Alfred Edward Caldecott

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Ella Drake. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Selby Drake Caldecott died on 25 Jun 1888 in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa.

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 133
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

They had 7 sons and 6 daughters!

Settler:
Gush's party on the Brilliant

Charles married Martha Wright, 1820 Settler on 8 Sep 1838 in Wesleyan Chapel, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Martha (daughter of William Wright, 1820 Settler and Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler) was born on 2 Apr 1817 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England; died on 15 Apr 1878 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: 853
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 132
• Name: Charles Henry Caldecott
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Charles was a Doctor, On 18 Dec 1797 he was apprenticed to Master Charles Allen, Surgeon in Market Harbourough Leicestershire.
from 1820 Settler Doctors by A H Tonkin:
It has been mentioned that Dr Calton died soon after landing, and the same fate overtook Dr Charles Caldecott at Algoa Bay. He was one of the 3 independent settlers and he had travelled on board the Brilliant. The poet, Thomas Pringle, had been in the same ship, and described Dr Caldecott as being 'a little dogmatic anabaptist surgeon' who used to preach on board ship. Apparently he went to visit the mission station at Bethelsdorp and after the 9-mile walk back to the bay he drank cold water while overheated and died. He left a widow and 6 small children, one of whom became a member of the Colonial Legislature and Mayor of Grahamstown.

Settler:
Gush's party on the Brilliant

Charles married Mary Torkington, 1820 Settler on 6 Aug 1802 in All Saints and St John's, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. Mary was born on 10 Feb 1779; died on 7 Oct 1850 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 28
• Name: Mary Torkington - wife of Charles Caldecott
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Gush's party on the Brilliant

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 854
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

All of Julia Daniel's children, surnamed both Wright and Turvey, and including her daughter-in-law Rosa Stratford, formerly married to Aycliffe, arrived on the "Sir George Osborne" at Simon's Bay on 18th June, 1820. Thence to Algoa Bay, and eventually located at their allotment, twelve miles out of Grahamstown on the road to Trompetters Drift, near Governor's Kop. {Hilary Groves Gedcom}. . In 1855 William was elected a Member of the House of Assembly for Cradock. At the same election he was also returned for the district of Victoria East. {Some Frontier Families}

Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn

William married Rosa Stratford, 1820 Settler on 8 Apr 1816 in Walcot, Somerset, England. Rosa was born on 25 Dec 1792 in Cork, Co Cork, Ireland; died on 16 Feb 1867 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: 740
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Rosa Wright by much self denying economy saved a large sum of money which she bequeathed for the building and endowment of Christ Church, Grahamstown as a thank offering to God for all the blessings they had received in the country of their adoption. The foundation stone was laid in 1873 and the building was open for service in 1877. Illuminating the chancel of the church are six beautiful windows representing the Crucifiction, Ressurection and Ascension of Our Lord. This lovely church built in stone is claimed to be one of the finest specimens of Gothic architecture in South Africa. The great window on the south side is the first stained glass window to be made in South Africa and is the work of Prof. F. W. Armstrong, A.R.C.A. It is a memorial to Julia, the daughter of William and Rosa Wright. This Julia married James Henry Greathead. From the time th church was opened for service in 1877 until she died at the age of 83, Julia Greathead, and after her her daughter Rosa who died at the age of 99 used to sit whenever attending service in the pew directly under the great south window. { Some Frontier Families, p 303 }

She left money to build the Christ Church in Grahamstown.

Rosa was previously married to a Mr Ayliff, with whom she had one child which died.

Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn

John + Susannah Austin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Wright
• Residence: Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland

Notes:

Benjamin Wright died while on a visit to his brother in America, and left Julia a rich widow.

Sue Mackay wrote: Here is a bit more on Benjamin Wright, first husband of Julia Bolton (later Turvey)

They married in St.Bridget, Dublin on 20th Feb 1792. (see attached)

Benjamin was the son of John Wright and Abigail Smithson. Irish Quaker records say Abigail Smithson was baptised on 30 November 1733, the daughter of Joseph Smithson of Ballintore, County Wexford, and Abigail Thompson, of Castletown, County Carlow. Smithson was given as a middle name to Benjamin and Julia's son, John Smithson Wright (brother to settlers William and Benjamin).The settler Benjamin Wright and his wife Eleanor Bradfield also had a son, John Smithson Wright, born at the Cape in 1826, as well as a daughter Abigail in 1825.

Quaker records also show that Benjamin Wright was born on the 9th December 1769, the eighth of twelve children born to John Wright (son of John Wright of Ballinclay) and Abigail Smithson. John Wright of Ballinclay (son of Thos. Wright) married Margaret Hill of Ballinclay and their son John (Benjamin's father) was born on 23rd February 1731.

Benjamin married Julia Bolton, 1820 Settler about 1797 in Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland. Julia (daughter of William Bolton and Mary Lyndon) was born about 1780 in Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland; died on 1 Dec 1837 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3171
• Birth: 1781
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England
• Residence: 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Julia appears to have married John Wright at the tender age of 16 - likely because she was pregnant with their first child, John -in Dublin. John Wright died while on a visit to his brother in America, and left Julia a rich widow. She remarried Anglican Edward Ford Turvey, also from the Dublin area. He lost most of her fortune in a business venture with Aiken and McGrath, ship owners. Edward Ford Turvey organised a party of settlers including his wife's brothers Peter Clarke Daniel, Sampson O'Malia Daniel and John Nevins Daniel in 1820.{cldaniel@mweb.co.za }

Grahamstown Journal reports her death.
"December 1837
Departed this life on Friday evening, 1st Dec. Mrs.Julia TURVEY, aged 60 years, deeply regretted by her numerous offspring. She was a tender Mother, a faithful Wife and sincere Friend. Her early prospects ill fitted her to combat with an adverse world; but it brought her nearer to her God and enabled her to triumph over Death and the Grave, imparting a happy consolation to her bereaved partner, to whom a union of 32 years only served to increase her affection, and who leaves this testimony of her worth."


Settler:
Turvey's party on the Sir George Osborn