Notes: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Matches 30,501 to 30,550 of 30,880

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30501	Willson's party, sailed aboard the La Belle Alliance from The Downs on 12 February 1820 and arrived in Table Bay on 2 May 1820 and then Algoa Bay end of May 1820. Name of Settler Purdon, John - age 40 Name of Wife Mary nee Harison - age 34 Name and ages of children William (11), Henry (9), Elizabeth (5), Charles (2). According to a transcript of their marriage certificate: "....John Purdon, Drum Major of His Majesty's 53rd regiment of Foot, and Mary Harrison of the City of Dublin, spinster..." Dated 13th October 1802.	Purdon, John 1820 Settler (I16186)
30502	Wilson's party on the S.Belle Alliance. The family lived at Fairfax near the Kowie, and the settler is buried at Bathurst. Alexander Bisset had joined the Royal Navy in 1796 at the age of 12 as a midshipman and took part in many engagements under Nelson and other Admirals. He was a Lt. when he retired. Alexander BISSET, aged 32 (Lt. R.N.) was in Willson's party of the Belle Alliance with his wife Alicia (28), dau. of Admiral Edward Tyrrell SMITH, and their three children. They lived at Fairfax near the Kowie and Alexander is buried at Bathurst. Died at his residence, Graham's Town, on Wednesday 12th July 1848, Alexander BISSET Esq, Commander Royal Navy, aged 61 years. [Saturday 15 July 1848 Ght. Journal] b1. Alexander Charles, b. 1816 m. Sarah, dau of Capt. LAMONT, n.f. m2. 3 sons and 2 dau. "However, on this site and on Ancestry I note that Alexander Bissett's wife is given as Alicia Tindal Smith born in London. From my own research I would suggest that the Alicia Smith who married Alexander Bissett in 1812 was not Alicia Tindal Smith and the marriage took place in London not in the Channel Islands. There is a marriage Licence allegation dated 26 August 1812 and Pallots Marriage Index shows Alicia Smith m Alexander Bisset 1812, St Pancras, Middlesex. Alicia and her sisters, daughters of Admiral Edward Tyrrell Smith and Louisa Birkenhead, were born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire and baptised at St Chad's Church. [IGI and Parish record transcript fiche] I am descended from one of Alicia's half brothers who settled in Chatham, Kent Some of the Admiral's other children emigrated to Australia where there is quite a proliferation of descendants Hope this is of interest and of use. Regards Linda " From Some Frontier Families by Ivan Mitford-Barberton: BISSETT Arms: Azure, on a bend argent three mullets gules. Crest: Out of a stump of a tree eradicated and erased a single branch proper. Motto: REPULLULAT (I spring afresh.) a. ALEXANDER BISSET, aged 32 (Lt. R.N.) was in Wilson's party of the S. Belle Alliance with his wife Alicia (28) daughter of Admiral E.T. Smith, whom he had married at Jersey, Channel Islands, and their three children. They lived at Fairfax near the Kowie and Settler Alexander Bisset is buried at Bathurst. Their family is as follows: b1. Alexander Charles, born 1816, married Sarah, daughters of Capt. Lamont. No family. Married (2) in 1880 and had 3 sons 2 daughters. 2. John Jarvis born 1818, married (1) Charlotte, daughter of Dr. A.B. Morgan, surgeon to the 58th Regt. – 4 sons, 4 daughters. c1. Alexander, married Ella Barron, in England. family. 3. Christian, Jack & ?. 2. Walter married Frances, daughter of John Frank and his wife Ann Eliz. (born Bowker). 2 sons, Frank married Beryl Schultz (issue) Egerton married Eileen Wynne, no family. 3. Cecil married Constance Gaye, at the Cape. 4. Sidney, d.y. 5. Alice married (1) Sidney Carlisle, family. Mary, Sybil, Thomas, married (2) St. John Carr. 6. Helen married Theophilus Shepstone, son of Sir Theophilus Shepstone C.M.G. of Natal. He also had a distinguished career. 1 daughter 2 sons – Eva, Sydney, Frank. 7. Amy married C.H. Master – family. Charles, Arthur, Herbert, Amy. 8. Charlotte, born 1865. married in England, 1888 to Frank Euston. 2. John Jarvis married (2) Frances, daughter of Thomas Bridge, at Reigate, in 1888. 3. George, married -- Behreus, large family. 4. Charles R. Walter, unmarried. 5. Sarah Maria married P.W. Lucas, manager of the E.P. Bank in Grahamstown. He had been educated at Christchurch (Blue Coats) School. Came to S.A. with parents. 