John Morgan". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved December 2011.
  2. 1 2 "Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific" (PDF). 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Wilton, David (2008). "The Treasury Journal, Vol 1". Hauraki Mission Station (Puriri and Parawai sites). Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, November 1850". Bible Class at Matamata. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 17 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ Rogers, Lawrence M. (1973). Te Wiremu: A Biography of Henry Williams. Pegasus Press.
  6. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, January 1852". Otawhao. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 18 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  7. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, May 1842". Great Love of the New Zealanders for the Word of God. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 11 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ Morgan, John. "The Church Missionary Gleaner, December 1841". Horrors Attending New Zealand Warfare. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 9 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, December 1846". The Station of Otawao, New Zealand. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "The Church Missionary Gleaner, August 1847". Advancement of New Zealanders in Civilization. Adam Matthew Digital. Retrieved 16 October 2015. (subscription required (help)).

The Letters and Journals of Reverend John Morgan, Missionary at Otawhao, 1833-1865. Published in 2 Volumes. Edited, with an Introduction, by Jan Pilditch Associate Professor of English and director of the Text and Translation Research Unit at the University Waikato. The Grimsay Press, 2010.


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