Emigration came relatively late for the Sargisons. Robert Sargison (1765-1863) and Rebecca Pinder (1773-1815) had a son Samuel Sargison (1808-1891). He and his wife Elizabeth Bacon started the movement which was primarily to New Zealand.
Name | Spouse | Arrival | Children |
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Australia Samuel Sargison (1808-1891)
| Elizabeth Bacon (1815-86) | Elizabeth was transported in August 1832 to Tasmania for a 7 year term. Samuel arrived in Hobart, Tasmania, aboard the Blake on 29 Dec 1839. They married 3 months later. | The had 6 children beginning a Tasmanian dynasty. |
Canada/USA | |||
Elizabeth Warner (1832-1905) niece of the above. | Captain Thomas Teed (1815-1892) (his mother was Mary Ann Sargison (1793-1828) | They arrived in North America in 1856, settling initially in Chicago, Illinois. | 6 Children with three having Sargison in their names. |
Harry Sargison(1865-1945) | Married Myrtle Bonebrake in Newton, Indiana, USA in 1897 | Arrived in USA 1892 (according to census but 3 different dates) | 3 children |
Amos William Sargison (1887-1906) | Unverified | ||
Australia/NZ | |||
Alexander T Sargison (1836-1912) Another nephew of Samuel’s. | Ellen Sophia Parsons was born in Burchecear, Hampshire England in 1838. | Alexander moved to Victoria, Australia where he married in 1862. They moved to Charleston, Buller, West Coast NZ before 1875. | They had three children. Charles bron in Victoria and Alexander Samuel and Ellen Maria on the Coast. |
New Zealand | |||
Henry Griffen Sargison (1856-1951) | Two brothers emigrated together. Each married in NZ to other emigrants. | Arrived aboard the Wellington in Port Chalmers in Feb 1875. | 9 children from 2 of three wives. Susan born in Cambridgeshire to Mary Horn who must have gone back briefly. |
William George Sargison (1852-1895) | as above | as above | 7 children |
Agness Sargison (1864-1944) sister of the above | Married in NZ to Jacob Eyers(1863-1895) and later to Joseph Love (1854-1931 | Arrived in Invercargill 1884 aboard the Ruapehu. | 3 children. |
Agnes Louisa Sargison (1820-1926) niece of Henry Griffen above | Married to Herbert A Jelly (1994-1953) | Arrival unknown but likely around 1920. Died in Port Chalmers, Dunedin | |
Alice Maria Sargison (1881-1944) sister of above | Married James Don (1875-1957) in New Zealand 1918 | Arrival currently unknown. | |