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Mary Bowker White

Female 1873 - 1954  (81 years)


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  1. 1.  Mary Bowker White was born on 26 Mar 1873 (daughter of Major Thomas Charles White and Mary Ellen Bowker); died on 14 Aug 1954; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    never married.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Major Thomas Charles WhiteMajor Thomas Charles White was born on 30 Sep 1827 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (son of Thomas Charles White, 1820 Settler and Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler); died on 4 Aug 1909; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Thomas married Mary Ellen Bowker on 15 Jan 1858 in Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler and Anne Maria Simpson) was born on 26 Sep 1840; was christened on 18 Oct 1840 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Feb 1915 in Willowfountain, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Mary Ellen BowkerMary Ellen Bowker was born on 26 Sep 1840; was christened on 18 Oct 1840 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (daughter of Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler and Anne Maria Simpson); died on 19 Feb 1915 in Willowfountain, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes

    Notes:

    Her memorial gravestone at Table farm has her date of death as Feb 27, 1916, where her ccd has 19 Feb 1915 !

    Microfilm# 1560877
    Methodist Parish Records
    Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Christenings: 1822-1858 (film is mis-labeled as Somerset East Methodist Parish)
    Item 9
    Entry #986
    Child: Mary Ellen BOWKER
    Parents: Bertram Egerton and Ann
    Born: 9/26/1840
    Baptized: 10/18/1840
    Minister: William B. BOYCE

    Died:
    DEPOT KAB
    SOURCE MOOC
    TYPE LEER
    VOLUME_NO 6/9/780
    SYSTEM 01
    REFERENCE 786
    PART 1
    DESCRIPTION WHITE, MARY ELLEN. NEE BOWKER. DEATH NOTICE.
    STARTING 19150000
    ENDING 19150000

    Children:
    1. Mary Mitford White was born on 25 Sep 1859; was christened on 10 Oct 1859 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 11 Oct 1860; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Bertha Egerton White was born on 24 Apr 1863; died on 19 Jun 1863; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Thomas Charles White was born on 1 Dec 1864 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Jul 1942 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Bertram Egerton White was born on 1 Dec 1867 in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 1 Oct 1936 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Bedford, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Agnes Damant White was born on 8 Feb 1870; died on 5 Jul 1967.
    6. 1. Mary Bowker White was born on 26 Mar 1873; died on 14 Aug 1954; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Osbaldiston Bowker White was born on 5 Oct 1875; died on 17 Jan 1876 in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Norman Mitford Bowker White was born on 5 Oct 1875 in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 6 Aug 1936 in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    9. Castell Damant Bowker White was born on 5 Oct 1875 in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Oct 1899 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; was buried in Fort Napier Cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Charles White, 1820 SettlerThomas Charles White, 1820 Settler was born on 6 Oct 1791 in Gibraltar (son of John White and Elizabeth Bentley); died on 13 May 1835 in Bashee River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 3298
    • Name: Thomas Charles (Maj) White 1820
    • Occupation: an Army Officer
    • Residence: Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England
    • Settler: 13 Jan 1802, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
    • Occupation: 1833, Table farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Sheep Farmer and Agriculturist

    Notes:

    Leader of his White party on the Stentor from Liverpool. see references in "Some Frontier Families" by Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, page 283.

    He is buried on the left bank of the Bashee River.

    Leader of his White party on the Stentor from Liverpool.
    see references in "Some Frontier Families" by Ivan Mitford-Barberton &Violet White, page 283

    WHITE, Thomas. Aged 27, on half pay from the army became one of the foremost sheep farmers in Albany. He imported special wheat seed from Paris and this helped to bring prosperity to many Albany farmers. In the 1835 Kaffir War he was a Major in the Grahamstown Volunteers and employed in making a topographical survey of the native territory. In May, 1835, when on campaign and sketching the countryside near the Bashee River, he was killed by the Blacks.
    SOURCE: The Settler named Jeremiah Goldswain by Pauline GOLDSWAIN.

    MILI:
    Description: 79th Regiment

    Settler:
    White's party on the Stentor

    Died:
    Description: in Military Action, 6th Frontier War (1834 -1835) [Hintsa's War]lace:
    Sacred to the Memory of
    THOMAS CHARLES WHITE
    A Native of Nottinghamshire, England
    (Formerly Lieutenant in HM 25th Regiment of Foot)
    Major of the Albany Local Volunteers and Acting Deputy Quartermaster General to the Burgher Force; who, after many years of persevering and successful effort, asd an Agriculturalist, to promote the welfare of his fellow Settlers, and improve this the country of his adoption, to which he emigrated in the year 1820, was slain by Kafirs on 14th May 1835 on the banks of the Bashee River, whither he had marched with a detachment of the British Forces under the command of Col. Smith, CB, to punish the calamitous and unprovoked Irruption of the Kafir tribes into this colony in December 1834. He thus died as he had lived ... in the service of his country.
    This Tablet is Erected
    By the Public
    As a tribute to those talents and that worth by which he was distinguished
    Alike in social as in public life
    (Grahamstown Journal)

    Thomas married Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler on 29 Nov 1826 in London Church (St Pancras), London, England. Ann (daughter of Thomas Sancroft Damant and Anna Grant) was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England; died on 11 Oct 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Ann Grant Damant, 1820 SettlerAnn Grant Damant, 1820 Settler was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England (daughter of Thomas Sancroft Damant and Anna Grant); died on 11 Oct 1880.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 175
    • Name: Ann Grant Damant 1820
    • Settler: 13 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
    • WID : Widowed: 1835

    Notes:

    In the care of her uncle Edward Damant

    Settler:
    Damant's party on the Ocean

    Children:
    1. 2. Major Thomas Charles White was born on 30 Sep 1827 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Aug 1909; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. George White was born on 2 Mar 1829; died on 1 May 1906 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Emily Damant White was born on 25 Mar 1833 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Dec 1864; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 6.  Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 SettlerBertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 24 Nov 1808 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was christened on 7 Jan 1809 in Mitford, Northumberland, England (son of Miles Bowker, 1820 Settler and Anna Maria Mitford, 1820 Settler); died on 28 Dec 1904 in Santa Clara, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Rand Pioneer Memorial, Wemmer Pan, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 103
    • Name: Bertram Egerton Bowker 1820
    • Baptism: 4 Oct 1813, Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England
    • Residence: 1816, Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
    • Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
    • Residence: 25 Jun 1820, Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: Between 1825 and 1836, Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    A member of the expedition party into Kaffirland, and a Member of the Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883. Published his 'Diary of B. E. Bowker'. . Bertram took part in the campaign against the M'fecani in 1828 and served in the Corps of Guides in the war of 1834-1835. In the war of 1846-1847 he was Commandant, Mill River Station and was in charge of the laager at Oakwell in the war of 1850-1853. He was commandant of the Rovers in the war of 1877. In 1879 he was Member of the Legistalative Council for Eastern Province.

    The following is quoted from H.E.Hockley's book, Story of the British Settlers of 1820 in South Africa: "On the outbreak of the Ninth and last Kaffir War in 1877, not many of the original settlers were still living, and most of those still surviving were certainly too advanced in years to take an active part in the campaign. Several of those still able to do so, however, joined the Rovers, a mounted force raised at the request of the Governor, Sir Bartle Frere, and commanded by an original settler, Bertram Egerton Bowker. This unit rendered yeoman service throughout the campaign, and on its return to King William's Town, the old and grey haired commandant was specially congratulated by the Governor, who declared that the volunteers had saved the country from being overrun by the natives."

    The Berlin Volunteers (Cavalry) Corps, was raised in 1877 and was commanded by Captain BE Bowker. Bowker later headed his own Rovers, the 5th also known as the Berlin cavalry troop of the Kaffrarian Volunteer Rifles. He was succeeded as head of the Berlin volunteers by Lieutenant (promoted Captain, 1 January 1878). L. L. Vincent, field cornet of Berlin. The unit disbanded in July 1880.
    "The Frontier War Journal of Major John Crealock 1878"
    ...............................................
    Very skilled with his hands, making many things including wagons and several violins.

    from 'Major T C White and his Descendants' by FDC White, page 65.
    "Bertram was taught to read by his elder brother Holden after the days work was done and he was the most skilled with his hands. Whether making a wagon, violin or walking stick, it was sure to be a work of art, perfect in detail and finish. The following is an extract from his diary regarding the making of a fiddle:

    "Then there came an old blind man, his name was Commons. He had been a bandmaster in the Cape Corps. Now Holden would learn to play the fiddle. Mother bought him one from Commons for 30/-. As soon as he began to play a tune I wanted to learn also but had no fiddle. What was to be done. I looked at his and said to Holden 'I never tried to make anything but could always do it and I think I can make a fiddle'. He said ' to be sure you can if you try'. So I set to work to get the green wood out of the bush - three different sorts - hard for the back, soft wood for the belly and tough for the sides. The wood dried as I went on with the work. Soon I had a fiddle just as good as the bought one. Soon learnt to play, then we both used to play together. As soon as the neighbours found we could play they began to be merry and get up dances and parties and were always wanted, to play the fiddle. The people began to think no small beer of us and our fiddles. We enjoyed it as much as the others and as we were getting big boys and begun to find out that there was girls in the world as well as boys." Bertram's fiddle is on display in the Albany Museum in Grahamstown,

    A member of the expedition party into Kaffirland, and a Member of the Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883. Published his 'Diary of B. E. Bowker'.

    After the war of 1835, Bertram was the first of the brothers to leave Tharfield, going sheep farming on the Koonap. About 1840 he moved to the Fish River Rand to a farm called Klipfontein, near Bowden, but after the death of one of their children (Sybilla) he sold the place and in 1845 bought Oakwell.
    Farmed at Oakwell near Grahamstown where his brother Mitford was buried. He moved to the Goldfields in Johannesburg in 1887.

    from:British South Africa
    A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from its Conquest 1795 to the Settlement of Albany by the British Emigration of 1819 [A.D. 1795 - 1825] WITH NOTICES OF SOME OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820
    BY
    COLIN TURING CAMPBELL [Residient at Graham's Town, 1845-1871]:-
    Bertram Egerton Bowker, J. P., a farmer, lived on the eastern Frontier of the Colony since 1820. In 1827 he was commandeered by Captain John Crause against marauding Kafirs; in 1828 commandeered under Major Dundas to put down marauding Zulus under Matawani their leader, served eight weeks, together with commando and Tambookie army, retook 50,000 head of cattle ; in 1834 commandeered on Christmas Day, remaining in active service until peace was proclaimed, after which had charge of 6,014 head of Government cattle ; in 1846 had command of a camp with fifteen English and Dutch families, patrolling the neighbourhood till the end of the war ; in 1851 again had charge of a large camp, doing good service in constantly patrolling ; in 1873, when the police were dead beaten at the Ibeka, volunteered for active service, when Kreli's house and kraal were burnt and his tribe driven over the Umtata. On returning from the Transkei was put in command of East London district. Was on active service when Tainton and Brown were murdered ; caught two of the murderers, who were hanged. The Government offered a reward of £200 for the capture of the leader; Bertram caught the leader, who died in gaol, but never received the reward. During the last skirmish with the rebels had two men killed, one wounded, and two horses shot. In 1876 was returned as a member of the Legislative Council for East London.


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    There is a discrepency between MD Nash and E Morse-Jones;E Morse Jones feels he came out in 1822 with brother John - see the letter to Gouldburn under John Mitford Bowker's notes.




    Baptism:
    Parish of Almer
    BAPTISMS 1731 - 1879
    These records have been transcribed from the Bishop's Transcripts.

    Settler:
    Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

    Died:
    Estate File MOOC 6/9/1756 R7165 and TAB MHG 207 Death Notice Ref TAB MHG 6307

    Bertram married Anne Maria Simpson on 30 Aug 1838 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anne (daughter of Richard Simpson and Ann Binnington) was born about 1815; died on 31 Oct 1879 in Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Main cemetery, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Anne Maria SimpsonAnne Maria Simpson was born about 1815 (daughter of Richard Simpson and Ann Binnington); died on 31 Oct 1879 in Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Main cemetery, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Ann Simpson

    Notes:

    Grahamstown Journal 4 November 1878:
    DIED at Berlin on the 31st October 1878, Annie, wife of Bertram Egerton BOWKER, aged 63 years. Relatives and friends please accept this notice.

    There is a photo of a grave at http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org /main.php?g2_itemId=1628514 for an Annie Bowker - I assume that this is hers?

    Notes:

    Bathurst, Cape of Good Hope

    Bertram Egerton Bowker, Bachelor, of this District, and Anne (with the “e” crossed out) Simpson, Spinster, of the District of Graham’s Town, were married by Banns according to the rites and ceremonies of the United Church of England and Ireland in this Church this thirtieth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight.
    By me, James Barrow, Colonial Chaplain

    This marriage was solemnized between us { B. E. Bowker (signed)
    { B (crossed out) Ann Simpson (signed)

    In the presence of { M. E. Bowker
    { T. J. Biddulph
    { W. Bowker (not certain?)

    Children:
    1. Ellen Bowker was born on 27 Mar 1839; was christened on 20 Apr 1839 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. 3. Mary Ellen Bowker was born on 26 Sep 1840; was christened on 18 Oct 1840 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Feb 1915 in Willowfountain, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Sybilla Bowker was born on 4 Nov 1841; was christened on 24 Nov 1841 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Apr 1843 in 'Klip Fontein', Grahamstown District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Bertram Egerton Bowker was born on 8 Oct 1843; was christened on 29 Oct 1843 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. Anne Elizabeth Bowker was born in 1844; died on 13 Apr 1933 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in New cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Thomas Holden Bowker was born in 1847; died in Fort Jackson, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Bertha Bowker was born on 24 Mar 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 May 1946 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in May 1946 in Settlers Methodist Church Cemetery, Port Alfred, Easten Cape, South Africa.
    8. Fanny Bowker was born on 30 Dec 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 20 Feb 1850 in Commemoration Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 28 Jul 1941 in St Catherine's Nursing Home, Spring Road, Letchworth, Hertfordshire, England.
    9. Catherine Agnes Bowker was born on 23 Jul 1851 in Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Nov 1925.
    10. Alexander Bowker was born in 1853; died on 27 Apr 1921 in Kijabe, Kenya.
    11. William Russell Bowker was born in 1855 in Oakwell, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1916 in Kenya.
    12. Gordon Cross Bowker was born in 1857; died on 24 Apr 1946 in Kenya; was buried on 25 Apr 1946 in Forest Road cemetery, Nairobi, Kenya.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  John White

    John + Elizabeth Bentley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Elizabeth Bentley
    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Charles White, 1820 Settler was born on 6 Oct 1791 in Gibraltar; died on 13 May 1835 in Bashee River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

  3. 10.  Thomas Sancroft Damant was born in May 1779 in Norfolk, England; was christened on 16 May 1779 in Lammas with Little Hautbois, Norfolk, England (son of William Sancroft Damant and Elizabeth Castell); died on 18 Dec 1846 in Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Table Farm Cemetery, Table Farm, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    DAMANT, Thomas, ex army officer (54th Foot), brother of John above. 17 arr. Cape as a settler to join his brother. Later he joined the party of 1820 settlers led by his second brother, Edward (174). He married Anne Grant, and they had a daughter, Anne (160). 10.12.23 Capt. T D, Miss Damant, and Miss Campbell, PL in 'Lady Mellvil' for London' (88). He later returned with more settlers. - from British Settlers at The Cape 1795-1819.

    Thomas married Anna Grant in 1805. Anna was born in 1790 in Sutton; died in 1806 in Maidstone, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Anna Grant was born in 1790 in Sutton; died in 1806 in Maidstone, Kent, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Anna Marie Grant

    Children:
    1. 5. Ann Grant Damant, 1820 Settler was born on 23 Nov 1805 in Fakenham, Norfolk, England; died on 11 Oct 1880.

  5. 12.  Miles Bowker, 1820 SettlerMiles Bowker, 1820 Settler was born in 1758 in Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England; was christened on 19 Sep 1758 in All Saint's, Newcastle on Tyne, Northumberland, England (son of Thomas Bowker and Dorothy Falconer Monkhouse); died on 25 Mar 1839 in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 27 Mar 1839 in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 105
    • Occupation: a Gentleman Farmer
    • Residence: 1800, Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England
    • Residence: 1801, Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England
    • Residence: 1809, Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England
    • Residence: 3 May 1811, Charborough Park, West Almer, Dorsetshire, England
    • Residence: 1817, Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
    • Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; : 61y
    • Residence: 25 Jun 1820, Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa
    • Residence: 1833, Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    Miles Bowker was born at Deckham Hall in Gateshead.
    Extracted from 'The Bowkers of Tharfield' Pages 4 & 5.
    'Deckham Hall was demolished in 1934 to make room for modern residences. In the July of that year Raymond Mitford-Barberton. and his family were motoring through Gateshead on the way to Scotland. Half-way through the town he asked a policeman whether he had ever heard of Deckham Hall. 'Oh yes,' he replied, 'Turn back and take the first street to your left. It is on the bare top of the hill beyond the last houses. The property now belongs to Lord X and the Hall is being demolished". {see the picture of the map}

    Finding Deckhams was as easy as that. The hall had been built on the summit of the hill with an all round view; Gateshead to the South, smoky Newcastle beyond the Tyne to the north and eastward the great river with its hundreds of ships - colliers carry coal to all the world. Little remained of this once fair mansion of the BOWKERS. All the walls had been taken down a few days before we got there but we got a fair idea of the extent and shape of the building from its massive stone foundations. Like many houses of that period it was not very large on the ground floor, but it probably stood several stories high. The main reception hall was distinguishable by its large fireplace."

