A list of surnames starting with 'R' of settlers who were qualified to serve as Jurors for the District of Port Nicholson (Wellington) New Zealand, on the 10th February 1843
This puts the ancestor you may be looking for at that place at that time
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RAINE - John Robert, Thordon Flat - clerk
RALPH - Robert, 3rd River - labourer
READ - Henry, Lambton Quay - tinman
READING - John, Karori - carpenter
REED - James, Te Aro - carpenter
REEVE - William. Porirua Road - labourer
REID - Thomas, River Hutt - labourer
REID - David, do., - boatman
REID - John, Ohariu Road - labourer
REMINGTON - John, Thorndon Flat - painter
RENALL - Alfre, Waietu River - carpenter
RETTER - Samuel, Wadestown - labourer
REVANS - Samuel, ellington - merchant
REY - Thomas, willis Stree - carter
REYMOLDS - George, Boulcott Street - cabinetmaker
RHODES - William Barnard, Te Aro - merchant
RHODES - Joseph, Lambton Quay - storekeeper
RICHARDS - James, Boulcott Street - plasterer
RICHARDSON - Thomas, Willis Street - bricklayer
RICHARDSON - Thomas jnr, Lambtob Quay - bricklayer
RICHMOND - Robert, Lambton Quay - master mariner
RIDLER - William, River Hutt - farm bailiff
RILEY - James, Lambton Quay - shoemaker
ROBERTS - James, Murphy Street - storekeeper
ROBERSTSON - David, Dixon Street - cooper
ROBERTSON - James, River Hutt - farmer
ROBERTSON - George, do., - farmer
ROBINSON - Joseph, do., sawyer
ROBINSON - John, Te Aro Flat - carpenter
ROBINSON - Robert, Sydney Street - tailor
ROE - Edward, Lambton Quay - stationer
ROE - Edward jnr, Ter Aro - labourer
ROOTS - John, Lambton Quay - ginger beer maker
ROW - Samuel, Waiwetu River - labourer
ROWE - William, River Hutt - labourer
ROWLANDS - William, Lambton Quay - storekeeper
RUMBLE - James, River Hutt - sawyer
RUSH - John, do., - carter
RUSSELL - John, do., - labourr
RUSSELL - Henry, do., - labourer
RUSSELL - Edward, do., - labourer