Agnes Maud Futter

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: William Roger Flanegan. William (son of James Arthur Flanegan and Sarah Elizabeth Whittal) was born on 20 Oct 1886 in Bolo Reserve, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Nov 1970 in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Per Maureen McClelland:
Joseph and Rachel were first cousins; Joseph's mother Eleanor and Rachel's father, Elisha were siblings. They lived most of their married life on the farm "Blackpool" in the Bolo district, near Stutterheim, Eastern Cape Province, and both are buried there.

Joseph married Rachel King on 7 Jul 1874 in Peelton Church, Peelton, Ngingiqini, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Rachel (daughter of Elisha King and Mary Ann Rudman) was born on 7 May 1856; died on 27 Aug 1939; was buried in Aug 1939 in Blackpool farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married:
Rev Richard Birk

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: 1848, Winterberg; a Farmer
• Occupation: 1852, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker

Notes:

Per Maureen McClelland:
"William was said to have been born in the Grahamstown jail during an attack by hostile Xhosa. His death certificate 53/1906 states cause of death as senile decay. Doctor's letter 4/2/1905 says treated for heart disease, atheroma & antic disease. He fathered 9 children with 1st wife and 10 children with 2nd wife."

William married Eleanor Mary King on 19 Oct 1841 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eleanor (daughter of Joseph King, 1820 Settler and Mary Butcher, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 May 1824 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 25 Mar 1827 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1864 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Elanor Mary (May) King
• Name: Eleanor Mary 'May' King
• Occupation: a Housewife

Notes:

She was also known as Ellen.

Description: Rev Thomas Ireland

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: a Wheelwright

Notes:

There is some contention as to which children belonged to which Mary. I have put them all under Mary Ann Rudman, as some of the dates do not tie up with the marriages, etc. Tessa King has:
Children of ELISHA KING and MARY ? are:
i. WILLIAM ANDREW KING, b. 4 October 1845.
ii. HENRY ANDREW KING, b. 22 December 1869, Gonubie; d. Unknown.
iii. JEREMIAH KING, b. 14 May 1872, Gonubie District; d. 1872.
iv. ELEANOR HARRIET KING, b. 27 May 1874, Gonubie.
v. ELIZABETH MARTHA KING, b. 12 September 1876, King William's Town

Children of ELISHA KING and MARY RUDMAN are:
vi. WILLIAM ANDREW KING, b. Abt. 1850; d. Abt. 1850.
vii. MARY ANN KING, b. 6 September 1851; d. 1889; m. W V PHILIPS.
viii. ELISHA KING, b. 9 November 1853; d. 1888, Nganrjle.
ix. RACHEL KING, b. 6 July 1856; d. 27 August 1939; m. JOSEPH GEORGE Futter, 7 July 1874; b. 22 August 1843; d. 28 January 1928.
x. CHARLES SAMUEL KING, b. 20 October 1858; d. 1887.
xi. JAMES KING, b. 4 March 1861, Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; d. 12 July 1937, Ngamakwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa; m. EMILY JANE SUTTON, 5 January 1892, Winterberg, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; b. 24 August 1865; d. 15 May 1950, Ngencule, Ngamakwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
xii. JOSEPH GEORGE KING, b. 1863328; d. 1887.
xiii. JEREMIAH KING, b. Abt. 1865; d. Abt. 1865.
xiv. HENRY ANDREW KING, b. 1868; d. 1885.
xv. ELEANOR KING, b. 1874; d. 1892.

Elisha married Mary Ann Rudman on 20 Aug 1849 in St John's Anglican Church, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Samuel Rudman, 1820 Settler and Ann Tringham, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 Aug 1834 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Sep 1834 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jun 1911 in Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Kei Road Cemetery (Private), Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

KAB MOOC 6/9/348, ref 150 DN dated 1896 for Maria Elizabeth King born Rudman.
KAB MOOC 13/1/1290, ref 44 Liquidation & distrib. a/c 1904 Maria Elizabeth King nee Rudman.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 453
• Name: George Futter
• Name: George Futter 1820
• Occupation: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Occupation: Between 1823 and 1826, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker

Notes:

George FUTTER, 1820 Settler.
Contributed by Vernon Whittal
From the Book - "The Futter Family Tree by H.R. Gane.

George FUTTER was born in Norfolk in 1781 and was a shoemaker by trade. He decided to join the emigration scheme with his family comprising of his wife Sarah n?e EDWARDS, and their four children: George James 9 years, John 7 years, Sarah Jane 5 years, and Elizabeth aged 2 years.

Their names were entered on the Party list of 21 October 1819 under the leadership of John BAILIE.

This was the biggest party of the 1820 Settlers group to leave England and comprised 256 souls. The transport ship, 'The Chapman', the first to leave, eventually departed from Gravesend on the 3rd December, 1819 and after a long and gruelling voyage, arrived in Table Bay on the 17th March, 1820, the Settlers were shocked to learn that they could not disembark and their ship, and their sister ship, 'The Nautilus', were placed in quarantine; due to the presence of whooping cough on board. (This had claimed the lives of six children during the voyage.)

They eventually sailed again on the 26 March, 1820 for Algoa Bay, where they arrived on the 10th April, 1820 - five months almost to the day after their departure from England. The Cape government had established a post at Fort Frederick (Algoa Bay) and as there were no jetties, members of the British Regiments stationed there, waded into the surf and carried the Settlers pick-a-back on to dry land. The Government had set up a large number of tents on the shore to accommodate the Settlers, while they were waiting to be transported to their new homes.

The Boers, with their teams of oxen, wagons and Hottentot servants, were commandeered for this mission and as soon as Bailie's Party, which alone required 96 wagons, had been issued with provisions for the journey overland, one by one the wagons trekked north.

Bailie's Party's allocation of land was at the Great Fish River, the settlement of which became Cuyler Town (after Colonel Jacob CUYLER) later to become known as Cuylerville. There was a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the settlers - a vast majority of whom were quite unsuited to the business of farming the land. As a result, many of them chose to forfeit the right to claims of land in Albany and moved to other established towns to practice their trades.

George FUTTER was one of these and he was actually encouraged by the authorities to move to Grahamstown to follow his trade under the patronage of the military. Captain Henry SOMERSET arranged for him to work as shoemaker to a company of the Cape Corps and in his capacity as Acting Deputy Landrost, he also gave George FUTTER permission to build a house between Grahamstown and the Fort England Barracks.

George FUTTER was subsequently granted a morgen and a half of ground where he had built and cultivated - which he had petitioned for in 1822. This was considered to be an exceptional circumstance, as few grants of free land were made to settlers who had left their locations.

George FUTTER and his wife had five more children after their arrival in South Africa - namely William, b. 1820); Susannah, b. 1822, Benjamin (of whom there is no other record other than his name is noted on George's death certificate); Thomas, b. 1826 and Mary Ann, b. 1831.

Records in the Kowie Museum, Port Alfred, list some interesting snippets of information about George, namely:
26 Jun 1821 - One morgen granted freehold
05 Jan 1823 - Shoemaker at Grahamstown
18 Feb 1824 - An erf at Grahamstown acceded to
06 Jul 1825 - George FUTTER asked for permission for relations to join him
1828 - bought "Clough's" comer building in Grahamstown with 2 adjacent cottages for 75 pounds.

George FUTTER died aged 84 years on Christmas Day, 1865 at his son John's house in Beaufort Street, Grahamstown. His wife Sarah had predeceased him on the 15th May 1849, aged 63 years and was buried on the 16th May 1849 at Grahamstown by the Rev. George THOMPSON. George's death notice lists his assets as consisting of sundry plots of land near Grahamstown valued at 150 pounds.

The FUTTER sons had big families but William had the largest numbering 19.

Today you will find FUTTERs all over South Africa in all walks of life and professions.

