THOMAS RUTLAND (parents JOHN RUTLAND and ELIZABETH WOLLARD),
b. 11 September 1800 in Flackwellheath, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England; baptised 12 October 1800 in Flackwell Heath, Buckinghamshire, England.
d. 1 June 1876 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Buried 7 June 1876 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.
1. Married REBECCA DEAN (parents CHARLES DEAN and MARY COLLINGS) on 26 May 1822 in Chepping Wycombe Church, Chepping Wycombe, England. (Note: Chepping Wycombe is the old name for High Wycombe, 'Chepping' meaning Market).
b. c 1801, baptised 6 March 1803 in All Saints Church, High Wycombe, England.
d. Buried 8 January 1856 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.
2. Married CHARLOTTE CAREY (parent RICHARD CAREY) 27 October 1857 in Taplow Parish Church, Buckinghamshire, England.
b. c. 1813 in Findon, Essex, England.
d. Q4 1877 in Buckinghamshire, England
THOMAS RUTLAND
1. Marriage Certificate: Rebecca's name is spelt as both Rebecka and Rebeckah on the marriage licence.
2. Marriage Certificate: THOMAS was a widower and a Carpenter, whilst CHARLOTTE was a spinster. JOHN RUTLAND's occupation was given as a paper maker, RICHARD CAREY's occupation was a carpenter.
Death Certificate: THOMAS was 75 when he died and had been a carpenter and a Parish Clerk. He died of disease of the heart. C. Rutland was present as his death (his widow).
Children of THOMAS RUTLAND and REBECCA DEAN are
i JOHN RUTLAND, b. 14 May 1824 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 6 June 1824 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; d. 7 April 1897, Christchurch.
ii MARIANNE RUTLAND, b. 8 November 1825 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 25 December 1825.
iii SARAH ELIZABETH RUTLAND, b. 21 December 1828 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 1 Feburary 1829.
iv HANNAH RUTLAND, b. 27 October 1830 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 23 January 1831.
v SELINA RUTLAND, b. 14 October 1832 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 18 October 1832; d. 1908 in Monks Coppenhall, Cheshire. Married William Beckwith.
vi LOUISA RUTLAND, b. 10 April 1835 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 24 April 1835.
vii EDWIN RUTLAND, b. 10 October 1838 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 2 November 1838.
viii WILLIAM RUTLAND, b. 2 January 1844 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. In the 1861 Census he is a scholar in Ealing, aged 17.
ix JAMES RUTLAND, b. 15 March 1827 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England; christened 15 April 1827; d. 19 November 1907. Married SARY MARY BOWDEN in 1848 West Wycombe, and then HELEN CUTLER in 1876, Barking, London.
x WALTER GEORGE RUTLAND Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, b. 27 July 1841. Married Eleanor Langridge on 25 December 1862 in Christchurch. They then moved to Te Muka where they remained until they died.
xi GEORGE RUTLAND, christened 13 July 1823 Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England.
xii REBECCA RUTLAND, b. 20 March 1834, christened 1 June 1834. tbc
xiii EMMA RUTLAND, b. 10 April 1835, christened 24 April 1835. tbc
1841 Census (Link)
Taplow Mills: Thomas Rutland, 40, papermaker; Rebecca Rutland, 40; John Rutland, 17; James Rutland, 14, Paper Maker; Hannah Rutland, 10; Selina Rutland, 8; Louisa Rutland, 6; Edwin Rutland, 2.
1851 Census (Page 1 Link) (Page 2 Link)
Taplow Mills: Thomas Rutland, 51, paper maker, born Bucks, Wycombe; Rebecca Rutland, 51; Elizabeth Rutland, daughter, 22; Louisa Rutland, daughter, 16; Edwin Rutland, son, 12; George Rutland, 10; William Rutland, 7. (Note: This George, is likely to be Walter George).
1861 Census (Link)
Taplow: Thomas Rutland, Head, Married, 60, Parish Clerk, born in Flackwellheath, Buckinghamshire; Charlotte Rutland, Wife, 48, born in Findon, Sussex; Emily Carey, daughter, 11, scholar, born in Findon, Sussex; Charles Fred Beman, 18, Lodger, carpenter apprentice, born in Taplow, Buckinhamshire.
1871 Census (Link)
Taplow: Cottage: Thomas Rutland, Head, married, 80, Parish Clerk, born in Wycombe, Buckinghamshire; Charlotte Rutland, Wife, married, 58, born in Findon, Sussex; Jane H Cade, boarder, unmarried, 23, Infant School Governess, born in Eton, Buckinghamshire.
Edwin (18, Berkshire, Carpenter) and Walter George (16, London, Carpenter) went to New Zealand on the Glentanne departing Gravesend on the 11 June 1857, arriving in New Zealand on the 3 October 1857.