Ralph Henry Cawood

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Isabella Mathew Duncan. Isabella was born est 1872. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Phyllis Maud Cawood
2. Ralph Donald Cawood was born in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; died in 1971 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
3. Wilfred Verdun Cawood was born in 1917; died in 1957.
4. Robert Duncan Cawood
5. Jennie May Cawood
6. Rosie Kathleen Cawood
7. Maureen Dulcie Cawood
8. Ernest George Beresford Cawood
9. Dolly Pearl Cawood

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: John Edward Cawood
• Name: John Edward William Cawood Cawood
• Occupation: 1865, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

name John Edward William seen

Description: Rev John Smith

John married Mary Ann Nelson on 28 Jun 1865 in Cradock Church (Methodist), Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of John Edward Nelson, 1820 Settler and Loveday Ann Amelia Cock, 1820 Settler) was born on 26 Feb 1845 in Oorlogs Poort, Aliwal North, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Apr 1916 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 14 Apr 1916 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Sister of Elizabeth Mary, married to David William CAWOOD.

Notes:

Surety:E

Married:
Description: Rev George Hale Green

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 Sarah Hulley, 1820 Settler on 15 Sep 1834 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Richard Hulley, 1820 Settler and Ann Brangan, 1820 Settler) was born on 27 Dec 1815 in Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland; died on 11 Dec 1888 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 12 Dec 1888 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 363
• Name: Sarah Hulley 1820
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Sarah = 3rd of 10 children. Died of dysentery (church register).Death certificate gives mother. as Sarah Brigham or could be Bridgham.

Sarah /Hulley/
D. certificate gives mo. as Sarah Brigham. another ref gives Bridgham.

Gravestone gives Death as 11 Dec 1883, also as born Brandon (Spelling) Ireland
Inscription - Within the shadow of thy wings Ps 57. Buried together with
William - share site - one gravestone. Visited by TJD 7\12\1999.
There is no Brandon in Ireland, only Bandon on the river Bandon, County Cork.
She came as an 1820 Settler with her parents aged 4, and died of dysentery.
Death Certificate gives mother as Sarah Brigham.
David Barlow gives m: 15 Sept 1834, Bathurst.

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Died:
Description: Dysentry

Buried:
Description: Rev Wm M Douglas - Burial No.219

Notes:

Surety:E

Married:
other sources have 30 April 1830

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 590
• Name: John Edward Nelson 1820
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• SCHL: School Attendance: 31 Jan 1825, Grahamstown School (James Hancock's), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

described as "Captain". He was very involved in attempts to develop Port Alfred as a commercial harbour.

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

John married Loveday Ann Amelia Cock, 1820 Settler on 13 May 1840 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Loveday (daughter of William Cock, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Mary Toy, 1820 Settler) was born on 10 Oct 1819 in London, England; was christened on 24 Sep 1820 in Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Feb 1887 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 160
• Name: Loveday Ann Amelia Cock 1820
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Cock's party on the Weymouth

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:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 362
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery. Cutler's apprentice 1797.

see also http://www.tiger2.f2s.com/FamilyHistory/familytrees/southafrica/01/pafg01.shtml

see www,hulley.info

'Extract from the Title Deeds granted to Richard, the settler, "I do hereby grant unto Richard Hulley a piece of land, containing six hundred and ninety four morgen situated in the Division of Albany, being a portion of the location of Cawood's party bounded on the North east by the Cap River, South by Wainwright's, Mauncey's and Mandy's Party, and in the North West by David Cawood's,William Gradwell and Robert Kilbrook's."23rd day of June 1847 (Signed by) Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope'


Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group [21]. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery [6]. Cutler's apprentice 1797 [33].

Richard William Hulley, the 1820 settler patriarch came with his wife and four children. Five more were born here. It took enterprise and courage for anyone, no matter how poor, to abandon his home in Britain in 1820 and migrate to a far and unknown part of the world such as Southern Africa. The difficulties, delays and expenses of transport were such that once leaving his native soil, the emigrant knew that it was unlikely that he would see his old home again.
Hard work and frontier dangers kept most immigrants to their lands. (95y).

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Buried:
Description: Rev E Gedye

Richard married Ann Brangan, 1820 Settler about 1809 in Ireland. Ann was born in 1783 in Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland; died in Dec 1844 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2559
• Name: Ann Brangan 1820
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

gives BRANGHAM or BRAUGHAM, usually the former. [21] gives BRIDGHAM. [21] gives BRANGAN. Cannot trace a Boudon in Ireland (as per [14]): most likely Bandon, the place where her daughter Sarah was also born. [44] gives birth date as 1783.

The cemetery is situated in the grounds of the Methodist Church on Mount Mercy. On 16th April, 1826, the people were very apprehensive while 40 elephants passed this first church, on their way to feeding sites. Ann born & married at Bandon not Brandon - Richard's army records confirm. Bandon lies on the Bandon river in Cork County

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 593
• Name: Thomas Nelson 1820
• Occupation: a Labourer
• Occupation: 1820; a Clerk / Merchant
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Occupation: 1827, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Buried:
Description: plot B-L-C1

Thomas married Mary Ann Crake, 1820 Settler on 14 Oct 1807 in Manchester Church (St Mary's), Manchester, Lancashire, England. Mary was born in 1783 in England; was christened on 7 May 1783; died on 15 May 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 169
• Name: Mary Ann Craik
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 161
• Name: William Cock 1820
• Occupation: a Printer
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

A printer from Penryn, Cornwall, England. 1820 Settler on the Weymouth.
The whole party of 91 persons were located on 2,200 morgen, five miles from the mouth of the Kowie River. Throughout his active career, Cock farmed chiefly cattle, suffering severe losses in the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Frontier Wars. Fortunately these losses were recouped by his Government Contracts when his ships supplied beef to Mauritius and St. Helena. He was a partner in the Cape Town firm of Heideman, Hodgson & Co., representing their interests in Grahamstown and the Kowie. When this firm was dissolved, he acquired valuable property on the West Bank and Cock's Castle still overlooks the new course of the river which he and his partner George Hodgkin constructed at great personal expense in 1840.

In the Frontier War of 1846 Cock's Castle was the scene of great activity and despite the fact that they had several cannon, they were unable to prevent the Xhosa from getting away with some 600 cattle. With the construction of the harbour The Hon. William Cock became a ship owner and by 1843 had floated the Kowie Navigation Company some of its ships being the Sophia, the Legonier, the Chanticlear, the Seaforth, the iron schooner British Settler and the steamship Sir John Aubyn. In 1850 the British Settler with a cargo of wool from the Kowie was lost in a storm with all hands off St. Helena Bay.

I was told that there was a hive of bees on one of Cock's sailing ships. They flew ashore to collect honey and came back to the hive at night and that no bees were lost. I wonder who counted them.
a. William Cock was an unofficial member of the old Legislative Council 1847?53, being nominated by the Governor, Sir Henry Pottinger and in 1854 he was elected M.L.A. for Albany and later to the Upper House M.L.C. where he represented the Eastern Divisions, 1856?7 and 1865?8.

During the disturbances caused by the British Government's attempt to establish a convict settlement at the Cape, Cock became very unpopular by siding with the Governor, Sir Harry Smith who, although sympathetic to the Settlers' views, was not prepared to accede to rash demands for precipitate action, preferring to place their objections before the authorities. Cock refused to resign from the Legislative Council nor would he agree not to victual the convict ship Neptune, on humanitarian grounds, arguing that the wretched convicts were not concerned in the dispute. His action was vindicated when the ship sailed and the agitation evaporated.

Spent many years and much capital in attempting to build a harbour at Port Francis (later Port Alfred), at the mouth of the Kowie River. Member of the Legislative Council, 1847-53 and 1856-68; member of the House of Assembly, 1854.

Settler:
Cock's party on the Weymouth

William married Elizabeth Mary Toy, 1820 Settler on 25 Oct 1814 in St.Gluvias, Penryn, Cornwall,England. Elizabeth was born on 25 Oct 1792 in Gorran, Cornwall, England; was christened on 11 Nov 1792 in St Gluvia's, Penryn, Cornwall, England; died on 28 Nov 1875 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Port Alfred Cemetery (Settlers West), Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 786
• Name: Elizabeth Toy 1820
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Cock's party on the Weymouth