William Atwell, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1797 - 1850  (53 years)

• Name	William Atwell  [5]
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	22 Mar 1797	Toddington, Bedfordshire, England   [6]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	3 Dec 1819	Gravesend, Kent, England
  	Crause's party on the Nautilus
  Settler ID	75
  Name	William Attwell 1820
  Occupation	a Baker  [1]
  Occupation	a Baker  [1]
  Death	22 Jun 1850	Keiskamma River, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5, 6, 7]
  	Cause: drowning
  Burial	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6]
  Person ID	I21609	master
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Richard Attwell, 1820 Settler,   b. 12 May 1771, Battlesden, Bedfordshire, England d. 6 May 1852, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Ann Labrun, 1820 Settler,   b. 3 Dec 1772, Walton, Northamptonshire, England d. 27 Mar 1837, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F15800	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary, - 1st wife of William Atwell,   b. 1801   d. 17 Dec 1833, Fort Willshire, King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 32 years)
  Family ID	F58255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 May 2019

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Marsh, 1820 Settler,   b. 1815, London, England d. 5 Jan 1890, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	28 Apr 1838	Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [8]
  	Description: Rev John Heavyside
  Children	1. Mary Ann Attwell,   b. 21 Feb 1839 + 2. William Thomas James Attwell,   b. 12 Aug 1840   d. 21 Jul 1915, 'Ferndale', Seven Fountains, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years) > 3. Elizabeth Martha Attwell,   b. 25 Jul 1837   d. South Africa + 4. George Robert Attwell,   b. Abt Sep 1850, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Nov 1932, Avondale farm, Salem district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 82 years)   5. Alice Attwell,   b. Est 1845
  Family ID	F17069	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 22 Mar 1797 - Toddington, Bedfordshire, England Settler - 3 Dec 1819 - Gravesend, Kent, England Marriage - 28 Apr 1838 - Grahamstown Church (St George's - Anglican), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - Cause: drowning - 22 Jun 1850 - Keiskamma River, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  William married Mary Marsh after the death of his first wife. It would seem that in 1826 William was assaulted by one William Banks who had emigrated with James' Party. William Banks was sentenced to three years on Robben Island followed by seven years' banishment from Albany. Grahamstown Journal dated Saturday 29 June 1850 DIED, at Graham's Town, on Saturday, the 22d instant, Mr. William ATTWELL, Commissariat store-keeper, aged 53 years. Deceased, who was a British Settler of 1820, had served in the Commissariat on this Frontier for 28 years, longer, it is believed, than any other officer here in that department. During that extended period he maintained a character of unblemished integrity, and was justly respected for the unobtrusive, but faithful discharge of the duties of his office. He has left an aged father, a widow, and a family of children to deplore their irreparable loss.

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S390] Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, Register 29/3/1822 -1860, (CORY MS 15 899/1). [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S377] Brummer, Hansie, BRUMMER GEDCOM, (http://www.sun.ac.za/gisa/home.asp). [S4188] Valerie Snijman and Dr V L Hamilton-Attwell, Attwells, 18 May 2019 (Reliability: 2). [S257] Valerie J. de Kok, "History of Kenton - on - Sea and Settler Families", (Name: Name: Book and CD;;), email . [S2597] 2517051, (https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/2517051), https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-L9Z?i=228&cc=2517051&cat=331262 (Reliability: 3). Atwell, William(1797-1850) DN Caption Note: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-L9Z?i=228&cc=2517051&cat=331262 Keywords: Death Notice [S414] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 25/6/1836 - 16/1/1849, (CORY MS 14 879/2), (Entry# 103).