Samuel Rupert Randall

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: Hoggsback farm, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

He was granted a farm on the coast in the Peddie district and named it 'Hogsback'. This is where most of most of their children were born & grew up.
He had till then been farming Oliveburn with his brother Benjamin. The conditions of the grant were:- That there should be at least two able-bodied and armed men on the property. The homestead should be built of brick or stone. The men should be available when called upon for the defence of the district.John was given a farm in the Peddie District (Services rendered in 1835 war).
He took up this grant around 1857-8 and died 10 years later. (Doris Stirk)According to William Jervois - Albany Museum - Genealogy Dept. - From notes made by E. Morse Jones (Whose sources are unknown) the following :-Elizabeth Flanegan - c. 1835 she was born to Ann, wife of James Flanegan.
9-2-1852 she was married to John, son of James Randall at Bathurst.
c. 1870 her husband John died.
7-3-1871 she was married to Alfred Usher.A good-looking man who wore a scarf round his mouth - died of cancer in the mouth. When his wife Elizabeth died the farm was left to the 4 sons - 25% each. Hoggsback was bought by Wallis Randall, and his son-in-law, Charles G. Kent ran it for him. When Mavis Kent died it had several other owners before it became part of the Ciskei homeland.According to Vernon Whittal he was married by Rev Barrow and died 7 June 1868, on the farm District. Most of their children were born at Hoggsback.The exodus of the Fingo from Xhosa bondage must rank as an incident in that epic of British history, the Liberation of the slaves. The part played by the 1820 Settlers in this great achievement, and the founding and development of Peddie as a bastion for Fingo protection against the Xhosa, are incidents which we should nurture and preserve as chapters in the history of a people destined to be a great multi-racial nation in Southern Africa. (T.B. Bowker).

Birth:
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Description: Rev John Davis

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After the 8th Kaffir war John applied for and received a farm, across the
Fish River to start over again. It was situated between the Gualana and Mtati
rivers and named "Hoggsback", similar in size to Oliveburn.

Died:
Description: Cancer of the mouth

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John married Elizabeth Flanegan on 9 Feb 1852 in St John the Evangelist, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Elizabeth (daughter of James Frederick Flanegan, 1820 Settler and Ann Hulley, 1820 Settler) was born on 10 Mar 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 26 Apr 1835 in Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 15 Sep 1873 in Hoggsback farm, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

After Elizabeth's death she left the farm to her 4 sons in quarter shares.

Birth:
no date in G'Town Baptism Register

Description: Rev John Heavyside

Died:
According to VW she died in Mr Farley's house in Grahamstown.

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2086
• Name: James Randall 1820
• Occupation: a Labourer and Farmer
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

OCCUPATION: Labourer
SHIP: Weymouth
LEADER: James
LOCATION: Bethany, Lynedoch River
Had 5 children with Ann O'Brien
Had Mary with his second wife Mary
Had a further 9 children with Rebecca Watts

he was given allotment No 10 of the James Party Allocation of Bethany and apparently, according to Morse Jones, the farm Sweetfontein includes allotment No 9 and 10.

He was Married twice. He bought the farm "Olive Burn" from Miles Bowker on 18 Apr 1840.
(64y).
James an 1820 Settler, left Portsmouth England for the Cape Colony, early in January 1820 aboard the Royal Navy transport sailing ship the Weymouth, carrying 400 other passengers, including his 2nd wife & five of his children. They arrived in Algoa Bay around mid May 1820, after what was a crowded and uncomfortable voyage.Party: James'. Ship: Weymouth. From: Westbury Wiltshire. According to MD Nash - The Settler Handbook -James & Rebecca had the following children - Mary 14, Jane 9, Elizabeth 7, James 3, Sarah 1. James paid a deposit of ¹20.0.0. Although James's occupation was given as a labourer, this did not mean he was only fit for manual unskilled labour. This was a category given mainly to professional soldiers with no other trade.James was given allotment no. 10 - the last and most easterly of the James Party Allocation, situated east of and quite close to Bathurst. He was entitled to 100 acres of land, subject to cultivating this land during the first three years. After 10 years it would be surveyed at government expense and transferred to him on perpetual quitrent not exceeding ¹2.0.0 per 100 acres. Their house which measured 50 feet by 15 feet was burnt down in 1846 during the 7th Frontier War. The farm Sweetfountain includes allotments 9 & 10 according to Morse Jones. In 1840 James bought the farm Oliveburn, from the Bowker's of Tharfield, for ¹300, to be paid over six years. Miles Bowker was granted the farm initially and then in 1822 was given Tharfield as well, an even larger property. Bowker graves are still to be seen on Tharfield.
**** Was No.10 known as Bethany ? **** It seems that the entire James Party location was known as Bethany, on which Ebenezer, the Wesleyan Chapel stood. Originally Oliveburn was 513 morgen but later Benjamin was to sell 5 morgen to Joseph Walker, leaving 508 morgan. The present owner, Allan Hulley and his wife Brenda and two daughters now live there (~1990).Randall meaning: Diminutive of Rand (Randolph). Wendy Fitzgerald says she has confirmation of James and Rebecca's marriage as 13 December 1809, Westbury, Wiltshire.

Description: at 2 months old

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

James married Rebecca Watts, 1820 Settler on 31 Dec 1809 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. Rebecca (daughter of John Watts and Jane) was born in Oct 1785 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; was christened on 13 Jan 1786 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England; died on 5 Nov 1880 in Olive Burn farm, Kleinemonde, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 7 Nov 1880 in Bathurst Church (St Mary's - Methodist and Wesleyan), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3813
• Name: Rebecca Watts 1820
• Occupation: a Housewife & Farmer
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

On her Tombstone in Bathurst it is recorded that she lived to be 100 years old (102 years in Burial Register)

An original 1820 Settler. James's second wife. She was a large woman and could lift a bag of mealies onto a wagon by herself. Had a sister Joan. There is a story of Rebecca walking to Grahamstown, when she was a very old lady. She was "only" 95 years old and not 100 as shown on her tombstone in Bathurst. Her grave is right near the church entrance.

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 248
• Name: James Frederick Flanegan 1820
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Occupation: 1820, Thorn farm, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer
• Occupation: 1842, Oliphant's Hoek, Alexandria, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Sawyer

Notes:

It is assumed that James Arthur is their son but no proof has been found either way.

Took over his fathers farm, THORN FARM. Was at King Williams Town by 1849.
It is interesting that he had Irish blood just like his mother-in-law.
Flanegan meaning: Personal name derived from Gaelic "Flann"; reddish, ruddy.
(84y).
name FLANNAGAN in Somerset Baptism Register

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

James married Ann Hulley, 1820 Settler on 31 Aug 1831 in St John the Evangelist, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ann (daughter of Richard Hulley, 1820 Settler and Ann Brangan, 1820 Settler) was born in 1814 in Co. Cork, Ireland; died on 13 May 1889 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 359
• Name: Ann Hulley 1820
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Queenstown Free Press 1889 2 April - June
Written by Sunelia Heath. Posted in Queenstown Free Press
Friday May 17, 1889
DIED,- At Queenstown, on Monday, May 13th, Ann (born HULLEY) wife of James FLANEGAN, aged 76 years. Other papers please copy.


Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

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6 children with Sarah Harman, of whom James was the 4th.
2 children with Mary Bigwood.

They lived in Chalford adjoining Westbury Leigh. He married Sarah as a minor.

James married Sarah Harman on 24 Sep 1764 in England. Sarah was born in 1742 in England; died in Jan 1784 in England; was buried in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: a Housewife

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: a Gardener

John + Jane. Jane was born est 1765 in England; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 250
• Name: Timothy Flanegan 1820
• Occupation: a Gunsmith
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

1820 Settler, member of Bailie's Party aboard the ship Chapman.
from Rootsweb posted by Carol Forsberg in 2010:
An original 1820 Settler (Gunsmith), Party: Bailie's; Ship: Chapman. E. Morse-Jones :- 1781 - A gunsmith he sailed in "Chapman" in 1819. He directed a division of Bailie's party after they reached their location. He painted in oils, including a fine self-portrait and portraits of his sons.
15 Sept 1827 - Surveyor Smith's diagrams included his farm, THORN FARM.Bailie's Party of Settlers - A collective experience in emigration - M.D. Nash
(A.A. Balkema). The following are extracts:-Land Grant Timothy
Flanegan :- Size 208 Morgen. Date of grant, 15/9/1841.
Survevor-general's diagram no. 216/1827.Biography - Timothy
(1781-c1826) - Gunsmith - (Pg 141).
Although described in the party lists as a gunsmith, there is no evidence that he practised this trade in the Colony. He joined J.E. Ford's sub-division of Bailie's Party but re-organised it under his own leadership in February 1821.
By 1824 he had acquired a considerable herd of cattle. He was granted a share of the Party's location. According to his death notice he was born in England, the son of Nicholas Flanegan, and died during 1824.
The death notice was only filed in 1853 and its information about his date of death is incorrect: He was present at a meeting of Bailie's Party in 1826 (5/2/1826) His daughter, Mary Ann married W.O. Lloyd (See Lloyd, Henry) and died young. Mrs Mary Flanegan died before 1835, and Flanegan's share of the location, named St Ann's Vale, was inherited by his three surviving children, James, Arthur and Elizabeth (Moorcroft).Was the name St Ann's Vale changed to Thorn farm?? Could it be that because the farm was surveyed after Timothy's death and granted after both he and his wife had passed on, the children renamed it? The farm may also have been sub-divided and James' portion became Thorn farm.Captain Trappe's was called on to intervene when Timothy Flanegan and his wife threatened and vilified William Hart after he had shot at their goats in his cornfield; and Flanegan and Henry Belmour combined to terrorise John Lawler and his women-folk, and insulted Mrs Lawler and her sister with scurrilous language.The Albany Settlers had discovered that a few hundred acres of Suurveld soil could not provide a family with a living. The Settlers who stayed to farm at Cuylerville, among them Timothy Flanegan, extended their land by the purchase of other allotments on the location. The value of land slumped during the general exodus from Albany after the war of 1834-35. They stood their ground through two more frontier wars. In 1846 the schoolhouse at Cuylerville provided a laager for the scattered inhabitants of the district, while homesteads and stacks belonging to amongst others, Timothy Flanegan, went up in flames. In 1851, during the 8th Frontier War, the defenders of Cuylerville included Timothy Flanegan.
NOTE: This last statement about Timothy Flanegan being involved in the defence fo Cuylerville in 1851 conflicts with a date of death in 1824 - suggest the death notice is correct at 1853.

Although described in the party lists as a gunsmith, there is no evidence that he practised this trade in the colony. He joined J.E.Ford's subdivision of Bailie's party but reorganised it under his own leadership in February 1821. By 1824 he had acquired a considerable herd of cattle. He was granted a share of the party's location. According to his death notice he was born in England, the son of Nicholas Flanegan, and died during 1824. The notice was only filed in 1853 and its information about his date of death is incorrect: Flanegan was present at a meeting of Bailie's party in 1826. His daughter Mary Anne married W.O.Lloyd (see LLOYD, Henry) and died young. Mrs Mary Flanegan died before 1835, and Flanegan's share of the location, named St Ann's Vale, was inherited by his three surviving children, James, Arthur and Elizabeth (Moorcroft).

From marriage records of his daughter Mary Ann, she was a Catholic.

An original 1820 Settler (Gunsmith), Party: Bailie's; Ship: Chapman.
E. Morse-Jones :- 1781 - A gunsmith he sailed in "Chapman" in 1819. He directed a division of Bailie's party after they reached their location. He painted in oils, including a fine self-portrait and portraits of his sons.
15 Sept 1827 - Surveyor Smith's diagrams included his farm, THORN FARM.Bailie's Party of Settlers - A collective experience in emigration - M.D. Nash
(A.A. Balkema). The following are extracts:-Land Grant Timothy Flanegan :- Size 208 Morgen. Date of grant, 15/9/1841.
Survevor-general's diagram no. 216/1827.Biography - Timothy (1781-c1826) - Gunsmith - (Pg 141).
Although described in the party lists as a gunsmith, there is no evidence that he practised this trade in the Colony. He joined J.E. Ford's sub-division of Bailie's Party but re-organised it under his own leadership in February 1821.
By 1824 he had acquired a considerable herd of cattle. He was granted a share of the Party's location. According to his death notice he was born in England, the son of Nicholas Flanegan, and died during 1824. The death notice was only filed in 1853 and its information about his date of death is incorrect: He was present at a meeting of Bailie's Party in 1826 (5/2/1826) His daughter, Mary Ann married W.O. Lloyd (See Lloyd, Henry) and died young. Mrs Mary Flanegan died before 1835, and Flanegan's share of the location, named St Ann's Vale, was inherited by his three surviving children, James, Arthur and Elizabeth (Moorcroft).Was the name St Ann's Vale changed to Thorn farm?? Could it be that because the farm was surveyed after Timothy's death and granted after both he and his wife had passed on, the children rena med it? The farm may also have been sub-divided and James' portion became Thorn farm.Captain Trappe's was called on to intervene when Timothy Flanegan and his wife threatened and vilified William Hart after he had shot at their goats in his cornfield; and Flanegan and Henry Belmour combined to terrorise John Lawler and his women-folk, and insulted Mrs Lawler and her sister with scurrilous language.The Albany Settlers had discovered that a few hundred acres of Suurveld soil could not provide a family with a living. The Settlers who stayed to farm at Cuylerville, among them Timothy Flanegan, extended their land by the purchase of other allotments on the location. The value of land slumped during the general exodus from Albany after the war of 1834-35. They stood their ground through two more frontier wars. In 1846 the schoolhouse at Cuylerville provided a laager for the scattered inhabitants of the district, while homesteads and stacks belonging to amongst others, Timothy Flanegan, went up in flames. In 1851, during the 8th Frontier War, the defenders of Cuylerville included Timothy Flanegan.

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Timothy married Mary Coleditch, 1820 Settler on 1 Aug 1802 in St James, Picadilly, Westminster, London, England. Mary was born in 1780 in England; died before Jan 1835 in Thorn farm, Albany, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 30
• Name: Mary Coledits
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Religion: the Protestant Church
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

The surname 'Meath' was found on the death notice of her daughter Elizabeth Moorcroft for her, but it appears that this was a mistake. During 1829 she applied to the Matrimonial Court to marry John Fennin who was born in Ireland, and a farrier in the Cape Mounted Rifles. On the application it is stated that her surname was Coleditch, widow of Timothy Flanegan.

In a partial transcription of a film from the Family History Centre, entitled "Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licenses: 1821-1884", the following: Entry #204, Husband John FENNIN, 36, Catholic, Ireland, Farrier in the Cape Mounted Rifle Corps, Widower, no children. Wife: Mary COLEDITCH, 49, Protestant, England, Widow of Timothy Flannegan. Date: 3/4/1829.

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 362
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery. Cutler's apprentice 1797.

see also http://www.tiger2.f2s.com/FamilyHistory/familytrees/southafrica/01/pafg01.shtml

see www,hulley.info

'Extract from the Title Deeds granted to Richard, the settler, "I do hereby grant unto Richard Hulley a piece of land, containing six hundred and ninety four morgen situated in the Division of Albany, being a portion of the location of Cawood's party bounded on the North east by the Cap River, South by Wainwright's, Mauncey's and Mandy's Party, and in the North West by David Cawood's,William Gradwell and Robert Kilbrook's."23rd day of June 1847 (Signed by) Sir Henry Pottinger, Governor of the Cape of Good Hope'


Richard and Ann were 1820 settlers. Arrived on the ship Stentor as members of Richardson's Group [21]. N.B. his age is given in burial register as 99 yr 10 mo, but this is incorrect (94 ys 10 mo). There is no gravestone for Richard in the Cradock cemetery [6]. Cutler's apprentice 1797 [33].

Richard William Hulley, the 1820 settler patriarch came with his wife and four children. Five more were born here. It took enterprise and courage for anyone, no matter how poor, to abandon his home in Britain in 1820 and migrate to a far and unknown part of the world such as Southern Africa. The difficulties, delays and expenses of transport were such that once leaving his native soil, the emigrant knew that it was unlikely that he would see his old home again.
Hard work and frontier dangers kept most immigrants to their lands. (95y).

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor

Buried:
Description: Rev E Gedye

Richard married Ann Brangan, 1820 Settler about 1809 in Ireland. Ann was born in 1783 in Bandon, Co Cork, Ireland; died in Dec 1844 in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Clumber, Bathurst (nr), Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2559
• Name: Ann Brangan 1820
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 13 Jan 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Notes:

gives BRANGHAM or BRAUGHAM, usually the former. [21] gives BRIDGHAM. [21] gives BRANGAN. Cannot trace a Boudon in Ireland (as per [14]): most likely Bandon, the place where her daughter Sarah was also born. [44] gives birth date as 1783.

The cemetery is situated in the grounds of the Methodist Church on Mount Mercy. On 16th April, 1826, the people were very apprehensive while 40 elephants passed this first church, on their way to feeding sites. Ann born & married at Bandon not Brandon - Richard's army records confirm. Bandon lies on the Bandon river in Cork County

Settler:
Richardson's party on the Stentor