Sydney Charles Bennett Pohl

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

died young

William married Susan Pringle Bennett on 5 Mar 1903 in Norwood. Susan (daughter of George Bennett and Ellen Stretch Pringle) was born in 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

George married Ellen Stretch Pringle on 14 Feb 1866 in Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Ellen (daughter of John Pringle, 1820 Settler and Susan Stretch) was born in 1836 in 'Glen Thorn', Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

He was a seaman and went to South Africa in 1808 Immigration: 20 Feb 1808, Table Bay - Arrival from Spithead, departure 28 Nov 1807, Sailed on the "Cambria" Ship
occ. 1808, British Hotel, African Court, Cape Town - Merchant (formerly Soldier 3rd Foot in 1804)
The following per Becky Horne:
20 Feb 1808: Mr. BENNETT, Merchant, arrives Table Bay in 'Cambria', John NEAT, Master, ex Spithead (28 Nov.) for the Cape. C.O. 6080.

14 May 1808: Mr. BENNETT announces his intention of leaving the Colony (he evidently changed his mind).
Cape Government Gazette.

27 Aug 1808: Charles TAYLOR advertises loss of his pocket book containing a Bill drawn by Mr. George BENNETT on Venables & Co. Cape Government Gazette.

14 May 1808: Mr. BENNETT announces his intention of leaving the Colony (he evidently changed his mind).
Cape Government Gazette.

00.00.1809: George BENNETT, Merchant, British Hotel. African Court Calendar: Directory.

15 Apr 1809: George BENNETT advertises for sale materials from the Wreck 'Nancy Collier', at No. 2 Castle Street. Cape Government Gazette.

10 Jun 1809: Reference to George BENNETT's Store at 2 Castle Street Cape Government Gazette.

00.00.1810: George BENNETT, Merchant, Castle Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.



Part II

20 Jan 1810: George BENNETT has moved from Castle Street to the Store lately occupied by Mr. DICK in Longmarket Street. (This was No. 28, corner of Longmarket and Loop Streets). Cape Government Gazette.

29 Sep 1810: Public Sale at the Stores of George BENNETT, Longmarket Street, "of sundry Merchandise; also for account of Mr. Thomas BENNETT. (Thomas BENNETT seems to have been his brother, who joined him with his wife and family in April 1813). Cape Government Gazette.

? Nov 1810: George BENNETT listed on Quotisatie (?) Roll of Inhabitants. R.D.G. (Regional Directory Gazette?)

5 Nov 1810: Marriage announced of George BENNETT to Catherine STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette.

24 Nov 1810: Announcement that the marriage had not after all taken place. Cape Government Gazette.

25 Nov 1810: Further announcement that this time the marriage had taken place. Cape Government Gazette.

00.00.1811: George BENNETT, Merchant, 28 Longmarket Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

** On 26 Jan 1811, George BENNETT stated under oath that he had married Miss Catherine STRETCH on
5 Nov 1810. The ceremony was performed by Rev. L. H. HALLORAN.
Afterwards this turned out to be a fraud?



Part III

00.00.1812: George BENNETT, Merchant, 28 Longmarket Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

11 Jul 1812: George BENNETT, 19 Hout Street. Cape Government Gazette.

3 Nov 1812: Baptism, performed by Rev. PARKER, of William Sims BENNETT, born 7 Oct 1812, s.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. British inhabitants. Cape Government Gazette and A.1939 2/1.

00.00.1813: George BENNETT, Merchant, 19 Hout Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

7 Feb 1814: Death of William Sims BENNETT, aged 16 months, s.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette.

13 Feb 1814: Baptism, (English Church - Anglican?) of Ellen, b. 23 Jan 1814, d.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette and A. 139 1/1/1.

16 Apr 1814: George BENNETT advertising for a Wet Nurse for his child, and a 'Boy' for his horse. (stable boy?)
Cape Government Gazette.



Part IV

00.00.1815: George BENNETT, Merchant, 1 Church Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

3 Jun 1815: George BENNETT advertising for a Wet Nurse. Cape Government Gazette.

4 Jun 1815: Baptism, performed by Rev. HEWETT, of Catherine Sims, b. 6 May 1815, d.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette and A.1939 1/1/1.

00.00.1816: George BENNETT, Merchant, 1 Church Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

07 Feb 1816: George BENNETT "having recently fitted up his House for the accommodation of Captains of Ships and their Passengers with Board and Lodging, 1 Church Street. Cape Government Gazette.

8 Sep 1816: Baptism, performed by Rev. Robert JONES, of Georgeana Lucretia, b. 15 Aug 1816, d.o. George BENNETT Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette and A.1939 1/1/1.

8 Sep 1816: George BENNETT declared Insolvent.

00.00.1817: George BENNETT, Merchant, 1 Church Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

05 Oct 1817: Baptism, performed by Rev. HOUGH, of John, b. 12 Sep 1817, d.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette and A.1939 1/1/1.



Part V

15 Nov 1817: George BENNETT "has taken the House of Mr. DICK, No. 31 Berg Street, where he will be enabled to offer accommodation on an enlarged scale", - James DICK being about to move to the country. Cape
Government Gazette

00.00.1818: George BENNETT, Lodgings, 31 Berg Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

18 Apr 1818: George BENNETT invites any Person wishing to engage himself as a Schoolmaster to a private English family in the Interior, to contact him.

18 Aug 1818: George BENNETT requires a Cook - 31 Berg Street.

26 Oct 1818: Opgaaf (Wyk No. 3) - George BENNETT, 31 Groentmarkt.(Owner - J. DICK), Lodgings, - occupants of house - 1 man, 1 woman, 3 daughters, 1 male Slave and 1 female. (Regional Directory Gazette?).

00.00.1819: George BENNETT, Lodgings, 31 Berg Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

09 Jan 1819: George BENNETT's Petition for Rehabilitation from Insolvency granted by the Court. Cape Government Gazette.

24 Jan 1819: Baptism, performed by Rev. HOUGH, of Lennox James, b. ?, d.o. George BENNETT and Catherine BENNETT née STRETCH. Cape Government Gazette.

27 Nov 1819: Reference to George BENNETT, Merchant, Graham's Town. Cape Government Gazette.

00.00.1820: George BENNETT, Lodgings, 31 Berg Street. African Court Calendar: Directory.

Note that on 5 May 1813 Mr. BENNETT, Cape Merchant, arrived Table Bay in 'Ranger', ex Algoa Bay (1 May) to this place - H. McGREGOR, Master C.O. 6081.

This could not have been Thomas, who had only reached Cape Town for the first time on 27 Apr 1813 - eighteen days before. It must have been George, who had evidently been up to Algoa Bay to investigate its
possibilities.
Conclusion.

Best wishes
Becky

George married Catherine Stretch on 25 Nov 1810 in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Catherine (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish) was born on 14 Nov 1791 in Limerick, Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 651
• Name: John Pringle 1820
• Occupation: an Agriculturist
• Residence: Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

His tombstone indicates his birth as being 21 April 1791 (Tessa King and Cemetery Recording CD from the GSSA ) - Pringles of the Valleys has his dob as 21 April 1787.

John and his brother Thomas started their farm in Eildon which they were allocated as part of the 1820 Settlers scheme. As Grant's party from Scotland decided to go to America rather than South Africa, and the sinking of the Aboena due to fire with loss of almost all the emigrant settler passengers, a lot of the surrounding farm land was not taken up by those potential settlers. The Pringles therefore had the opportunity to acquire more land to expand their farming enterprises. John did not get on with his younger brother, and went to assist Robert Hart in running the Somerset Government farm, and to learn the 'tricks' of farming in South Africa from Robert Hart. It was while he was there, that he met Susan Parr nee Stretch, a recent widow, and sister of Charles Lennox Stretch who had married Robert Hart's eldest daughter, Anna.


Herald, date unknown.
Settler family angry as home consigned rubble history
by Andrew Unsworth

Glenthorn, an 1820 Settler farmhouse in the Eastern Cape which belonged to the PRINGLE family for more than 150 years, is destined for demolition.

The loss of the home seven years ago upset surviving members of the prominent family, but it could disappear forever as the new owner cannot afford to keep it standing.

The National Monuments Council regards the house as historic but can do little to save it as it was never declared a national monument - a step that can be taken only with the owner's consent.

The farm was established north of Adelaide, Eastern Cape in 1824 by John PRINGLE, one of four brothers who led the 1820 British settlers, on land granted to him by Lord Charles SOMERSET. His brother, Thomas, went on to tackle the colonial authorities over the settlers' plight by founding a newspaper in Cape Town. His name is still linked to the freedom of the press in South Africa.

Built in 1841, the house was burnt to the ground and rebuilt three times in the frontier wars between the settlers and Xhosas. It was spared only after two women related to a chief were allowed to settle on the farm. Although it was altered and extended over the years, it remained in the PRINGLE family until it was sold by Errol PRINGLE seven years ago to settle debts.

