In a letter to Sir George Grey dated 3rd April 1852, the settler of Wellington and neighbouring districts wrote:
"We, the undersigned Settlers and Landowners of Wellington, in the colony of New Zealand, beg respectfully to express to your Excellency our strong sense of the seriuos evils to our interests and injury to the colony, arising from the Act to regulate the affairs of certain of the New Zealand Company's settlements, passed during the last session of Parliament

The full letter and the original list of settlers can be seen here at PAPERS PAST

- some settlers signed their name with an x -

ALLEN, Eli - landowner
ALLEN, George - boatbuilder and landowner
ALLEN, William - land and stockholder
ALLINGTON, Thomas - landowner
ANDERSON, David - landholder
ANGELL, J. - settler
ARMSTRONG, R. - settler
ASHBOLT, Thomas - settler
ASHDOWN, George - land and stockowner

BAGGERLEY, James - settler
BAKER, Richard - JP - landowner
BANNATYNE, W.M. - JP and stockholder
BANNISTER, Edwin - settler
BANNISTER, R.E. - landowner
BANNISTER, William - landowner
BANNISTER, William jnr - landholder
BARB, John - labourer
BARBER, John - settler
BARHAM, David - settler
BARNETT, John - landowner
BARNETT, William - settler
BARRAUD, Charles D. - settler
BARROW, James x - landowner
BARRY, Richard - settler
BARRY, Thomas x - settler
BARTLETT, N. - landowner
BARTON, R. - land and stockowner, River Hutt
BASSETT, William - landowner
BAULF, James x - settler
BECKENSTEIN, F.A. - landowner
BEE, Francis - settler
BELL, William - landowner, Porirua Road
BENGE, J - landowner
BENNETT, Thomas - settler
BENNETT, William - settler
BEST, William - land and stockowner
BICKNELL, Joseph x - settler
BIDWELL, C.H. - stockowner, Wairarapa
BILLS, Frederick - settler
BIRCH, Edward - settler
BISHOP, Joseph - land and stockowner
BLAKE, Richard x - settler
BLAKER, George - settler
BODDINGTON, Edward - settler
BODEN, Anthony - settler
BOLT, Thomas x - stockowner
BOLTON, Frederick - stockholder
BOOTH, Jmaes - settler
BOULTON, Edward - stockholder, Pauatahanui
BOWDEN, William x - settler
BOWLER, Joseph - landholder
BOWLER, Joseph - settler
BOWLER, William jnr - landowner
BOYTON, H. - landowner
BRADEY, F.H. - settler
BRADEY, Francis - land and stockowner
BRADEY, Francis jnr - lanholder
BRADEY, Frederick - landholder
BRADSHAW, John Edward - settler
BRIGHT, Henry x - settler
BRIGHAM, William - settler
BRIGHTWELL, Thomas - settler
BROADBENT, William - settler
BROGDEN, Joseph - settler
BROWN, E. - settler
BROWN, James - landowner, Upper Hutt
BROWN, John - landholder
BRUCE, Charles - settler
BRYANT, James - gardener
BRYCE, John - landowner
BUCK, Henry - blacksmith
BUCK, William - landowner
BURCHAM, James N. - landowner
BURKE, James - settler and stockowner
BURNES, John x - land and stockowner, Porirua Road
BURRELL, Joseph - stockholder, Paikakariki
BURT, Thomas - settler
BUTLER, Thomas Charles - carpenter and landowner
BUTLER, Thomas x - settler

