Samuel Wilmot Webster

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Martha Lucy Randall. Elizabeth was born on 19 Jul 1878; died on 22 Oct 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Beatrice Olive Webster was born in 1901; died in 1982.
2. Enid Dorothy Webster was born on 24 Aug 1902; died on 8 Apr 1953.
3. Violet Lucy Webster was born on 10 Apr 1904 in Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Allan James Webster was born in 1905.
5. Rayner Randall Webster was born in 1907; died in 1982.
6. Walter Henry Webster was born in 1908; died in 1969.
7. William Laurence Webster was born in 1913; died in 1945.
8. Herbert Wilmot Webster was born in 1916; died in 1974.
9. Basil Owen Webster was born in 1917; died in 1986.

Family/Spouse: Grace Esther Watson. Grace (daughter of John William Watson and Emily Jane Wilmot) was born on 27 Oct 1880 in Russell Park, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 30 Nov 1880 in Somerset East Church (Methodist), Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Millicent Mary Watson. Millicent (daughter of John William Watson and Emily Jane Wilmot) was born on 24 May 1893 in Russell Park, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 15 Jun 1893 in Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Vaughan Webster

Family/Spouse: Bertha Susannah Watson. Bertha (daughter of John William Watson and Emily Jane Wilmot) was born on 17 Dec 1895 in Russell Park, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Jan 1896 in Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 9 Sep 1973. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: James Franklin Webster

James married Mary Ellen Wilmot on 20 Nov 1878. Mary (daughter of Samuel Wilmot and Esther Watson) was born on 30 Jul 1853 in Spring Vale, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 14 Nov 1853 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 17 Sep 1934 in Basson's Kloof farm, Somerset East district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Ann's Villa, Zuurberg, Somerset East District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Mary Ellen (Marg) Wilmot

John married Ann Elizabeth Whall on 7 Oct 1839. Ann was born on 24 Nov 1819 in 7 Callender Yard, Long Alley, Moorfields,; died on 31 May 1865 in Basson's Kloof farm, Somerset East district, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Samuel married Esther Watson on 19 Dec 1849 in Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Esther (daughter of William Watson, 1820 Settler and Mary Ellen Wyatt, 1820 Settler) was born on 2 Apr 1831 in Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Dec 1918 in Spring Vale, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Name: Hester Watson

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• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2816
• Name: Joseph Edward Wilmot 1820
• Occupation: a Glass Cutter
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

His apprenticeship indenture reads as follows: " Joseph Edward Wilmot, late a Boy of Christ's Hospital and son of Joseph Wilmot, Citizen and Carrier of London, doth put himself Apprentice to Richard Clement, his uncle, of the Parish in the County of Middlesex, Piano Forte maker." This document is dated 7 June 1804. Christ's Hospital is, of course, the well-known "Blue-coats School" in Newgate Street, whose pupils still wear 17th century uniforms with the disHis encounter with piano-making was not successful and on 4 Jan 1805, his apprenticeship was transferred to Humphery Levy, cut glass manufacturer, also of the parish of St Anne, Soho, but who is listed in Holden's Directory of London being of 6, Denzell St., Clare Market, Holborn, London. It was this trade that he practised when he was recruited for Sephton's Party of 1820 Settlers.His first wife was still alive at that time, but must have died shortly afterwards and, six weeks before departure from England, he remarried. The recruiting documents were not altered and his first wife's name remained on the official document. The party were settled at Salem where he received a small grant of land, on which he lived until 1839. During the 6th Frontier war of 1835, together with the other Salem families, they took refuge in the laager which was centred on the church. An attack by a band of some 500 Xhosa warriors was averted by the heroism of Richard Gush. In 1839, Joseph acquired the farm Springvale [also known as Zuur Kloof], about 5 kms north-east of the village of Sidbury. Many of the family are buried on this farm. He was appointed a Justice of the Peace. In 1832, Elizabeth Lambley of Barking, in Essex, made a will in which she left five pounds each to "the four sons and the daughter of my cousin Joseph Wilmot". The residue of her estate was left to her nephew and neice, George and these were probably second cousins to Joseph Edward and when George died, his intestate estate was inherited by Joseph Edward. There are letters in the Albany Museum, the first dated 15 April 1840. These were from his brother "who was administering the entailed property on his behalf. It appears that the principal assets were two houses and a collection of books. Abraham states that their cousin George Wilmot had died on 15 March 1840, aged 57 years, a houses were let at fifty pounds per annum each.

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

Joseph married Susannah Richmond, 1820 Settler on 27 Dec 1819 in London Church (St Martin-in-the-Fields - Westminster), London, England. Susannah was born on 17 Mar 1787 in Barrowden, Rutlandshire, England; was christened on 18 Mar 1787 in Barrowden, Rutlandshire, England; died on 22 May 1835 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2817
• Name: Susannah Richmond
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

It must have been her and NOT Ann Routledge that came out as Joseph's wife. Therefore she would be the Settler.

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2809
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Arrive Algoa Bay on board Aurora 15 May 1820.

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

William married Mary Ellen Wyatt, 1820 Settler about 1819. Mary was born on 18 Dec 1796 in England; died on 18 Jul 1871 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 2810
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora