Emma Richardson Gush

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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Birth:
24/6?/1845 from Salem/Albany Christenings 1820 - 1859. Microfilm #1560874.

George married Anne Long on 25 Aug 1870 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anne (daughter of Jeremiah Long, 1820 Settler and Emma Richardson, 1820 Settler) was born on 10 Apr 1848; was christened on 7 May 1848 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Feb 1926; was buried in Sidbury Chapel, Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Married:
witnesses: Thos Slater and Sarah Long

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• Burial: Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Seemed to have had some sort of psychic powers
Grew up at Salem

Bought the farms Woodbury and Schietkop(later Beacon Hill) with a friend
George Slater for the ammount of 2400 pounds, he later bought out his
partner and the made his home at Woodbury.

His parents Richard and Margaret lived with Joseph during their latter
years and actually died at Woodbury.

Joseph was for 13 years a member of the legislative assembly also a J.P.

He did not share his fathers attitude to war and served with the Albany
Levy in the war of 1552 and was 2ic of the Albany Rangers in the
Gaika/Gcaleka war of 1877/78 under Capt John Gardner, He was Capt in the
Sidbury Mountd Rangers in the same war.

He was a progressive farmer and took an active part in the life of the
community, he was co-founder and
surporter of the Methodist church at Sidbury.
Was President of the House of Assembly in 1867.

He and Charlotte had 10 children.

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Joseph married Charlotte Dennison, 1820 Settler on 13 Aug 1844 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Charlotte (daughter of George Dennison, 1820 Settler and Hanna Elizabeth Purcell, 1820 Settler) was born on 30 Sep 1819 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; died on 14 Apr 1893 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Sidbury Chapel, Sidbury, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 888
• Name: Charlotte Dennison 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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Birth:
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Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2974
• Name: Jeremiah Long 1820
• Record ID Number: MH:I91
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Jeremiah married Emma Richardson, 1820 Settler on 12 May 1835 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Emma (daughter of James Richardson, 1820 Settler and Sarah Charlton, 1820 Settler) was born on 19 May 1816; was christened on 2 Jun 1816 in Sheffield cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England; died on 11 Mar 1869 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 687
• Name: Emma
• Name: Emma Richardson 1820
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

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Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2840
• Name: Richard Gush 1820
• Occupation: a Carpenter
• Birth: 24 Apr 1789, Beer, Axminster (nr), Devon, England
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

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THE GUSH FAMILY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Richard Gush was born at Beer, in Devonshire. His parents were members of the Episcopal Church of England. He was a spirited lad who often spent his leisure trying to obtain useful knowledge. At age 14 he was apprenticed to a carpenter which trade he followed for most of his life. When he was 17 he was confirmed and after the ceremony told his companions that he would now not commit sin since his God parents were no longer responsible for his conduct, hereby showing his ignorance of these things.
At age 21 he went to London with his youngest brother and they lodged in the home of a pious Wesleyn family and eventually Richard joined the Wesleyans and became a Sunday school teacher. In his 23rd year he married Margaret Evans which was a happy union. Along with several other Wesleyan families he emigrated to the Albany district of South Africa. Richard was part of the Sephton party which was by nature a religious band. Most of this party, 66 families, were on the Aurora however some 35 families sailed on the Brilliant, with Gush as their leader. They arrived at Simons Bay on 30th April 1820, and at Algoa Bay on 15th May 1820.
While still in London Richard met with a Richard Barrett a minister of the Society of Friends and eventually he himself embraced the Quaker principals On reaching South Africa Richard settled in the Salem area, and apart from a stay of 2 years in Grahamstown this was his home for the rest of his life. The Old Farm was looted and burnt by the impis of the Gaika Chief Hintsa. He was a Methodist lay preacher and helped to build the church in 1822 as also the one which succeeded it in 1832. He did much of his work as a carpenter under a large tree which grew near the front door of his home which was not far from the village of Salem.
Richard Gush possessed a tender loving spirit with a keen sence of justice which caused him to feel that slavery was wrong, also his Quaker principals made him feel that violence of any kind was contrary to the will of God. He gained fame for an act of bravery during the frontier war of 1834 / 35 when Salem village was threatened by a large band of Caffres. He being a pacifist and opposed to bloodshed rode out unarmed with a person named Woest to meet the Caffres and persuaded them not to attack the village, in exchange he fetched two loaves of bread weighing about 15 pounds a 10 pound roll of tobacco and pocket knives for them.
Tradition has it that Salem was not again threatened by Caffres.
He was a total abstainer from alcoholic liquors for more than twenty years, desiring by his example to induce others to abstain from these intoxicating drinks, which he saw, often betrayed, even religious professors, into sin: he also laboured to put a stop to the sale of intoxicating liquors, which, as in other places, had long proved a great injury in the neighbourhood in which he resided.
He was noted for his strict honesty and truthfulness. Though often placed in circumstances in which these qualities were tested he would not yield in any degree to the temptation of falsehood. " To convey an untruth in any way, is equal to telling a lie. "
Having given up his business of carpenter and builder, the last seven years of his life were spent in tending to his garden, which was a great source of pleasure to him, and afforded him much opportunity, for contemplation, and communion with his God and Saviour.
A few weeks before his death, he grafted a number of trees; and on one of his daughters saying to him, that the garden was well stocked; he replied, that if sold they would realize five pounds, which sum he intended to give to the Bible Society that year. His intention was carried out by his children, though they kept the trees as memorials of their honoured parent, whose deep interest in circulating the Holy Scriptures, was one of the many evidences he gave, of his high esteem for the Sacred Volume.
Towards the close of his life, Richard Gush had thought of making a voyage to England to visit his relations, and enjoy the company of Friends for two or three months. His family were beginning to make preparations for his voyage; and one of them remarked, that it would soon be time for him to be going. He replied, " I have had some thoughts lately, that the Lord is about to give me Heaven instead. " His wife being on a visit to some of their children at Woodbury, about twenty-five miles from Salem, he joined her, intending to return in a few days, but was prevented by the great heat of the weather. In the morning of the 20th of September 1858, he complained of spasms, which soon passed off. In the course of the day, while walking in his room, he several times repeated these lines:
Who can sink with such a Prop,
That bears the world and all things up.
About seven o'clock in the evening, he suddenly became insensible; and on reviving, he requested his wife to come to him that he might take leave of her; having bid her farewell, he waved his hand, as if to signify that he had done with earthly objects. He then required to be left in quiet, when all but his eldest son retired from the room. Joseph when observing him looked as if he wanted to say something, asked if he wanted to speak and he replied, " Yes -- Heaven. " His son then knelt by him and silently prayed, that his father might be permitted peacefully to enter the realms of eternal bliss; and Richard Gush, as though his spirit was in secret union with that of his son, emphatically responded -- Amen. He then said " Joseph, set your affections on things above. " After a short time his son again addressed him, saying " My dear father, the God who has sustained you through life is able to support you in death." He fervently replied, " Yes;" and then quietly breathed his last. He was nearly 70 years of age. His remains were removed to Salem, where he was buried in the Churchyard, and followed to the grave by a large number of his friends among whom were four ministers, three of them Wesleyans and one Baptist.
His two eldest sons, regarding their father's objection to the practice of putting on black; as a token of mourning, abstained from doing so , thus honouring his memory, as true mourners for the loss of a parent, who by precept and example had trained them up in the fear of the Lord, and whom the Lord had greatly blessed, and made a blessing to many.

( Originally published by " The York Friends " Tract Association. 1860. )
His grandson Rcigard Cherry Gush wrote on 4 Sep 1920 " When the settler Richard Gush landed in Salem, he dug out a room in the banks of the Assigai or Salem river, which he called the 'Salt Box' and lived in it with his family until the river flooded and washed them out like rats out of a bourah. see https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSVZ-5SMP-T?i=1125&cat=305287

County Devon
Place (with link) Seaton
Church name (with link) St Gregory
Register type (with link) Parish Register
Baptism date 24 May 1789
Person forename Richard
Person sex M
Father forename Thomas
Mother forename Mary
Father surname GUSH
Film number 22-051
Transcribed by Dawn G
File line number 1531

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Brilliant

Richard married Margaret Evans, 1820 Settler on 2 Feb 1812 in London Church (St Anne's - Soho), London, England. Margaret (daughter of Joseph Evans and Hannah Grainger) was born on 21 May 1790 in Bradfield, Berkshire, England; was christened on 20 Jun 1790 in Bradfield, Berkshire, England; died on 20 Apr 1881 in 'Woodbury', Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3790
• Name: Margaret Evans 1820
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

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Settler:
Sephton's party on the Brilliant

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Married:
Name: Margaret Evans
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Feb 1812
Marriage Place: Saint Anne Soho,Westminster,London,England
Spouse: Richard Gush
FHL Film Number: 918596, 918597, 918598, 918599, 918600, 918601, 918602

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 886
• Name: George (Sgt) Dennison 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Residence: 28 Feb 1825, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Nicholas Hall writes on 30 Jul 2023:" I have acquired a certified copy of the army's register entry for their marriage from the UK's GRO stating that they were married on Zante (Greece) on 20 July 1812.
The Zante version is also supported by the history of Sergeant Dennison's military unit, 1/35th Regiment of Foot, which took part in the capture of Zante and other Ionian islands in 1809 and remained in that area until 1816. Furthermore the Dennisons' first child Ann was born on Zante in 1813 "


MILI:
Description: 35th Regiment

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

George married Hanna Elizabeth Purcell, 1820 Settler on 20 Jul 1812 in ,,Island of Zante, Greece. Hanna was born on 23 Dec 1792 in Co. Limerick, Ireland; died about 1850 in Moroko's Town, Thaba 'Nchu, Free State, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 883
• Name: Hanna Elizabeth Purcell 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Wrote a series of letters 1820 - 1847

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2972
• Occupation: a Gardener and Botanist
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Jeremiah married Ann Dorrington, 1820 Settler on 24 Dec 1804 in Manchester, Lancashire, England. Ann was born est 1785; died after 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2975
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
George Smith's party on the Stentor

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 688
• Name: James Richardson 1820
• Occupation: a Corn Dealer
• Residence: Heartshead, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

James married Sarah Charlton, 1820 Settler on 15 May 1814 in Sheffield cathedral, Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Sarah (daughter of William Charlton and Elizabeth) was born in 1788; died about 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3814
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Sarah CHARLTON, whose second husband was James RICHARDSON, was the sister of Mary CHARLTON, wife of William Senior DENTON. John CHARLTON witnessed the marriage of Sarah and James, and the marriage of William and Mary was witnessed by John and Harriet CHARLTON (the marriage of John CHARLTON to Harriet TOMES on 11 October 1809 in Sheffield Cathedral was witnessed by Mary CHARLTON) so I think John was a brother of Sarah and Mary. The following baptisms seem plausible, even although it would make Sarah and Mary a year or two older than declared on the settler returns.

Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York (Yorkshire Bishop's Transcripts)

John son of William & Eliz. CHARLTON, stone cutter, baptised 9 November 1785 in parish of Sheffield

Sarah dau'r of Wm & Eliz. CHARLTON, mason, baptised 28 September 1788 in parish of Sheffield

Mary dr of Wm & Eliz. CHARLTON, mason, baptised 13 November 1791 in parish of Sheffield

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor