First pakeha settlers
First pakeha settlers
1848
Thomas Guthrie, Ann Guthrie, nee Groves.
Family: Annie, Tom, Jane, Kate.
1852
John Sutherland, Mataikona.
1853
William Marshall, Castlepoint.
John Valentine Smith, Mataikona.
1854
Edwin Meredith, Orui.
John Moore, Waikaraka.
Isaac Cripps, Sarah Ann Cripps, nee Rigelsford, Mataikona.
Family: Mary Ann. Isaac, Emily, Harriet, George.
Robert Langdon, Margaret Langdon, nee Sellar, Ngapopatu.
Family: James, Robert, William, Kate, Sophy, Margaret.
1855
John Groves, Ann Russell Groves, nee Peach, Castle Point.
Family: Henry, William, Catherine, Albert, Emily, Fanny, John, Ellen and Louisa
Peter Holes and wife, Okau.
? Johnson, Whareama.
Henry Buxton, Whareama.
James Paine, Castle Point.
Henry Clarke, Castle Point.
Charles Peach, Castle Point.
William Everett, Castle Point.
Bernard Hickey, Castle Point.
John Munroe, Castle Point.
Samuel Onions, Castle Point.
William Langford, Ngapopatu.
1856
Arthur Nicholls and wife, Castle Point.
Thomas Telford
James Nicol, Blairlogie.
1857
Thomas Pickett and wife, Whakataki.
John Alfred Perry, Castle Point.
Harry Groves, Castle Point.
William Liverton, Castle Point.
1858
Dan Kirby, Castle Point.
William Adams, Waimimi.
Thomas Hope, Whareama.
William Lechner, Castle Point.
Charles Augustus Vallance, Kahumingi.
Thomas G. Riach, Manawa.
Charles K. Jeffs, Manawa.
1859
William Groves, Selina Groves, Castle Point.
John Frederick Maunsell, Tinui
Robert Maunsell, Tinui.
Robert Spinks, Waitawhiti.
1860
A. B. Williams, Castle Point.
1862
Alexander McHutchon, Castle Point.
1863
Henry Whishaw, John Whishaw, Castle Point. 1865 Samuel Peagram and wife, Tinui.
Thomas Catt and wife, Whareama.
1865
James B. Penny, Annedale.
Andrew McGiess, Annedale.
Hugh Belliss, Castle Point.
1866
Rev. John Andrew, Ica.
1867
Frank Brading, Ellen Brading, Castle Point.
Family: Robert, Harriet, Ellen.
Thomas Stilborn, Rachael Stilborn, Ica.
Family: Margaret, John, Kate.
Herbert Dymock, Ica.
James York, Ica.
1868
John Wingate, Manawa.
Source: Castlepoint HIstorical Committee, Early Castlepoint: First Years in a Pioneer Settlement, 1948