George Samuel Wood

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes

Notes:

Auctioneer, First Mayor of Grahamstown, and a Member of the Legislative Council for the Cape Province.

George married Frances Elizabeth Cotterell Hoole in May 1849. Frances (daughter of James Hoole, 1820 Settler and Jane Cotterell, 1820 Settler) was born in 1829 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 9 Apr 1843 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 26 Sep 1908 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. George Alfred James Wood was born on 14 May 1850 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 25 Jul 1850 in Trinity Church, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 7 Sep 1922 in Vincent, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
2. Edwin Able Wood was born on 24 Apr 1853 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Aug 1856 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
3. James Garbett Wood was born on 22 Jan 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 8 Apr 1855 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died in 1858 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
4. Harriet Jane Wood Wood was born on 13 Jul 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 13 Sep 1857 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 13 Mar 1924 in Thornhill farm, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
5. Charlotte Elizabeth Wood Wood was born on 12 May 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 5 Jun 1859 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 10 Jul 1930 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; was buried in Brixton Cemetery, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
6. Francis Garbett Wood Wood was born on 26 Jan 1861 in West Hill, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 19 Mar 1861 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 8 Apr 1920 in Woodbourne, Drostdy, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
7. Florence Emily Wood Wood was born on 25 Feb 1862 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 30 Nov 1876 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
8. Eleanor Kiell Wood Wood was born on 2 Jun 1864 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened on 4 Sep 1864 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 31 Aug 1916 in Woodbourne, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
9. Josephine Ethel Wood Wood was born on 22 Jan 1874 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa; died on 4 Apr 1965 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 850
• Settler: 15 Feb 1820, Gravesend, Kent, England

Notes:

see references in "Some Frontier Families" by Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, page 293

George Wood, apprenticed to Richard Smith, a carpenter, cane out with Sephton's party on board the Brilliant. They settled at Salem with a community notable among the settlers for 'the order with which its affairs were conducted, both spiritual and temporal.'

George WOOD was an 1820 Settler who was apprenticed to one of the Settlers but ran away on arriving in the Cape. He was taken in by old man Thackwray and began trading. He later became a MP, speculated in property and left a very large estate.



Settler:
Sephton's party on the Aurora

George married Susannah Garbett, 1820 Settler on 6 Jul 1826 in Grahamstown Cathedral (St Michael and St George), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Susannah (daughter of Samuel Garbett and Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler) was born on 3 Aug 1809 in London, England; was christened on 10 Jun 1810 in St Andrew Holborn, London, England; died on 14 Feb 1889. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1820 Lineage: Yes
• Settler ID: 3652
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Susannah and her brother Thomas were stepchildren of taxidermist Joseph Donovan, who came out on La Belle Alliance with Willson's party.

Extract from "They came from a far land" by May Bell - Page 18:
Susan was a demure little nine-year-old, with pale gold hair and the mild expression so much admired at that time. But placid as she appeared, Susan was a frightened child: afraid of her stepfather, afraid of the sea - which had drowned her sailor uncle - enduring agonies of concealed terror in the storms they passed through. For her little brother Thomas she had an absorbed devotion, perhaps because she felt the two of them to be alone in the world.
Her father had been a musician. He died young, leaving his wife two children, a pile of manuscript music, and not much else. Fortunately for Mrs Garbett, who seems to have been a nonentity, but a blonde and pretty one - she met and married Joseph Donovan and produced two sons.....He [Joseph Donovan] could not bear the idea of his wife having belonged to another man. He burnt all Garbett's manuscript music, for which Susan never forgave him, and he may sometimes have wished that Garbett's children could have been as easily disposed of. Susan certainly thought so."

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

Notes:

Married:
Description: Rev John Ireland

George married Martha, - wife of George Alfred Wood about 1800. Martha was born about 1785. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married Susannah Clark, 1820 Settler on 6 Oct 1807 in Christ Church, Southwark, London, England. Susannah (daughter of John Clark and Lucy) was born in 1794; died on 21 Oct 1835 in At sea aboard Roxburgh Castle en route to South AFrica from India.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Settler ID: 3895
• Settler: 12 Feb 1820, The Downs, Deal, Kent, England

Notes:

Email from Shirley Black, of Melbourne, Australia, gave her father as a John Clark.

Susanna died on board the Roxburgh Castle en route from Calcutta, India. This information was at the Cape Archives. She wrote a will out leaving her possessions and younger children in the care of George Wood who was married to Susanna Garbett her daughter

Settler:
Willson's party on the La Belle Alliance

John + Lucy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]