Surname List: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Settler ID	1013
1820 Settler Ship	Chapman
Party	Bailie
Gender	M
Age in 1820	43
Occupation	Hatter
Date or Year of Birth	1777
Father	James Gunning
Mother	Mary Ann Hughes
Spouse's Name	Mary
Place of Marriage	St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London
Age at Marriage
Date of Death	7 Aug 1850
Place of Death	Bathurst, Eastern Cape
Age at Death
Other Information	He was born in London, the son of James and Mary Gunning, and was employed for many years by Bicknell and Moore of Old Bond Street as a military hat and cap maker. He emigrated because of his wife's ill-health, with £100 worth of property, but lost much of it when his boxes were broken into and robbed during the voyage from England. He was located at Cuylerville. He applied in 1821 for an erf at Bathurst where he could carry on his trade; this was refused, but he was given the post of constable and subsequently wood ranger. He built a cottage at Bathurst on government ground which was eventually granted to him. He became sexton of the Bathurst church, and village postmaster. He died at Bathurst in 1850; his widow died in Grahamstown in 1864. CO 201 no.187, 28.11.1823; CO 8482, n.d.; CO 8431 no.10, 6.1.1821; CO 8451 no.136, 6.6.1822; LG 544 no.1393, July 1844; St George's GT burial register; MOOC 6/9/51 d.n. 388/1850.

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