George Zoroaster Ulyate, 1820 Settler

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 798
• Name: George Zoroaster Ulyate 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Death: 28 Jan 1898, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

George Zoroaster Ulyate's early years were spent at Grahamstown. He took part in the early frontier wars before settling in the Queenstown district where he became a municipal councillor but eventually moved to East London in 1877 and opened a butchery in Panmure in January 1877. He later became a partner in the firm Ulyate and Masters, general merchants, drapers and outfitters, with shops in Station and Terminus Streets. When the partnership dissolved, Ulyate carried on the grocery business. He also owned a wool and produce buyers in Station and Oxford Streets.

Ulyate was the first person to acquire land at the Beach on the East Bank and he built a row of cottages along the sea front at Quanza Terrace. In June 1879 he was elected to the Council to represent Ward 2. He stood down after his retirement on rotation in February 1880 but briefly re-entered the Council in February 1881 as a member for Ward 3. He resigned in December that year.

Ulyate's last four years of life were spent in total blindness. He eventually died of a haemorrhage of the brain on 28 January 1898, at the age of 78. He was buried at East London.

Description: Rev Thomas Ireland

Settler:
Wait's party on the Zoroaster

George married Lucy Valentine on 16 Nov 1840 in Cuylerville, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Lucy (daughter of Peter Valentine, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth) was born on 3 Jul 1824 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 14 Oct 1825 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 5 Oct 1908 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Robert Ulyate
2. George Henry Ulyate was born on 11 Oct 1844; was christened about May 1845 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died before 1850.
3. Lucy Mary Ann Ulyate was born est 1842; died on 2 Nov 1907 in Petrusville, Northern Cape, South Africa.
4. Elizabeth Moles Ulyate
5. George Henry Ulyate was born on 30 Apr 1850; was christened on 30 May 1851 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1919.
6. Amelia Ulyate was born on 8 Jun 1852; was christened on 20 Jul 1853 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. Robert Valentine Ulyate was born on 24 Jun 1857; was christened on 12 May 1858 in Queenstown Church (Methodist), Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 16 Jun 1909 in Kijabe, Kenya.
8. Caroline Dorothy Ann Ulyate was born on 12 Oct 1859; was christened on 11 Jan 1860 in Queenstown Church (Methodist), Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
9. Emma Constance Ulyate was born on 4 Sep 1864; was christened on 26 Oct 1864 in Queenstown Church (Methodist), Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
10. Herbert William Ulyate was born on 5 Jun 1866 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 3 Jul 1866 in Queenstown Church (Methodist), Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
11. Letitia Ann Ulyate was born on 4 Oct 1867; was christened on 27 Dec 1867 in Queenstown Church (Methodist), Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Mar 1868; was buried in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 799
• Name: Henry Ulyate 1820
• Occupation: a Lawyer's Clerk
• Occupation: a Tanner
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Occupation: 1822, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker
• Occupation: 1827, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; an Under Sherriff

Notes:

When Henry was released from his obligations to Wait, he removed to the head of Belmont Valley after joining Barker on his location Waterford (break away from Wait soon after arrival). He moved to Bathurst in about 1823 where he was a shoemaker and then to Grahamstown in 1825 as Under Sheriff & Lucy was the matron.
In 1827 the farm Kowiefontein, about 4 miles south of Grahamstown was surveyed by William Smith and this perpetual quit rent farm was granted to Henry on 27 June 1831. On 8 July 1834 a portion of Kowiesfontein was transferred to Robert Featherstone and was known as Featherstone's Kloof.
Henry then moved to Fort Beaufort and after Lucy died there he returned to live with his son at Kowiefontein until his death in 1856. { per Lynn MacLeod}

He was appointed Gaoler at Grahamstown, and Lucy as the Matron.

A bit of a mystery regarding the death of Henry ULYATE as Samuel Cronwright (author of Her South African Ancestors) writes
“ In March 1925 I accidentally came upon the grave of of Henry ULYATE in the English Church Cemetery, Grahamstown. It lies close to the west end of the little church there, and is well enclosed with iron railings, all in an excellent state of preservation. The inscription says he died on the 25th May, 1850 (sic) aged 77 ½ years, and was one of the British Settlers of 1820”

Grahamstown Journal, Saturday 8th March 1851:
ADVERTISEMENT
Any person who witnessed the arrest by the military of the person of Henry ULYATE Sen in the public street of Fort Beaufort will greatly oblige him by calling him and giving him their statement or sending the same to him in writing.
Henry ULYATE
Campbell Street, Fort Beaufort


Settler:
Wait's party on the Zoroaster

Henry married Lucy Moles, 1820 Settler in 1814. Lucy (daughter of John Moles and Lucy Jones) was born on 18 Dec 1784 in Hampstead, London, England; was christened on 9 Jan 1785 in St John Horselydown, Bermondsey, Southwark, London, England; died on 7 Jan 1848 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 9 Jan 1848 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 575
• Name: Lucy Moules 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

This is quite a challenge of a family! It appears that William and Lucy Moles must have married in about 1803 somewhere in London. They had four children, Lucy Moles Finaughty, George William, Joseph and John Henry. Joseph must have died young because he did not go to South Africa with the 1820 settlers.

On 26 February1810 a William Finnaughty was sentenced to imprisonment for larceny(theft). Engand and Wales Criminal registers 1791 - 1892 held at the National Archives under Class HO 26; piece 16, page 32. William was sentenced to 6 months in jail and a flogging. see http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18100221-73&div=t18100221-73 Is this where William departs the scene, and Henry Ulyate or Ullyate moves in? We have not been able to find a marriage for Lucy and Henry. Lucy's next 3 children all have Ulyate as a second name, and they 'drop' the Finaughty when they embark as 1820 settlers to South Africa, and subsequent children with Henry do not have the Finaughty name, but Ulyate.

Settler:
Wait's party on the Zoroaster

Buried:
Description: Rev Herbert Beaver

William + Sarah, - wife of William Ulyate. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Moules
• Name: John Mouls

John married Lucy Jones on 6 Sep 1784 in St Mary's, Rotherhithe, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]