Henry Ralph Cawood

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Unmarried.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Ralph Cawood

Ralph married Elizabeth Dobson on 30 Aug 1854 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth was born in 1835 in England; died on 20 Feb 1866. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 146
• Occupation: an MP for Port Elizabeth.
• Religion: the Protestant Church
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

12 children? MP for Port Elizabeth.

Famous big-game hunter and pioneer in Natal together with his brothersSamuel and David.
Member of the House of Assembly, 1860-3.

An original 1820 Settler - was a member of parliament for Port Elizabeth.
His son was Member of house of assembly 1860\63 (Old Colony).
Heese gives place died as Mt Stewart.
David Barlow gives d: "Brimesdam", Aberdeen.
Original place of death from Cawood book - Allen Cawood.

Settler:
Hayhurst's party on the John

Joshua married Mary Manley on 12 Feb 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Thomas Manley, 1820 Settler and Margaret Robinson, 1820 Settler) was born on 29 Apr 1813 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England; died on 2 Jul 1897 in Mount Stewart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Mount Stewart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Religion: the Protestant Church

Notes:

Mary was an 1820 Settler and travelled with the Cawoods

Notes:

Rev William Carlisle presided at their wedding

Married:
Description: Rev William Carlisle

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: 2101
• Name: Thomas Manley 1820
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Party to the Cape

In September 1819, Samuel Liversage, originally from Wybunbury parish, but then at Burselm, Staffordshire, got together a party intent on immigrating to the Cape. Amongst them was the Thomas Manley family, consisting of Thomas, Margaret and 7 children?Ralph (12y), John (10y), Mary (8y), Thomas (7y), Joseph (5y), Ann (4y), William (2y)--and also Thomas Robinson then a 20-year old farmer.

Several changes were made in the company between September and November. Thomas Robinson dropped out and was replaced by his older brother Abraham, then a widower who brought his two young children Joseph (5y) and Ann (3y). Some of the Manley children had died, and the couple decided to leave some with friends and so they were only bring their three sons?Ralph, John & William. The William Ford family replaced a family that had dropped out. Joseph Scoot, also described as a widower, was bringing his children, Mary (7y) and Thomas (6y).
Interestingly Abraham Robinson and Joseph Scott?s children match the names and (almost) ages of those the Manley?s intended to take[iv]. No marriage for either gentleman has surfaced.


Journey to the Cape

The Liversage party sailed from Liverpool, aboard the John, hired transport ship number 51, captained by Ralph Pearson, on the 13 Feb 1820. The Hayhurst part also sailed aboard this vessel, bringing the total number of emigrants aboard to about 213.

William Watson, who was 15-months old when the vessel sailed, later reported that 17 or 18 young children died on the voyage of measles[v].

Captain Pearson recorded the following in his log book while at Madeira, dated Tuesday, 8 Feb, 1820 ?Departed this life, John Ford, age 2 years and 9 months?? His body was committed to the deep the following day. Thirteen days later, on Monday, Feb 21 1820, 4-year old George Ford died and his body was committed to the deep. The following Thursday, Feb 34, the last Ford child?5-month old William, died and his body committed to the deep[vi]. They reached Aloga Bay in May 1820. The party settled at Wilmotvale

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Settler:
Liversage's party on the John

Thomas + Margaret Robinson, 1820 Settler. Margaret (daughter of John Robinson and Mary Perrin) was born in 1785 in Stapeley, Wybunbury, Cheshire, England; was christened on 25 Apr 1785 in St Chad, Wybunbury, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2100
• Name: Margaret 1820
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Liversage's party on the John