John Elliott

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Description: Rev Francis McLeland

Family/Spouse: Louisa Bartlett. Louisa (daughter of William Bartlett, 1820 Settler and Selina Hayward, 1820 Settler) was born on 14 Oct 1843; was christened on 12 Nov 1843; died on 28 Mar 1916 in Ford's Party, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Ford's Party, Bathurst District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. William 'Bill' Elliott was born about 1872.
2. Walter John Elliott was born in 1874; died in Feb 1952 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Feb 1952 in Port Alfred Cemetery (Settler - Methodist), Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. Evelyn Lydia Ann Elliott was born in 1879; died on 22 Apr 1950 in Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Settlers Methodist Church Cemetery, Port Alfred, Easten Cape, South Africa.
4. Selina Susannah May Elliott was born on 8 Oct 1885 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 22 Nov 1885 in Bathurst Church (Methodist), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 898
• Name: William (1820) Elliott
• Name: William Elliott 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Occupation: Between 1840 and 1841, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Blacksmith

Notes:

marriage to Emily:
Entry 40
No 8
Film 1886513
Church Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Marriage Licenses: 1821 - 1884
Location Albany/Grahamstown

Description: Rev Thomas Ireland

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

William married Susannah Futter on 29 Jul 1840 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Susannah (daughter of George Futter, 1820 Settler and Sarah Edwards, 1820 Settler) was born on 17 Jun 1822 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jan 1823 in Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 23 Jun 1880 in Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Clumber Chapel (Wesleyan/Methodist), Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Microfilm #1560874
Salem/Albany Christenings: 1820-1959
Item 12
Entry #193
Child: Susannah FUTTER
Parents: George and Sarah
Born: 6/17/1822
Baptized: 1/5/1823mmddyy
After she died 23 Jun 1880 'Thorn Park', Clumber, Grave C6, Methodist Church Cemetery, Clumber

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Heavyside

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 896
• Name: William Elliott 1820
• Occupation: a Framework Knitter
• Occupation: a Stocking Weaver
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England
• Occupation: 1827, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer
• Occupation: 1829, Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

William’s farm at Clumber is now called Spring Grove

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

Buried:
William and Elizabeth are buried at Clumber grave nos c9 and c8

William married Elizabeth Rodgers, 1820 Settler about 1814. Elizabeth was born on 25 Feb 1798 in Walmer, Kent, England; died on 24 Apr 1883 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 24 Apr 1883 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 895
• Name: Elizabeth Rodgers 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury

Buried:
William and Elizabeth are buried at Clumber grave nos c9 and c8

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 453
• Name: George Futter
• Name: George Futter 1820
• Occupation: Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Occupation: Between 1823 and 1826, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Shoemaker

Notes:

George FUTTER, 1820 Settler.
Contributed by Vernon Whittal
From the Book - "The Futter Family Tree by H.R. Gane.

George FUTTER was born in Norfolk in 1781 and was a shoemaker by trade. He decided to join the emigration scheme with his family comprising of his wife Sarah n?e EDWARDS, and their four children: George James 9 years, John 7 years, Sarah Jane 5 years, and Elizabeth aged 2 years.

Their names were entered on the Party list of 21 October 1819 under the leadership of John BAILIE.

This was the biggest party of the 1820 Settlers group to leave England and comprised 256 souls. The transport ship, 'The Chapman', the first to leave, eventually departed from Gravesend on the 3rd December, 1819 and after a long and gruelling voyage, arrived in Table Bay on the 17th March, 1820, the Settlers were shocked to learn that they could not disembark and their ship, and their sister ship, 'The Nautilus', were placed in quarantine; due to the presence of whooping cough on board. (This had claimed the lives of six children during the voyage.)

They eventually sailed again on the 26 March, 1820 for Algoa Bay, where they arrived on the 10th April, 1820 - five months almost to the day after their departure from England. The Cape government had established a post at Fort Frederick (Algoa Bay) and as there were no jetties, members of the British Regiments stationed there, waded into the surf and carried the Settlers pick-a-back on to dry land. The Government had set up a large number of tents on the shore to accommodate the Settlers, while they were waiting to be transported to their new homes.

The Boers, with their teams of oxen, wagons and Hottentot servants, were commandeered for this mission and as soon as Bailie's Party, which alone required 96 wagons, had been issued with provisions for the journey overland, one by one the wagons trekked north.

Bailie's Party's allocation of land was at the Great Fish River, the settlement of which became Cuyler Town (after Colonel Jacob CUYLER) later to become known as Cuylerville. There was a lot of dissatisfaction amongst the settlers - a vast majority of whom were quite unsuited to the business of farming the land. As a result, many of them chose to forfeit the right to claims of land in Albany and moved to other established towns to practice their trades.

George FUTTER was one of these and he was actually encouraged by the authorities to move to Grahamstown to follow his trade under the patronage of the military. Captain Henry SOMERSET arranged for him to work as shoemaker to a company of the Cape Corps and in his capacity as Acting Deputy Landrost, he also gave George FUTTER permission to build a house between Grahamstown and the Fort England Barracks.

George FUTTER was subsequently granted a morgen and a half of ground where he had built and cultivated - which he had petitioned for in 1822. This was considered to be an exceptional circumstance, as few grants of free land were made to settlers who had left their locations.

George FUTTER and his wife had five more children after their arrival in South Africa - namely William, b. 1820); Susannah, b. 1822, Benjamin (of whom there is no other record other than his name is noted on George's death certificate); Thomas, b. 1826 and Mary Ann, b. 1831.

Records in the Kowie Museum, Port Alfred, list some interesting snippets of information about George, namely:
26 Jun 1821 - One morgen granted freehold
05 Jan 1823 - Shoemaker at Grahamstown
18 Feb 1824 - An erf at Grahamstown acceded to
06 Jul 1825 - George FUTTER asked for permission for relations to join him
1828 - bought "Clough's" comer building in Grahamstown with 2 adjacent cottages for 75 pounds.

George FUTTER died aged 84 years on Christmas Day, 1865 at his son John's house in Beaufort Street, Grahamstown. His wife Sarah had predeceased him on the 15th May 1849, aged 63 years and was buried on the 16th May 1849 at Grahamstown by the Rev. George THOMPSON. George's death notice lists his assets as consisting of sundry plots of land near Grahamstown valued at 150 pounds.

The FUTTER sons had big families but William had the largest numbering 19.

Today you will find FUTTERs all over South Africa in all walks of life and professions.

Comments by Vernon Whittal
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Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

George married Sarah Edwards, 1820 Settler on 14 Apr 1806 in St Paul's, Hammersmith, London, England. Sarah was born in 1781 in Norfolk England; died on 15 May 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 16 May 1849 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 452
• Name: Sarah Edwards
• Name: Sarah Edwards 1820
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Buried:
Description: Rev George Thompson

William married Sarah Darker on 1 Aug 1784 in St Mary's, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. Sarah was born in 1762 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England; was christened on 14 Sep 1762 in St Mary's Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]