Welcome, whanau, to this site! It outlines the genealogy of the “Clendons of Ōtautahi & Te Mamaku, (Christchurch & Ruby Bay which fronts on to Te Tai-o-Aorere or Tasman Bay) New Zealand from their roots in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England to New Zealand. This is an unusual story because it starts with the Clendons largely based in Northamptonshire in England and ends with the majority of the family based in New Zealand. It is also unusual because the first Clendon in New Zealand, Captain James Reddy Clendon and his wife Sarah Isabella Hill arrived in 1828, well before there was any significant European settlement. Their second child was born off the coast of Hokianga where they later settled. The site has been developed by Allan Sargison of Sargisonfamilyhistory.
Thomas James Orr (1835-1917) was born in County Armagh and arrived in Christchurch , NZ aboard the Tiptree in January 1864 accompanied by wife Sarah and two children. He was a ships joiner by trade. They subsequently moved to Wellington where Sarah died and he married Jane Clement (1839-1918) from County Clare in Wellington in June 1866, the first wedding in Old St Pauls. They were the great grandparents of Ross Clendon.
Elizaebth Kelsey Vye
Elizabeth Kelsey Vye born born in Ramsgate in 1837. She married Thomas Clenon (1835-1921) in Ramsgate in 1861. The first emigrated to Glens Falls, New York and after time back in England to New Zealand by 1905. Elizabeth's father Jesse and later her mother Jane Jarman(1801-1873) ran a large well known shop in Ramsgate, Thanet, Kent. Elizabeth and Thomas were great grandparents of Ross Clendon.
It is and was a small family. In 1881 there were only 26 Clendons in the UK census of almost 30 million people.
By 2014 the world data shows New Zealand having 240 Clendons, the largest concentration by far. T
This is of course still a work in progress. Any input is welcome: just email: allan.sargison@gmail.com Ngā mihi maioha Allan
