Frederick George Hiles

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Entry #1941
Child: Frederick George HILES
Parents: William Henry and Ellen Elizabeth of Goosha River
Born: 6/24/1865
Baptized: 10/22/1865

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Entry #749
Child: William Henry HILES
Parents: William and Matilda
Born: 2/14/1836
Baptized: 5/16/1841

William married Ellen Catherine Fick on 30 Apr 1860 in Wesleyan Chapel, Fredericksburg, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1917
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

William married Matilda Birt, 1820 Settler on 18 Sep 1834 in St John the Evangelist, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Matilda (daughter of Samuel Birt, 1820 Settler and Frances Jane Harrison, 1820 Settler) was born in 1818 in England; was christened on 1 Nov 1818 in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England; died on 28 Jun 1890 in Hamburg, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3873
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

The Journal of the Gloucestershire Family History Society page 24, vol 125, June 2010 which mentions the marriage in Bathurst in 1834 of Matilda to William Hiles, Frederick Woods and his wife Harriet nee Birt were witnesses.

DN 1603/1891
Last Name: Pritchard, Hiles (nee Birt)
First Name: Matilda
Date of Birth: 1848 ??
Place of Birth: England
Parents – Father: Birt
Parents – Mother:
Name of Spouse: 1) William Hiles 2) John Pritchad, now deceased
Marriage Date:
Marriage Place:
Date of Death: 28 Jun 1890 age 72
Place of Death: Cape
Children, all by 1st husband:
William Henry Hiles 54
Anne Jane Foxcroft 50
Matthew F. Hiles 48

Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1916
• Occupation: 1820; Sawyer
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Occupation: 1826; School Master

Notes:

Frederick William HILES who according to Nash was 38 years old when he arrived with the Settlers, I found that Morse Jones has his age at 54. A Frederick William dies on abt 29th or 30th August 1826 and is buried from St. George's Anglican Church on the 1st Sept 1826. His profession at that time is that of a school master. His wife Mary remarries on 19th January 1927 to William Howard a widower at St. George's Church. If
memory serves me well, William Howard was also a schoolmaster and did a lot of the transcribing of church records as he was well educated and wrote well. [ Tessa King - 30/12/2006 ]

Tessa King says: Frederick William HILES who according to Nash was 38 years old when he arrived with the Settlers, I found that Morse Jones has his age at 54. A Frederick William dies on abt 29th or 30th August 1826 and is buried from St. George's Anglican Church on the 1st Sept 1826. His profession at that time is that of a school master. His wife Mary remarries on 19th January 1927 to William Howard a widower at St. George's Church. If memory serves me well, William Howard was also a schoolmaster and did a lot of the transcribing of church records as he was well educated and wrote well.

Settler:
Holder's party on the Kennersley Castle

Frederick + Mary, 1820 Settler. Mary (daughter of Abraham Oxenham and Ann Mayle) was born about 1785; was christened on 5 Feb 1785 in Shirwell, Devon, U K; died before May 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1920
• Name: Mary Oxenham
• Birth: 1785, Shirwell, Devon, U K
• 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: 1147
• Name: Samuel Birt
• Occupation: Mill wright
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

It is quite possible that his wife Jane and two daughters were also 1820 Settlers, but they are not listed in any of the returns. They both married their respective husbands in Bathurst.
He was on the location from the start and was allocated Plot 11, although on the map of the location (1845) he was listed against Plot 6. When died in 1862 he held allotment no. 5 in the New Gloucester location, then valued at about £200.
When he died he also held a piece of land called Lemon’s Valley, Bradshaw’s Party in the Field Cornetcy of Clumber in the Division of Bathurst granted to Samuel Birt as British settler of 1820. (MOOC 6/9/100 and 6/9/101, 1862) This may have been Plot 11.
In 1824 he and Wiggill filed identical memorials complaining that they were being victimized by accusations of leaving timber to rot and that Samuel Bradshaw was not giving them an equal share of surplus land. There may have been some differences between men from Cam/Coaley and those from Painswick.
Birt was illiterate and signed documents with a cross. He does, however, seem to have been a leader in the Party. He, Bradshaw, Newth and Davies signed a declaration regarding the disposition of land at the location.
Ten years before his death he had a rather terrible accident when he was run over by his own wagon between East London and Kingwilliamstown; his leg was amputated as a result.

The witnesses to the Birt/Harrison marriage were John Cook and Mary Ann Deane; Jane Harrison was a “Spinster of Painswick parish” but was not baptised there. Mary Ann Deane and Jane Harrison were friends, both having lived in Bermondsey. Mary Ann travelled to Painswick for her friend’s wedding in 1816. Mary Ann and Charles Deane emigrated as members of Cocks Party on the Weymouth. Mysteriously, while Mary Ann and Charles were only married in February 1819 at St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey she was using the Deane surname 3 years earlier. Their son William was baptised at Grahamstown Methodist church on 27.9.1835. This information from FindMyPast and Ancestry databases.
[per Dorothea Rowse Sep 2017}


Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Samuel married Frances Jane Harrison, 1820 Settler on 22 Jul 1816 in Painswick, Gloucestershire, England. Frances was born on 28 Jun 1797; was christened on 30 Jul 1797 in St Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, London, England; died after 1832. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3871
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England

Notes:

Grahamstown Journal 1832
13 Dec
Whereas my wife, Jane BIRT, has withdrawn herself from me, this is to warn all persons whomsoever, from giving her credit on my account, as I will not be answerable for any debt she may contract from this date. Samuel Birt, Lemon's Valley, 13 Dec 1832
NB It is particularly requested that no-one will harbour her
This looks like the son James looking for her??
DEPOT KAB
SOURCE CO
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 4113
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 146
PART 1
DESCRIPTION MEMORIAL. C BRAMISH FOR JAMES BURT. RELATIVE TO INFORMATION
REGARDING JANE BIRT.
STARTING 18600000
ENDING 18600000

Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle