[7] His youngest brother, John (4 April 1835 – 7 October 1911), remained in England and became a prominent neurologist.

[8] Jackson studied law at the University of York, then joined the Inner Temple[2] and was called to the bar in 1853.

[14] The source does not state an end date for Jackson's membership of the executive council.

[15] Within two weeks of arriving, Jackson made the necessary declaration and was admitted as an attorney and solicitor of the Supreme Court.

[17] In July 1856, the first advertisement of 'Merriman & Jackson' appeared in the Daily Southern Cross, the largest Auckland newspaper at that time.

[1] Jackson had a long and distinguished legal career, and gained the respect of the whole profession.

[19] When John Edward Elam came to see him about a suitable cause to leave his estate to, Jackson suggested that a school that teaches fine art was needed.

[1] Before trams were introduced, he walked to his office in downtown Auckland on a daily basis, a distance of 4 miles (6.4 km) each way.

Samuel Jackson Jr. joined the legal profession in Auckland, but emigrated to Oakland, California, USA, in 1890.

[1] His son Thomas Mandeno Jackson, the founder of the auctioneering business, had died five years before him.