NICHOLSON, THOMAS DICKSON (1817-64), who came from Firth, Scotland, was a minister of the Free Church, and was at Lowick, England, when he was appointed by the Colonial committee to Nelson. He sailed in the John Wickliffe in 1848 and preached at the emigration barracks at Dunedin on 9 Apr 1848. In June he reached Nelson, where he was received by M. Campbell (q.v.), who had already organised the Nelson School Society. Nicholson's wife died in 1856, and in 1857 he resigned the Nelson charge and became Presbyterian minister for the Wairau district. He settled at Renwicktown, and was responsible for the building of the first church, and for the charge of a wide district, including Picton, the Awatere valley, and Kaikoura. He died on 16 Jul 1864.

Dickson (p); Arnold; Marlborough Express, 1 Sep 1967.

Reference: Volume 2, page 65

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