6. Harriet married (1) Capt. Fred Alcock. c1. Alicia married Capt. Gould of the 13th Regt. 2. Fanny married Capt. Martin of the 2nd Queens Regt. Son of Fredk Martin. 3. Fred Alcock married Amy Franklin. Harriet married (2) J. Jameson, a merchant of Australia. 7. Alicia Honor married F.J. Mills, large family. One, William Mills emigrated to America. The Bisset family can be traced back to the time of William the Conqueror, when they obtained large estates in the Inverness area, while in 1230 Sir John Bisset founded the priory of Beaulieu in Ross Shire. Settler Alexander Bisset had joined the Royal Navy in 1796, at the age of 12, as a midshipman and took part in many engagements under Nelson and other Admirals. He was a Lt. when he retired. His son Alexander Charles farmed in the East London area and was quite well-known as a painter. Of John Jarvis's family, his eldest son Alexander was educated at Wellington College, England, then in Canada, where his father was in command of troops before being transferred to Gibraltar. Alexander finally settled in Natal as a farmer. The second son Walter was educated at Diocesan College, Cape, then at Cheltenham, England. Farmed in Natal and finally became a mine manager in Johannesburg. Cecil was educated with Walter, was an engineer on the first Railway works in Natal. Was in the Natal Carbineers under Shepstone and served through the Zulu War (1879) with credit and distinction as a Lt. He was then appointed to the Cape Infantry Regt and was with it till disbanded about 1887. Went to the Gold Fields. Alice's husband Sidney Carlisle, was a solicitor and High Sheriff of the Eastern Cape. Moved to Kimberley and died on an expedition to the interior. Charlotte born 1865, lost her mother at birth and was brought up by her mother's sister, wife of Col Randall, C.B. b3. John Jarvis Bisset (later C.B., K.C.M.G.) wrote of his first patrol in the Sixth Frontier War 1835: "We proceeded to some farms on the Kareiga River south of Grahamstown, to give warning or assistance to the scattered homesteads. On arriving at Botha's Farm, we found the Dutch women running from house to house with children under their arms, screaming that their husbands were surrounded by Kaffirs some ten miles away. We rode very fast in the direction of the firing and found three Dutchmen encircled in a small clump of bush by some hundreds of Kaffirs. They kept hurling assegais, but were afraid to rush in as the Dutchmen kept up a rapid fire from their two guns. The third man had no gun. We came up just as they exhausted their ammunition. The natives dispersed after having captured their waggons and oxen. The men were in a sad plight, one having received nineteen assegai wounds and the other twenty-two. The clump of bush resembled a porcupine, for it bristled with assegais sticking in every tree." After serving through the Sixth Frontier War as a lad of 17 he decided to make the army his career. He obtained a commission as Ensign and Lieutenant in a battalion of native infantry. In 1842 he was Field Adjutant to a division of troops in the Colesberg area. He served throughout the Seventh Frontier War (1846) where he held the appointment of Deputy Assistant Quartermaster General. He was present at the battle of Gwanga and several minor affairs with the Xhosas, and finally was appointed Brigade Major of British Kaffraria. At the outbreak of the Eighth Frontier War (1850) he was severely wounded at the Boomah Pass in the Amatola Mountains. General Sir John Bisset was the author of "Sport and War" which, in addition to hunting experiences, gives an interesting personal account of the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Frontier Wars. For many years he commanded that famous old regiment the Cape Mounted Rifles and retired with the rank of Lt. General. From 1865-7 he held the post of Lt. Governor of Natal, receiving the Order of C.B. in 1867 and K.C.M.G. in 1877. A close relation of the Settler Bisset was James Bisset (Senior), J.P., Mem. Inst. C.R., M.N.S.I., who came out to the Cape in 1858 with a party of railway engineers to build the first railway from Cape Town to Wellington (55 m.) and at the same time another section from Cape Town to Wynberg, a distance of 9 miles. Mr. Bisset