Second Generation  

2. Rev. John DUFFUS, M.A. [10473] (Thomas¹) was born 09 Jun 1804 in Kingston Jamaica, died 17 Oct 1870 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand at age 66, and was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

General Notes:Born in Kingston, Jamaica at the home of an aunt. At an early age John was sent to England for his education. He went first to Eton, then to Queens College Oxford, where he was an Oxford Blue and took his MA degree.After leaving college, he entered the Anglican church and was ordained Deacon on 15 June 1828, and priest on 28 June 1829. He was appointed to the curacy of Tetbury where he met and married Maria Harriette PAUL in 1830 in Tetbury, Gloucester, England. She was the daughter of Robert Clark PAUL, member of an old established legal family. At an early age John's health broke down owing to the severe English climate (born Jamaica), and he was advised by his physician to leave England. He applied for and obtained an appointment in New South Wales, Australia, and on 20 May 1838 with his wife and 5 children (all under 7, and 2 "in arms") he sailed from Gravesend in the MV "Eden", and after a 5-month voyage, landed in Australia where he remained in a parish near Sydney. All his sisters and their husbands eventually followed him to Australia, as did his mother.

After 8 years in Australia he resigned from the ministry (salary could not support a large family ?) and sailed for Auckland, NZ , arriving in early 1848 where he took up farming at Te Hihi, Mangonui, Northland. He later moved to Auckland where he died.

Rev. John DUFFUS, M.A. Oxon. (Information on him on p.340 in "Young NZ -A history of early contact of Maori European".)

One daughter, Elizabeth Paul DUFFUS born 1832, married Robert Cecil TAYLOR. The DUFFUS family was living in Mangonui, NZ, at the time Cecil met Elizabeth.

Found the following DUFFUS family information:
Charlotte Plater DUFFUS (married 15 October 1862 at Mangonui, NZ, to William Thomas BALL);
Robert Drucki Lubecki DUFFUS (married on 2 February 1863 in Mangonui to Lucy Ann BALL).
Maria Frances DUFFUS, daughter of Anglican minister at Mangonui, Northland, married John HUNT in 1867 in NZ.

John was an Old Etonian who had succeeded Rev. Richard Taylor at the parish of Liverpool in N.S.W. in 1838. He had at first been extremely successful at Liverpool, but had suffered a breakdown. Later he formed a liaison with a parishioner, Miss Forbes. When she bore his child, he placed it in an orphanage and married her off to another parishioner, Mr Bull, but still continued the relationship. Bull complained and accused Duffus of adultery. A trial was held which Duffus boycotted, but Bishop Broughton withdrew his licence and closed the case to "spare Duffus and his wife embarrassment".

Duffus came to NZ in 1848 and lived on land he had bought years before near Mangonui, Northland.
He came to live in this remote area after his problems in N.S.W.

Died 17 October 1870, Clerk Holy Order, in Auckland.
Buried at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland (Blk D, Row 032, Plot 015)
Probate BBAE 1568 0426/70

Also in Purewa Cemetery:
DUFFUS, John William 1842 - 1938, and his wife
DUFFUS, Adeline Fleming, d. 6 March 1902 aged 53 (born abt 1849)

John married Maria Harriette PAUL [10474] [MRIN: 4767], daughter of Robert Clark PAUL [15843] and Elizabeth BROWN [15844], 26 Apr 1830 in Tetbury Gloucestershire England. Maria was born 11 Feb 1803 in Tetbury Gloucestershire England, died 29 May 1884 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 81, and was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

Children from this marriage were:

+ 8 F    i. Elizabeth Paul DUFFUS [10472] was born 28 Feb 1832 in Tetbury Gloucestershire England, died 20 May 1908 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 76, and was buried 22 May 1908 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

   9 F    ii. Annie Eliza DUFFUS [15845] was born about 1833 in Kingston Jamaica, died 02 Jul 1892 about age 59, and was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

+ 10 F    iii. Maria Frances DUFFUS [15846] was born about 1835 in Gloucester Gloucestershire England.

+ 11 F    iv. Charlotte Plater DUFFUS [15847] was born about 1836 in Gloucester Gloucestershire England, died 16 Aug 1920 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand about age 84, and was buried 17 Aug 1920 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

   12 M    v. Robert Drucki Lubecki DUFFUS [15848] was born about 1838 in Gloucester Gloucestershire England, died 29 Dec 1907 in Northcote Auckland New Zealand about age 69, and was buried 30 Dec 1907 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

General Notes:Land Surveyor.

Married Lucy Anna BALL on 2 February 1863 in Mangonui, Northland.
No children.

Died 29 Dec. 1907, Northcote, Auckland, aged 70 or 79 (79 on Cemetery fiche, and 70 on NZSG CD-rom). Possible cause of death - dysentry.

Probate: BBAE 1569 6515/08

Buried at Purewa Cemetery on 30 Dec. 1907 Blk E, Row 054, Plot 156.

Double plot, concrete, grey granite headstone.
"In Loving Memory of Robert D L DUFFUS who d. 29 Dec. 1907 aged 79 yrs; Also his wife, Lucy
Anna DUFFUS who died 30 July 1929 aged 87 yrs."

Robert married Lucy Anna BALL [15858] [MRIN: 6513], daughter of Thomas BALL [15853] and Jemimah ABRAHAM [15854], 02 Feb 1863 in Mangonui Northland New Zealand. Lucy was born 02 May 1842 in Brigg Lincolnshire England, died 30 Jul 1929 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 87, and was buried 31 Jul 1929 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

General Notes:Born in Brigg, Lincoln, England.

She married Robert Drucki Lubecki DUFFUS in 1863 in Mangonui, NZ.

No known children.

Widow living in Mt Eden, Auckland when she died in 1929, aged 87.
Probate BBAE 1570 540/29. Lived at 67 Boston Rd.

Buried 31 July 1929 in Purewa Cemetery, Auckland in Blk E, Row 054, Plot155.

Next of kin given as Mr William Thomas BALL, her brother, of Sylvan Ave, Mt Eden, Auckland.

   13 M    vi. Thomas DUFFUS [15849] was born in 1840 in Colony of New South Wales and died in 1840 in Colony of New South Wales.

   14 M    vii. John William DUFFUS [15850] was born in 1842 in Colony of New South Wales, died 19 Jul 1938 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 96, and was buried in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

John married Adeline Fleming McDONALD [15859] [MRIN: 6514] in Nov 1874 in New Zealand. Adeline was born about 1849, died 06 Mar 1902 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand about age 53, and was buried 08 Mar 1902 in Purewa Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

   15 F    viii. Amy Caroline DUFFUS [15851] was born in 1844 in Colony of New South Wales, died 28 Jan 1941 in Auckland Auckland New Zealand at age 97, and was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery Auckland New Zealand.

Amy married James Howard SHEATH [15855] [MRIN: 6511] in 1887 in New Zealand. James died in 1917 in Napier Hawke's Bay New Zealand.