Why did he come to New Zealand?
Thomas Boyd Reesby probably came from Kettering in England. Calculating from his date of death, he would have been born around 1845. Most of his family were butchers. Perhaps a relation had already come to New Zealand, as Thomas and Comfort Reesby arrived on the Crusader in 1874 and were from the same area. This family settled in Christchurch in the South Island.
But Thomas Boyd was almost certainly a young bachelor when he arrived. He found a farming job not far from Blenheim.

The only known photograph of Thomas Boyd Reesby
According to one account ...
"It must have been 1887 when Thomas Boyd, aged only 42, had a successful stock sale in Blenheim and shouted drinks for most of the town at the local tavern, during a deluge of rain.
Some prankster hid his saddle, so after walking in the rain looking for it and getting soaked to the skin, he gave up and slept on a leather settee in the pub. He died of pneumonia and Dora Amy became a widow with a large family."
Thomas is buried at Omaka Cemetery on Taylor Road, Blenheim. His grave seems to be unmarked, or perhaps the inscription has worn off.