William Cockcroft, 1820 Settler

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 166
• Occupation: a Wagonmaker
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Residence: 22 Aug 1833, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

DEATH NOTICE:
Reference: 2032
Name of the Deceased: William COCKCROFT
Place of Birth: England
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Charles COCKCROFT
Age at Death: 91
Occupation: Farmer
Widower
Pre-deceased spouse and date of death: Elizabeth COCKCROFT 26 September 1890
Place of Last Marriage:
Date of Death: 6 July 1899
Place of Death: Own Residence, Shaw Park, Division of Bathurst:
Names of Children of the Deceased and whether Major or Minor:
William COCKCROFT
Cornelius John COCKCROFT
Sarah Ann WEBB (wife of Charles Webb) born COCKCROFT
Harriet SMAILES (Married to John F. SMAILES) born COCKCROFT
Elizabeth PURDON (married to Thomas PURDON) born COCKCROFT
Has the deceased left any movable Propery?
Has the Deceased left any immovable Property: Farm and House Property
Does the Estate Exceed £300?
Informant: W. COCKCROFT, Eldest Son
Dated at Grahamstown 26th July 1899.

William Cockcroft was elected Member of Cuylerville on the Bathurst Divisional Council in 1858. (Morse-Jones, 102)

Settler:
Wainwright's party on the John

William married Elizabeth Venables, 1820 Settler on 22 Apr 1833 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of Daniel Venables, 1820 Settler and Jane Hunt, 1820 Settler) was born in 1809 in Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, England; was christened on 5 Nov 1809 in Newcastle-under-Lyne, Staffordshire, England; died on 26 Sep 1890 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

We find plot No. 43 in the cemetary of the Methodist Church at Shaw Park with the following graves :

In Loving memory of

WILLIAM COCKCROFT ELIZABETH COCKCROFT
Died 8th July 1899 Died 26th September 1890
Aged 81 years Aged 81 years

In Loving Memory of WILLIAM COCKCROFT died 22nd August 1925 Aged 84 years

In Loving Memory of MARY ANN COCKCROFT Died 23rd April 1838 Aged 89 Years



Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

1. Sarah Ann Cockcroft was born on 12 Dec 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Jun 1923 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Old Grahamstown Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. Harriet Cockcroft was born on 1 Mar 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 14 Apr 1839 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Aug 1932 in Ugie, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Ugie, Transkei, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. William Cockcroft was born on 8 Jul 1841 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened in 1841 in Clumber Chapel (Wesleyan/Methodist), Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 20 Aug 1925 in Settler's Hospital, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Trappes Valley, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Elizabeth Cockcroft was born in 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 12 Nov 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Dec 1924 in Hope Royal farm, Trappes Valley, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 7 Dec 1924 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
5. Cornelius John Cockcroft was born on 9 Feb 1847 in Shaw Park, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Jan 1920 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 163
• Name: Charles Cockcroft 1820
• Occupation: a Cloth Dresser
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Charles 35 & Harriet 36 arrived 13/1/1820 aboard the John with Wainwright Party, departing Liverpool. Thomas 13, William 9 & Mark 7. Charles was a cloth dresser.

Excerpt from COCKCROFT GENEALOGY: A GENEALOGY OF 1820 SETTLERS CHARLES AND HARRIET COCKCROFT by Keith Nicol of Constantia, Cape, South Africa:
"Charles Cockcroft, a cloth dresser from Leeds, Yorkshire came to South Africa in 1820 with Wainwright's Party on the ship, "John". The "John" left Liverpool on 13th January, 1820, reached Table Bay on 19 April, Simon's Bay later in April, and Algoa Bay in May, 1820. Charles who was 39 years of age at the time, was accompanied by his wife Harriet, 36, and children Thomas, 13, William, 11, and Mark, 7. All three sons married 1820 settler girls and many of their descendants also married into other settler families. "

In the cemetary of the Methodist Church, Shaw Park, we find the grave with the following tombstones :

Grave No. 19

Sacred to the memory of THOMAS COCKCROFT Who entered into rest at Port Alfred, 30th November, 1881, in his 76th year. Peace, Perfect Peace.

also CHARLES COCKCROFT who departed this life, December, 1875, in his 96th year. A British Settler of 1820.

and THOMAS I COCKCROFT, who fell asleep February 13th 1907, in his 72nd year. His end was peace. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.

Settler:
Wainwright's party on the John

Charles + Harriet Farrier Bailey, 1820 Settler. Harriet was born in 1784 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England; died on 19 Jul 1836 in Myrtle Grove farm, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Clumber Methodist Cemetery, Clumber, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 23
• Name: Harriet Farrer Bailie
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Wainwright's party on the John

Buried:
"In May [1867] the Building Committee authorised him [Rev. Ebenezer Hepburn] to ask Thomas Cockcroft what repairs his family wished to have made to the grave of Harriet Cockcroft which had been damaged in the course of building, which was now in hand."

'In Aug 1881... It was arranged that Harriet Cockcroft's grave-stone be placed erect."

Clumber: The story of a Settler Church 1825-1967 - E Morse Jones

Mark + Mary Broadley. Mary was born about 1757 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]