James Edwards, 1820 Settler

1792 - 1840  (47 years)

• Name	James Edwards
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	12 Dec 1792	London, England   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	15 Feb 1820	Gravesend, Kent, England   [4]
  	Sephton's party on the Aurora
  Settler ID	2674
  Residence	1822	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  Death	28 Oct 1840	Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [1, 2, 6]
  	Cause: fall from a horse
  		Edwards, James(1795-1840) DN Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQ2G-6 Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Fort Beaufort cemetery, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6]
  		Edwards, James headstone 1 Caption Note: ex Carl Kritzinger Keywords: Gravestone
  		Edwards, James headstone Caption Note: ex Carl Kritzinger Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I77235	master
  Last Modified	12 Sep 2021

  
  

  Family	Ann Thomas, 1820 Settler,   b. 15 May 1795, Kent, England d. 21 Jul 1881, Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1817	St Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England
  	London Metropolitan Archives: James EDWARDS, bachelor, of the hamlet of M.E.O.T. [Mile End Old Town] married Ann THOMAS, spinster, of the same hamlet, on 12 February 1817 James EDWARDS (signed) Ann THOMAS (X) Witnesses: George FIELD and Sarah FIELD (X) { transcribed by Sue Mackay - eGGSA.org}
  		Edwards, James and Ann Thomas marriage Caption Note: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/interactive/1623/31280_194754-00220/2071365 Keywords: Marriage
  Children	1. James Edwards,   b. 12 Dec 1817   d. 12 Jul 1819 (Age 1 year)   2. Henry Edwards,   b. 15 Apr 1820, At sea d. 9 Jan 1828 (Age 7 years)   3. Daniel Edwards, 1820 Settler,   b. 1820   d. 1820 (Age 0 years)   4. William Edwards,   b. 24 Sep 1822   d. 18 Jun 1824 (Age 1 year)   5. William Edwards,   b. 10 Dec 1824   d. 16 Feb 1826 (Age 1 year) + 6. John Edwards,   b. 15 Dec 1826, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Dec 1917, Barberton, Eastern Transvaal, South Africa (Age 91 years) + 7. Thomas Edwards,   b. 7 Jun 1828, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 3 Feb 1879 (Age 50 years) + 8. Charles Richard Edwards,   b. 6 Jul 1831, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Oct 1904, Renan farm, Stutterheim, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 73 years) + 9. Alfred Stephen Edwards,   b. 29 Jul 1833, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 19 Apr 1870, Riet Vlei, Queenstown, Cape, South Africa (Age 36 years) + 10. Sarah Ann Edwards,   b. 22 May 1836, Post Retief, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 16 Nov 1916, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa (Age 80 years) + 11. James Joseph Edwards,   b. 11 Aug 1839   d. 20 Jul 1914 (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F28198	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2022

  
  

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  Birth - 12 Dec 1792 - London, England Marriage - 12 Feb 1817 - St Dunstan's, Stepney, London, England Settler - 15 Feb 1820 - Gravesend, Kent, England Residence - 1822 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - Cause: fall from a horse - 28 Oct 1840 - Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1576] Darryl Allwright, "Their Blood in our Veins". [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-MQ2G-6 (Reliability: 3). [S2538] Lewer, Morag. [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S4327] Prof. Alan Brunger, Opgaaf Roll Albany 1822. [S2693] Kritzinger, Carl, 5 Oct 2015.