death_date death_place religion birth_place parents birth_date order term_start spouse article_title term_end name
11 october 1908 te aute , hawkes bay anglican hampstead , london henry williams , marianne williams 2 november 1818 native land court 29 april 1881 jane davis edward marsh williams
 1891 edward marsh williams
edward marsh williams

edward marsh williams -lrb- 2 november 1818 -- 11 october 1909 -rrb- .
edward williams was the eldest son of archdeacon henry williams and marianne williams .
edward williams was born at hampstead , london , in 1818 .
henry williams become an ordained member of the church missionary society -lrb- cms -rrb- and in 1923 became a christian missionary in aotearoa -lrb- new zealand -rrb- .
at the age of 22 in 1840 , when captain william hobson arrived in new zealand , edward assisted his father to translate the treaty of waitangi into the māori language as edward , having grown up among the māori at paihia , was fluent in `` te reo '' and understood māori culture .
edward was appointed by lieutenant governor hobson as government interpreter , clerk to the court , and the first postmaster at auckland .
edward was appointed to judicial positions : as resident magistrate for the bay of islands and in 1881 edward was appointed a judge of the native land court -lrb- which became the māori land court -rrb- of new zealand .
edward translated into māori over 210 hymns and also `` the pilgrim 's progress '' .
he drew hms `` herald '' in sylvan cove , stewart island / rakiura in 1840 .
