William Bradshaw

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1124
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

It seems that Richard's wife Elizabeth & family were left in the UK so not sure when they came out... as per Lynn MacLeod and...
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National Archives, Kew CO48/152, 447

[Envelope addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth BRADSHAW, Uley near Dursley, Gloucestershire, with Speed]

Bathurst
Aug'st 12th 1833
Dear Wife,
I have taken the opertunity of wrighting to you and I hope you will also return me an answer I have repeatedly wroght and I have not recv'd no letter from you or anyone for upwards of four years. The Bearer of this to England is Thos. PHILLIPS Esqr a Gintelman that brought out a party of Settlers from Milford Heaven and sailed from Bristol in the same ship with me to the Cape of Good Hope. I hope you and Family have made your mind to come to this Colony as Mr. PHILLIPS will return he will also make some endeavour to make some arrangement with Government in regard of people coming to this Colony and particular those who have Friends here. I hope you will also do every thing in your power to come as many women and children have found their ways here and I hope you will now this time. It is a fine Healthy country and Provisions very cheap, Beef ½d per lb, Mutton one penny per pound, Flour one penny per pound and wages very High for a Labouring Man 3 shillings per day Carpenters and Masons from 5 to 6 shillings per day and all others in per portion. I hope this will find you all in good Health as it leaves me and my Brother and I hope it will not be long before I shall [see] you in a Land of Plenty My Brother and me give our love to our Brother Will'm Wife & Family to sisters Hannah & Esther and all Inquiring Friends.
Dear Wife & Children
I remain your affectionate Husband
Rich'd BRADSHAW
[covering letter with above, sent to Mrs. BRADSHAW by Thomas PHILIPPS]
Madam,
This letter was given to me by your Husband so long ago as last August but I did not leave the settlement till March last when he was quite well. If I can prevail on the Government to lend money to take people out to their Friends in the Cape I will write to you again. Will you give the inclosed letter to the Overseers of the Poor (when the new bill about the Poor takes effect they may be inclined to lend their aid) We are in want of men, women & Children.
I am Yours Truly
Thomas PHILIPPS
17 Bernard St
Russell Square
London

Dorothea Rowse wrote in October 2017:
Richard planned to come with his wife and family but their names were crossed out on a list of Bradshaw’s Party dated 13 November 1819. He presumably decided at the last minute to accompany the Party as a single settler. The family was living at Toney when the children were baptised at Uley St Giles but Elizabeth and family had moved to Crawley a mile or so from Uley after Richard left for the Cape. He was certainly in the Cape by December 1820 when he and Samuel were making plans to build a water mill. He took over the leadership of the Party from Samuel in February 1824. Elizabeth and some of the younger children must have arrived year or so after 1833; Richard died in 1842 aboard the Mary Ann. His DN was completed by his brother Samuel and included as children Matilda, Ann, Henry and George and Mary Elizabeth. It is possible that only Ann, Henry and George actually accompanied their mother, altho tracing the other children in England after 1820 has not been successful. George was dead by 1842. Richard left about 49 acres with a building in Bathurst at the time of his death.

In 1833 he sent a letter to his wife via Thomas Philipps who was visiting England. He complained that he had not heard from her or anyone else for 4 years. He says: I hope you and Family have made your mind to come to this Colony as Mr. PHILLIPS will return he will also make some endeavour to make some arrangement with Government in regard of people coming to this Colony and particular those who have Friends here. I hope you will also do every thing in your power to come, as many women and children have found their ways here and I hope you will now this time. Clearly his wife Elizabeth had considered emigrating at various times over the previous 14 years but was frightened to leave her home and bring her children out to South Africa. She and some of the children did eventually arrive as Henry reported the death of his uncle Samuel in 1861.
Henry’s baptism after the date on which his father sailed for the Cape is not significant. The family routinely baptised their children as toddlers.

There is no doubt that Richard Bradshaw arrived in the Cape on the Kennersley Castle with his brother. He clearly posed as someone else on the list since he does not appear in the Agent of Transports report from Albany at the end of the voyage. There is a possibility that Richard Carter and his sons withdrew at the last minute and Bradshaw took his place, posing as the father of the Philpott boys. This is probably the basis for the accusation from Charles Philpott (see his page).
There are no records on the databases for a Richard Carter with wife Elizabeth and sons of these names and for these dates. Richard Carter only joined the Party in late October 1819, together with William Newth, after a large number of people had dropped out, including Richard Bradshaw and family. Carter’s wife Elizabeth was listed in Cooper’s list and Theal’s but was not included on the arrivals list at the Cape (Nash). Despite providing the deposit he was not allocated land on the location. There is no sign of them in the Cape records. It seems highly probable that Richard Carter and his sons did not embark. Someone did disembark under the name Carter and those people were probably Richard Bradshaw and the Philpott boys.


Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Richard married Elizabeth Gazard on 23 Apr 1803 in Stone, Gloucestershire, England. Elizabeth was born est 1778. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Hannah Carter on 26 May 1769 in St Bartholomew, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England. Hannah was born est 1750. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]