Sarah Cawood

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• AFN: 1BNR-0P9
• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Baptism: 23 Oct 1831, Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Gravestone - Sarah King, nee Cawood. Died 27-01-1853. Aged 22 years. Eldest daughter of W Cawood

Sarah married George King on 15 Apr 1851 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. George (son of Thomas Francis King, 1820 Settler and Sarah Honey, 1820 Settler) was born on 23 Feb 1830 in Collingham, Albany, Cape Province, South Africa; died on 16 Dec 1898 in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1898 in Elizabeth farm, Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Francis King was born on 12 Jan 1852 in Wheatlands, Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Feb 1852 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in Oct 1918.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 150
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Occupation: 28 Feb 1825; a Fisherman
• WID : Widowed: 12 Mar 1833
• Will: 17 Jul 1865
• Occupation: 1874; a Merchant and Farmer

Notes:

William and his parents were 1820 settlers.

William /Cawood/
Henry Francis CAWOOD is claimed to be the 16th child ??
The date of marriage is also different. 1830 to 1834 ?? (John Perfect).

Settler:
Hayhurst's party on the John

William married Martha Senior, 1820 Settler on 10 Dec 1827 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Martha (daughter of John Senior and Sarah Charlton, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 Oct 1811 in Wales, UK; was christened on 24 Nov 1811 in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales; died on 12 Mar 1833 in Kaffir Drift, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 713
• Name: Martha SAYNOR or SENIOR 1820
• Religion: the Protestant Church
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

District of Albany marriage record [6] gives the name as Martha SAYNOR;
Family Register, 1820 Settlers Museum, gives name as Martha SEYMOUR. Could this be the Martha who arrived on the Stentor with her sister and brother
(Richardson's Party), aged 8 or 9 - this would have made her 16 at the time
of her marriage? Twin of James. Will filed 1833 [72], where surnamed Seyner.
SAYNOR in Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences 1821 - 1884. Albany/ Grahamstown. (Microfilm # 1886513).
MD Nash - The Settler Handbook - records Elizabeth 12, twins James & Martha 8, as
Settlers - Twins were stepchildren of James Richardson, Party leader.

District of Albany marriage record gives the name as Martha SAYNOR; officiating minister: John Davis; witnesses: Samuel Cawood and Mary Cawood. Family Register, 1820 Settlers Museum, gives name as Martha SEYMOUR. Could this be the Martha who arrived on the Stentor with her sister and brother (Richardson's Party), aged 8 or 9 - this would have made her 16 at the time of her marriage? Twin of James. Will filed 1833 [72], where surnamed Seyner.

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Davis

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 140
• Occupation: a Woollen Manufacturer
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

David and Mary were 1820 settlers. issue: 7 sons and 3 daughters. The three daughters married three 1820 settlers: Gradwell, Hartley and Kelbrick. Said to have left his "ancestral home, Way Bank Hall, Yorkshire" to emigrate [Keighley paper, August 18, 1877]. Said to be woollen manufacturers in Yorkshire (Agnes Gradwell). Embarked 1-Jan-1820 at Liverpool; landed at Algoa Bay 6-May-1820.

David CAWOOD, of Way Bank Hall, owned a flourishing cotton mill near Bradford and Keighley and in traditional; frock coat and top hat, regularly attended the cotton auctions at Bradford, Leeds and Keighley.
It is interesting that his mother [née GIBSON], who died in 1818 received her Wesleyan membership personally from John WESLEY, and never missed a ticket until her death at the age of 86. David's father Joshua, died at the early age of 50 and both he and Mary are buried at Keighley.
It is said that David pioneered the switch-over hand-operated cotton looms to power-driven looms early in the 19th century. The workers regarded the advent of power looms as a threat to their livelihood. It was feared that one machine, able to do the work of many men, would replace men in due course. Superstition and fear took possession of these simple folk and they burned David CAWOOD's Mill to the ground.
In addition to this disaster a cotton famine resulting from crop failures hit the industry causing many other Cotton Mills in Britain to shut down.
As a result of the Napoleonic wars, England found herself crippled and exhausted. Distress and unemployment were rife and Parliament, on 12 July 1819, decided to expand £50,000 in sending 4000 settlers to the Cape, in an effort to alleviate some of the distress in England.
Unbeknown to the settlers, the locations they were to occupy were to constitute a buffer zone between the marauding Kaffirs [sic]and the Eastern Cape farmers.
The emigration schemes was heartily taken up and 90,000 applications were received from which the 4000 were selected. In due time they embarked for the Cape in 21 ships.
Among the settlers, on the vessel "John", was David CAWOOD, 43 who with his wife Mary had left their ancestral home "Way Bank Hall" in Yorkshire, with their nine children; James 21; William, 19; John, 18; Joshua, 16; Elizabeth, 13; Mary, 12; Samuel, 10, Joseph, 9 and Sarah, 5.
FOOTNOTE: Because David CAWOOD did not write down where "Way Bank Hall" could be found, no trace now exists of the old ancestral home.
SOURCE: Chronicles of CAWOOD by Allan CAWOOD, 1982
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David and Mary were 1820 settlers. [2] says they had 10 children - 7 sons and
3 daughters. The three daughters married three 1820 settlers: Gradwell,
Hartley and Kelbrick. Said to have left his "ancestral home, Way Bank Hall,
Yorkshire" to emigrate [Keighley paper, August 18, 1877]. Said to be woollen
manufacturers in Yorkshire (Agnes Gradwell). Embarked 1-Jan-1820 at Liverpool;
landed at Algoa Bay 6-May-1820.

He was listed as a woollen manufacturer. David directed a division split from
Hayhurst's party. He made his home in the old Kaffir Drift Post buildings.
A gravestone at Shaw Park of a David Cawood - mostly illegible - Date 183_.
David Barlow confirms that he was buried at Shaw Park.

Settler:
Hayhurst's party on the John

David married Mary Smith, 1820 Settler on 9 Apr 1798 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of James Smith and Martha Sowden) was born on 3 Mar 1776 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 13 Mar 1776 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England; died on 2 Jan 1822 in Trappes Valley, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 722
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Hayhurst's party on the John

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Saynor

John married Sarah Charlton, 1820 Settler on 27 Jul 1807 in St.Mary, Ecclesfield, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Sarah (daughter of William Charlton and Elizabeth) was born in 1788; died about 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3814
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Sarah CHARLTON, whose second husband was James RICHARDSON, was the sister of Mary CHARLTON, wife of William Senior DENTON. John CHARLTON witnessed the marriage of Sarah and James, and the marriage of William and Mary was witnessed by John and Harriet CHARLTON (the marriage of John CHARLTON to Harriet TOMES on 11 October 1809 in Sheffield Cathedral was witnessed by Mary CHARLTON) so I think John was a brother of Sarah and Mary. The following baptisms seem plausible, even although it would make Sarah and Mary a year or two older than declared on the settler returns.

Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York (Yorkshire Bishop's Transcripts)

John son of William & Eliz. CHARLTON, stone cutter, baptised 9 November 1785 in parish of Sheffield

Sarah dau'r of Wm & Eliz. CHARLTON, mason, baptised 28 September 1788 in parish of Sheffield

Mary dr of Wm & Eliz. CHARLTON, mason, baptised 13 November 1791 in parish of Sheffield

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Notes:

Married:
Witnesses: Thos. SAYNOR and Matthew STRINGER

Joshua married Mary Lister on 18 Apr 1756 in Otley, Yorkshire, England. Mary (daughter of Thomas Lister and Sarah Midgley) was born in 1732 in England; died on 20 May 1818 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Keighley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary Gibson

Notes:

Betty Murray and David Barlow also mention Mary Lister as spouse - not sure.
Mary Gibson and Mary Lister may be same person - same birth year - or Mary
Gibson is wife of Joseph Cawood Snr. (86y).

James married Martha Sowden on 7 Apr 1768 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England. Martha (daughter of Henry Sowden and Martha Butler) was born in 1750; was christened on 13 Jan 1750 in Bingley, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William + Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]