Richard Bradshaw, 1820 Settler

1777 - 1842  (65 years)

• Name	Richard Bradshaw
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	1777	Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Baptism	15 Feb 1778	St Bartholomew, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   [2]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	10 Jan 1820	Bristol, Somerset, England
  	Bradshaw's party on the Kennersley Castle
  Settler ID	1124
  Death	10 Jan 1842	at Sea on board the Mary Ann   [1]
  		Bradshaw, Richard (1777-1842) DN Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSN8-L Keywords: Death Notice
  Person ID	I138427	master
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Bradshaw,   b. Est 1737, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England d. 18 Nov 1790, Cam, near Dursley, Gloucestershire, England (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Hannah Carter,   b. Est 1750
  Family ID	F49568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Gazard,   b. Est 1778
  Marriage	23 Apr 1803	Stone, Gloucestershire, England   [3]
  		Bradshaw, Richard and Elizabeth Gazard marriage Caption Note: http://interactive.ancestry.com/5967/Bracker-43_vc-pc10433304/185179 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. William Bradshaw,   b. 16 May 1803, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   2. Matilda Bradshaw,   b. Est 1804, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   3. Ann Mary Bradshaw,   b. Est 1805, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   4. Mary Elizabeth Bradshaw,   b. Est 1807, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England   5. George Bradshaw,   b. Abt 1816, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England d. Bef 1843 (Age < 26 years) + 6. Henry Bradshaw,   b. 15 Dec 1817, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England d. 21 May 1890, Mafeking, North West, South Africa (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F49567	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2017

  
  

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  Birth - 1777 - Coaley, Gloucestershire, England Baptism - 15 Feb 1778 - St Bartholomew, Coaley, Gloucestershire, England Settler - 10 Jan 1820 - Bristol, Somerset, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  It seems that Richard's wife Elizabeth & family were left in the UK so not sure when they came out... as per Lynn MacLeod and... . National Archives, Kew CO48/152, 447 [Envelope addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth BRADSHAW, Uley near Dursley, Gloucestershire, with Speed] Bathurst Aug'st 12th 1833 Dear Wife, I have taken the opertunity of wrighting to you and I hope you will also return me an answer I have repeatedly wroght and I have not recv'd no letter from you or anyone for upwards of four years. The Bearer of this to England is Thos. PHILLIPS Esqr a Gintelman that brought out a party of Settlers from Milford Heaven and sailed from Bristol in the same ship with me to the Cape of Good Hope. I hope you and Family have made your mind to come to this Colony as Mr. PHILLIPS will return he will also make some endeavour to make some arrangement with Government in regard of people coming to this Colony and particular those who have Friends here. I hope you will also do every thing in your power to come as many women and children have found their ways here and I hope you will now this time. It is a fine Healthy country and Provisions very cheap, Beef ½d per lb, Mutton one penny per pound, Flour one penny per pound and wages very High for a Labouring Man 3 shillings per day Carpenters and Masons from 5 to 6 shillings per day and all others in per portion. I hope this will find you all in good Health as it leaves me and my Brother and I hope it will not be long before I shall [see] you in a Land of Plenty My Brother and me give our love to our Brother Will'm Wife & Family to sisters Hannah & Esther and all Inquiring Friends. Dear Wife & Children I remain your affectionate Husband Rich'd BRADSHAW [covering letter with above, sent to Mrs. BRADSHAW by Thomas PHILIPPS] Madam, This letter was given to me by your Husband so long ago as last August but I did not leave the settlement till March last when he was quite well. If I can prevail on the Government to lend money to take people out to their Friends in the Cape I will write to you again. Will you give the inclosed letter to the Overseers of the Poor (when the new bill about the Poor takes effect they may be inclined to lend their aid) We are in want of men, women & Children. I am Yours Truly Thomas PHILIPPS 17 Bernard St Russell Square London Dorothea Rowse wrote in October 2017: Richard planned to come with his wife and family but their names were crossed out on a list of Bradshaw’s Party dated 13 November 1819. He presumably decided at the last minute to accompany the Party as a single settler. The family was living at Toney when the children were baptised at Uley St Giles but Elizabeth and family had moved to Crawley a mile or so from Uley after Richard left for the Cape. He was certainly in the Cape by December 1820 when he and Samuel were making plans to build a water mill. He took over the leadership of the Party from Samuel in February 1824. Elizabeth and some of the younger children must have arrived year or so after 1833; Richard died in 1842 aboard the Mary Ann. His DN was completed by his brother Samuel and included as children Matilda, Ann, Henry and George and Mary Elizabeth. It is possible that only Ann, Henry and George actually accompanied their mother, altho tracing the other children in England after 1820 has not been successful. George was dead by 1842. Richard left about 49 acres with a building in Bathurst at the time of his death. In 1833 he sent a letter to his wife via Thomas Philipps who was visiting England. He complained that he had not heard from her or anyone else for 4 years. He says: I hope you and Family have made your mind to come to this Colony as Mr. PHILLIPS will return he will also make some endeavour to make some arrangement with Government in regard of people coming to this Colony and particular those who have Friends here. I hope you will also do every thing in your power to come, as many women and children have found their ways here and I hope you will now this time. Clearly his wife Elizabeth had considered emigrating at various times over the previous 14 years but was frightened to leave her home and bring her children out to South Africa. She and some of the children did eventually arrive as Henry reported the death of his uncle Samuel in 1861. Henry’s baptism after the date on which his father sailed for the Cape is not significant. The family routinely baptised their children as toddlers. There is no doubt that Richard Bradshaw arrived in the Cape on the Kennersley Castle with his brother. He clearly posed as someone else on the list since he does not appear in the Agent of Transports report from Albany at the end of the voyage. There is a possibility that Richard Carter and his sons withdrew at the last minute and Bradshaw took his place, posing as the father of the Philpott boys. This is probably the basis for the accusation from Charles Philpott (see his page). There are no records on the databases for a Richard Carter with wife Elizabeth and sons of these names and for these dates. Richard Carter only joined the Party in late October 1819, together with William Newth, after a large number of people had dropped out, including Richard Bradshaw and family. Carter’s wife Elizabeth was listed in Cooper’s list and Theal’s but was not included on the arrivals list at the Cape (Nash). Despite providing the deposit he was not allocated land on the location. There is no sign of them in the Cape records. It seems highly probable that Richard Carter and his sons did not embark. Someone did disembark under the name Carter and those people were probably Richard Bradshaw and the Philpott boys.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MSN8-L (Reliability: 3). [S2921] FreeReg, (www.freereg.org.uk). [S1884] Ancestry.com, http://interactive.ancestry.com/5967/Bracker-43_vc-pc10433304/185179 (Reliability: 3).