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The 1820 Settler Correspondence
 as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
 and edited by Sue Mackay

pre 1820 Settler Correspondence before emigration

ALL the 1819 correspondence from CO48/41 through CO48/46 has been transcribed whether or not the writers emigrated to the Cape. Those written by people who did become settlers, as listed in "The Settler Handbook" by M.D. Nash (Chameleon Press 1987), are labelled 1820 Settler and the names of actual settlers in the text appear in red.

SMITH, P re BRADSHAW's Party, 1820 Settler

(see correspondence of Bransby COOPER at CO48/42)

National Archives, Kew CO48/45, 1077

[from P. SMITH, who worked at the Colonial Office]

13 Nov 1819

Memorandum

I send herewith to Mr. GOULBURN the original return of Mr. COOPER's people, from which it will appear that the several items of deposit money have been charged in conformity with the Regulations – and consequently that every single extra child, as it is called, has been charged at £2 10s and not at £5 as has been stated by Mr. COOPER.

In the family of the last person on the list there is a girl aged 17 returned among the children of a settler whose age is stated to be 23. She was therefore charged £10 as a sister, servant or stranger to the family.

Mr. COOPER's calculations of the amount of deposit money which BRADSHAW will have to pay in consequence of reductions and alterations in his list are not correct. But in order to do away all misunderstanding I shall send to Mr. COOPER a copy of BRADSHAW's Return as it will now stand, accompanied by the several charges of deposit money.

P.S.

Return of Settlers proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope under the direction of Samuel BRADSHAW of the Parish of Cam in the County of Gloucester, Weaver, comprised of families from that & the surrounding parishes

Total Number of the Men 22

Total Number of the Women 14

Total Number of Persons above 14 Years of Age 5

Total Number of Children under 14 Years of Age

above the 2 allowed 25 } 51

26 children allowed 26 }

Total Amount of Deposit Money for the Whole Party £315

Names of the Men

Age

Profession
or Trade

Names of the Women

Age

Male Children

Age

Female Children

Age

Deposit Money
payable by
Respective Settlers

Samuel BRADSHAW has a freehold at Cam, is a single man and recommended by the Parish of Cam

34

Weaver

           

10

Thomas BRENT

36

Weaver & Late Marine

Grace

27

Thomas
John
Charles
6
2
1

Sarah

3

15

 Richard BRADSHAW

36

 Weaver

 Elizabeth

 36

George
Henry
4
1
Matilda
Elizabeth
Hannah
Ann
16
14
10
8

25

Thomas BAKER

38

Weaver

Esther

25

Thomas
Enoch
11
1
Elizabeth
Hannah
Sarah
Anne
Rachel
13
12
10
8
2

22-10

Joseph KING

37

Labourer

Ann

25

Joseph
Philip
Charles
11
8
6

Anne

3

15

Henry KING

32

Do.

Sarah

26

Samuel
George
5
1
Hannah
Rhoda
3

15

Samuel HALPASS

36

Do, & pensioner in Cam but able to work

 Ann

 28

Charles
William
George
7
4
1

Hannah

2

15

Philip KING

30

Labourer

Maria

30

Richard
Andrew
John
8
5
1

Elizabeth

3

15

Edward KING

18

Do.

Sarah KING
Spinster

17

       

20

Henry KING

18

Do.

   
Alfred KING
Brother of Henry

10

   

10

George WATTS

39

Weaver

Esther

32

Henry
George
10
4
Rachel
Sarah
17
13

17-10

Isaac WIGGALL

30

Carpenter

Elizabeth

31

Eli
George
Joseph
9
7
3

Elizabeth

1

15

John WILLCOCKS

25

Labourer

Sarah

20

       

10

John COOK

20

Do.

           

10

Thomas COOK

23

Do.

           

10

All of Cam

                 

Samuel BENNETT of Dursley

35

Weaver

Anne

40

   
Anne
Elizabeth
5
3
 

 James WALL

 37

 Do.

 Betty

 38

Abraham
Nathaniel
John
11
9
1
   

12-10

Samuel WALL

20

Do.

           

10

William WALL of Uley

18

Do.

           

10

Joseph WATTS

38

Do. has been a sailor

Susanna

31

Noah

1

Eliza by former wife
Elizabeth
13
2

12-10

Joseph WATTS son

19

Labourer

           

10

Isaac SMITH of Cooley

23

Weaver

Jane

30

Isaac
Benjamin
John
3
2
Inf
Rachel
Sarah
17
13

25

 

               

£315

 

[Transcriber's Note: Although the name of Richard BRADSHAW and his family have been crossed out, it seems that Richard did sail with his brother Samuel in 1820, leaving his family behind. See his letter to his wife in 1833 (Post 1820 letters)]

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