also took a leading part in the construction of the railway from Port Elizabeth to Uitenhage, and from East London to King William's Town. Major James Bisset married in 1862 Miss E.M.C. Jarvis, daughter of the late Hon. H.C. Jarvis, M.L.C. of Cape Town, by whom he had six sons and one daughter. Two sons were Barristers at Law, two were Attorneys and Notaries, and two were Government Land Surveyors, leaving many descendants in the Cape. Alexander BISSETTand his wife Alicia were the witnesses at the marriage of Walter CURRIE to Ann LOWE, which also took place in Jersey , Channel Islands. It would appear, from what I can discover, that Walter and Alexander had become friends in the navy, and were lifelong friends. Walter CURRIE and his family also travelled to the Cape Colony in Willson's party with the BISSETT's. In fact Alexander BISSETT had made an application to bring his own party to the Colony, and this party included the entire CURRIE family, as well as some of Walter CURRIE's cousins from his mother's side. Their surname was PATERSON. However, this application was not successful.	Bisset, Lieutenant Alexander 1820 Settler (I2833)
30503	Wimbledon	Dean, Mary Ann (I28577)
30504	Winburg NGK Baptism Register: Filippus (?Philippus) Johannes RAWLINS, b. 17 Oct 1858, chr. 27 Feb 1859; Entry #3069; Ds. P ROUX; Parents: Josef (sic) Willem (sic) RAWLINS, Margrieta (sic) Maria OOSTHUIZEN; Godparents: Theodorus Ernst VAN NIEKERK, Maria Catharina Susanna SCHOLTZ	Rawlins, Phillipus Johannes (I106708)
30505	Winburg NGK Baptism Register: Martha Maria ROLLINS (sic), b. 28 Feb 1861, chr. 28 Apr 1861; Entry #no number; Ds. not named; Parents: Jozef Willem ROLLINS (all sic), Margrieta (sic) Maria OOSTHUIZEN; Godparents: Petrus W OOSTHUIZEN, Anna Margrieta ?GUNTER	Rawlins, Martha Maria (I106709)
30506	Wine merchant, distiller, in partnership with Abraham Gray.	Steel, Jonathan (I68504)
30507	Winifrid had 3 sisters and one brother:Chrstie (known as Crissie), twins-Eva and Edward(known as Toddy) and Eunice (known as Pickles)	Ancell, Winifrid (I100775)
30508	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Rudman, Winston Charles (I112774)
30509	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Peter John Jordan / Eleanor Clench (F36221)
30510	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: James Grierson Bland / Edith May Ferris (F36239)
30511	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Ronald Neville Jordan / Meryl Sheila Jeffrey (F36235)
30512	with help from Thora Jansen, Anita Caithness and Margaret Harradine	Source (S886)
30513	with help from Thora Jansen, Anita Caithness and Margaret Harradine	Source (S887)
30514	With reference to the photo of Mary Jane and her daughters: She made all the dresses herself including her own and was very cross because no-one had told her that her cap wasn't straight. From Left to Right: Lilly (John Duthie) Ida (first to be engaged, showing her ring, Horace Nelson Maggs) Gladys (Tom Bowker) Mother (SJ Hart) Eulalie (Miles Duthie Bowker) Lylie (died of cancer) Myrtle (Charles Roberts) Front: Pearl (Fred Hutchinson) Amy or Amie (adopted grandchild married Leo Barnes)	Cottingham, Mary Jane (I564)
30515	With the formation of the party in England, MENEZES undertook that on arrival he would distribute the party's land in equal shares and would do his best to settle any quarrels or complaints that may arise. Moreover everyone in the party solemnly agreed to Bear this motto in our hearts. "To do to each other as we would wish others to do to us and that the Sabbath shall be kept holy and all manner of work desisted from and that lying and swearing shall be considered as a Breach of our Articles." Richard BOWLES was herding some of his troublesome cattle, his stentorian voice swearing and cursing, a passing missionary listened and then proceeded to rebuke him for his use of bad language. Bowles felt terribly ashamed as he remembered the undertaking that he had agreed upon while in England prior to sailing to Algoa Bay. He apologised and asked the missionary, Mr MUNRO, if before he moved on, he would kindly hold a service for those close by. At this service, held at the home of Mr & Mrs Thomas EASTLAND, BOWLES felt "strangely warmed" and not long thereafter he rode into Grahamstown