Information from the book, “Hamblyn Family History” by Margaret Noelene Shaw.
Baptised at Pancrasweek on 23 March 1800.
Sailed to New Zealand in 1841 on the Amelia Thompson with wife Mary and four children: John Rundle Hamblyn, Caroline, Charles, and Mary Jane. A fifth child, Anne, died in England, before the family departed for New Zealand.

The “Hamblyn Family History” states that Charles and Mary and family set up home a mile from the Bell Block Stockade, and a half-a-mile from a friendly native Pa at Waiwakaiho. The couples home is listed as having been burnt down by the Maoris on the 6th of April, 1861. It is believed Charles Hamblyn owned land from the sand hills to Devon Road (86 acres).
Buried 3 January 1885 at Henui Cemetery