Rowland Hassall
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Rowland Hassall, born in England, was a missionary in Tahiti for a short period of time and in New South Wales for the rest of his life. Initially a field preacher, he became a minister. He raised she
The missionary ship "Duff" arriving in 1797 at Otaheite, lithograph by Kronheim & Co.
The cession of the district of Matavai in the island of Tahiti to Captain James Wilson for the use of the London Missionary Society. Wife Elizabeth is shown (kneeling).
St John's Cemetery, Parramatta
Duff (1794 ship)
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Duff was a ship launched on the Thames in 1794. In 1796 the London Missionary Society engaged her to take a party of missionaries to the South Pacific. Once she had landed the missionaries she sailed
Rowland Hassall
…London Missionary Society (LMS) as an artisan missionary, having been recommended by Burder, who was a director of LMS. The four Hassalls sailed the Duff to Tahiti in 1796 and arrived on 5 Mar 1797. It was the first ship that sailed LMS missionaries to the South Seas. Hassall worked as a carpenter and a…
Duff at Rio Janiero (sic) in 1799