Entry in "Burke's Colonial Gentry"

Jollie of Waireka

Jollie, Edward, Esq. of Waireka, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand, b. 1st September 1825; m. 14th May 1861, Caroline Armstrong daughter of the Rev. John Muggeridge Orsmond, by Mary Isabella Nelson, his wife, and had had issue,

I. Francis, lieutenant 20th Hussars, b. 30th March 1865
II. Edward, b. 26th October 1871.
I. Margaret Isabel, b. 11th May 1862.
II. Caroline Stanly, b. 3rd October 1863.
III. Elizabeth, b. 25th June 1866.
IV. Mary, b. 5th March 1868.
V. Florence, b. 6th October 1869; d. 1873.
VI. Sarah Godwin, b. 11th November 1873.
VII. Christabel Frances, b. 22nd October 1875.

This gentleman came to New Zealand in 1842, as a cadet of the New Zealand Company. He acquired property in the colony and entered actively into a political career, being member of the House of Representatives for Cheviot from 1860 to 1861, when he resigned, and settling in Canterbury sat as member for the Ellesmere district in the Provincial Council for several years. He subsequently visited Europe, and on his return to New Zealand in 1883 settled at Patea.

Lineage
This Huguenot family left France at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and took refuge in Scotland, where they settled at Perth and Stirling. At the end of the last century (1780), Francis Jollie left Scotland and resided in Carlisle, Co. Cumberland, England, where he started a paper called the Carlisle Journal (still in existence although not the property of this family). East Tower Street in Carlisle was built by this gentleman. He m. Mary Moore daughter of Jeremiah Moore and Francis Lewthwaite and had a son.
Rev. Francis Jollie, Esq. or Brampton, near Carlisle, co Cumberland, m. Margaret Routledge, whose mother was Miss Haliburton of the Cupar-Angus family, and d. about 1826 having had,
I. Francis, m. Mrs Jane Cooper, widow; and d. s.p..
II. John, m. Emma, daughter of Mr Chambers; and d. s.p..
III. William, M.D., d. unm..
IV. Edward, now of Waireka.
V. Elizabeth, m. Peter Haggie, Esq. of Gateshead, co. Durham, England, and had issue,
1. Peter Sinclair.
2. Francis.
3. Douglas.
4. Charles.
5. Edward.
1. Frances.
2. Elizabeth.
3. Louisa.
4. Florence.
5. Caroline.
6. Clara.

VI. James

Crest used. - A bird, holding in the beak s sprig of olive. Motto - Lœtavi.
Residence - Waireka, Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand.