WILLIAM
William SIVYER.
Born 1789, at Hawkhurst. Married Hannah HAWKINS 1817.
William Spencer
SIVYER son of William and Elizabeth, all from HAWKHINGE, Kent.
Arrived in Australia with his wife
Hannah and 3 children on the "Neptune" 26 September 1839.
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JAMES
The records of the HAWKHURST Parish
Register show a James, son of William and Elizabeth being baptised on 26 November 1791.
A marriage was solemnised in the Parish
of PEASMARSH, County of Sussex, between James Sivyer and Harriet Goodsell on 10 May 1823, by
banns and with the consent of parents.
Shipping records show that the James who
arrived here on 1 April 1839 was then 39 years. On the same record is the statement that he was
baptised on 26 November 1799 and certified by one J. Hutchenson.
An extract from a book on the early days
of Wesleyan Methodists in Australia is worthy of note here.
The extract reads:- "Amongst the
emigrants on board the "Argyle" from England in 1839, only the Siviers(sic) of
Ickelsham said that they were Wesleyans." Further on in the
report it states:- "in the records of the Anglican
Parish of Narellan and the Registers of Paramatta Wesleyan Circuit, we have the names
of................( 16 families mentioned) and amongst them is the family of
James Sivyer."
FRANCIS
Francis
is from the HAWKHURST Parish Register, which shows that a Francis Sivyer was baptised on 1
December 1793, the son of William and Elizabeth Sivyer. and married
to a Sarah, with no maiden name given.
ELIZABETH SEIVER (sic).
The Hawkhurst Parish Register, shows the baptism of an Elizabeth SIVIER, daughter
of William and Mary, on the 7 March 1798.
MARY ANN
The Hawkhurst Parish Register, shows a
Mary Ann Sivyer, daughter of William and Elizabeth, baptised on 9 October 1803.
JOHN
Hawkhurst Parish Register shows, John
Sivyer, son of William and Elizabeth being baptised on 6 January 1805.
HENRY
Henry
Sivyer born in 1807 at SANDHURST, Kent, son of William and Elizabeth Sivyer.
HANNAH
born 1809, at SANDHURST,
Kent, and a daughter of William and Elizabeth Sivyer.
GEORGE
He was born 1812. He was born at SANDHURST,
SARAH
Shipping records show that Sarah arrived
in Australia with her husband, one, Frederick John Goodsell. They show her as being the daughter of
William and Eliza SIVIER, and that they were all native of AUGUSTIN, Kent. She was 35 years in
1839. She married, one, Frederick John Goodsell, of FAIRLIGHT.
STEPHEN
The Society of Genealogists Library
shows that a Stephen Sivyer arrived in Australia on the "Maitland" in 1838. According to this record he was
then 40 years of age. If he was born 1798, then this date is the same as Elizabeth.
They also show that he was the son of
William and Elizabeth Sivyer and that they were all native of Kent.
Please note that there
were in all, three STEPHEN SIVYERS who emigrated to Australia during this era.
SAMUEL
Hawkhurst Parish Register show a Samuel
son of William and Elizabeth, baptised on 19 July 1788.
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