Elisha King

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: a Wheelwright

Notes:

There is some contention as to which children belonged to which Mary. I have put them all under Mary Ann Rudman, as some of the dates do not tie up with the marriages, etc. Tessa King has:
Children of ELISHA KING and MARY ? are:
i. WILLIAM ANDREW KING, b. 4 October 1845.
ii. HENRY ANDREW KING, b. 22 December 1869, Gonubie; d. Unknown.
iii. JEREMIAH KING, b. 14 May 1872, Gonubie District; d. 1872.
iv. ELEANOR HARRIET KING, b. 27 May 1874, Gonubie.
v. ELIZABETH MARTHA KING, b. 12 September 1876, King William's Town

Children of ELISHA KING and MARY RUDMAN are:
vi. WILLIAM ANDREW KING, b. Abt. 1850; d. Abt. 1850.
vii. MARY ANN KING, b. 6 September 1851; d. 1889; m. W V PHILIPS.
viii. ELISHA KING, b. 9 November 1853; d. 1888, Nganrjle.
ix. RACHEL KING, b. 6 July 1856; d. 27 August 1939; m. JOSEPH GEORGE Futter, 7 July 1874; b. 22 August 1843; d. 28 January 1928.
x. CHARLES SAMUEL KING, b. 20 October 1858; d. 1887.
xi. JAMES KING, b. 4 March 1861, Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; d. 12 July 1937, Ngamakwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa; m. EMILY JANE SUTTON, 5 January 1892, Winterberg, Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; b. 24 August 1865; d. 15 May 1950, Ngencule, Ngamakwe, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
xii. JOSEPH GEORGE KING, b. 1863328; d. 1887.
xiii. JEREMIAH KING, b. Abt. 1865; d. Abt. 1865.
xiv. HENRY ANDREW KING, b. 1868; d. 1885.
xv. ELEANOR KING, b. 1874; d. 1892.

Elisha married Mary Ann Rudman on 20 Aug 1849 in St John's Anglican Church, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Samuel Rudman, 1820 Settler and Ann Tringham, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 Aug 1834 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 7 Sep 1834 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jun 1911 in Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Kei Road Cemetery (Private), Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William Andrew King was born about 1850; died about 1850.
2. Mary Ann King was born on 6 Sep 1851; died in 1889.
3. Elisha King was born on 9 Nov 1853; died in 1888 in Nganrjle.
4. Rachel King was born on 7 May 1856; died on 27 Aug 1939; was buried in Aug 1939 in Blackpool farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
5. Charles Samuel King was born on 20 Oct 1858; died in 1887.
6. James King was born on 4 Mar 1861 in Kei Road, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 12 Jul 1937 in Ngamakwe, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. Joseph George King was born in 1863; died in 1887.
8. Jeremiah King was born about 1865; died about 1865.
9. Henry Andrew King was born in 1868; died in 1885.
10. Eleanor Harriet King was born on 27 May 1874 in Gonubie, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 10 Jun 1874 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1892.
11. Elizabeth Martha King was born in 1876; was christened on 20 Sep 1876 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1907 in Tsomo Mission, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Family/Spouse: Mary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 388
• Occupation: a Labourer and Farmer
• Settler: 10 Jan 1820, Bristol, Somerset, England
• Occupation: 1827, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Labourer

Notes:

Extracted from "The Settlers Handbook" by M D Nash:
"Joseph (37) and Ann (25) and their 4 children (they were the result of Joseph's first marriage to Ann Lawrence) were part of Samuel Bradshaw's Party of 1820 Settlers. Most of the party came from Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire and had been recommended and sponsored by the Cam parish authorities who were anxious to relieve the parish purse who were 'overburdened with poor'. The party sailed from Bristol in the regular transport ship "Kennersley Castle" on the 10th January 1820 and arrived in Table Bay on the 29th March and Algoa Bay on the 29th April 1820. A fellow gentleman traveller thought Bradshaw was an 'obliging farmer' but dismissed the party from the parish as 'a horrid dirty set and the pest of the ship'. The party was located in Albany on the Torrens River and the location was named New Gloucester."

Joseph had the following occupations during his lifetime: ferryman at Port Alfred (abt 1830); farmer at Winterberg; weaver; fisherman; joined the 52nd Regiment. His second marriage was a double wedding, with his brother Henry (who married Sarah Smith) on the 22 December 1819 at Cam, Gloucester, just prior to leaving for South Africa. He died at the home of his daughter Ann and her husband George Wiggill at the age of 74 years.

In "Bradshaw's party of the 1820 Settlers" by Dorothea Rowse published in the Familia vol 33, no 2 & 3, 1996, the following appears on page 43-44 (part 2) :
"...Joseph named after his paternal grandfather. He was married three times. His wife, a local girl, Ann Lawrence, died some time after the birth of their daughter, Ann, in 1817. He married his second wife, Ann Watts, on the eve of their departure for the Cape with Bradshaws Party of 1820 Settlers on the 22nd December 1819, but she only survived three years of the harsh existence in South Africa. In 1825 he married Mary, the widow of fellow settler James Jennings. Mary had three sons from her first marriage - Ephraim, Joseph, and James - and a further two children were born to the couple. By the late 1820's Joseph had a total of nine children to support".


Death Notice: 1853 KAB MOOC 6/9/62, ref 1988

Settler:
Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle

Joseph married Mary Butcher, 1820 Settler on 8 Feb 1835 in St George's Cathedral, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary was born in 1790 in Wiltshire, England; died in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 1734
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Widow of James Jennings.
Extracted from "The Settlers Handbook" by M D Nash:
"James Jennings and his wife Mary and young son James were part of Edward Ford's party that sailed aboard the "Weymouth" for South Africa in 1820. However, while the ship was waiting at Portsmouth prior to sailing, James took ill and was taken to the Portsmouth Naval Hospital where he subsequently died. His wife and 3 year old son sailed with the rest of the party. Her second husband, Joseph King, adopted James.

Ford's party reached Algoa Bay on the 15th May 1820. After being located, Ford's party was moved twice before finally being assigned land on the right bank of the Lynedoch River. It stayed together under Ford's leadership until 1824, when acrimony about the division of land resulted in a petition for his removal. It is interesting to note that the three parties of Whilshire labourers (Ford's, Hyman's and James') were the only settler parties to remain virtually intact under their original leaders during the settlement's first three years."

On 21 Dec,1819 they boarded the Weymouth at Portsmouth & some days later when they put into Spithead, James fell seriously ill and it was decided to put the family ashore. He was taken off by longboat & admitted to Hasler Hospital buy and the baby could follow a gale blew up which made landing impossible. The Weymouth sailed for the Cape with them still aboard and it was only on her arrival at the Cape that she learned that her husband had died after entering the hopital. I have not been able to trace her maiden name but I think her parents were Jeremiah and Eleanor. VW.

According to Death Notice of father - John Jennings "Married to W. H. Hill"

Settler:
Ford's party on the Weymouth

Elisha married Ann M Worlock on 24 Jan 1778 in Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. Ann was born about 1751 in North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England; was christened on 30 Nov 1751 in North Nibley, Gloucestershire, England; died about 1829 in Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England; was buried on 20 Dec 1829 in Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Ann Worlock

Joseph married Elizabeth about 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]