Charlotte Martha Cawood

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Charlotte married Richard Featherstone Hurndall on 30 May 1866 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Richard was born in 1840 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 145
• Name: Joseph Cawood 1820
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Will: 1864

Notes:

Filed will 1864.

Member of the Legislative Council, 1859-63.

Although the source on the net lists all as Frances and Joseph's children, I suspect that the children from Charlotte Martha onward (based on the 1st 4 being born one each year and her after a gap of 2years ) were all from his 2nd wife Jess Kelbrick. If Charlotte not, thenmost likely from Jessie Usher onward. Why otherwise would he have namedher Jessie? I have nevertheless left them as all being from his 1st wife.

He was a member of the Legislative Assembly for Grahamstown in 1855 and a Member of the Legislative Council, Eastern Districts in 1859. He was part owner of the Cawood Brothers Vessel "Unity" for Coastal Services.

He was an original 1820 Settler - His son was MP Legislative Council 1859-63.
Collingham farm also known as Governor's Kop, originally granted to Henry
Brooks, 1820 Settler. During 1847 he owned a vessel for coastal service &
brought it in at the mouth of the Lynedoch, or Kleinemonde river and
sucessfully landed goods from the ship by lighter. With his brother he built a
large goods shed there and named the little bay, "Port Jesse".

Settler:
Hayhurst's party on the John

Joseph married Frances Usher, 1820 Settler on 28 Nov 1836 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Frances (daughter of James Usher, 1820 Settler and Sarah Holloway, 1820 Settler) was born on 13 Nov 1817 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 3 Aug 1827 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Jul 1887; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 807
• Name: Frances Usher 1820
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Will: 1864

Notes:

Will filed 1864.

Commemoration Methodist Parish Records
Grahamstown Baptisms: 1825-1841
Microfilm #1560877
Item 9
Entry #102B
Child: Frances USHER
Parents: James and Sarah
Born: 13 Nov 1817
Baptised: 3 Aug 1827
Abode: James' Party, near Bathurst
Minister: John DAVIS

Settler:
James'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: 808
• Name: James Usher 1820
• Occupation: a Bricklayer and Carpenter
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Occupation: 1854, Nurney Hill farm, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

Buried:
Description: grave D37

James married Sarah Holloway, 1820 Settler on 6 Feb 1803 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. Sarah was born in 1784 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died after 1862; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Wesleyan/Methodist), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 341
• Name: Sarah Holloway 1820
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

Buried:
Description: grave D37

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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jonas Usher
• Birth: 1759

Jonah married Sarah Ann Doel on 4 Feb 1782 in All Saints, Westbury, Wiltshire, England. Sarah (daughter of James Doel and Betty Noise) was born in 1764; was christened on 25 Nov 1764 in St Nicholas, North Bradley, Wiltshire, England; died on 21 Jul 1854. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]