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Descendants of James SAYERS (See notes below)

1 James SAYERS, son of John SAYERS or SAYER and (First wife) UNKNOWN?; of Huguenot descent
+Margaret MACARA - b: 19 Apr 1778 Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland
....2 Isabella or Isobel SAYERS (a.k.a. SAWER or SAYLERS) - b: 5 Dec 1800 West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Christened); m: 26 Dec 1824 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d: 15 Jun 1855 the School-house, East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
......+Alexander GEBBIE - b: Abt. 1803; d: aft. 28 Feb 1856 (See GEBBIE notes below)
....2 Janet SAYERS - b: 17 Nov 1802 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Bapt/Christened); m: 26 Mar 1842
......+Robert BIGGART
....2 Margaret SAYERS or SAWYERS - b: 19 Mar 1806 West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Bapt/Christened); d: 12 Mar 1880 Moray Villa, Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland; Buried: Dumbarton Cem., Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Newspaper Obituary (57 KB)
......+William SMITH - b: Abt. 1804; d: 3 Mar 1854 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Newspaper Obituary (57 KB)
(Siblings of William SMITH: John SMITH, Chr. 18 Feb 1799; David SMITH, Chr. 31 Jan 1804)
....2 James SAYERS - b: 13 Nov 1808 Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland (Bapt/Christened)

In Dunbartonshire, Scotland: MACARA & SAYERS

 James SAYERS was the son of John SAYERS or SAYER and (First wife) UNKNOWN? & said to be of Huguenot descent.
His father, (John SAYERS or SAYER), became a weaver, rented a workplace in Greenock on the "North Side of Tobago Street, within the Western Barony of Greenock, Old parish Greenock" (during his second marriage?)
James SAYERS married Margaret MACARA on 1 Jun 1798 in Dumbarton, Dunbartonshire, Scotland.
She was the daughter of John McCARA (McARA, McCARA, or MACARA) & Isobel ROBISON.
James SAYERS had the following occupations:
01 Jun 1798 - Sawyer, West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire ("Sawyer - one who saws; carpenter");
07 Dec 1800 - Wright, res. Cartsdyke, Greenock, Renfrewshire ("Wright - workman, especially a construction worker");
23 Mar 1806 - Boatman, West Greenock;
27 Nov 1808 - Mariner; later Ship Captain.
The daughters of James & Margaret (Isabella, Janet & Margaret?) inherited a lease on a weaving shed from their grandfather John SAYERS. (Was this the weaving shed referred to above, on the "North Side of Tobago Street, within the Western Barony of Greenock, Old parish Greenock"?)

From Scotland to New Zealand: GEBBIE & SAYERS

Alexander GEBBIE - b: Abt. 1803; m: 26 Dec 1824 in Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; d: aft. 28 Feb 1856
*1st Wife of Alexander GEBBIE:
Isabella or Isobel SAYERS (a.k.a. SAWER or SAYLERS) - b: 5 Dec 1800 West (Old) Parish, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland (Christened); d: 15 Jun 1855 at the School-House, East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
*2nd Wife of Alexander GEBBIE:
..+Janet PETERSEN / PETERSON - m: 1854 in East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand?; d: Bef. 28 Feb 1856?
*3rd Wife of Alexander GEBBIE:
..+Jessie PETERSEN / PETERSON - m: 28 Feb 1856 in East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand?

Alexander GEBBIE & Isabella or Isobel SAYERS sailed steerage (as assisted emigrants) from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland on the Mooltan in Nov 1849 & arrived at Port Chalmers, New Zealand in Dec 1849.
(Also sailed on the same ship: James GEBBIE, gardener, & his wife Margaret BOYD. Birth notice.)
Alexander GEBBIE had the following occupations:
Bef. 1824 - Solicitor, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland; Writer, Glasgow (Solicitor);
1849 - Agriculturalist, Teacher;
1855 - Teacher, East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand
Isabella died at the School-House in East Taieri on 15 Jun 1855 - Death Notice
Alexander subsequently married Janet PETERSEN / PETERSON, who, it appears, died within two years.
He then married (perhaps her sister?) Jessie PETERSEN / PETERSON in 1856.

About East Taieri, Central Otago, South Island, New Zealand:
Located etween Ocean View to the south & Mosgiel to the north; it is west of Dunedin (Map);
1853 - East Taieri opened as a preaching station;
1863 - New school opened;
1870 - East Taieri Presbyterian Church built (still stands)

Who were the mother & siblings of James SAYERS?

Who were the children (if any) of Alexander GEBBIE & Isabella / Isobel SAYERS?


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Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland - Parish (GENUKI)

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Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland (GENUKI)

Greenock, East, Middle, and West Parishes (GENUKI)

The Huguenot Website

Mooltan, Passenger Arrivals,
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New Zealand Map of Regions

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