CAIL, John - landholder
CAMERON, Dugald - landowner
CAMERON, George - ropemaker
CAMERON, Robert - miller
CAMOREY, Thomas - settler
CAMPBELL, John - landowner
CANNING, Charles - stockholder
CANNING, John Davis - stockholder
CASPER, George - storekeeper and settler
CASTLE, John - settler
CATCHPOOL, Edward - landowner
CHANDLER, William George - settler
CHAPPELL, James - carpenter, landowner
CHEESMAN, Robert S - solicitor, sheelp and landowner
CHEW, Edward - stockholder
CHRISTISON, Peter - settler
CILLESPIE, Charles H - landowner
CLA?TEN, H - boatman
CLAR, Hugh - landowner
CLARKE, John - settler
CLIFTON, Richard jnr - settler
CLIFTON, Richard sen x - settler
COCKROFT, Adin - land and stockowner
COLE, John - landowner
COLLIER, Joseph - stockholder
COLLINS, James - land and stockowner
COLLINS, John Power - settler
COLLINS, R. - stockowner, Wairarapa
COMPTE, David - settler
COMPTON, Alfred - landonwer
CONACHER, Daniel - bootmaker
COOK, James - baker
COOK, John
COPELAND, George - landowner
CORBET, William - settler
CORDING, Edward - landholder
CORKING, James - settler
CORNER, William - settler
CORY, John - landowner
COTTER, Pierce - builder and landowner
COULTER, R. - settler
COUPER, Donald x - stockholder
COUPER, Peter - stockholder
COUPER, William -land and stockholder, Porirua
COURT, James, A. - landholder
COX, James George - assistant
COX, W. - settler
CRAIG, James x - settler
CRAIG, Robert - landowner
CRAIGHEAD, William - farmer
CRAWFORD, George - merchant and landowner
CREED, Thomas - setter
CROOKE, George - settler
CROSBIE, Thomas - land and stockholder
CROWTHER, Thomas - landholder
CUNDEY, C. - landowner
CURTIS, George - settler

DALGITY, David - settler
DAVIES, James - landowner
DAVISON, James - landowner
DAY, John x - settler
DAYSH, John - landonwer
DEAN, Jabez - plumber
DEIGHTON, Richard John - landowner
DELF, Thomas x - settler
DEW, William - landowner, Karori
DICK, Davy - landowner
DIXON, Charles - stockowner
DIXON, Joseph - settler
DODGE, William - settler
DONALD, Robert - settler Karori
DONALD, W.H. - settler, Wairarapa
DONALDSON, Robert - book-keeper
DORREEN Peter jnr - settler
DORREEN, Peter sen - settler
DOWNEY, Edward - settler
DOWNEY, John - landowner
DUNCAN, Andrew - landowner
DUNCAN, F.A. - storekeeper
DUNCAN, R.J. - merchant and stockholder
DUNN, W - dyer
DUNSTER, Smuel - settler

EARP, William - settler
EBDON, George x - settler
EDMONDS, G. - settler
EDWARD, John - settler
EDWARDS, Giles - settler
EDWARDS, John - settler
EDWARDS, John x - landowner
EGLINTON, Benjamin - settler
ELL, William - settler
ELLERM, Edward John - cooper, landholder
EVERETT, William - landowner and stockholder

FAGAN, Stephen
FAGG, William - settler
FARANT, John - settler
FARMER, Alexander - land and stockholder
FELGATE, Benjamin - settler
FELL, John - settler
FERRANT, Edward John A. - settler
FERRERS Bernard - settler
FILPOT, Daniel x - settler
FIRTH, James - landholder
FISHER, William - settler
FITCHETT, John - landowner
FITGERALD, J.P. - JP, landowner
FOSTER, George x - settler
FRANCES, John x - settler
FRASER, Alexander - sheepholder
FRASER, Thomas - stockholder
FRETHEY, Thomas - landowner
FRY, Joseph - landowenr
FUDGER, William - settler
FURNASS, Smith -settler and landowner

GALAVIN, Daniel x - settler
GALPIN, William - land and stockowner
GASKEN, Samuel x - landholder
GASKIN, Mathew - settler
GAWITH, Samuel - cabinetmaker
GELL, John - landowner
GILLARD, J.H. - landowner
GILLIES, O. - land and stockowner, Wairarapa
GILLIGAN, James - settler
GILLMAN, John - settler
GINSON, John - landholder
GLASGOW, John - landowner
GLASGOW, Robert - land and stockholder
GOLLAN, Donald - settler, Ahuriri
GOOD, O.G.O. - settler
GOODEN, Leonard x - settler
GOODEN, Phillip x - settler
GOODER, John - landholder
GOODGE, Alfred - stockholder
GORDON, B - landowner
GRANT, Alexander - shepherd, Wairarapa
GRANT, Alexander - storekeeper, Turakina
GRAY, George - stockholder
GREEN, Harrison - settler
GREEN, James x - landowner
GRIGG, Robert - settler
GRIMSEY, T. leman - settler
GUNN, John - stockholder
GUTHRIE, D - stockholder