to ask Mr Munro to hold regular services at Kariega. This request was out of the question but what MUNRO decided to do was to arrange for the newly arrived Rev DAVIES to do duty. This was then the first rural Baptist Church gathering for Europeans in the Colony. Richard BOWLES, his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Ester were the first recorded Baptisms in the Kariega community. In a letter written in 1833 to the Baptist Mission Society in London, Rev DAVIES states,"I have one station in the country called Kariega which I supply once a fortnight. The seed has fallen on good ground. Three from thence have already been baptised. Some of the individuals referred to above used to make the hills echo with their drunken revels. Now the wilderness and the solitary place are glad for them." In 1846 came the War of the Axe and during the conflict no religious gatherings were held for more than 6 months. In July 1849 John GEARD and William DAVIES rode from Grahamstown, and found the settlers eager for services. A lay-preacher's plan was drawn up and James BAINES and John WEBBER served as lay preachers under the guidance of the two ministers. Hay & the Church Rev A HAY, who had settled in Grahamstown, came to Kareiga as often as possible and his devotion to his followers in the area never wavered even though on many occasions he had to walk some 30 miles to preach his sermon. The Settlers, who had returned and had laid down their rifles now took up their trowels and under the direction of Rev. HAY once more began with the construction of their church building. While the church was being completed services were held in Richard BOWLES' house. Dedication of Church By December 1854 the humble church had been completed and furnished. The building, with mud floor and thatch roof, was finally dedicated at a ceremony at which Charles WEBBER'S son John led the singing playing his flute. Thus over the door of the church two dates are shown 1834 - 1854. Had the church been completed by the former date, 1834, it would have been the oldest established church building in the Baptist Union of South Africa. Daniel Webber Source Doc: Cape Archives Source: DOC; Vol No: 4/1/74 Ref: 9 Mortgage Bond dated 26 Mar 1876, Graham’s Town Summary: Daniel Webber of Vaalvley, District of Albany, takes out a second Mortgage on perpetual quitrent land situate in the District of Albany, Fieldcornetcy of Lower Bushmens’ River now called Spring Farm; Hare Wood measuring 450 morgen and 30 square roods. He becomes indebted to John Edwin Wood and Thomas Wood trading as Wood Bros for the sum of 250 Pounds. A Deed of Transfer and the conditions of payment and interest are stated and the solicitor concerned is Henry Matthew of Cape Town. Spring Farm was originally owned by Richard and Elizabeth Bowles, 1820 settlers. Their joint Will names John Webber, a brother of Daniel as co-executor with their son Richard Bowles. Of course each of their children received a share of their land, so this portion of Spring Farm was probably the inheritance of Daniel’s wife, Maria Eliza Amos who was a grandchild of theirs – probably having inherited a portion of the land left to her father, Thomas Amos, child of Elizabeth Amos/Bowles. The farm Harewood situated at the mouth of the Fish River was one of two farms settled by the Baillie and Crause families in 1820. John Baillie was the leader of Baillie’s party which came in 1819 on board the Chapman. The second farm owned by John Baillie was Hopewood. Daniel Webber had somehow acquired a portion of this original farm. One of the many Bowles descendants married a son of Thomas Wood so it is likely that the families knew each other. Grahamstown Journal – 1863 – April – June https://www.eggsa.org/newspapers/index.php/grahamstown-journal/1170-grahamstown-journal-1863-2-april-to-june Written by Sue Mackay Tuesday 2 Jun 1863 DIED at his residence Kariega on the morning of the 25th May, Richard BOWLES, aged 86 years. One of the Original British Settlers of 1820, born Dova [sic, should be Dover]. He died as he lived, trusting on the Lord. Oh, reader, that your end may be like his.	Bowles, Richard 1820 Settler (I18751)
