Ernest Jelliman

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Albert + Eliza Anne Webber. Eliza (daughter of Stephen Webber and Sarah Elizabeth Gardner) was born on 19 Feb 1868 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Jul 1957 in Marandellas, Southern Rhodesia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: William Capel Jelliman
• Occupation: Homestead farm, Schweizer-Reneke, North West, South Africa; farmer

William + Selina Jessie Stanton. Selina (daughter of William Stanton, 1820 Settler and Louisa Timm, 1820 Settler) was born in 1844; died on 14 Apr 1922 in Xuka Drift, Elliot, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Stephen married Sarah Elizabeth Gardner on 15 Oct 1860 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Hezekiah Gardner, 1820 Settler and Maria Jocoba Casparina Behrens) was born on 16 Aug 1842 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Oct 1842 in Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Jun 1916 in Fish River Rand, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Birth:
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Methodist Parish Records
Salem/Albany Christenings: 1820-1859
Microfilm #1560874
Item 12
Entry #533
Child: Sarah Elizabeth GARDNER
Parents: Hezekiah and Maria Jacova Casperina
Born: 16 Aug 1842
Baptised: 16 Oct 1842

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Grahamstown Journal – 1850 – October – December
https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/grahamstown-journal/98-gj-1850-oct-dec
Written by Sue Mackay
Saturday 9 November 1850
HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND MURDER
On Thursday last information reached Graham's Town of a desperate case of highway robbery, and also of the frightful murder by the same parties of a respectable Inn-keeper, named JELLIMAN, residing at Leo Fontein, not far from the Kaga on the main road to Cradock. It seems that on the day previous, Messrs. J. FRANCIS and F. KIDSON were on their way from Cradock to town, and that on reaching De Bruin's Poort, a narrow bushy defile near the Fish River, they were stopped by two Hottentots, deserters from the Cape Corps, each armed with a double barrelled Regimental rifle. These ruffians presented their pieces and ordered the parties to dismount and deliver their money – threatening in the event of their moving a step, or showing the slightest indication of resistance to shoot them dead. Mr FRANCIS had in his pocket book, notes to the amount of about £200, which he was obliged to surrender, being peremptorily commanded to place the same on the ground, the rifle of the robber being steadily presented at him the whole time and another by the other robber at Mr. KIDSON, from whom they only obtained a single sovereign. At length, having secured their booty, they rode off, leaving the despoiled parties to make their way to town as they best could. It would appear that after the transaction, the two desperadoes crossed the country towards Cradock, arriving at Mr. JELLIMAN's Inn about midnight. Here they aroused the inmates by loud knocking, demanding brandy. Mr. JELLIMAN, a man reputed for his intelligence, activity and determination, immediately went to the door, telling the disturbers that he could not, at that untimely hour, supply them with liquor. On this some altercation ensued, the ruffians forced open the door, and instantly shot their unfortunate victim through the heart.
FRANCIS and KIDSON walked forward to HYDE's Accommodation House, where the latter obtained a horse and rode into town to inform the authorities. Col. SOMERSET immediately despatched a patrol of Cape Corps, who put themselves under charge of Mr. FRANCIS, who had remained at HYDE's, and set off in pursuit of the atrocious ruffians about midnight. On their way it is said that they heard the shot which terminated the life of the ill-fated JELLIMAN.


see http://rhodesianheritage.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/1820-settlers-saga.html

William married Eliza Rayner, 1820 Settler on 18 Sep 1837 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of William Rayner, 1820 Settler and Martha Padgett, 1820 Settler) was born on 25 Jul 1819 in Southwark, London, England; was christened on 7 Nov 1819 in St Saviour's parish, Southwark, London, England; died on 11 Jun 1872 in Kleinhassfontein, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2891
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

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Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 736
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

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His Obituary

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

William married Louisa Timm, 1820 Settler on 7 Feb 1832 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Louisa (daughter of Thomas Timm, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Holt, 1820 Settler) was born in 1815 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; was christened on 31 Jul 1815 in St Mary, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 14 Feb 1877 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 783
• Name: Lucy Timm
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Known as Lucy.
Lucy according to DN MOOC 6/9/44-9311 Louisa according to The Settler Handbook

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

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• Name: Charles William Webber 1826
• Occupation: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Tailor

Notes:

from A Small World, by Norma van As:

In the year 1820, two British settlers, who were destined to play a part in the fortunes of the Webber family, sailed for the Cape Colony. They were Thomas Young, a farmer of Yorkshire, cousin to the Webber brothers Charles and Samuel of London, and William Shepherd, who was to return to England in 1825 in order to organise a new party of settlers.

By the year 1825 many of the original Albany settlers were reasonably well-established. Some of their most pressing difficulties, apart from the ever-present threat of attack by native bands, had been resolved. Many had left their original locations and moved to Grahamstown, Uitenhage or Algoa Bay, where they resumed their old trades or turned their hand to such occupations as would bring them a living. Certainly, the economic climate was not as depressed as it had been when the 1819 and 1820 settlers arrived. There was now a demand for housing, for shops to provide food, clothing and farming implements, and for better roads and means of communication. Further, the settlers were beginning to participate in civic affairs. Reports of conditions at this time evoked a picture of hopeful progress and the possibility of eventual prosperity in the Colony. The memories of hardships, disasters and rigours endured were eclipsed by a new spirit of optimism.

At about this time, Charles and Samuel Webber in far-off London became interested in settling in Albany, encouraged, no doubt, by their cousin Thomas Young.

Charles, three times married, with a family of six children ranging in age from nineteen years to a babe in arms, was a sober, strict and highly-principled Baptist, by trade a tailor and draper of Bond Street, London. He had lived at one time in Tottenham Court Road and later occupied a comfortable residence at No. 34 Cirencester Place (now Great Titchfield Street) in the division of Portman Square, Parish of Marylebone, Middlesex. This house was demolished in 1971, with all those comprising that block, in order to make way for the erection of the Great Regent Hotel facing on to Carburton Street, which now stands upon the site. Charles Webber's house stood where the ramp to the hotel basement garage has been constructed. Bomb damage during World War II had been severe in the area, but Charles' old home remained untouched.

Samuel, Charles' junior by some fifteen years, occupied premises at 84 East Street, Manchester Square, Marylebone - not a great distance removed from the home of his elder brother. Samuel was a cheesemonger by trade. He had spent thirteen years in the Merchant Navy before marrying and settling down to life ashore, but always hankered after adventure. No doubt he found life in London somewhat dull in the days of peace which followed upon the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars.

It is not known what made the two brothers decide to leave England and risk all in a new and unknown land. Samuel, with his expansive, generous and extrovert nature would have thought little of uprooting his wife and family of five children, but Charles, by far the more serious-minded of the two, must have given the matter much thought before deciding to join his younger brother in such a venture. Without doubt, business in England in the tailors' and drapers' business was not as flourishing as it had been during the Napoleonic Wars when there was a constant demand for military and naval uniforms, but Charles was ever a careful and resourceful man and would no doubt have ridden out the economic depression had he elected to remain in England.

Whatever the personal reasons which lay behind their decision, it is clear that Samuel was eager from the start to emigrate. The manner of their departure from England came about in this fashion: for various reasons, some men amongst the 1820 settlers had left their wives and children at home. They now felt able to support them and desired to be reunited with their families. Others, amongst them Thomas Young, wished various relatives in England to join them in the Colony. William Shepherd, of Sephton's Party, who had settled at Salem, agreed to organise such a party.
Once arrived in England, Shepherd struggled from July 1825 until well into 1826 in an effort to persuade the British Government to assist those concerned. Earl Bathurst, the Colonial Secretarv at one stage offered, on behalf of the government, to meet half the expenses involved. Delay followed upon delay until it seemed that the matter would never be satisfactorily resolved. Samuel Webber, meanwhile, in an effort to secure a free passage, wrote to Earl Bathurst from Manchester Square as follows: 'My Lord - being desirous of settling in Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, with my wife and five children, I take the liberty of soliciting from your Lordship the favour of a passage out, with the usual indulgences afforded to Free Settlers. Should your Lordship consider my thirteen years service in the navy entitle me to any claim to the above indulgence, I have enclosed my certificates for the last ten years service. Signed) Samuel Webber.'
Samuel's plea was of no avail and the final blow fell when Shepherd received a letter from the Colonial Office, bluntly informing him that the Treasury had no funds whatsoever with which to assist the would-be settlers.