HALBER, William - settler
HALE, W.H. - settler
HALES, Charles . - landowner
HALL, John - carpenter
HAMMOND, Mathew - landowner
HAMMOND, Richard - landowner
HAMMOND, William - settler
HARDING, John - land and sheep owner
HARDWICK, William - labourer
HARGREAVES, E.A. - settler
HARLOW, James - settler
HARRIS, A. - settler
HARRIS, David - landowner
HARRIS, George x - settler
HARRISON, H.S. - land and stockowner
HART, George - land and stockowner
HARVEY, P.M. - merchant
HAT, Robert, solicitor, sheep and landowner
HEDLEY, George - settler
HEESE, A.A.A. - landowner
HEINEN, Frederick - settler
HEMMINGS, John - landholder
HENRYSON, Francis Hy - landowner, Nelson
HERBERT, Joseph - settler
HEYMAN, D. - landholder
HICKSON, W - JP - merchant, land and stock owner
HILL, George - settler
HILL, John - settler
HIRST, Sidney - landowner
HOBBS, George - landholder
HODDER, Walter x - land and stockowner
HOLES, Peter x - landholder
HOLMES, John - cabinetmaker
HOLMES, William - settler
HOLT, Robert - carpenter, bookbinder
HOOPER, John x - settler
HUGHEY, David - landowner
HUGHEY, John - settler
HUGHEY, William sen - landowner
HUME, Peter - land and stockowner
HUMPHRIES, William - settler
HUNT, Charles - landowner
HUNT, Henry - carpenter
HUNT, John - settler, Porirua Road
HUNT, William - settler
HUNTER, George - JP - land and stockowner
HUTCHINGS, Edward - landholder

ILLMAN, William - settler
INGLIS, William - settler
INGRAM, Archibald - blacksmith
INKERSALL, Charles x - stockowner
IRONS, Kendrick - settler
IRVING, Thomas - settler
ISAACS, David - settler

JACKSON, Henry - settler
JACKSON, J - tailor
JACKSON, Walter - landowner
JARVIS, John x - settler, Porirua
JEFFERIES, Thomas - settler
JEFFERSON, Benjamin - landowner
JEFFS, George - settler
JENKINS, W - landonwer
JOHNSON, John - landowner
JOHNSON, Richard - settler
JOHNSTON, D - landowner
JONES, William - settler
JONES, William x - landowenr, Upper Hutt
JOYCE, Thomas - settler
JUDD, John x - settler
JUDD, William - landowner, Stokes Valley

KEMO, H.T. - JP
KEMP, John - settler
KENNEDY, Henry - settler
KERNS, Catherine - settler
KEYS, C. - settler
KING, John - solicitor, landowner
KING, William - landowner
KIRTON, William - Minister of the Scotch Church
KITSON, John - landowner
KNIGHT, William - settler
KNOWLES, H.S. - landowner

LAING, Peter - settler
LAMBER, Robert - clerk and landowner
LANGDON, Robert - stockholder
LANSDALE, James - landonwer
LATHAM, W.P. - stockholder
LAWSON, Joseph x - settler
LEMMINGTON, Thomas G - engineer
LEVERTON, John - landholder
LEVIN, N - merchant, lnd and stock owner
LEVY, Lipman - settler
LEWIS, Edward - settler
LING, Benjamin - stockholder
LISMORE, George - settler
LLEN, William - land and stockowner
LOCKYER, Thomas - land and stockowner
LOGAN, F - landowner
LONDON, Charles - stockowner
LONDON, Henry - landowner
LOVELOCK, Isaac - landholder
LOXLEY, W.S. - merchant, stockowner
LOYD, Thomas - landowner
LUDLAM, A. - JP - landowner
LUDWELL, William - settler
LUFORD, William Nicholas - landowner
LUMSDEN, W - nurseryman
LUXFORD, G.D. - land and sheepowner
LUXFORD, William - land and stockowner
LYALL, W. - bootmaker
LYLE, Robert - carpenter
LYNCH, Henry - landowner

