Ernest William John Torr

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Samuel married Anna Sophia Matilda Randall on 17 May 1893 in St Simon and St Jude's, Peddie, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Anna (daughter of John Randall and Frances Maud Hayward) was born on 23 Feb 1874 in Gusha Mouth, Peddie dustrict, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 16 Apr 1874. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Thomas married Isabella Randall on 16 Apr 1850 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Isabella (daughter of James Randall, 1820 Settler and Rebecca Watts, 1820 Settler) was born on 22 Apr 1830 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 May 1830 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1903. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Occupation: a Housewife

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Married:
Description: Rev James Barrow

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Baptism: 12 Nov 1843, Bathurst & Lower Albany Circuit, Eastern Cape, South Africa

John married Frances Maud Hayward on 4 Jun 1873. Frances (daughter of William Hayward, 1820 Settler and Mathilda Ann Nelson, 1820 Settler) was born on 31 May 1853; died on 25 Sep 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes

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• Occupation: a Cutler / Paymaster / Farmer

Notes:

name TARR in Matrimonial Minutes. Robert and Sarah had at least 6 children as Thomas Robert has been quoted as the sixth.

per Lynn MacLeod:
'British Residents at the Cape" TORR, Robert, Sergeant 83rd Foot. 2/10/1813 subscribed at Grahamstown to Bible & Schools Commission. 17/1/1821 PR 3157 (Permission to remain) discharged from Cape Corps of Infantry Robert Torr was a Cutler by trade. On 4/6/1803 he signed up with the 83rd Foot regiment, and at the age of 20 he sailed from Cork to the Cape with his regiment, to take part in the 2nd British Occupation. A friend of his in the same regiment, Joseph Atkins,. was struck dead by lightning in the streets of early Cape Town, and Robert married his widow Sarah Atkins nee Ingham in Wynberg. He had six shildren by her, namely Mary, Hannah, William (remained a bachelor), Sarah, Jane and Thomas Robert. Sergeant Torr took part in the Zuurveld campaigns of Graham & Kuyler in 1811/12, and was then placed in charge of horses at Somerset Farm. He transferred to the Cape Infantry on 24/12/1813, and on 17/1/1821 he was granted permission to remain in the Cape. Discharged on health grounds on 23/5/1821, he was treated the same as the 1820 Settlers and granted an allotment of 88 morgen in Cock's Party at Green Fountains, where he died on 24 July 1824

Robert married Sarah Ingham on 10 Jan 1808 in Wynberg Military Camp, Wynberg, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Sarah was born in 1783 in England; died in Jan 1835 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 676
• Name: James Randall 1820
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
• Occupation: 1853, Mount Pleasant, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa; a Farmer

Notes:

James Jnr arrived in SA with his parents at the age of 3 years. He was given a farm in the Peddie district for services rendered in the 1835 Frontier War. This farm in the Peddie district was named 'Mount Pleasant', which borders on the Umtata River and is adjacent to the farms, Tharfield, Glendower, Falloden and Rush Fountain.

It was after the 8th and worst Kaffir war that James and his brother John applied for farms across the Fish River to start over again. James received 'Mount Pleasant', a 659 morgen farm in the district named Victoria County, between the Gualana and Mtati Rivers. John received 'Hoggsback' to the south of James' farm, also between the same two rivers. The government for the Ciskei homeland bought both of these farms.

A system of settlement suggested by Thomas Holden Bowker, but called the "Cathcart System", came into being after the 7th Frontier war of 1846. This system embraced the settling of selected farmers within the previously unappropriated portions of this territory. Preference was given to those applicants who had distinguished themselves during the Frontier wars. The farms were granted on condition of personal occupation and under a quitrent system.

At some stage James became the owner of a portion of the Lanham allocation No. 5 which was called Orange Grove. Today, Julius Samuels lives there in the original Lanham house, still standing and much enlarged.

It is presumed that James would have farmed his family's No. 10 land after the purchase of 'Oliveburn'.

His will was witnesses by his two nephews d & William Forrester.

It was after the 8th and worst Kaffir war that James and his
brother John applied for farms across the Fish River to start over again.
James received Mount Pleasant, a 659 morgan farm in the district named
Victoria County, between the Gualana and Mtati Rivers. John received Hoggsback
to the south of James' farm, also between the same two rivers. Both of these
farms were bought by the government for the Ciskei homeland. A system of settlement suggested by Thomas Holden Bowker, but called the "Cathcart System", came into being after the 7th Frontier war of 1846. This system embraced the settling of selected farmers within the previously
unappropriated portions of this territory. Preference was given to those
applicants who had distinguished themselves during the Frontier wars. The
farms were granted on condition of personal occupation and under a quit-rent
system.John Mitford Bowker suffered greatly from stock theft. He knew the Kaffirs for
what they were, people who could not see a herd of cattle belonging to someone
else, particularly a white man, without feeling - and generally acting on -
an itch to steal it. At some stage James became the owner of a portion of the Lanham allocation No.
5 which was called Orange Grove. Today, Julius Samuels lives there in the original Lanham house, still standing and much enlarged.It is presumed that James would have farmed his family's No. 10 after the
purchase of Oliveburn.

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

James married Eliza Hayward, 1820 Settler on 16 Aug 1836 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Eliza (daughter of James Hayward, 1820 Settler and Tabitha Grace Pristow, 1820 Settler) was born on 11 Apr 1819 in Frome, Somerset, England; died on 17 May 1910 in Mount Pleasant, Peddie District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 314
• Occupation: a Housewife
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Married Twice. Her second husband was John Berry Westcott. Her sons George & James and her daughters Rhoda & Sarah married their Westcott step-sisters & step-brothers. Eliza & John had no children together but share many descendants farm 'Mount Pleasant' to her son George & her daughter, Sarah Jane Westcott.

Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

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Married:
Description: Rev James Barrow

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 320
• Settler: 7 Jan 1820, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England

Notes:

Hayward, William
Last Name: Hayward
First Name: William
Date of Birth: 1815
Place of Birth: England
Parents - Father: James Hayward (q.v.)
Parents - Mother: Tabitha Grace
Name of Spouse: Matilda Ann d. Thomas Nelson
Marriage Date: 4 Oct 1836
Marriage Place: Bathurst, Cape
Date of Death: 14 Jun 1855 age 38
Place of Death: Fort Peddie, Cape
Notes: DN 3206/1855. Children, all minors:
William Henry
Jeremiah James
Louisa Mary
Adelaide Ann
Emily Agnes
Fanny Maud


Settler:
James's party on the Weymouth

William married Mathilda Ann Nelson, 1820 Settler on 4 Oct 1836 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Mathilda (daughter of Thomas Nelson, 1820 Settler and Mary Ann Corden, 1820 Settler) was born on 27 Jan 1819; died on 25 Jun 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 923
• Name: Mathilda Ann Nelson 1820
• Settler: 13 Feb 1820, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

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Settler:
Calton's party on the Albury