Comments by Vernon Whittal
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Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

George married Sarah Edwards, 1820 Settler on 14 Apr 1806 in St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, England. Sarah was born in 1781 in Norfolk England; died on 15 May 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 16 May 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 452
• Name: Sarah Edwards
• Name: Sarah Edwards 1820
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Buried:
Description: Rev George Thompson

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 388
• Occupation: a Labourer and Farmer
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Occupation: 1827, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Labourer

Notes:

Extracted from "The Settlers Handbook" by M D Nash:
"Joseph (37) and Ann (25) and their 4 children (they were the result of Joseph's first marriage to Ann Lawrence) were part of Samuel Bradshaw's Party of 1820 Settlers. Most of the party came from Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire and had been recommended and sponsored by the Cam parish authorities who were anxious to relieve the parish purse who were 'overburdened with poor'. The party sailed from Bristol in the regular transport ship "Kennersley Castle" on the 10th January 1820 and arrived in Table Bay on the 29th March and Algoa Bay on the 29th April 1820. A fellow gentleman traveller thought Bradshaw was an 'obliging farmer' but dismissed the party from the parish as 'a horrid dirty set and the pest of the ship'. The party was located in Albany on the Torrens River and the location was named New Gloucester."

Joseph had the following occupations during his lifetime: ferryman at Port Alfred (abt 1830); farmer at Winterberg; weaver; fisherman; joined the 52nd Regiment. His second marriage was a double wedding, with his brother Henry (who married Sarah Smith) on the 22 December 1819 at Cam, Gloucester, just prior to leaving for South Africa. He died at the home of his daughter Ann and her husband George Wiggill at the age of 74 years.

In "Bradshaw's party of the 1820 Settlers" by Dorothea Rowse published in the Familia vol 33, no 2 & 3, 1996, the following appears on page 43-44 (part 2) :
"...Joseph named after his paternal grandfather. He was married three times. His wife, a local girl, Ann Lawrence, died some time after the birth of their daughter, Ann, in 1817. He married his second wife, Ann Watts, on the eve of their departure for the Cape with Bradshaws Party of 1820 Settlers on the 22nd December 1819, but she only survived three years of the harsh existence in South Africa. In 1825 he married Mary, the widow of fellow settler James Jennings. Mary had three sons from her first marriage - Ephraim, Joseph, and James - and a further two children were born to the couple. By the late 1820's Joseph had a total of nine children to support".


Death Notice: 1853 KAB MOOC 6/9/62, ref 1988

Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Joseph married Mary Butcher, 1820 Settler on 8 Feb 1835 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born in 1790 in Wiltshire, England; died in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1734
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Widow of James Jennings.
Extracted from "The Settlers Handbook" by M D Nash:
"James Jennings and his wife Mary and young son James were part of Edward Ford's party that sailed aboard the "Weymouth" for South Africa in 1820. However, while the ship was waiting at Portsmouth prior to sailing, James took ill and was taken to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital where he subsequently died. His wife and 3 year old son sailed with the rest of the party. Her second husband, Joseph King, adopted James.

Ford's party reached Algoa Bay on the 15th May 1820. After being located, Ford's party was moved twice before finally being assigned land on the right bank of the Lynedoch River. It stayed together under Ford's leadership until 1824, when acrimony about the division of land resulted in a petition for his removal. It is interesting to note that the three parties of Whilshire labourers (Ford's, Hyman's and James') were the only settler parties to remain virtually intact under their original leaders during the settlement's first three years."

On 21 Dec,1819 they boarded the Weymouth at Portsmouth & some days later when they put into Spithead, James fell seriously ill and it was decided to put the family ashore. He was taken off by longboat & admitted to Hasler Hospital buy and the baby could follow a gale blew up which made landing impossible. The Weymouth sailed for the Cape with them still aboard and it was only on her arrival at the Cape that she learned that her husband had died after entering the hopital. I have not been able to trace her maiden name but I think her parents were Jeremiah and Eleanor. VW.

According to Death Notice of father - John Jennings "Married to W. H. Hill"

Settler:
Ford's party on the Weymouth

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2757
• Occupation: farmer
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

see http://www.amethyst.co.za/FamilyTree/17900316-SamuelRudman.htm for further details of his demise.

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

Samuel married Ann Tringham, 1820 Settler about 1819. Ann was born on 8 Dec 1800 in Cradley, Herefordshire, England; died on 5 Nov 1879 in Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2758
• Name: Ann Springham
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora