Douglas Newton Hart

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Olive Winifred Coulter. Olive was born in 1898 in Komga, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Oct 1987 in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Althea Winifred Hart was born on 2 Jun 1926; died on 9 Jan 2011 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. Muriel Edith Hart was born on 11 Apr 1930 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 19 Mar 2012 in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Happy Valley church, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Everil Elizabeth Hart was born on 21 Jan 1932 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 2 Feb 2013 in Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa; was buried in Happy Valley church, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Thelma Alison Hart was born on 18 Jun 1935 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1937 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Happy Valley church, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Horace married Sarah Elizabeth Hart on 24 Feb 1897 in Thomas River, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Robert Scotland Hart and Ellen Tamplin Bowker) was born on 8 Jan 1869 in Thomas River, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Aug 1935 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Stephanie May Perks (Hart) their grand-daughter remembers them having "long prayers before and after meals - each person kneeling by his or her chair."

Stephanus married Mary Jane Cottingham on 16 Sep 1863 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mary (daughter of Wolfran Cottingham and Mary Jane Bannister) was born on 14 Mar 1846 in Devonshire, England; died on 22 Dec 1920 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

With reference to the photo of Mary Jane and her daughters:
She made all the dresses herself including her own and was very cross because no-one had told her that her cap wasn't straight.
From Left to Right:
Lilly (John Duthie)
Ida (first to be engaged, showing her ring, Horace Nelson Maggs)
Gladys (Tom Bowker)
Mother (SJ Hart)
Eulalie (Miles Duthie Bowker)
Lylie (died of cancer)
Myrtle (Charles Roberts)
Front:
Pearl (Fred Hutchinson)
Amy or Amie (adopted grandchild married Leo Barnes)

Notes:

DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC6/9/195 R6559
Name of the Deceased: Robert HART
Birthplace of Deceased: 'Blockdrift', Alice
Names of Parents of the Deceased: James HART
Maria Susanna Wilhelmina VAN AARDT
Age at Death: 44 years
Condition in Life: Farmer
Ordinary Place of Residence:
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse:
Place of last marriage:
Date of Death: 29th March 1883
Names of the Children of the Deceased and whether Major or Minor:
Sarah Elizabeth HART
Robert Meintjies HART
William HART
Ellen Bowker HART
Anna Maria HART
Whether deceased has left any property and of what kind? Movable and Immovable
Signed: W.A. Hart, Son of the deceased

Robert married Ellen Tamplin Bowker on 18 Dec 1867 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ellen (daughter of Robert Mitford Bowker, 1820 Settler and Sarah Elizabeth Hart) was born on 19 Mar 1841 in 'Thornkloof', Fish River Randt, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 18 Apr 1841 in NGK Church, Someset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 14 Nov 1920 in Thomas River, Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Thomas River Historical village cemetey, Cathcart District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

married her cousin Robert Hart ? - p261 of Comdt Holden Bowker by I M-B.
DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/2358 R2603
Name of Deceased: Ellen Tamplin BOWKER
Place of Birth: ?
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Father: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Mother: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Age of Deceased: 79 years
Condition in Life: Farmer
Widow
Name of Previous Spouse: Robert HART died about 1883
Place of last marriage: Somerset East
Date of Death: 14th November 1919
Place of Death: Cathcart
Names of Children of the Deceased and whether major or minor:
Robert McInnes HART
William HART
Sarah Elizabeth HART married to H.N. HART
Ellen Bowker HART married Rupert DELL
Anna Maria HART married Ernest Charles WEAKLEY
Whether deceased has left any property and of what kind:
The deceased has left a will:
Dated at:
Signed. R.M. HART, Son

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert Jnr Hart

Notes:

Grahamstown Journal, Saturday 12 February 1853

A DANGEROUS PICNIC

A party of juveniles, about 50 in number, attended by 10 gentlemen, went out on a picnic excursion to the waterfall at Mr. HART’s house at Glen Avon. Tho of the gentlemen, Messrs. W. BOWKER and R. HART, having their guns with them, proposed going a little further up the kloof to look for a bush buck, but they had gone only a few yards when they found the fresh spoor of Kafir.
Following it in silence for some distance they saw a Kafir seated about 40 yards from them, occupied in brushing the flies off his face. BOWKER was going to shoot him at once but HART persuaded him to try and get a little nearer, and in doing so the Kafir caught sight of them and instantly bolted.
At this moment perceiving that there were two Kaffirs, both armed with guns, BOWKER fired, and heard one of them fall heavily to the ground, while HART fired and wounded the other. On reaching the spot where the man had fallen they found that he had got up and made off. After following his spoor a short distance, HART turned into a hole under the krantz, where the Kaffirs had made an almost inaccessable lurking place by piling up immense quantities of wood; only one person could get in at a time, and then had to climb up a very steep place, so that two or three fellows could have defended this stronghold against a host. Nothing daunted by his surprise at unexpectedly finding such a place close to his father’s homestead, HART climbed the steep pathway which terminated in a sort of cave, and there discovered, comfortably wrapped up in his kaross and fast asleep, a huge Kafir, whom he instantly shot dead. We presume this picnic party terminated rather abruptly, and the following day a different party visited the spot, and led by BOWKER and HART they followed the blood spoor of the wounded men for about 3 miles, to a place where an ox had been killed by them, but could not trace it any further. The whole number of Kaffirs seen on the previous day amounted to six, whereof two were wounded and one killed. We much require a rural police to assist in routing out such nests of thieves and murderers.

Robert married Johanna Christina Meintjes on 14 Sep 1831 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Johanna (daughter of Stephanus Jacobus Meintjes and Cecilia Magdalena Vorster) was born in 1813 in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 18 Jul 1841; was buried in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Extract from the Grahamstown Journal, July 1841:
Died at Glen Avon, Somerset on Sunday 18th inst Johanna Christina MEINTJES, wife of Robert HART Junior, at the age of 28 years and 6 months, leaving six young children, deeply lamented.

Also known as Cecilia, per her inscription on the Vault at Glen Avob

Wolfran + Mary Jane Bannister. Mary (daughter of Joseph Bannister and Jane Snell) was born about 1822 in Manchester, Lancashire, England; died on 12 Jul 1866 in Thorn Grove, Queenstown district, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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REFERENCE H175
PART 1
DESCRIPTION HART, JAMES. EGGENOTES SUSANNA WILHELMINA VAN AARDT EN MARTHA LOUISA (GEBORE KLOPPER).
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James was involved in a dispute with a Cornelius van Rooyen over the debt of a saddle. The dispute ended with James stabbing van Rooyen who died, and ending up in prison for 10 years.
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James was appointed Mayor of Queenstown.

James was jailed for stabbing his second wife's lover to death.

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF CRIMINAL CASE CIRCUIT COURT OF ALBANY. THE QUEEN VERSUS JAMES HART, MURDER. STARTING 1845 ENDING 1845.

In the Supreme Court of the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope filed on Friday the seventh day of march 1845.
The Queen on the prosecution of Her Majesty's Attorney General James HART was charged with the Crime of Murder.
Upon reading the Affidavit of Daniel Jacob Cloete, Esquire, Clerk of the Peace for Cape Town and Cape District it is Ordered that the above named Criminal Action or Suit e removed from this Court for trial at the next ensuing Circuit Cout to be holden in and for the Division of Albany.

By the Court J.H. BOWLES, Registrar of the Supreme Court.

15.

Filed of Records in the Supreme Court of the Colobny of the Cape of Good Hope the fourth day of March 1845.

J.H. Bowles Reg. of the Supreme Court.

William PORTER, Esquire, Attorney-General of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen within the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope, who prosecutes for and on behalf of her Majesty, presents and gives the Court to be informed:
That James HART, now or lately an Agriculturist, and now or lately residing at Roode Wal on the Great Fish River in the division of Somerset is guilty of the crime of Murder - In that upon the eighteenth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-four and at Roode Wal aforesaid, the said James HART did wrongfully, unlawfully and maliciously assaul Cornelis van Rooyen in his lifetime an Agriculturist and residing at Vet Kuil in the Division aforesaid, and did then and there, with a knife, wrongfully, unlawfully and maliciously strike and stab the said Cornelis van Rooyen, by such striking and stabbing, one mortal wound, of which mortal wound, so inflicted as aforesaid the said Cornelis van Rooyen then and there died and thus the said James HART did wrongfully, unlawfully and maliciously kill and murder the said Cornelis van Rooyen.
Wherefore upon due proof and conviction thereofe the said Attorney-General prays the Judgment of the Court against the said James Hart, according to Law.
H. Porter,

Attorney General.

Circuit Court, Graham's Town 15th April 1845.

It is ordered that this case be removed in the Supreme Court and is hereby removed accordingly,

G. Groman.

To the Supreme Court,

Colony of the Cape of Good Hope,

In Queen in the prosecution of Attorney General against James HART charged with the crime of Murder.

Daniel Jacob Cloete, Clerk of the peace for Cape Town, Cape District that the aforesaid James HART is charged with having on or about the Eighteenth day of September in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and forty four committed the crime of Murde at Roodeval in the Great Fish River situate in the District of Somerset.

Attorney General has instituted for Criminal Actin against the said James Hart for the said crime and has filed the Honourble Council that it is more expedient and will be less expensive to the Government and be held in the Court of the Court of the District of Albany and not in the Supreme Council

before me David J. Cloete this fifth day of March 1845.J.H. BOWLES.

15.

Circuit Court, Graham's Town

15th April 1845

Before this Court

James HART - Murder

being arraigned pleaded Not Guilty.

The Jury which found him Guilty of Culpable Homicide not Murder consisted of:
1. John Talbot
2. Thomas Berry
3. William Bartlet
4. Robert Blackbeard
5. Joseph Wilmot
6. Joseph Bradfield
7. William Upton
8. George Belfelds
9. Richard Bradfield.
The Circuit Court decided to refer the case to the Supreme Court.

VERDICT: NOT GUILTY OF MURDER but GUILTY OF CUPABLE HOMICIDE.

Judgement of the Court:

To be imprisoned in the gaol of Graham's Town or such other place as the Governor shall appoint for ten years with hard labour.
G. Cromer, Registrar of Court.

As it turned out he didn't serve the 10 years in gaol. For some reason he was sent to Robben Island (then a leper colony and insane asylum) and appears to have been released after about 4 years.

His 2nd wife Martha Louisa KLOPPER gave birth to Richard Tamplin (Dickie) HART on the 15th Novbember 1850 so he must have been out of gaol at least 9 months before that date.

Transcribed by Tombi Peck

James married Maria Susanna Wilhemina van Aardt on 28 Aug 1830 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Maria was born on 24 Dec 1813 in Jagersdrift, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 21 Dec 1839 in Bruintjes Hoogte, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maria Susanna W Van Aardt

Notes:

the VAN AARDT family are still on the same farm they occupied when James married Maria...their farm is 'Goede Hoop' which is about 12 miles from 'Glen Avon'.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 108
• 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: Abt 1847, Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Initially thought that Robert was born at Morpeth in Northumberland, but then discovered that Miles and Anna and their sons must have moved to Charborough Park in Devon sometime in 1810, as I discovered that Miles was paying 'Land Tax' for rented lands at Lythchett Matravers from a William Trenchard, Esq. from 1811 through to at least 1816. Miles also paid £32 tax for the tithing of Charborough on 3rd May 1811, owned by the Earl Drax Grosvenor, Esq. When we found a transcription Robert's Death Notice, it stated that he was born in Newcastle, ie Deckhams Hall, which means that Miles and family would have only 'gone south' in the latter part of 1810.

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart of the farm Glen Avon, Somerset East. He farmed at Craigie Burn, Somerset East, which was formerly a part of Glen Avon. Craigie Burn was up in the Bosberg mountains above Glen Avon, and as it was isolated it remained unmolested throughout the many Kaffir Wars. It was used as a place of refuge for the rest of the family, and Robert's brothers often brought their stock, wives, families and left them there while they went to the wars.

On our (Janet & Paul TT) trip to South Africa in May 2014, we stayed at Glen Avon, and managed to get up the pass to Craigie Burn. The original house was in the process of being renovated by the current owners, Petri and Suzanne Snyman. We had parked our hire car, a VW Polo, at the entrance gate to the farm, and walked down to the house, as the humps and gulleys on the drive would have left our car high and dry. We met Suzanne briefly, and she advised that any non-4wd vehicle would not get further up the road towards Glen Craig!

Robert took part in the campaign against the M'fecani in 1828, and served in the war of 1850-1853. . Member of the House of Assembly from 1854 - 1873 and Member of the Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883.

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]:-
Robert Mitford Bowker, J.P., M.L.A. and M.L.C., served with the Corps of Guides during the war of 1835-36 ; was at the taking of Murray's Kranz and other engagements until close of the war. Served in the Zuurberg and other points during the war of 1846-47. Volunteered for the rescue of Winterberg families in 1851, was at Balfour and taking of Fort Armstrong, carried out a wounded comrade under close fire. Elected member of the House of Assembly for division of Somerset East in 1854, and served in Parliament for over thirty-six years.

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


Settler:
Bowker's Party on the Weymouth

Died:
DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/308 R2995

Robert married Sarah Elizabeth Hart on 19 Dec 1838 in Glen Avon farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Sarah (daughter of Robert Hart and Hannah May Tamplin) was born on 16 Jun 1820 in Somerset Farm, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 25 Aug 1875 in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Craigie Burn farm, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
DEATH NOTICE:
MOOC 6/9/190 F 4878
Name of the Deceased: Sarah Elizabeth HART
Birthplace of Deceased: Somerset East
Names of Parents of the Deceased: Robert Hart
Hannah Hart
Age of the Deceased: 55 years
Condition in Life
Ordinary Place of Residence
Married
Name of Surviving Spouse: Robert Mitford BOWKER
Place of Last Marriage:
Date of Death: 25 August 1875
Place of Death: Craigie Burn, Somerset East
Names of Children of the Deceased and whether Major or Minor:
Ellen BOWKER married Robert HART (son of James HART)
Ann BOWKER married James Scott PRINGLE
James Frederick Fleischer BOWKER
Robert Mitford BOWKER
Effie Mitford BOWKER married John Ward STEVENS
Septimus Boucher BOWKER
William Henry BOWKER
Sarah Elizabeth BOWKER married John Mitford BOWKER
Robert Hart BOWKER
Oliver Osbaldiston BOWKER
Miles Egleton BOWKER
Whether the deceased left any property and of what kind: Movable & Immovable
Has the Deceased left a will?
Signed R.M. Bowker Surviving Spouse