James Evelyn Thomas

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

James married Catharina Maria Magdalena Müller on 27 May 1913 in Excelsior, Free State, South Africa. Catharina was born in 1892. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Kathleen Alice Thomas
2. Arthur Thomas died before 1963.
3. Harmony Thomas
4. James Thomas
5. Peter Thomas

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVSH-VK9F : accessed 16 February 2015), Humphrey Thomas in entry for James Thomas, 1867.

James married Caroline Amelia Harvey on 5 Dec 1867 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Caroline (daughter of John Harvey, 1820 Settler and Eliza Ann Holder, 1820 Settler) was born on 16 May 1844; died on 12 Nov 1919 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 770
• Name: Humphrey Thomas 1820
• Occupation: Junction farm, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Occupation: Between 1847 and 1848, Stormberg Spruits; a Farmer

Notes:

aged 6 on list of Southey's Party in 'Settler Handbook'

Settler:
Southey's party on the Kennersley Castle

Humphrey married Jane Sophia Holder, 1820 Settler on 14 May 1838 in Bathurst Church (St Mary's - Methodist and Wesleyan), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Jane (daughter of William Holder, 1820 Settler and Sophia Clark, 1820 Settler) was born on 6 Mar 1816 in Bristol, England; was christened on 16 Jun 1816 in Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 2 Oct 1873 in Lady Grey, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1923
• Name: Jane Sophia Holder 1820
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

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Married:
Description: Rev James Barrow

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1224
• Occupation: Sargeant of Cape Mounted Rifles
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Clark's party on the Northampton

John married Eliza Ann Holder, 1820 Settler on 27 Mar 1837 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of William Holder, 1820 Settler and Sophia Clark, 1820 Settler) was born in 1819 in Bristol, Somerset, England; was christened on 4 Jul 1819 in St Paul's, Bristol, Somerset, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1924
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 772
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

He was in the Roal Navy based in Portsmouth on the ship Phoebe. He married 3 times.
Aged 38 when emigrated from Parish of Wellington, Somerset,(with the help of the Parish) in Southey's Party of 1820 Settlers. He was accompanied by his wife Mary 30, and four children Jane 10, Humphrey 6, Isaiah 2 & Arabella months.(a fifth probably died during the voyage) and his 18yr daughter Eliza from previous marriage. Stated he was a husbandman and naval pensioner! Lost - supposed to be drowned. Left two locations in Southeys Party, district of Bathurst. Death Notice signed by daughter Arabella Elliott and filed 3 November 1858. All children - Jane, Humphrey, Isaiah, Arabella, James, MaryAnne, John & Elizabeth were over 21 at father's death....
{PaulTT - something is not quite right with his Death Notice. Date of death 1829. It states that all the children were majors. If that statement is correct, then ALL the children would have to have been born before 1809, which is obviously impossible. If Arabella made the statement when she filled out the form in 1858, yes they would have all been majors in 1858}

He was in the Royal Navy based in Portsmouth on the ship Phoebe. He married 3 times.
Aged 38 when emigrated from Parish of Wellington, Somerset,(with the help of the Parish) in Southey's Party of 1820 Settlers. He was accompanied by his wife Mary 30, and four children Jane 10, Humphrey 6, Isaiah 2 & Arabella months.(a fifth probably died during the voyage) and his 18yr daughter Eliza from previous marriage. Stated he was a husbandman and naval pensioner! Lost - supposed to be drowned. Left two locations in Southeys Party, district of Bathurst. Death Notice signed by daughter Arabella Elliott and filed 3 November 1858. All children - Jane, Humphrey, Isaiah, Arabella, James, MaryAnne, John & Elizabeth were over 21 at father's death....
{PaulTT - something is not quite right with his Death Notice. Date of death 1829. It states that all the children were majors. If that statement is correct, then ALL the children would have to have been born before 1809, which is obviously impossible. If Arabella made the statement when she filled out the form in 1858, yes they would have all been majors in 1858}

Name: James Thomas
Gender: Male
Baptism Date: 30 Jan 1780
Baptism Place: Hemyock,Devon,England
Father: James Thomas
Mother: Ruth
FHL Film Number: 0962972 IT 4

Settler:
Southey's party on the Kennersley Castle

James married Mary Jane Laskey, 1820 Settler on 7 Oct 1811 in St Andrews, Plymouth, Devon. Mary (daughter of John Lesley and Mary) was born about 1786 in Devon, England; was christened on 24 Jun 1787 in Exter St Paul Devon, Devonshire, England; died on 11 Oct 1855 in Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 398
• Birth: Abt 1786, Devonshire, England
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Died at residence of son-in-law Nathaniel Eilliot, Campbell Street, Fort Beaufort. Left two locations in Southey's Party besides her share of property in the Orange Free State left by her husband (Holder) now deceased. Death Notice signed by Nathaniel Elliott at Fort Beaufort, 7 November 1855.Children: Jane Simes, Isaiah Thomas, Arabells Elliott, JamesThomas, Mary Ann McCloud, John Thomas, Elizabeth Williamson -all majors....

Grahamstown Journal ...Saturday 8 December 1855
DIED at Fort Beaufort at the residence of Mr. N. ELLIOTT, on the 11th October last, Mary, widow of the late William HOLDER, aged 69 years, deeply regretted by a numerous circle of relations and friends. Deceased was one of the original Settlers of 1820. Her end was peace.

Settler:
Southey's party on the Kennersley Castle

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1922
• Occupation: 1819, Bristol, Somerset, England; Tailor
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Head of 1820 Settler party from Bristol. First wife died abt Nov1830. He married Mary Thomas (Laskey or Lesley) after her husbands death in 1829. Declared insolvent in 1835 and his house on Market Square,Grahamstown was sold to pay his creditors. (MOIB 2/487 no. 6).He became an itinerant trader after the 1834-35 war, and ended up living beyond the Orange River over the Cape boundary.According to E Morse Jones he farmed at Glen Lennie in the Harrismith District, and was killed by a lion while hunting....

Walter Holder wrote on 16 Feb 2015: I went to Harrismith and Glen Lennie where he had his last farm. There is no grave there, and i could find nothing to indicate that his body was recovered after the lion attacked him. I think we can safely assume that he was eaten by the lion in the vicinity of this mountain, which is at Phuthaditjaba. The dates of death is variously given as 31 March and 2 April 1855. I think he died on 31 March, but who-ever made the report had some distance to cover before he could get to authorities to report the incident.

Occupation:
Driver's Fields

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

William married Sophia Clark, 1820 Settler on 30 Oct 1814 in Bristol, Somerset, England. Sophia (daughter of Francis Clarke and Jane) was born in 1795 in Bristol, Somerset, England; was christened on 1 Feb 1795 in St Philip and St Jacob, Bristol, Somerset, England; died on 6 Nov 1830 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Settler's Church, Port Alfred, Eastern cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1921
• Name: Sophia Clarke
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

25 in 1819 2 daughters - Sophia 3 & Eliza 2

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1218
• Name: Richard Harvey 1820
• Occupation: carpenter
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Clark's party on the Northampton

Richard married Sarah Cummins, 1820 Settler on 1 May 1815 in St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, England. Sarah was born in 1784 in Culhampton, near Exeter, Devon, England; died on 2 Oct 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1225
• Name: Sarah 1820
• Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Clark's party on the Northampton

Notes:

Married:
Name: Sarah Wills
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1 May 1815
Marriage Place: Saint Leonards,Shoreditch,London,England
Spouse: Richard Harvey
FHL Film Number: 405104, 405105, 405106, 405107, 405108, 405109

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