30516	With this entry no mention is made of the father only the mother Mary Elizabeth Zimmerman. Rev. F H Williams performed the ceremony and it was witnessed by Charles Zimmerman; Conrad Zimmerman and Emma Zimmerman	Zimmerman, Charles Henry (I130014)
30517	WITHYCOMB is a possible spelling of the name.	Withycombe, Ethelina Annie (I11829)
30518	Witness Recorded : "SAMUEL PACKWOOD sworn knows parents of the bride and they consent to the proposed marriage"	Liversage, Elizabeth 1820 Settler (I36715)
30519	Witness Role: Minister Name: Aal Albertyn	Family: Richard Thomas Wheeler / Gertruida Magdalena Smith (F32242)
30520	Witness Role: Minister Name: Acpp Meiring	Family: John Thomas Gowar / Harriet Elizabeth Wheeler (F32286)
30521	Witness Role: Minister Name: Cs Morgan	Family: Richard Thomas Wheeler / Hermina Catharina Bothma (F32284)
30522	Witness Role: Minister Name: Dj Minnaar	Family: Samuel Izaak Fourie / Jacoba Elizabeth Rothman (F32318)
30523	Witness Role: Minister Name: Dj Minnaar	Family: Frederik Gerhardus Bernardus van Wyk / Aletta Elizabeth Booyens (F32319)
30524	Witness Role: Minister Name: Edmund Pain	Bowker, Thomas Holden (I186)
30525	Witness Role: Minister Name: Jc Grosskopf	Family: Lambertus Johannes Gerhardus van der Linde / Aletta Maria Wheeler (F32334)
30526	Witness Role: Minister Name: Jg de Bruyn	Family: Richard Thomas Wheeler / Anna Maria Smith (F32274)
30527	Witness Role: Minister Name: Pa Groenewald	Family: Frederik Gerhardus Bernardus van Wyk / Christina Isabella Fourie (F32317)
30528	Witness Role: Minister Name: Qi Burke	Family: Andries Boland / Elizabeth Gertruida Jacoba Wheeler (F32340)
30529	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev Albertus P/Acpp Meiring	Family: Christiaan Jacob Wheeler / Jacomina Christina du Toit (F32273)
30530	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev G Thom	Family: Peter Wheeler / Maria Martha van Helsdingen (F32342)
30531	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev John Heavyside	Family: John Futter, 1820 Settler / Mary Ann Cunningham (F29210)
30532	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Antony John Futter / Sarah-Leigh Sloman\Kindler (F29364)
30533	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev Meiring	Wheeler, Aletta Maria (I89341)
30534	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev Rider	Bowker, Allan Turner (I116877)
30535	Witness Role: Minister Name: Rev W a du Toit	Family: Richard Thomas Wheeler / Martha Sophia Strauss (F32366)
30536	Witness Role: Minister Name: Stanley Allum	Family: George Curry / Anna Sophia Wheeler (F32294)
30537	Witness Role: Witness Name: Elizabeth Harvey Witness Role: mother or sister? Witness Role: Witness Name: Peter / Witness Role: undecipherable surname Witness Role: Chaplain Name: James Barrow	Family: Robert MacDonald / Mary Ann Harvey (F43584)
30538	Witness Role: Witness Name: John Van Niekerk & F Sondin	Family: James Cornelius Flooks / Johanna Susan Jacoba (Annie Susan) Smith (F11995)
30539	Witness Role: Witness Name: Maria Keith	Family: James Shearer / Elizabeth Johnston (F1145)
30540	Witness Role: Witness Name: Michael Broome Witness Role: Witness Name: Thomas Forrest	Family: Isaac Dugmore, 1820 Settler / Maria Hare, 1820 Settler (F1227)
30541	Witness Role: Witness Name: Michael Broome Witness Role: Witness Name: Thomas Forrest	Family: Isaac Dugmore, 1820 Settler / Maria Hare, 1820 Settler (F1227)
30542	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Bowker, Emma Pauline Erle (I116916)
30543	witness to marriage was Francis William Collett	Collett, Mary Lavinia (I45080)
30544	Witness to the marriage was her sister Mary Ann	Family: George Edward Leppan / Elizabeth Geer (F7270)
30545	Witness: Eliza Rayster?, SJ Caldicott	Family: John Verity / Ann Amelia Leach, 1820 Settler (F13885)
30546	witness: Fred Joseph Thomas	Family: Mortimer Claude Pote / Jessie Oak Thomas (F13812)
30547	Witness: James Keightley, Elizabeth Keightley	Family: Richard Hayhurst, 1820 Settler / Elizabeth Toynbee, 1820 Settler (F15541)
30548	Witness: Joseph Gush	Family: John Edward Slater / Margaret Gush (F13797)
30549	At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: Craig Geoffrey Dodge / Lesmeri Heather Thorne (F3748)
30550	witness:John Bowman and John Reeve	Family: William Penny, 1820 Settler / Rosanna Brock, 1820 Settler (F30000)

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