MABEY, Charles - landowner
MABEY, Jon x - settler
MACE, George W, - storekeeper
MacKAY, Alexander - settler
MAGINITY, James - landholder
MANNING, Jonathan - settler
MARSHALL, William - schoolmaster
MARTIN, John - landholder
MASON, William - land and stockowner
MASON, William - landholder
MASON, William Frederick - storekeeper
MASTER, A. - landowner, River Hutt
MASTERS, A. - landowner
MASTERS, John - settler
MASTERS, Joseph - settler
MATTINGLEY, C. - landowenr
MAXTON, Samuel - baker
MAY, John - settler
McBETH, James - storekeeper and landowner
McDONALD, J.C. - land and stockowner
McDONOGH, H.E. - JP
McDONOGH, Thomas - landholder
McDOWALL, William - settler
McGREGOR, Gregor - stockholder
McHARDIE, A. - settler
McHARDIE, Alexander - landowner
McHARDIE, David jnr - landowner
McHARDIE, John x - lndowner
McIVER, Francis - stockholder
McKAIN, John - landowner
McKAY, Thomas - settler
McKEEVER, James - stockholder, Porirua
McLACHLAN, Dugald - landholder
McLAREN, A. - settler
McLEAN, Donald JP - settler and landowner
McMANAWAY, J.D. - surveyor
McMASTER, Angus - stockowner, Wairarapa
MEADS, John - labourer
MEADS, William - settler
MEECH, Hy - shipbuilder
MEECH, William - settler
MEMBRAY, William x - landowner, Porirua Road
MEREDITH, Richard - carpenter and landowner
MILLER, William - settler
MILLS, Charles - builder
MILLS, T.M. - settler
MILLS, Thomas - settler
MILNE, Alexander - landowner
MINIFIE, William - landholder
MIRCHELL, Joseph - land and stockowner
MITCHELL, Henry x - stockholder
MITCHELL, J - landowner
MITCHELL, James - land and stockholder
MITCHELL, James - land and stockowner
MITCHELL, John - land and stockholder, Porirua
MONK, J. - farmer
MONTEITH, G.D. - surgeon, land and stock owner
MOODY, W. - settler, River Hutt
MOORE, George - JP - merchant, landowner
MORAN, Thomas - landowner, Porirua Road
MORGAN, William - land and stockowner, Porirua Road
MORRISON, D. - stockowner, Wairarapa
MORRISON, Daniel - landowner
MORRISON, H. - land and stockholder
MUDFORD, John - sailmaker
MUNN, Danile - land and stockholder
MURCH, Philip - landholder
MURDOCH, Alexander - settler
MURRAY, Thomas - settler

NAIRN, C.J. - settler
NATTRASS, William - tailor and stockowner
NEAL, William - watchmaker
NICHOLLS, Arthur - settler
NICOLS, Charles - landholder
NORTHWOOD, Carolin E. - land and stockowner
NORTHWOOD, James H. - stockowner, Wairarapa
NOTT, William - landowner

O'NEAL, William - landholder
O'REILLY, J.J.P. - Catholic Pastor
ORMSBY, F - stockholder
OSMOND, James - settler
OXENHAM, Nicholas - settler

PACK, Daniel - landowner
PACKMAN, George - settler
PAGON, F.J. - cabinetmaker
PARKEN, Thomas x - settler
PARNELL, S.D - landowner
PATTEN, R.W. - settler
PEACOCK, J.J. - master mariner and landowner
PEARCE, John - settler
PEGLER, George x - settler
PERCY, Joseph - landowner
PERCY, Joseph Hewlet - landowner
PEREIRA, Benjamin M. - dealer
PERRIN, Edmund - stockholder
PERRY, B.P. - landholder
PETHERICK, A. - carpenter
PETHERICK, A. - plasterer
PETHERICK, George - landowner
PETHERICK, J - land and stockholder
PHILIP, Francis L.
PHILLIPS, George x - settler
PHILLIPS, Henry J. - surgeon, settler
PHILLIPS, Thomas x - landowner
PHILPS, John - landowner
PICKERING, William P. - settler
PICKETT, Gilbert - storekeeper
PIKE, William x - settler
PILCHER, George - stockholder
PIMBLE, John - landowner
PIPER, Charles H. - settler
PLIMMER, John - landholder
PLOWMAN, H.G. - settler
POAD, Thomas - landowner
POPE, T.G. - landholder
PORTER, David x - settler
POTTS, Christopher - landowner
POULTER, Samuel - landowner
POWELL, W.D. - settler
PRINCE, Edward - carpenter
PROUSE, Richard jnr - landowner
PROWSE, Richard - land and stockowner, Wainuiomata

QUIN,Michael - landholder

RAWLINGSON, j x - settler
READ, H. - settler
READ, James - settler
READ, John - landowner
REDBY, John - settler
REED, James - landholder
REEVES, William - landowner, Porirua Road
REID, Thomas - settler
RENALL, W.R. - settler
RETTER, S - landowner
RICHARDS, Daniel x - stockholder
RICHARDS, Thomas x - stockholder
RICHARDS, Thomas x - stockholder
RICHARDSON, George - landholder
RICHARDSON, Thomas - landowner
RICHARDSON, Thomas - landowner
ROBERTS, Edward - landowner
ROBERTSON, DUNCAN - settler
ROBINSON, T, JP - land and stockowner
ROBISON, Thomas x - settler
ROE, Samuel - landowner
ROSS, H - soliciotr and landowner
ROTERMUND, H.W. - landholder
ROWETT, William - stockholder
ROWLANDS, W. - stockholder
ROY, F.D. - settler
RUDD, T.S. - settler
RUMBLE, James - settler
RUSS, Richard - settler
RUSSELL, Edward - landowner
RUSSELL, Henry - landonwer
RUSSELL, J.P. - land and stockowner
RUSSELL, John - landonwer

SALTER, J.D. - settler
SANCTO, John - settler
SANSon, Robert - settler
SARGENT, Hnery - settler
SAUNDER, T - land and stockholder
SAUNDERS, William - settler, River Hutt
SAXBY, William - settler
SAYER, Burgess - settler
SAYWELL, Charles - setler
SAYWELL, George - landowner
SAYWELL, William - settler
SCOTT, Isaac - settler
SCOTT, William D.
SCRIMSHAW, George - settler
SEED, Richard - landowner
SEED, William - landowner
SHALLESS, John - landholder
SHARLEY, Henry - landowner
SHARLEY, Mathew - landowner, River Hutt
SHARP, Charles - land and stockowner
SHARP, Robert - settler, River Hutt
SHAW, John - settler
SHEARER, William - landowner
SHIELDS, Thomas - settler
SHIRLEY, Thomas - settler
SHIRLEY, Thomas x - landowner
SHORT, James - settler
SHORT, Job x - settler
SILVEN, Joseph x - landholder
SIMPSON, William - stockholder
SKIPWITH, Francis R.E. - land and stockholder
SLEATH, William - settler
SMITH, J. Valentine - land and stockowner
SMITH, James x - settler, Upper Hutt
SMITH, John Elisha - landowner
SNODGRASS, William James - settler and landholder
SOUTHEE, John - settler
SPACKMAN, G. - landowner, Stokes Valley
SPAIN, William - settler
SPEEDY, John - settler
SPEEDY, William - settler
SPICER, Richard x stockholder
SPINKS, William - land and stockholder
ST HILL, ASHTON - stockowner
ST HILL, HENRY - RM - landowner
St LEIGHT, T. - sett;er
STEPHENSON, Timothy - settler
STEVEN, John - settler
STEVENS, Charles - land and stockholder
STEVENS, John - landowner, Porirua
STOCKBRIDGE, Stephen - landowner
STODDART, James - landowner
STOKES, Robert - printer and landowner
STRANG, Robert R. - JP - landowner
STRATFORD, James - landowner
STRETTON, George, settler
STRONG, H.S. - settler
STUTFIELD, C.H. - landholder
SUTHERLAND, Alexander - land and stockholder
SUTHERLAND, Alexander - landowner
SUTHERLAND, John - stockholder
SUTHERLAND, John - storekeeper
SUTHERLAND, Nathaniel - land and stockholder
SYKES, George - farmer, Upper Hutt
SYKES, George x - landowner
SYKES, William - landowner
SYMONS, James - settler
SYMONS, Jane - landowner

TAINE, James - merchant and landowner
TANDY, William - landholder
TANKERSLEY, J.W. - landholder
TANNAHILL, William - settler
TAVENER, James - settler
TAYLOR, Henry - land and stockholder
TAYLOR, Mary - landowner
TAYLOR, W. Waring - landowner
TAYLOR, William x - stockowner
TELFORD, J. - stockholder
THOMAS, William - landonwer
TIFFEN, H.S. - stockowner, Ahuriri
TOCKER, Jonas - settler
TOLLEMACHE, Algernon - landowner
TOMLIN, Jno
TOMPKINS, William - bootmaker
TONKS, William - land and stockholder
TOWNSEND, Chauncy Henry - settler
TROTTER, Patrick - settler
TROTTER, William - settler
TUTCHEN, Peter x - stockholder
TUTTY, John - landonwer
TYLER, Robert - settler, land and stockowner

UDY, Hart - landonwer

VALLANCE, C.A. - stockholder
VARNHAM, John - merchant, land and stockowner
VAUGHAN, James - settler
von ALZORF, Charles E. - land agent

WAITT, Robert, merchant, land and stockowner
WAKEHAM, William x - settler
WAKELIN, Thomas - builder
WALKER, James - land and stockholder
WALKER, James - stockholder
WALKER, Robert - settler
WALL, Anthony - landowner
WALL, George - stockholder
WALLACE, James - landowner
WALLACE, James - settler
WALLACE, R.D. - settler
WALLACE, W.E. - settler
WATKIN, J.E. - storekeeper
WATKIN, James - Wesleyan Minister, Manners street
WATSON, Jmes, settler
WATSON, John - land and stockowenr
WATT, William x - stockholder
WEATHERHEAD, Robert - settler
WEBB, George - landholder
WELCH, William - landowner, Hutt
WEMYSS, .B. - landowner
WESTON, Samuel - landowner
WHEELER, Edwin - clerk
WHITE, Samuel x - settler
WHITEHOUSE, John, settler, land and stockowner
WHITEHOUSE, Joseph - stockholder
WHITEWOOD, W.M. - settler
WILKIE, George - landholder
WILKINS, John x land and stockowner
WILKINSON, David M - land and stockholder
WILKINSON, James - landowner
WILLHELM, D. - stockholder
WILLIAM, James - landowner
WILLIAMSON, Thomas - settler
WILLS, Edward c - settler
WILLS, James F. - settler
WILSON, James - land and stockowner
WILSON, Thomas - stockholder, Pauatahanui
WILTON, Charles - stockholder
WILTON, Robert - stockholder
WINTERINGHAM, Henry - stockholder
WOODMAN, John x - land and stockowner
WOODWARD, J - land and stockholder
WOODWARD, Samuel - stockholder
WRIGHT, George - settler
WRIGHT, George - settler
WRIGLEY, Thomas Gillian - carpenter, landowner

YOUNG, Arthur S. - landonwer
YOUNG, Charles - settler
YOUNG, George - landholder
YULE, John - merchant and landowner