    8.3.1800 Married in Morpeth, Northumberland. He farmed sheep in the Cheviot hills
    Moved to Dorset in 1810-1811.
    3rd May 1811 he paid £32-0-0 in land tax for property owned by Richard Earl Drax Grosvenor, the owner of Charborough Park, Dorset where he farmed Merino sheep for 6 years. Children baptised in Almer Church. He was paying a land tax in 1811 of £9-9s for a freehold owned by William Trenchard in Lytchett Matravers, the village bordering on to Charborough Park.
    By 1816 this tax had gone up to £11-9s-8d. In 1816 he was also paying 19 shillings for land occupied on Charbourough Park owned by Richard Drax Grosvenor. He also rented land in the Morden parish - see Morden Parish website
    1817 Moved to Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, which was owned by the Earl of Pembroke of Wilton House.
    Dec 1819 Portsmouth to sail on Weymouth.

    Miles Bowker was head of the Bowker party that left Portsmouth, England, aboard the Weymouth sailing on the 7th January 1820. The Weymouth arrived in Cape Town on 26th April 1820, and then sailed to Port Elizabeth, arriving there after 15th May 1820. Sometime during May or June, the Bowker party left Algoa Bay. Their route crossed over the Koega and Zwartkops rivers near the coast, and then inland over Grass Ridge to the Addo Drift, across the Sundays River about 20 miles from it's mouth, and then over the Addo Heights. From this point the route took a south-easterly direction, more or less parallel to the coast, passing Congo's Kraal and Graafwater, to Jager's Drift on the Bushmans River. After passing the mission station at Theopolis, they forded the Kowie river at it's mouth at low tide, by utilising two exposed sandbanks. This trip took about 8 days to complete, and was led by Petrus Oosthuizen, who became a great friend of Miles Bowker. Two of Miles's sons married Petrus' daughters. . The Bowker party of 23 consisted of: Miles, wife Ann Maria, sons William Monkhouse B., Miles Brabbin, Thomas Holden, Robert Mitford, Septimus, Octavius, and daughters Mary Elizabeth and Anna Maria; Henry Adams, G Austen, Charles Besant, G.Flooks, John Hayter, William Ingram, Richard Limes, John Stanford and his wife Maria, son John and daughters Letitia, Jane and Sophia. The eldest Bowker son, John Mitford, joined the family in 1922 after tying up the family affairs in South Newton, Wiltshire, and the last son, James Henry, was born at Tharfield. . The Bowker family were allocated the land known as Tharfield, on the KleinMonden River, north of Port Kowie (Port Alfred). . Miles, together with Major Pigot and J. Dyason tried to develop Port Kowie as a harbour in 1821. He was appointed as a Heemraad (judicial assessor) to assist the deputy magistrate, Major Jones, at Grahamstown in 1821, but Lord Somerset dismissed Major Jones and the heemraad in 1822. . Interested in botany, he was sending indigenous bulbs from the Lower Albany area to the Government Secretary as early as 1826. He was also a pioneer in establishing the wool industry in the Eastern Cape Province, in 1826, with merino sheep.

    Miles Bowker, a Wiltshire farmer, led a party on the Weymouth. They settled on the right bank of the George River and called it Olive Burn. He came out with his wife and 8 children and one was born while lying at anchor in Table Bay.

    Lower Albany Chronicle:
    15 April 1822: Cape seed-wheat had been issued to party and division leaders as follows: to Edward FORD for 8 men, to Miles BOWKER for 6, James RICHARDSON 8, George SMITH 20, COCK's party 30, Christopher THORNHHILL 8, Thomas WAKEFORD 5, Timothy FLANEGAN 8, Thomas ADAMS 6, George ANDERSON 3, Lieut. John BAILIE 8, Thomas PHILIPPS 9, Benjamin OSLER 6, William GRIFFITHS 5, George WATSON 6.

    23 May 1835: Miles BOWKER junior helped to repel another raid from across the Lynedoch River on the cattle at Tharfield. One of the enemy was killed. Miles BOWKER gave warning to George SMITH and to Thomas WILLIAMS. The latter left to report to Bathurst Post and George SMITH with his family took refuge at Tharfield, which was in more open country than Smith's Bush.

    29 May 1835: Miles BOWKER and George SMITH were compelled to retire on Bathurst Post with their families.

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    British South Africa
    A History of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope from its Conquest 1795 to the Settlement of Albany by the British Emigration of 1819 [A.D. 1795 - 1825]
    WITH NOTICES OF SOME OF THE BRITISH SETTLERS OF 1820
    BY
    COLIN TURING CAMPBELL
    [Residient at Graham's Town, 1845-1871]

    Bowker, Miles, head of a party from Wiltshire, who came in the Weymouth. He was of gentle birth, a scholar, and a good botanist. His first residence was at Oliveburn, near the coast, and subsequently at Tharfield, on the Lynedoch or Kleinemond River. He was appointed, with Captain Duncan Campbell, Heemeraad of Albany for many years, but resigned office, preferring the cultivation of his farms to politics. He died early in the year 1839, in the seventy-fifth year of his age, and was buried at Tharfield. He brought with him from England eight sons and two daughters. His youngest son was born at Oliveburn, making nine sons in all. Their names are well known in the Frontier districts and Colony. They all followed in their father's footsteps as farmers and agriculturists, and all took an active share in the numerous Kafir engagements, giving their services for the benefit of their country.

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    The Early Bowker Settlers - from the East Cape Branch of GSSA Chronicles, issue 94, November 2010
    Miles Bowker, who came out on the “Weymouth”, was not a typical Settler. He was not a young man (52) and not poor, or as so many immigrants were, lacking in farming experience. His family numbered eleven at the time of sailing: himself his young wife Anna (38), eight sons and one daughter. His eldest son, John Mitford, remained in England to wind up the family affairs, the second daughter, Anna Maria, was born onboard the Weymouth on the day that the ship arrived in Cape Town, 26th April, and the youngest son was born two years after their arrival.

    Miles Bowker had been a gentleman farmer and breeder of Merino sheep on Manor Farm, South Newton (near Wilton) Wiltshire and it was his intention to do this in South Africa but on a larger scale. His application was recommended by his landlord, Lord Pembroke who made a personal visit to the Colonial department and also by William Boscawen, a cousin of Lord Falmouth. The Journey from South Newton to Portsmouth where the party was to embark was made with a borrowed travelling carriage and several farm wagons loaded with household furniture and agricultural implements. The Settlers were not able to board HM store Ship Weymouth immediately as her fitting was not yet completed so as a temporary measure they were accommodated on a hulk in Portsmouth harbour that was used as a ship’s tender.

    The route to their location was over the Zwartkops and Coega Rivers, and then over the Addo Heights. From there in a South-easterley direction, more or less parallel to the coast, passing Congo’s Kraal and Graafwater, to Jager’s Drift on to the Bushmans River. After passing the mission station at Theopolis, the forded the Kowie River at its mouth at low tide, by utilising two exposed sandbanks. The trip took about 8 days to complete and was led by Petrus Oosthuisen, who became a great friend of Miles Bowker. Two of Miles’ sons married Petrus’ daughters.

    He had been given a tract of land on the right bank of the George River and its location was named Oliveburn. However, it became known as Tharfield, on the Kleinemond River, north of Port Alfred. It was larger than he had requested. However, it was not long before he realised that this was inadequate as it soon became apparent that the Suurveld and Merino did not go together. Over the years wheat was tried but it was a dismal failure owing to rust. Cotton farming came to nothing.

    The original “Deed of Grant” still exists, dated 15th February, 1822, and bearing the signature of the Governor, Lord Charles Somerset and that of the Government Surveyor Johan Knobel. The land is described as “a piece of One Thousand, Two Hundred and Seventy morgen of land situated in the Albany District.” There follows a description of the boundaries. Conditions are set out : ”That land shall be cultivated by free labourers only, and that any employment of slaves upon it shall render the same to forfeiture. Likewise of his punctually paying, or causing to be paid, at the expiration of every twelfth month, from the date of these present, unto the Receiver General of the land Revenue, the sum of Ten Rixdollars.” A further 844 morgen was granted on the 8th September, 1843.

    The story of the Bowker Settlers is typical of the story of the 1820 British settlers as a whole, and all present descendants of Settlers could, with accuracy, apply the same or similar happenings to their own ancestors. The only difference was that few other families had so many sons – there were nine of them in the original Bowker family - and each one of them made a name for himself in South Africa. No wonder Sir George Cory in his “Rise of South Africa” said; “Of all the valuable acquisitions which accrued to the Colony from the Settler’s movement, the Bowker family stands out pre-eminently…
    “It is not possible in this place to give even a list of the acts of bravery, political distinctions and losses and sufferings – the usual reward of self-sacrificing devotion to the welfare of the Eastern Colony – which are associated with the names of the sons of Miles Bowker. Suffice it to say that they fought for their country in all the Frontier wars, not merely as the rank and file but as leaders and commandants of the burgers. We find Bowkers as diplomatic agents with the Frontier tribes, in the house of Assembly, in the Legislative Council, as Resident Magistrates, in short in all situations of delicacy and responsibility. Their sterling worth and the value of their services were, for the most part, appreciated and recognised by a grateful country – after they were dead”

    John Mitford took part in the campaign against the M’fecane in 1828 and served as a lieutenant, 1st battalion Provisional Colonial Infantry in the war of 1834-1835, being appointed Resident Agent with the Fingo Settlement near Fort Peddie. In the war of 1846-1847 he was Commandant Lower Koonap River Burghers and Field- Cornet Fish River in 1847. He died during this war.

    Thomas Holden was also a member of the 1828 campaign against the M’fecane and served as Lieutenant, Provisional Colonial Infantry in the 1834-1835 war and Captain, Grahamstown Native Levy in the 1846-1847 war and as Commandant of Burghers in that of 1850-1853. He was Resident Magistrate Kat River Settlement in 1848 and a Member of the House of Assembly from 1854 to 1863. He founded the town of Queenstown where there is a Bowker Park and Bowker’s Kop.

    Bertram Egerton also took part in the campaign against the M’fecane in 1828 and served as the Corps of Guides in the war of 1834-1835. In the war of 1846-1847 he was commandant, Mill River Station and was in charge of the laager at Oakwell in the war of 1850-1853. He was commandant of the Rovers in the war of 1877 at the age of 69. In 1879 he was a Member of the legislative council for the Eastern Province.

    Mary Elizabeth married Frederick William Barber and gave rise to the Mitford-Barberton name. Mary merits more than passing notice. She was remarkable for her vast and accurate knowledge of the plant and insect life of South Africa. Charles Darwin owed much to her for the information she gave him in these matters in connection with the famous “Origin of Species”. Her numerous, beautiful and accurate watercolour paintings of insects and flowers now adorn the walls of one of the rooms of the Albany Museum in Grahamstown. Only 14 of the 71 paintings survived the fire in 1941.

    James Henry never married. He was Commandant of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police and later became the High Commissioner of Basutoland. He reached the rank of Colonel, during the Seventh and Eighth Frontier Wars. For a period he was Chief Commissioner on the diamond fields of Griqualand West. Co-authored, with Roland Trimen, of “South African Butterflies”, which is still one of the standard works on the subject.

    Of Miles Bowker’s home at Tharfield, John Bond in his book “They were South Africans” quotes John Mitford Bowker saying “It is now eleven years by since my father and mother and their nine sons lived under one roof in this neighbourhood. Our hearts were as one, our exertions united, and our home so happy that, though it was high time, yet none of us had married and branched off”.
    It must have been very soon after this that the tragic Frontier War of 1834 – 1835 struck this prosperous home and every other home in the Eastern Province. Without warning the tribesmen in their thousands invaded these districts from the Winterberg to the sea.
    When the Bowkers received their first intimation of the coming of the onslaught the tribesmen had already crossed the Fish River, nine miles away. The brothers were already shearing their sheep when an official order summoned everyone to Grahamstown. The Bowkers proceeded to collect their livestock and hunt for their oxen in the bush. That same night young Fletcher from a neighbouring farm galloped to the door of Tharfield house saying: “I have it first hand from an old fellow whose life I saved that the tribesmen intend to murder us all tonight” (Some white farmers were murdered that night, and at least twenty more within a week).
    The Bowkers hastily inspanned their wagon and piled onto it essential foodstuffs, cooking utensils and lead & moulds for making bullets.
    The women made a pile of the valuable family silver and crockery on the dining-room table, with some money and heirlooms.{the women were all at Oliveburn at this timeand not at Tharfield} Four of the brothers staggered down the road with this heavy load tied up in a table-cloth and buried it in an ant-bear hole about twenty metres off the road and about four hundred metres away, their tracks were obliterated by a storm which broke at that moment. The treasure was never recovered.
    On Christmas night of 1834 the assembled farmers and others successfully defended the Church at Bathurst (with the women and children inside) whilst thousands of yelling tribesmen launched one attack after another. Later they accomplished a successful evacuation to Grahamstown through the unsuspecting tribesmen’s lines. All of the Settlers’ livestock and possessions were stolen by the enemy: 456 farmhouses were burnt or pillaged; 5600 horses and 150,000 cattle were driven away. The Burgers were called out, and with them the Bowker Brothers fought until the end, under the command of Colonel Sir Harry Smith. Besides the agricultural difficulties, the Settlers also had to contend with the continual Frontier unrest. In the 1846 War of the Axe their home did not suffer much damage. W Currie writing to John Mitford Barber on 13th July, 1846 said, ”The Bathurst Burgers are trying to make the most of the times. Tharfield was all-right, not a single tribesman had been into the house”.

    From: The Settler Handbook by MD Nash; Lower Albany Historical Society’s “Long Ago” 1967; “Looking Back” September, 1980; and other sources.
    ~~~~~~~~~~

    National Archives, Kew CO48/67 transcribed by Sue Mackay.

    June 9th 1824

    My Lord,

    I do myself the honor of enclosing a copy of a letter I a few days ago received from Mr. Mile BOWKER from the new settlement to the eastward of the Cape of Good Hope.

    Amidst the afflicting intelligence communicated to the public through the medium of the public papers of the distress experienced by the settlers in that part of the world, the account from Mr. BOWKER may in my poor opinion be interesting even to your Lordship as coming from a practical, well informed, respectable & industrious individual: at all events it cannot be wrong to communicate its contents to your Lordship, who will pardon the liberty and appreciate the intention.

    I have the honor to be with the highest respect & consideration

    Your Lordship's most humble serv't

    R. STANDISH HALEY

    [enclosed letter, addressed to Lieut. Richard STANDISH HALEY RN, Poole, Dorsetshire]

    Olive Town

    near the mouth of the Cowie

    Albany

    Feb'y 24th 1824

    My Dear Sir,

    You will long ago have heard of the difficulties the settlers have undergone since their arrival here by losing three, and nearly a fourth harvest, but Government having kindly helped them with [ugly rice?] during a good part of that time and rations for the two first years keeping great part of the deposit to pay for them has greatly mitigated these evils and things are now [wearing?] a better aspect, as we have found a species of wheat, coarse indeed and rush straw, that in a great measure withstands the rust, our great enemy in agriculture, & being convinced that growing corn is not to be our staple pursuit, we attend now to Horticulture & planting rather than agriculture, still depending upon herds & flocks as our best pursuits; this last has been much checked by our treacherous and near neighbors the Caffres who are only a few miles from us and have been constantly stealing for these last few years both from the Dutch and English to a very great extent, but Major SOMERSET having lately taken the worst of them by surprise and ?? them severely we hope they will be quiet in future or more severe measures must be resorted to and they must be driven to a distance as it is only to order it and it may be instantly accomplished, as tho' [a stout case?] of people, yet having nothing to cope with fire arms, they are soon discomfitted or destroyed. For my own part tho' [many?] of the men that I took out with me as servants did me no good in fulfilling my agreement with Lord BATHURST in securing me one thousand acres of location, yet thro' the help of my sons & their most excellent mother we have been able to get forward [obscured] better than any other settlers, tho' several of them came out without means which was far from our case& we have now only to regret the distance we are at from our dear friends & relatives as in all other respects our prospects far exceed any thing we could hope for in England. Upon finding our location unequal to means Government have kindly given us another place, making it near 5,000 acres with one and a half miles of sea coast. One of the finest spots in this country, lying four miles from the mouth of the Great Fish River and five from the mouth of the Cowie, now become our sea port, whilst many or nearly all are complaining tho' not for want of land for Government has in that respect been sufficiently liberal to such as could do it justice, we are getting on almost as well as we could wish. Our fruit trees, though only three years from the stone or cutting, are many of them bearing fruit – we have planted above 15,000 vines, many of which are now bearing, and we have twenty different sorts of fruit trees & most of them will be fruitful to all appearance in another year, and we are preparing again for a similar plantation; our prospects of improvement will be also much in feeding as in cattle, sheep & pork we can have an excellent market for it [salted?] at the Cowie, where our cheese, which we make very good, as well as fat & hides, have a good market. Cloathing is still very dear tho' that is not likely long to be the case as the exchange has greatly fallen and our goods will be in future without land carriage. Land is now very much occupied in Albany tho' larger than Yorkshire yet good places may be bought for from £150 to £200 for 1,000 acres but it is increasing in value as many people are now satisfied with the means of living here, the climate being for health and comfort almost without its parallel & its production of the most valuable sorts may be made profitable such as tobacco, coffee, cotton and drugs of very many sorts, oils &c &c. It is a family's own fault rich or poor if they do not thrive, the Dutch here are all rich and they have not the industry of the English tho' they are careful and provident; many of them have here from 1,000 to 10,000 sheep and five or six hundred head of cattle. More – our population of all colours and many nations, Heathens, Mohamatons and every sort and denomination of Christians – this multitude is ill amalgamated and we have many tricks & thievings amongst them. We had no less than 64 cases or trials come before the Court of Session which is held monthly, of which I am now the Senior Heemraad Magistrate, tho' Landdrost Mr. RIVERS being our Chairman & proper the Court consists of six other Heemraad of a which my friends Major PIGOT & Capt. CAMPBELL were some time ago Members but are now out there being party's here as well as in England, but we [steer?] in the mean. We have many half pay officers both of the army and of the navy and they do well as they endeavour. I have written you much of this long detail for your own information & of Mr. PITT your neighboring Magistrate of Organ House and any other you may please to communicate it to.

    I am to have a school on my place to which Government give to a master 200 dollars pr annum & chapels and schools are now everywhere erecting [obscured] by the Frome, Warminster and Somerset parties who have given me great trouble to keep in peace but they are mostly thriving on about 230 acres for each family and they will get more land as they deserve it or can do it justice. We have plenty of fish and game & almost every description of wild beast from the elephant & hippopotamus to the mouse on my premises. My boys have become very dextrous in killing all sorts of monsters who neglected to keep their distance & tho' often heard thro' the night are seldom seen. Our worst enemy is the large wolf dog which hunts in packs and will fell down an ox before our eyes in the day time. In other respects we are in a land of myrtle and evergreens – a land of milk & honey which is found wild in the trees and taken without killing the bees with little trouble. We have in very little been disappointed in this country as excepting the antiseptic disposition of every new soil to foreign vegetation & the rust before our arrival little known, we found it equal to the general description given, and if the rust had not been so destructive I believe in point of [obscured] this would have been for its time the first settlement put in action & I still think it will soon [answer?] all its misfortunes and satisfy all my Lord BATHURST's very best hopes.

    We expect to see the Arethusa at our port soon – she is trading on this coast. We expect most of the coasters will soon be here for goods for the merchants or stores for the frontier army.

    Most faithfully & affectionately yours

    Miles BOWKER

    [signed]
    ~~~~~~~~~


    Settler:
    Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

    Died:
    Grahamstown Journal: Thursday 28 March 1839

    DIED at 3 o'clock am on Monday the 25th inst after one hours illness, Miles BOWKER Esq of Tharfield, Albany in his Eighty-first year.
    ~~~~~~

    Miles married Anna Maria Mitford, 1820 Settler on 8 Mar 1800 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England. Anna (daughter of Capt. John Mitford and Dorothy Young) was born in 1782 in Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 8 Jul 1868 in 'Kruisfontein', Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1868 in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Anna Maria Mitford, 1820 SettlerAnna Maria Mitford, 1820 Settler was born in 1782 in Mitford Manor, Mitford, Northumberland, England (daughter of Capt. John Mitford and Dorothy Young); died on 8 Jul 1868 in 'Kruisfontein', Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in 1868 in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 1820 Lineage: Yes
    • Settler ID: 570
    • Residence: 1816, Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England
    • Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England; : 37y
    • Residence: 25 Jun 1820, Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa

    Notes:

    Anna Maria was born at Mitford Manor in the village of Mitford, Northumberland in 1782.

    The Manor House previously stood, adjacent to the old church of St Mary Magdalene, on the eastern side of the River Wansbeck. The substantial ruins now standing on the site represent the remains of a 16th-century house and of a porch tower built in about 1637.

    The original house was substantially demolished and rebuilt in about 1810, then abandoned by the Mitfords when they built a new mansion house, Mitford Hall, and park on the opposite bank of the river in 1828. In the 20th century, a modern house was created out of the kitchen wing. The current Mitford Hall, owned and occupied by Shepherd Offshore.

    Anna would not have known the 'new' Mitford Hall, as she was already in Olive Burn in South Africa.

    from www.shepherdoffshore.com:
    "The land around Mitford was originally owned prior to the Norman Conquest by Sir John of Mitford whose name was derived from the site’s location between two fords over the rivers Font and Wansbeck.
    After 1066 Sir John’s daughter, Sybilla, was married to Richard Bertram, son of the Seigneur of Dignain in Normandy. King William endowed Bertram with considerable land holdings and as a result a number of churches, including Brinkburn Priory and Newminster Abbey, were built by the family together with Mitford Church, which dates from 1135.
    Mitford Castle itself was known to have existed by 1138 and this was constructed on the site of an Anglo Saxon fort. The Castle has the only 5 sided keep in England but was subsequently laid waste by King John’s Flemish troops in 1215 and by 1327 was in ruins.
    The Bertram and Mitford families merged together but lived in times of continuing troubles pray not only to the marauding Scots but also the whims of the Kings of England the family’s landed estates were subject to attack and confiscation.
    It was not until after the restoration of Charles II that the majority of the lands, which previously had belonged to the family, were returned to Robert Mitford, an enthusiastic royalist. This completed the task of his ancestors over the preceding three centuries in consolidating the family’s properties.
    A more settled period in the family history ensued and Bertram Mitford succeeded to the Hunmanby and Osbaldeston estates in Yorkshire in 1835. Subsequently taking the name of Osbaldeston in addition to and before the Mitford name, Bertram was responsible for pulling down the Manor House, leaving the Pele Tower intact and constructing the present Hall in 1828.
    The family line at Mitford continued up until 1990’s although other members of the family established themselves elsewhere and these include the Exbury branch, headed by Lord Redesdale, from where the famous Mitford sisters hailed.
    The Shepherd family purchased the Estate from the Mitford family in 1993 and a large scale programme of restoration and modernisation has been in progress throughout the Estate ever since."

    see : http://www.thesouthafrican.com/news/south-african-inherits-an-english-village.htm

    Grahamstown Journal 8 July 1868:
    DIED at Kruis Vontein, on the 8th July 1868, Anna Maria BOWKER Sen, relict of the late Miles BOWKER, of Tharfield, aged 87. Friends at a distance will please accept this notice.

    Settler:
    Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

    Children:
    1. John Mitford Bowker was born on 13 Apr 1801 in Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England; was christened on 6 May 1801 in Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 11 Apr 1847 in 'Oakwell', Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. William Monkhouse Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Mar 1803 in Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England; was christened on 18 Apr 1807 in Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 3 Feb 1876 in Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Thorn Kloof, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    3. Miles Brabbin Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 27 Jan 1805 in Mitford, Northumberland, England; was christened on 15 Jan 1807 in Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 28 Jul 1864 in Thorn Kloof farm, Fish River, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    4. Thomas Holden Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 24 Feb 1807 in Mitford Hall, Mitford, Northumberland, England; was christened on 10 Mar 1807 in Mitford Church, Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 26 Oct 1885 in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Tharfield, Kleinemonde, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    5. 6. Bertram Egerton Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 24 Nov 1808 in Morpeth, Northumberland, England; was christened on 7 Jan 1809 in Mitford, Northumberland, England; died on 28 Dec 1904 in Santa Clara, Parktown, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa; was buried in Rand Pioneer Memorial, Wemmer Pan, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
    6. Robert Mitford Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 30 Aug 1810 in Deckham Hall, Gateshead, Durham, England; was christened on 4 Oct 1813 in Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England; died on 24 Aug 1892 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    7. Septimus Bourchier Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 10 Aug 1812 in Almer, Dorset, England; was christened on 4 Oct 1813 in Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England; died on 2 Aug 1895 in Alstonfields farm, Bedford district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Alstonfields farm, Bedford district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    8. Octavius Bourchier Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 27 May 1815 in Almer, Dorset, England; was christened on 27 May 1815 in Parish Church of Saint Mary, Almer, Dorset, England; died on 21 Jul 1899 in Champagne farm, Zastron district, Free State, South Africa.
    9. Mary Elizabeth Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 5 Jan 1818 in Manor Farm, South Newton, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 22 Feb 1818 in St Andrew's Parish Church, South Newton, Wiltshire, England; died on 4 Sep 1899 in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; was buried in Commercial Road Cemetery, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
    10. Anna Maria Bowker, 1820 Settler was born on 26 Apr 1820 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; was christened on 20 Apr 1823 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 24 Apr 1895 in Albany Road, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    11. Colonel James Henry Bowker was born on 23 Aug 1825 in Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 17 Dec 1825 in Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 29 Oct 1900 in Escombe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa; was buried in Escombe, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.

  7. 14.  Richard Simpson was born in 1779 in Hull, Yorkshire, England.

    Richard married Ann Binnington on 30 Sep 1805 in Parish Church Of St. Mary In Beverley, York, England. Ann (daughter of William Binnington and Elizabeth Todd, - wife of William Binnington) was born in 1783 in Shipton, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 23 Oct 1783 in Shipton near Weighton-Market, York, England; died on 21 Apr 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Ann Binnington was born in 1783 in Shipton, Yorkshire, England; was christened on 23 Oct 1783 in Shipton near Weighton-Market, York, England (daughter of William Binnington and Elizabeth Todd, - wife of William Binnington); died on 21 Apr 1848 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

    Notes:

    Grahamstown Journal 1848 - 2 - April to June Written by Sue Mackay. Posted in The Grahamstown Journal

    Saturday 22 April 1848

    DIED on Friday 21st instant, aged 63 years, Mrs. Ann SIMPSON, relict of Mr. Richard SIMPSON, Merchant, of Hull, Yorkshire, and aunt and foster mother of the Rev. W.B.BOYCE. Deceased enjoyed in an eminent degree during her last illness the sustaining influence of the religion she professed, and died in full hope of eternal life, grounded on the merits of a Divine and Crucified Redeemer.

    Died:
    DN KAB DN 9500/1848

    Children:
    1. 7. Anne Maria Simpson was born about 1815; died on 31 Oct 1879 in Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Main cemetery, Berlin, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
    2. Elizabeth Simpson was born on 27 Apr 1813 in Hull, Yorkshire, England; died on 14 Jul 1894 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.



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