Name, year and place of birth, date and place of death from research file08 in May 2017.

Place of burial from research file09 in May 2017.

Arrived on ship “Will Watch” on 4 November 1841, to Nelson, New Zealand, from research file09 in May 2017.

Brian of nzolivers found, sailed from Gravesend on 27 April 1841. Occupation from:
http://www.museumnp.org.nz/early-settlers/

Thomas’ wife, Ann, arrived on the ship “Lloyds” three months later on 15 February 1842 with children Alfred aged 9, Adolphus aged 7, Edgar aged 5. Fourth child, Mary Ann, died on board.

Full date of birth, year and country of marriage, fuller place of death, Obituary below, from research file10 in June 2017.

Cause of death - attack of bronchitis following infuenza, according to:
https://www.geni.com/people/Thomas-Dodson/6000000026165419324

Second name from Mary Simpson in an email dated 25 June 2017. Mary is descendant from Thomas’ brother, George Dodson.

Dodson's Valley
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-NHSJ02_06-t1-body1-d2-d45.html
Thomas Dodson, who came out on the Nelson Expedition ship, "Will Watch," in 1841, lived at the top of the valley. His wife and family came out on the "Lloyds". Thomas Dodson was a well known figure in the community being a member of the Nelson Provincial Council, the Suburban North Road Board, the Suburban North Committee of Education, and other bodies.
In 1854 his brother, Joseph Reid Dodson, came out to New Zealand and within a few days of his arrival at Nelson he went into partnership with the brewer, G. Hooper, trading under the name of Hooper & Co. J. R. Dodson later became Nelson's first Mayor.

OBITUARY
Star (New Zealand) 2 September 1898
AN OLD SETTLER - Another of the now fast disappearing band of "Expedition" men died at Nelson a few days ago. Thomas Dodson, of Wakapuaka, who died in his ninety-second  year, landed in Nelson (The "Mail" states) in November 1841, from the barque "Will Watch", one of the three vessels forming the expedition sent from England by the New Zealand company, under the command of Captain Wakefield, for the purpose of founding the Nelson settlement. Mr Dodson was one of the first members of the Loyal Nelson Lodge of Oddfellows, and in later years he occupied a seat in the Provincial Council. For a long time past he resided at Wakapuaka where a valley bears his name, and until lately, enjoyed good health in spite of his advanced years. His death was due to an attack of bronchitis following influenza.

Obituary from Paperspast forwarded by Mary Simpson in an email dated 25 June 2017:
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.
Marlborough Express, Volume XXXIII, Issue 203, 29 August 1898, Page 2 
Personal.— Obituary. One of the Colony's oldest settlers, in the person of Mr Thomas Reid Dodson, has passed away at Whakapuaka, Nelson. Deceased was one of the few remaining "Expedition men" of Nelson, who came out in the “Will Watch." He was the eldest brother of the late Mr Henry Dodson, who represented the Wairau in the House of Representatives, and of Mr George Dodson, of Spring Creek. Closely associated, as he was, with the earliest history of the Colony, his career is full of, pioneering interest. He dies at the ripe old age of 91 years, regretted by many friends.
[Mary Simpson is descendant from Thomas’ brother, George Dodson].