In the meantime, some of these unfortunates had already sold much of their furniture and possessions in an attempt to raise their share of the required passage money. The full responsibility now rested upon Shepherd's shoulders and he carried out his task as best he could in the circumstances. It is not known how the financial need of all was met, but William Shepherd's Party, consisting of 78 adults (including unaccompanied children) and 88 accompanied children, set sail from England in the English summer of 1826 upon a vovage which lasted close on five months. Some, if not all, sailed in the ship Hebe. The approximate date of their arrival in Algoa Bay is recorded in a letter written by David Cawood in the month of November 1826, from the Colony, to his brother-in-law, William Barrett, in London, in which he stated: 'I have just heard of a few women and children whom their husbands left behind them in England are now arrived at Algoa Bay. From a letter written by John Mitchell Webber to his children, we know the duration of the vovage: 'I have heard my mother say that when a babe I was very small and weak, but having so long a voyage (nearly five months) caused me to grow strong and healthy.'3 Descendants of Charles Webber are proud of the fact that he was in a sufficiently good position to pay his own passage as well as that of his wife Mary and his six children. He certainly had no need to sell any of his possessions for he brought his furniture and books with him. His writing-desk remains in the family to this day. There was also no need for Mary and Martha Webber to sit upon their boxes and weep when the wagons carrying them from Algoa Bay to Grahamstown finally deposited them there. Thomas Young had doubtless made arrangements for the arrival of his relatives -four adults, one youth of nineteen in the person of Charles Pinchin, and ten more children of varying ages.

Samuel's daughter, Martha Jane, in her autobiography, tells of the first blow to befall the party after their arrival. She avers that grants of land had been promised them by Earl Bathurst contingent upon their having paid their own passages. Once arrived, they learned that anyone wishing to obtain land would be obliged to pay for it. There was nothing for it but to give up any plans of farming the land and turn to their trades. For Charles, the Bond Street tailor, this setback seems to have proved no great obstacle.

By 1826 Grahamstown had grown from a straggling village to a thriving town, set in a hollow surrounded by gently rising hills. The 'Settlers' City' had developed from a military outpost to a commercial town served by the two ports of Algoa Bay and Port Frances, the former having been declared a free port in 1826. There existed a flourishing coastal trade with Cape Town which encouraged commercial enterprise, while the institution of the 'Kaffir Fairs', which allowed trading with the natives, had done much to boost the economy of Grahamstown.

When the Webbers arrived there, they found the building of the original square-towered St George's Church in progress and the first Baptist chapel already completed. Artisans were building, innkeepers and businessmen were plying their trades and wagoners regularly travelled the routes to the ports. They saw military barracks and buildings, a gaol, the earliest settler cottages built in characteristic style with pitched roofs and gabled end-walls sporting a chimneystack at either end, as well as single- and double-storeyed buildings with flat roofs and simple lines. There was little evidence of Cape Dutch influence in the architecture of Grahamstown. The detached buildings of the provided a welcome change for the newcomers after the high-density which they had been accustomed in the terraced houses of London.

Charles married Mary Mitchell on 4 Nov 1817 in St Annes, Soho, Westminster, London, England. Mary was born in 1792; died on 30 Aug 1845 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old Baptist), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1755
• Name: Hezekiah Gardner 1820
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 16 Mar 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Hezekiah Gardner was the son of Edward Gardner, Leader of Gardner's Party No.50. They had sailed from England in the Sir George Osborn, the last of the settler ship to arrive in Simon's Bay on 17 June 1820. It was this ship that was used by the authorities to transport those settlers located at Clanwilliam to Algoa Bay.

Settler:
Gardner's party on the Sir George Osborn

Hezekiah married Maria Jocoba Casparina Behrens on 10 Mar 1834 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Maria (daughter of Conrad Wilhelm Behrens and Catharina Johanna Hansen) was born est 1817; died in 1852. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Maria Jacoba Casparina Beherens

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names Hanna, Maria, Mary, Jacoba, Casparina seen in Salem Baptismal Register