Charles James Spiller, 1820 Settler

1791 - 1866  (75 years)

• Name	Charles James Spiller
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Born	7 Apr 1791	England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	8 May 1791	St Mary, Newington, Southwark, London   [1]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	3 Dec 1819	Gravesend, Kent, England
  	Crause's party on the Nautilus
  Settler ID	1498
  Name	James Charles Spiller
  Occupation	silk trimming maker
  Died	13 May 1866	Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  	Cause: murdered by a burglar
  Person ID	I117296	master
  Last Modified	3 May 2022

  
  

  Family 1	Catherine Madden, 1820 Settler,   b. 3 Nov 1792, London, England ,   d. 31 Jan 1873, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 80 years)
  Married	22 Jun 1815	St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England   [1]
  Children	+ 1. Susannah Burton Spiller, 1820 Settler,   b. 30 Jan 1816, London, England ,   d. 5 Jan 1905, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 88 years) + 2. Mary Ann Spiller, 1820 Settler,   b. 31 Mar 1818, London, England ,   d. 29 Mar 1903, Turfontein, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa  (Age 84 years)   3. Charles James Spiller,   b. 6 Nov 1819, London, England ,   d. Bef 1820  (Age < 0 years)   4. Thomas Madden Spiller,   b. 1824, England ,   d. 14 Mar 1861, Winburg, Free State, South Africa  (Age 37 years) + 5. Harriet Spiller,   b. 3 Dec 1825, Graaf Reinet, Western Cape. ,   d. Abt Mar 1918, Graaf Reinet, Western Cape.  (Age 92 years) + 6. Robert Charles Spiller,   b. 14 Feb 1826, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa ,   d. 22 Oct 1863, Diep Kloof farm. Burgersdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa  (Age 37 years) + 7. Catherine Rebecca Spiller,   b. 1828   8. Ann Spiller
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F41949	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Ann Brown, 1820 Settler,   b. 1807
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2021
  Family ID	F55737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Record ID Number	MH:F500024
  _UPD	7 APR 2022 10:51:24 GMT -0500
  Children	+ 1. Harriet Spiller,   b. 3 Dec 1825, Graaf Reinet, Western Cape. ,   d. Abt Mar 1918, Graaf Reinet, Western Cape.  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	3 May 2022
  Family ID	F65574	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 7 Apr 1791 - England Baptism - 8 May 1791 - St Mary, Newington, Southwark, London Married - 22 Jun 1815 - St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London, England Settler - 3 Dec 1819 - Gravesend, Kent, England Died - Cause: murdered by a burglar - 13 May 1866 - Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  Spiller, Charles James Keywords: Picture

  
  

• Notes

  Darrel Brown wrote : "Charles James Spiller was married and lived in Graaff Reinet since 1822 to 14th of May 1866, he had been murdered in his house in Graaff Reinet, he was stabbed in his stomach and only died two to three days later. On his death bed he instructed a friend to draw up a new will pertaining to his assets. In his will he left all his assets to his wife, however he also left to Mary Ann Brown the sum of 50 pounds and invested 500 pounds Stirling in the bank of which she could draw the interest until the day she died. To her son James Benjamin Brown he left the sum of 500 pounds Stirling. That's when the penny dropped. Why would a married man leave that type of money to another women and her son. “He was the father of her illegitimate child”. see also : [3]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2594] eGGSA Library, http://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/additional-information/s-surnames/1645-spiller-charles-james-extra-data (Reliability: 2). [S2597] SA Cape Death Notices, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VYT7?i=2038&cc=2517051&cat=331262 (Reliability: 3). Spiller, Charles James(1791-1866) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-VYT7?i=2038&cc=2517051&cat=331262 Keywords: Death Notice [S3750] Brown, Darrel (Reliability: 2), 15 Feb 2021. CJ Spiller will Caption Note: per Darrel Brown Keywords: Miscellaneous