The controversial sale left bitter divisions. One of Errol's brothers, Crighton PRINGLE of Bedford, said talk of the home in which he grew up opened old wounds and he was not prepared to discuss it. Another brother, Denzil PRINGLE of Grahamstown, was resigned to the house's fate. "One has to forget the past, but I would love to see it kept as a national monument."

The present owner, Louw DE BEER, lives on an adjoining farm, 'Marshall Vale', also once owned by a branch of the PRINGLE family. He has spent thousands on restoring the turn-of-the-century farm house, but the older homestead on Glenthorn has stood abandoned. "It's been vandalised and would cost too much to restore," he said. "I use and maintain the outbuildings, but the house has no economic use in a remote area like this. "One is sad to do it but there is really no choice."

The farm is in the heart of "settler country", nestling in a valley of the Winterberg mountains. Today, the house stands in what was once a magnificent garden. Its large rooms are long empty, save for stray sheep droppings, and the billiards room is marked only by a rectangle cut in the floor for the table. Pages of the family history, 'The Pringles of the Valley', lie scattered in what was once the study of Eric PRINGLE, its author and the father of the last owner.

The outbuildings served as a fort in the Frontier Wars and the window openings are angled to facilitate defensive gunfire. Nearby is a chapel built in 1840 by John PRINGLE and surrounded by the graves of generations of PRINGLEs. It's a national monument.

The demise of an old farmhouse is nothing new on the platteland. Ironically, the relics of pre-colonial human settlements have been protected by law since 1911, but buildings put up since 1652 were not, unless they were declared monuments. A relatively unknown clause of the National Monuments Act has, since 1986, extended some protection to any building more than 50 years old. But the National Monuments Council says the law is so wide that it is dependent on local authorities to refer sensitive cases to it. Many do, but the "50-year clause" has never really been applied and many suburban renovators are breaking the law.

Brian JACKSON, Eastern Cape head of the National Monuments Council, was horrified to hear of Glenthorn's planned demolition, but was not prepared to comment until he had seen the house. His intervention is all that stands between Glenthorn and the demolisher's hammer.



Settler:
Pringle's party on the Brilliant

John married Susan Stretch on 26 Mar 1822 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Susan (daughter of James St. Leger Stretch and Catherine Devenish) was born in 1791 in Ireland; died on 11 Jan 1879 in Adelaide, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Glen Thorn Cemetery (Presbyterian) on Glen Thorn farm, Mancazana Valley, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Susan or Susanna Stretch

Notes:

Conflicting dates: Ivan Mitford-Barberton in Some Frontier Families, under Stretch has Susan's years as 1798 - 1879 yet,under Hart, has her mother Anna's birth year as 1805.

DEATH NOTICE
Filed 17 March 1879 6/9/376 6523
Name of Deceased: Susan STRETCH
PRINGLE
Place of Birth: Ireland
Names of Parents: STRETCH
Age of Deceased:
Widow of the late John PRINGLE
Date of Death: 11 January 1879
Place of Death: 'Mill Bank',
Fort Beaufort
Names of Children and whether Major or Minor:
Robert Pears PRINGLE
James Stretch PRINGLE
Catherine PRINGLE
Isabella PRINGLE
Mary Anne PRINGLE
Ellen Stretch PRINGLE
Whether the deceased left any property movable or immovable? Wearing apparell and a few presents in Cash.
Signed by William Ainslie, Snr.

Susan Parr b. bet 1813-1816 London; d.9 Jul 1882 Battlesden Farm, Alice District. Married James Attwell on 27 Mar 1832.
She was d.o. Edward Parr [b. bet 1792-1795 England; d. abt 1818 England] and Susan Stretch [b.1796 Ireland; d. 11 Jan 1879 Adelaide, Cape, age 88].
Buried in Glenthorn Prebyterian Cem. Mancazana.
Susan was d.o.James St Ledger Stretch [b.1769 Knock Duff, County Cork, Ireland; d.23 Apr 1821 South Arica; buried Millbank, near Fort Beufort] and Catherine Devenish [b. 7 Aug 1767 Knock Duff, County Cork; d.31 May 1845 Adelaide, Cape aged 79] Buried Millbank, near Fort Beaufort.
Susan Stretch married a second time on 26 Mar 1822, after the death of Edward Parr, to John Pringle [b.31 Apr 1787; d.7 Apr 1864.

Notes:

Microfilm #1886513
Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Marriage Licenses: 1821 - 1884
Albany/Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
Item 7
Entry #11
Husband: John PRINGLE, 33, England
Wife: Susanna STRETCH, 30, Widow of the late Edward Parr,
1 child - left in England with her Mother
Date: 3/26/1822