Arthur James Thomas Ekron

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Arthur married Emma Matilda Staude on 24 Feb 1904 in Wheatfield, Maclear, Cape Province, South Africa. Emma was born est 1883. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Description: Rev John Taylor

Thomas + Eliza Ann Hulley. Eliza (daughter of Marmaduke Thomas Hulley and Eliza Alice Eales) was born on 26 Jan 1853 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 27 Feb 1853 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 3 May 1890 in Glen Nesbitt farm, Barkly East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Description: Rev John Smith

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2546
• Name: James Ekron 1820
• Occupation: a Ploughman
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

From County Roxburgh, Scotland. Of Pringles party . In Employment of Robert Pringle. Settler location was on Baviaans River on the other side of the Fish River at Somerset East. By 1825 he left the Baviaans River and Pringle's employment. ( info E Morse- Jones)

Grahamstown Journal. Vol I dated 25/5/1832 No: 22 there is a report of James EKRON murdering Serepinga, a Hottentot with whom he is living at Cradock. He got two years hard labour.

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From The Scottish Settler Party of 1820 by JVL Rennie, in four volumes. This excerpt from pages 791 through 794, kindly photographed by Keith Meintjes from his copy of the books.

"JAMES EKRON
It was explained earlier that James Ekron left his employment at Clifton almost certainly in 1824, and there is no evidence that he then remained in the Baviaans River. The little evidence available suggests that he then went to the Cradock district. In June 1829 he was a witness at a baptism recorded at Cradock.

In May 1832 Ekron was the central figure in a most unpleasant incident, when he was found guilty of manslaughter by the Circuit Court sitting in Somerset and sentenced to two years imprisonment with hard labour. He had indeed been charged with murder. The newspaper report of the case is headed "James Ekron for the murder of Sepringa, a woman with whom he lived, at Cradock," and it reads: "It appeared in evidence that one morning in October last [1831] a constable in Cradock saw in the possession of a Hottentot woman who lived in the same house with prisoner, a pair of trowsers stained with blood, which prisoner had given her to wash. This led to further inquiry when the body of Sepringa was found dead. Other clothes belonging to deceased and prisoner were likewise stained with blood, as well as a brick mould, a chopper, a sambok, a piece of plank, and a stretcher on which deceased and prisoner used to sleep, besides a pair of girths which do not appear to have been so stained. "Several witnesses deposed to have seen and heard the prisoner beat deceased on the night before she was found dead, and Dr. Gill stated that on examining the body of Sepringa he found marks of several severe contusions on the head and face, and on opening the head a quantity of extravasated blood in a fluid state deposited on the left lobe of the brain, for which compression of the brain would necessarily ensue, and his compression would necessarily cause death. There was nothing else found that would account for her death. "On his cross-examination, Dr. Gill stated his belief that the chopper had not been used at all", and that "It was not improbable that the sambok and probably the girths had been used , but the buckles had not come into contact with deceased." What Ekron had to say about the affair is unfortunately not recorded. A certificate of good character was put in by a Mr Pringle, whose son "proved the truth of the matter stated therein", clearly a reference to old Robert Pringle of Clifton and to the appearance before the court of his son William Dods. A Mr Peacock who said he had known Ekron 'for the last 6 or 7 years' spoke of him 'as a mild inoffensible man.
While the prosecutor advised the jury that it "would have the painful duty of returning a verdict of guilty of murder ", the Judge's hour and a half of summing up included his opinion "that the instruments alleged to be used were not calculated to cause death." The verdict of the jury, guilty of manslaughter, followed a ten minute retirement. Presumably Ekron served his sentence, but with remission of a period in consideration of his having been in gaol awaiting trial.

Just under two years later, on 21 April 1834, Ekron was married by banns in St George's Church, Grahamstown to Ann Moffat, spinster, by the Reverend John Heavyside, Acting Chaplain. The register was signed by James Ekron and Ann made her mark, in the presence of John Yule and Elizabeth Pippin. Ann's official death notice, signed by her husband, refers to her as Mary Ann Ekron, born Moffat, and states that she was born at Sidon farm in Gloucestershire, her parents being William and Margaret Moffat; as her age is given precisely, it can be inferred that she was born on 5 April 1810. She thus turned 24 some two weeks before her marriage, and was about 16 years younger than Ekron. Nothing else is known about Ann's background.

It is said that early in January 1835 Ekron was at Klipplaat Drift in the Cradock district, where he farmed. This was possibly the farm of that name near the source of the Great Fish River in the F.C. Agter Sneeuberg, of which however he was not the owner; alternatively it may have been the Klipplaat Drift on the Swart Kei where George Rennie had traded.

On 27 April 1837 Ekron was one of the witnesses along with Alexander Scott, Ezra Ridgard and C.J.B. Sydserff, when Robert Pringle signed his will. A month later Ekron purchased the farm Haasjes Kraal in the upper reaches of the Klaas Smits drainage, well north of Queenstown. One wonders whether Robert Pringle had helped him by gift or loan. The centre of the farm is 6 miles (10 km) WSW of the site of the later Sterkstroom, and just below the Bushmans Hoek pass leading to the later Syfergat (Cyphergat) Station and Molteno. Diagrams show the farm wholly W of the Klaas Smits though extending E to a point on that river only 3 miles (4,8 km) from Sterkstroom.

When Ekron went there the Klaas Smits River was the local boundary of the Colony, which it had become when the Somerset district was created in 1825. It was to remain so until the Thembu (Tambookie) lands were annexed as the Queenstown district in 1853. The place 'Ehrons' (sic) appears on Henry Hall's well-known map but apparently incorrectly on the east side of the Klaas Smits River, though in the neighbourhood of Ekron's farm.

According to an explanatory letter written by Ekron from 'Hassieskraal' in 1849, when he was seeking title to the property, the original owner was one Jan Robbertse who gave it to his uncle Adriaan de Beer. The latter lived there for some time until he sold it to Ekron. To establish his claim to title, Ekron had appeared before W. Gilfillan, Resident Magistrate of Cradock, on 28 January 1848, and made the following statement. "James Ekron of the District of Cradock maketh oath and saith that on the 26th. May 1837 he and Adriaan Christiaan de Beer appeared before the Resident Magistrate of Cradock and made affidavit to the sale and purchase of 5415 morgen [4626 ha] of land now called Hassies Kraal bought by him from the said de Beer for the sum of Twenty two Pounds and ten shillings Stg. and that he on that deposited in the hands of Mr. Verster the sum of Five Pounds Stg. for the purpose of paying the transfer duty whenever the diagram should be issued." To this Gilfillan attached a covering report which included the explanation that "Mr. de Beer sold the place to Ekron the present proprietor, and soon after left the Colony and is since dead." Gilfillan said that the only relevant document possessed by Ekron was Verster's receipt for the transfer fee, and that in his opinion Ekron's claim was well founded.
Title was given to Ekron on 13 May 1850 by Sir Harry Smith, as a quitrent grant in extent 5215 morgen 45 square roods (about 4455 ha), in the Field Cornetcy Tarka, Division of Cradock, quitrent £ 5-5-0 p.a. An endorsement on the relevant document refers to the farm as 'Haasjes Kraal No.22 - Queenstown', and a much later document repeats this.
A reference has been found to his making application on 9 July 1850 to purchase 4000 morgen (3417 ha) in the district of Victoria, but the result has not been traced.

James Ekron and Mary Ann had the following children:
James, born 10 January 1835.
Margaret, born 9 November 1836.
Matthew, born 26 September 1837.
William Moffat, born 29 September 1838.
Janet Margaret, born 31 October 1840.
John, born 11 October 1842.
Mary Anne, born 10 October 1844.
Susan, born 2 February 1847.
Mathew Charles Linton, born 17 May 1849.
Thomas Edward, born 23 October 1852.
Three of these children died soon after birth, the second on 17 November, the third on 2 October, and Susan on 6 February, of the year concerned in each case. The remaining seven are listed in the official death notice of their mother, which gives their full names above their father's signature. The dates of birth were given to the writer by members of the family, and both full names and dates of birth were found to be in agreement with those given in the four baptismal records seen by the writer : those of James in the registers of St George's Church, Grahamstown, and of John and the last two boys, all three recorded as from Klaas Smits Riviar, at the N.G.K., Cradock. The full name of Janet is confirmed by her marriage record.

Mary Ann Ekron died at Hassies Kraal on 15 March 1854, aged 43 years, 11 months and 10 days, survived by her husband and seven children, all minors. James the eldest had then turned 19, when William the next surviving child was about 15½.

The further history of the family will be returned to later. "
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name ECKRON in MD Nash
Grahamstown Journal. Vol I dated 25/5/1832 No: 22 there is a report of James EKRON murdering Serepinga, a Hottentot with whom he is living at Cradock. He got two years hard labour.

From County Roxburgh, Scotland. Of Pringles party . In Employment
of Robert Pringle. Settler location was on Baviaans River on the
other side of the Fish River at Somerset East. By 1825 he left the
Baviaans River and Pringle's employment. ( info E Morse- Jones)

Settler:
Pringle's party on the Brilliant

James married Mary Ann Moffatt on 21 Apr 1834 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of William Moffatt and Magret, - wife of William Moffatt) was born on 30 Apr 1810 in Siden? Parish of Gloucestershire, England.; died on 15 Mar 1854 in Hassies Kraal, Cradock district, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Thomas Marmaduke Hulley

Notes:

Age at death - 45 years, 8 months - from tombstone. Info on his family
copied from original Ms. at Glengarry, South Highlands, Woodhouse
District, 20 Oct 1977. Ms. was signed H. Nesbitt.

Marmaduke married Eliza Alice Eales on 21 Nov 1849. Eliza (daughter of William Eales, 1820 Settler and Rachel Sarah Maria Moore, 1820 Settler) was born on 6 Oct 1833 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 May 1859 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

William + Magret, - wife of William Moffatt. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 362
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery. Cutler's apprentice 1797.

see also http://www.tiger2.f2s.com/FamilyHistory/familytrees/southafrica/01/pafg01.shtml

see www,hulley.info

'Extract from the Title Deeds granted to Richard, the settler, "I do hereby grant unto Richard Hulley a piece of land, containing six hundred and ninety four morgen situated in the Division of Albany, being a portion of the location of Cawood's party bounded on the North east by the Cap River, South by Wainwright's, Mauncey's and Mandy's Party, and in the North West by David Cawood's,William Gradwell and Robert Kilbrook's."23rd day of June 1847 (Signed by) Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope'


Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group [21]. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery [6]. Cutler's apprentice 1797 [33].

Richard William Hulley, the 1820 settler patriarch came with his wife and four children. Five more were born here. It took enterprise and courage for anyone, no matter how poor, to abandon his home in Britain in 1820 and migrate to a far and unknown part of the world such as Southern Africa. The difficulties, delays and expenses of transport were such that once leaving his native soil, the emigrant knew that it was unlikely that he would see his old home again.
Hard work and frontier dangers kept most immigrants to their lands. (95y).

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Buried:
Description: Rev E Gedye

Richard married Ann Brangan, 1820 Settler about 1809 in Ireland. Ann was born in 1783 in Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland; died in Dec 1844 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2559
• Name: Ann Brangan 1820
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

gives BRANGHAM or BRAUGHAM, usually the former. [21] gives BRIDGHAM. [21] gives BRANGAN. Cannot trace a Boudon in Ireland (as per [14]): most likely Bandon, the place where her daughter Sarah was also born. [44] gives birth date as 1783.

The cemetery is situated in the grounds of the Methodist Church on Mount Mercy. On 16th April, 1826, the people were very apprehensive while 40 elephants passed this first church, on their way to feeding sites. Ann born & married at Bandon not Brandon - Richard's army records confirm. Bandon lies on the Bandon river in Cork County

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3399
• Name: William Robert Eales
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Unclear if this was the 1820 Settler, aboard the Belle Alliance; but wife's name is given as Sarah, which was one of her names.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
Tuesday, October 27, 1868 [Should read Friday, October 23, 1868]

Tuesday, October 27, 1868

DIED, at Queenstown, (Calderwood Street) South Africa, on Thursday, 22nd October, 1868 – Mr. William EALES, aged 75 years and 7 months, - Deceased was one of the British Settlers of 1820. He leaves a large family, and a numerous circle of friends to mourn their loss. – His end was peace.


ANOTHER SETTLER GONE. – Every now and then we are reminded that our forefathers, the founders of this settlement, are fast disappearing from our midst, gathering to a better home. Yesterday evening Mr. W. EALES Breathed his last. Deceased came to this colony with the original Settlers, in 1820, and saw many ups and downs during the early career of the inhabitants of the colony. He settled in Queenstown on its first formation, and has always been recognized a quiet, inoffensive person. Mr. EALES has a large family connection, and was generally respected by every one.


Unclear if this was the 1820 Settler, aboard the Belle Alliance; but wife's name is given as Sarah.

Allocated to Beaufort Vale for settlement.

Queenstown Free Press transcribed by Sunelia Heath:
Tuesday, October 27, 1868 [Should read Friday, October 23, 1868]

Tuesday, October 27, 1868

DIED, at Queenstown, (Calderwood Street) South Africa, on Thursday, 22nd October, 1868 – Mr. William EALES, aged 75 years and 7 months, - Deceased was one of the British Settlers of 1820. He leaves a large family, and a numerous circle of friends to mourn their loss. – His end was peace.


ANOTHER SETTLER GONE. – Every now and then we are reminded that our forefathers, the founders of this settlement, are fast disappearing from our midst, gathering to a better home. Yesterday evening Mr. W. EALES Breathed his last. Deceased came to this colony with the original Settlers, in 1820, and saw many ups and downs during the early career of the inhabitants of the colony. He settled in Queenstown on its first formation, and has always been recognized a quiet, inoffensive person. Mr. EALES has a large family connection, and was generally respected by every one.


name seen as Robert on daughter Eleanor's DN

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Buried:
Queenstown Wesleyan Cemetery

William married Rachel Sarah Maria Moore, 1820 Settler est 1821. Rachel was born in 1798 in Sutherland, Scotland; died on 21 Jun 1875 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3400
• Name: Rachel Moore
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

name seen as Ellen Rachel on daughter Eleanor's DN

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance