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