Macdonald Dictionary Record: Jack Coffee

Maker
George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Jack Coffee. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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C446
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C446
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C446
Marks and Inscriptions
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 446 Coffee, Jack ( -182) was an Ins iman who came to the Chat hams in a sealing ship in 1832 . He left his ship and took a Moriori wife. He sao the brig Rodney arrive in Whangaroa Harbour and he and his companion Baker directed the captain in . The ship contained the first shipload of Maoris from N.Z ; they were mostly women and childre (this was in 1835) The captain turned straight back to N.Z. to bing the rest of the Maois and his ships offices who the Maoris were holding to guarantee the ships return. Cofe, having seer the Maoris lost no time in changing round to a Maori wife In '39 he was at Waitangi when the Rebecca Sims came in ; she was A French whaler. Cof fe and his wife , his father in - law, Einan and Gita 's wife went on board and into the cabin. There they were held prisoners till til the French man. - war Heroine came in, when they were transferred to her. she was inves treating the los of the Jean Bart some months before. Capt. Ciller decided that a sufficient punishment would be to tale Etna away to France and destroy all the Maori canoes. Jack Cofe and his wife were put a shore . Eir ima s wife imped into the sla and was shot in mis Jake for a man by a sailor. Jack Cofe had seen born the arrival of the Maoris a thousand Chatham Islands. E.C. Richards.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 446 Mori0ris on the beach at one time . he Maoris quickly reduced these mumbai killing and eating marry and making slaves of them all. Coffee claimed land on the Cha hams throng n his Mori wife when the first Land Court was held there When that failed, he claimed through his Maori wife and he settled at Mapara kan on the North shore . Taupeka was not far from there, where Bishop Selwyn had baptised 70 people in '48. Mrs Cofe was one of them and she received the name of Victoria . She held land in her own F part of which she sold to Chudleigh in '78. Cofe d. in ' on right A dau of Cofe by his Maori wife married Greeley the first mate of the Franklin , wrecked at Pitt Is. in '59. "a very mce - looking man , whose p didogreph was treasured by his wife ' They had two children. A son, Henry , cold not read reor write and never left the Island ; et by the ard of illustrations was able to repair Diesel engines on fishing boats, or copy anything he saw and do it well. A dau marr. an American sailor named Hough . They lind a fair haired dau. called Victoria , after her grandmother , and a boy Harry who worked for Chard lech. a big strong man . a perfect hur came of a man yet he could do anything on the land well The Grenades became a welle Known Chatham Is. family. Miss Gennep broadcasts for the N.Z. B.C.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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