Charles Johnson Pharazyn was born on 11 October 1802 in London, the son of Sophia and Henry William Johnson Pharazyn, a merchant. Charles was educated at a private academy in London, in 1819 the year his father died he joined Lloyd's as an apprentice to Adolphus and held a desk at Lloyd's before joining joined his Uncle as a partner in an insurance brokerage business. In 1826 his occupation is recorded as a Full Mercer, a dealer in textiles.
In 1827 he married 1)Harriet Maria Moriarty 1799- and they had one son:
Charles John Pharazyn 1827-1828
Charles John was baptized at Holborn St. Giles in the Fields, England on the 25th of July 1827 and buried age 13 months on June 25th, 1828. His father's occupation is listed as insurance underwriter on the baptismal record.
The following year in 1829 Charles' mother Sophia died.
In 1831 he married 2)Mary Catherine Buckland 1815-1864 in London and they had four children, three born in England and one born in New Zealand:
Robert Pharazyn 1833–1896
Edward Pharazyn 1835–1890
Charles Pharazyn 1837–1903
William Pharazyn 1843–1872 (born in NZ)
About 1838, after meeting with Hindmarsh of the South Australian Association, he became interested in the colonisation schemes of E. G. Wakefield. He decided to emigrate and sailed on the Jane arriving in Wellington, New Zealand, on the 24th of May 1841 after an adventurous voyage.
The Jane had been disabled off Rio de Janiero and Pharazyn advanced sufficient money to pay for repairs. In New Zealand he experienced some difficulty in recovering this and, as a result, visited Sydney where he brought a successful action against the owners. He invested this money in merchandise which he shipped to Wellington, and set up as a merchant. Tiring of this a few years later, Pharazyn decided to take up land. The quest for grazing land took him at first to the South Island and, in October 1851, in conjunction with C. J. Nairn, he announced having discovered gold on the property of Charles Suisted, at Goodwood, Otago. During the remainder of the year Pharazyn and Nairn worked their way overland as far south as Foveaux Strait and, on New Year's Day 1852, proceeding from the Oreti River, they met Mantell and his party at Riverton.
Later on he ran a store at Pipitea Point, and prospected the lower Wairarapa district and, in partnership with Fitzherbert, leased a 5,000-acre sheep run on the shores of Palliser Bay. The venture proved so successful that several years later he closed the partnership and visited England. On his return he joined the Hon. John Johnston, M.L.C., in a mercantile business in Wellington. A few years later he entered into a successful partnership with Nathaniel Levin.
In 1867 Pharazyn married 3)Jessica Rankin (1818-1891) and the family story is that he had known her in England. Jessica was an English poetress who had come to New Zealand earlier that year and had written several popular songs, set to music by Irish musician Michael Balfe (composer of the popular opera "The Bohemian Girl").
Pharazyn served on the Wellington Town Board in the late 1860s and, on 17 June 1869, Stafford arranged for him to be called to the Legislative Council. In 1871 he retired from business in order to give full attention to his political career and remained a member of the Legislative Council until 11 March 1885, when he resigned in order to allow his son Robert to take his place.
For several years he was chairman of the Wellington Education Board. Possessed of a shrewd business instinct and a capacity for hard work, Pharazyn was immensely successful in his various farming and commercial concerns. During his long years in retirement, he maintained his interest in commercial matters and also invested in numerous Wellington business ventures.
He died on 16 August 1903 at the age of 101 at Seacroft, Hobson Street, Wellington where he had resided with his widowed daughter-in-law Frances Mary Greenwood Pharazyn having been predeceased by his three wives and four sons. He was survived by a number of grandchildren.
Information courtesy of:
1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery Trail Guide
Papers Past Obituaries
In 1827 he married 1)Harriet Maria Moriarty 1799- and they had one son:
Charles John Pharazyn 1827-1828
Charles John was baptized at Holborn St. Giles in the Fields, England on the 25th of July 1827 and buried age 13 months on June 25th, 1828. His father's occupation is listed as insurance underwriter on the baptismal record.
The following year in 1829 Charles' mother Sophia died.
In 1831 he married 2)Mary Catherine Buckland 1815-1864 in London and they had four children, three born in England and one born in New Zealand:
Robert Pharazyn 1833–1896
Edward Pharazyn 1835–1890
Charles Pharazyn 1837–1903
William Pharazyn 1843–1872 (born in NZ)
About 1838, after meeting with Hindmarsh of the South Australian Association, he became interested in the colonisation schemes of E. G. Wakefield. He decided to emigrate and sailed on the Jane arriving in Wellington, New Zealand, on the 24th of May 1841 after an adventurous voyage.
