George Biddulph

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Residence: 1836, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Residence: 1846, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

George (1795-1857), fourth son of Simon Biddulph, was entered on Bailie's party list of 25 August 1819, but withdrew before the party emigrated. He subsequently joined his family in South Africa, and was in Graaff Reinet in 1836 and Albany in 1846. He died in the Stafford Asylum, Staffordshire, England in 1857.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 972
• Occupation: a Farmer
• Residence: Tamworth, Staffordshire, England
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

He was the son of Walter Biddulph and his wife Mary Adcock of Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire. He married Ann Burnet, daughter of Captain Thomas Burnet RN, and lived at Tamworth and Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
He emigrated with his wife and five of their surviving 11 children, and a capital of £500. They withdrew from Bailie's party on arrival at Algoa Bay, and Simon Biddulph was granted a separate farm which he called Birbury, as well as a building erf and ten morgen of land at Bathurst. He built a house and general store at Bathurst on land belonging to Henry Ellis, which was more centrally situated than his own, but he suffered heavy business losses when the magistracy was removed to Grahamstown, and he was forced to sell his cattle and breeding mares to pay his creditors. When Bathurst was evacuated at the outbreak of war in 1834, Simon Biddulph and his wife lived in Grahamstown for two months before moving to Graaff Reinet where their son John Burnet Biddulph had established himself. After the latter's death in 1837, Simon Biddulph was appointed storekeeper of his gunpowder magazine, but subsequently returned to Bathurst where he purchased a house from John Morris in May 1840. He died at Bathurst in January 1842, leaving his wife, three sons and a widowed daughter (Mrs Edward Roberts) living in the Cape Colony, a son and a married daughter living in New South Wales, and three married daughters in London. His estate included Birbury, his house at Bathurst, a mortgaged house at Graaff Reinet, and an erf at Bathurst given him by Colonel Bird, in addition to movable property and a trust fund that had been established for his children at the time of his marriage. Mrs Ann Biddulph died in 1844.

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Simon married Ann Burnet, 1820 Settler on 11 Jul 1785 in Halesowen, Worcestershire, England. Ann (daughter of Thomas (Capt) Burnet, RN and Mary Hinchley) was born in Aug 1765; died on 10 Feb 1844 in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried on 12 Feb 1844 in Bathurst Church (St John's - Anglican), Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 968
• Settler: 3 Dec 1819, Gravesend, Kent, England
• Residence: 1822, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Notes:

Thursday February 15 1844
Died at Bathurst on the 10th instant, in the 79th year of her age, Ann BIDDULPH, widow of the late Simon BIDDULPH Esquire, formerly of Tamworth in the County of Staffordshire.
She was the only daughter of Thomas BURNET Esquire, Captain and Commander in the Royal Navy, and great granddaughter of the celebrated Gilbert BURNET, Bishop of Salisbury and (upon the death of her brother the late Major General John BURNET) became sole legal personal representative of that learned Prelate.
From the Grahamstown Journal CO53/15 National Archives, London
Transcribed by Sue Mackay

Settler:
Bailie's party on the Chapman

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire, England

Walter married Mary Adcock on 24 Sep 1745 in Old Radford, Nottinghamshire, England. Mary was born est 1725 in Shenston, Staffordshire, England; died in 1779. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Tamworth and Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England

Thomas + Mary Hinchley. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]