John Smith, 1820 Settler

1800 - 1858  (58 years)

• Name	John Smith  [1]
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	1800	Derbyshire, England   [2]
  Baptism	16 Mar 1801	All Saints, Mugginton, Derbyshire   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Settler	13 Feb 1820	Liverpool, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Calton's party on the Albury
  Settler ID	934
  Death	4 Aug 1858	Beeste Kraal farm, Zwaggers Hoek, Somerset district, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I169231	master
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Robert Smith
  Mother	Patience Fisher
  Family ID	F59499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maria Ann Botha
  Children	1. John Robert Smith   2. Mary Elizabeth Smith   3. Cornelius Jacobus Smith   4. Johanna Susannah Smith   5. Charlotte Smith   6. Abraham Smith,   b. 1843   7. Elizabeth Smith,   b. 1845   8. Paul Smith,   b. 1847
  Family ID	F59498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2019

  
  

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• Notes

  Grahamstown Journal 14th August 1858 DIED suddenly at his residence Beeste Kraal Farm, Zwagger’s Hoek, District of Somerset, on the 4th instant, Mr. John SMITH, aged 55 years 9 months and 14 days, leaving a widow and 8 children, and a numerous circle of friends and relatives, to deplore his loss. Deceased was one of the original British Settlers of 1820. see https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/additional-information/s-surnames/2277-smith-john-calton-s-party-extra-data Death Notice (Cape Archives) says he was born in Derbyshire, the son of Robert SMITH and Patience FISHER. There is a baptism for a John SMITH, son of Robert and Patience, in Mugginton, Derbyshire on 16 March 1801. The Grahamstown Journal entry, backed up by the Death Notice, gives his age at death as 55 years 9 months and 14 days, which would have put his date of birth as 21 October 1802, a year or so too young to be the "20 year old" in Calton's Party, but single men sometimes did add to their age to be eligibe for a grant of land. However, given the relatively unusual name of Patience, it would seem that the 1801 baptism is very likely. It is possible that the 21st October was indeed his birthday, but that he was born on 21 October 1800, making him 20 years old when he went to the Cape, and Mugginton is very close to Nottingham, where Calton's Party was recruited. It is possible that he took two years off his age when he married.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2594] eGGSA Library, https://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/additional-information/s-surnames/2277-smith-john-calton-s-party-extra-data (Reliability: 2). [S2597] 2517051, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSXW-S?i=1391&cc=2517051&cat=331262 (Reliability: 3). Smith, John (1800-1858) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-CSXW-S?i=1391&cc=2517051&cat=331262 Keywords: Death Notice [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8).