He joined the Royal Navy as a boy 24 Jun 1834. Ships: HMS Spartiate, Snake, Hawich, Princess Charlotte, Dublin, Rodney, Ewryalus. His rating on discharge 08 Mar 1849 was Quartermaster. When he married at St Nicholas, Harwich, ESS, England on 16 Aug 1849 his place of residence was Milton. In the 1851 census Gravesend, Kent, are found Henry and Ellen and Ellen Charlotte (9 months, born Hammersmith, Middlesex). In the Middlesex census, 1851, there are: Alfred Morey 31 bricklayer b. Hampshire. Charlotte " 31 wife b. Hampshire. Henry Morey 61 bricklayer b. Hampshire. Parua Public Library -Parua Bay Filed 07 Sep 1880 dated 21 Jun 1880 Public Library Totara Library - Whangaroa Trustees: John Lambert, Farmer, Joseph Mallabond, Farmer, John Knox Peace, Farmer, Joseph Beasley, Farmer, Richard Harnett, Storekeeper, Henry Morey Snr. Farmer, John Fraser, Farmer, Stephen Brunskill Bland, Farmer, Malcolm McDonald, Farmer, Kenneth Stewart, Farmer, Henry Morey Jnr., Farmer, William Pitts, Farmer, John Telfer, Settler, John Keys, Settler. Committee - John Lambert, Joseph Mallabond, John Knox Peace, Joseph Beasley, Henry Morey Senr. Morey Henry, Parua Bay, Settler, d: 02 May 1898, f: 09 Jun 1898, Will, AKD 2904. War Graves: Henry Morey, Historic - Maori Wars, cemetery Parua Bay, reference 1A Series 76/16-18, died 04 May 1898, aged 81. (National Archives). This record must have been made by Percy Harold Morey. It is a miss-representation of the fact. Henry Morey was born 05 Aug 1816, Havant, HAM, ENG, joined the Royal Navy in 1834, fought at the battle of Acre in 1842 and was in the Baltic Sea during the Crimean War. He died 02 May 1898, Parua Bay, Manaia, NLD, NZL and is buried in the Parua Bay Cemetery alongside his wife Eleanor Poppy who predeceased him. KLN Parua Bay. He was not in the Maori Wars, may have been in New Zealand during his early Royal Navy days, and his grave is not an Historic War One. NZL Probates: Henry Morey, Parua Bay, settler, death 02 May 1898, Auckland Court, probate number BBAE 1569 2904/98, filed date 09 Jun 1898, will. KLN Parua Bay

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1861 Census Family Record
11 Randell Street - Erith
Name Age Relationship Occupation Birth Place
Harriet Clarke 31 Boarder Harwich - Essex
James W Clarke 1 Boarders Son Deptford - Kent
Lucy H Clarke 4 Boarders Daughter Scholar Deptford - Kent
Ellen Morey 29 Wife Harwich - Essex
Ellen C Morey 10 Dau Scholar Hammersmith - Middlesex
Harriet Morey 2 Dau Kent - Erith
Harry A T Morey 6 Son Scholar Kent - Charlton
Henry Morey 44 Head Coast Guard Hants - Havant
Lucy A Morey 8 Dau Scholar Kent - Gravesend

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1851 Census Family Record
12 B????? Road - Milton - Gravesend
Name Age Relationship Occupation Birth Place
James Clarke 18 Visitor Sailor Essex - Harwich
Ellen Morey 20 Wife Essex - Harwich
Ellen C Morey 9 Months Daughter Hammersmith - Middlesex
Henry Morey 35 Head Coast Guard Havant - Hampshire

Morey, Henry 81 Years 02 May 1898 Burial
Details of a Burial in Parua Bay Cemetery, Whangarei Heads Road, Parua Bay
Surname: Morey
Forenames: Henry
Age: 81 Years
Gender: Male
Date of Death: 2 May 1898
Funeral Director:
Cemetery: Parua Bay Cemetery, Whangarei Heads Road, Parua Bay
Plot Location: Row Row 11 Plot 2
Date of Burial: 04 May 1898
Body / Ashes Body