The Jane had been disabled off Rio de Janiero and Pharazyn advanced sufficient money to pay for repairs. In New Zealand he experienced some difficulty in recovering this and, as a result, visited Sydney where he brought a successful action against the owners. He invested this money in merchandise which he shipped to Wellington, and set up as a merchant. Tiring of this a few years later, Pharazyn decided to take up land. The quest for grazing land took him at first to the South Island and, in October 1851, in conjunction with C. J. Nairn, he announced having discovered gold on the property of Charles Suisted, at Goodwood, Otago. During the remainder of the year Pharazyn and Nairn worked their way overland as far south as Foveaux Strait and, on New Year's Day 1852, proceeding from the Oreti River, they met Mantell and his party at Riverton.
Later on he ran a store at Pipitea Point, and prospected the lower Wairarapa district and, in partnership with Fitzherbert, leased a 5,000-acre sheep run on the shores of Palliser Bay. The venture proved so successful that several years later he closed the partnership and visited England. On his return he joined the Hon. John Johnston, M.L.C., in a mercantile business in Wellington. A few years later he entered into a successful partnership with Nathaniel Levin.
In 1867 Pharazyn married 3)Jessica Rankin (1818-1891) and the family story is that he had known her in England. Jessica was an English poetress who had come to New Zealand earlier that year and had written several popular songs, set to music by Irish musician Michael Balfe (composer of the popular opera "The Bohemian Girl").
Pharazyn served on the Wellington Town Board in the late 1860s and, on 17 June 1869, Stafford arranged for him to be called to the Legislative Council. In 1871 he retired from business in order to give full attention to his political career and remained a member of the Legislative Council until 11 March 1885, when he resigned in order to allow his son Robert to take his place.
For several years he was chairman of the Wellington Education Board. Possessed of a shrewd business instinct and a capacity for hard work, Pharazyn was immensely successful in his various farming and commercial concerns. During his long years in retirement, he maintained his interest in commercial matters and also invested in numerous Wellington business ventures.
He died on 16 August 1903 at the age of 101 at Seacroft, Hobson Street, Wellington where he had resided with his widowed daughter-in-law Frances Mary Greenwood Pharazyn having been predeceased by his three wives and four sons. He was survived by a number of grandchildren.
Information courtesy of:
1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery Trail Guide
Papers Past Obituaries
Charles Johnson Pharazyn was born on 11 October 1802 in London, the son of Sophia and Henry William Johnson Pharazyn, a merchant. Charles was educated at a private academy in London, in 1819 the year his father died he joined Lloyd's as an apprentice to Adolphus and held a desk at Lloyd's before joining joined his Uncle as a partner in an insurance brokerage business. In 1826 his occupation is recorded as a Full Mercer, a dealer in textiles.
In 1827 he married 1)Harriet Maria Moriarty 1799- and they had one son:
Charles John Pharazyn 1827-1828
Charles John was baptized at Holborn St. Giles in the Fields, England on the 25th of July 1827 and buried age 13 months on June 25th, 1828. His father's occupation is listed as insurance underwriter on the baptismal record.
The following year in 1829 Charles' mother Sophia died.
In 1831 he married 2)Mary Catherine Buckland 1815-1864 in London and they had four children, three born in England and one born in New Zealand:
Robert Pharazyn 1833–1896
Edward Pharazyn 1835–1890
Charles Pharazyn 1837–1903
William Pharazyn 1843–1872 (born in NZ)
About 1838, after meeting with Hindmarsh of the South Australian Association, he became interested in the colonisation schemes of E. G. Wakefield. He decided to emigrate and sailed on the Jane arriving in Wellington, New Zealand, on the 24th of May 1841 after an adventurous voyage.
The Jane had been disabled off Rio de Janiero and Pharazyn advanced sufficient money to pay for repairs. In New Zealand he experienced some difficulty in recovering this and, as a result, visited Sydney where he brought a successful action against the owners. He invested this money in merchandise which he shipped to Wellington, and set up as a merchant. Tiring of this a few years later, Pharazyn decided to take up land. The quest for grazing land took him at first to the South Island and, in October 1851, in conjunction with C. J. Nairn, he announced having discovered gold on the property of Charles Suisted, at Goodwood, Otago. During the remainder of the year Pharazyn and Nairn worked their way overland as far south as Foveaux Strait and, on New Year's Day 1852, proceeding from the Oreti River, they met Mantell and his party at Riverton.
Later on he ran a store at Pipitea Point, and prospected the lower Wairarapa district and, in partnership with Fitzherbert, leased a 5,000-acre sheep run on the shores of Palliser Bay. The venture proved so successful that several years later he closed the partnership and visited England. On his return he joined the Hon. John Johnston, M.L.C., in a mercantile business in Wellington. A few years later he entered into a successful partnership with Nathaniel Levin.
In 1867 Pharazyn married 3)Jessica Rankin (1818-1891) and the family story is that he had known her in England. Jessica was an English poetress who had come to New Zealand earlier that year and had written several popular songs, set to music by Irish musician Michael Balfe (composer of the popular opera "The Bohemian Girl").
Pharazyn served on the Wellington Town Board in the late 1860s and, on 17 June 1869, Stafford arranged for him to be called to the Legislative Council. In 1871 he retired from business in order to give full attention to his political career and remained a member of the Legislative Council until 11 March 1885, when he resigned in order to allow his son Robert to take his place.
For several years he was chairman of the Wellington Education Board. Possessed of a shrewd business instinct and a capacity for hard work, Pharazyn was immensely successful in his various farming and commercial concerns. During his long years in retirement, he maintained his interest in commercial matters and also invested in numerous Wellington business ventures.
He died on 16 August 1903 at the age of 101 at Seacroft, Hobson Street, Wellington where he had resided with his widowed daughter-in-law Frances Mary Greenwood Pharazyn having been predeceased by his three wives and four sons. He was survived by a number of grandchildren.
Information courtesy of:
1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery Trail Guide
Papers Past Obituaries
In 1827 he married 1)Harriet Maria Moriarty 1799- and they had one son:
Charles John Pharazyn 1827-1828
Charles John was baptized at Holborn St. Giles in the Fields, England on the 25th of July 1827 and buried age 13 months on June 25th, 1828. His father's occupation is listed as insurance underwriter on the baptismal record.
The following year in 1829 Charles' mother Sophia died.
In 1831 he married 2)Mary Catherine Buckland 1815-1864 in London and they had four children, three born in England and one born in New Zealand:
Robert Pharazyn 1833–1896
Edward Pharazyn 1835–1890
Charles Pharazyn 1837–1903
William Pharazyn 1843–1872 (born in NZ)
About 1838, after meeting with Hindmarsh of the South Australian Association, he became interested in the colonisation schemes of E. G. Wakefield. He decided to emigrate and sailed on the Jane arriving in Wellington, New Zealand, on the 24th of May 1841 after an adventurous voyage.
The Jane had been disabled off Rio de Janiero and Pharazyn advanced sufficient money to pay for repairs. In New Zealand he experienced some difficulty in recovering this and, as a result, visited Sydney where he brought a successful action against the owners. He invested this money in merchandise which he shipped to Wellington, and set up as a merchant. Tiring of this a few years later, Pharazyn decided to take up land. The quest for grazing land took him at first to the South Island and, in October 1851, in conjunction with C. J. Nairn, he announced having discovered gold on the property of Charles Suisted, at Goodwood, Otago. During the remainder of the year Pharazyn and Nairn worked their way overland as far south as Foveaux Strait and, on New Year's Day 1852, proceeding from the Oreti River, they met Mantell and his party at Riverton.
Later on he ran a store at Pipitea Point, and prospected the lower Wairarapa district and, in partnership with Fitzherbert, leased a 5,000-acre sheep run on the shores of Palliser Bay. The venture proved so successful that several years later he closed the partnership and visited England. On his return he joined the Hon. John Johnston, M.L.C., in a mercantile business in Wellington. A few years later he entered into a successful partnership with Nathaniel Levin.
In 1867 Pharazyn married 3)Jessica Rankin (1818-1891) and the family story is that he had known her in England. Jessica was an English poetress who had come to New Zealand earlier that year and had written several popular songs, set to music by Irish musician Michael Balfe (composer of the popular opera "The Bohemian Girl").
Pharazyn served on the Wellington Town Board in the late 1860s and, on 17 June 1869, Stafford arranged for him to be called to the Legislative Council. In 1871 he retired from business in order to give full attention to his political career and remained a member of the Legislative Council until 11 March 1885, when he resigned in order to allow his son Robert to take his place.
For several years he was chairman of the Wellington Education Board. Possessed of a shrewd business instinct and a capacity for hard work, Pharazyn was immensely successful in his various farming and commercial concerns. During his long years in retirement, he maintained his interest in commercial matters and also invested in numerous Wellington business ventures.
He died on 16 August 1903 at the age of 101 at Seacroft, Hobson Street, Wellington where he had resided with his widowed daughter-in-law Frances Mary Greenwood Pharazyn having been predeceased by his three wives and four sons. He was survived by a number of grandchildren.
Information courtesy of:
1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
Friends of Bolton Street Cemetery Trail Guide
Papers Past Obituaries
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Jessica, wife of Charles Johnson PHARAZYN, d. 21 August 1891, a. 73, also Charles Johnson PHARAZYN, born 11 October 1802, d. 16 August 1903. "I believe in the life everlasting"
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