JESSIE (JAMES) SHUTTLEWORTH
Descendant of 1820 Settlers

1936 OBITUARY:
DEATH OF MRS JESSIE SHUTTLEWORTH
*DAUGHTER OF 1820 SETTLERS FAMILY
[Please note: This should have read: *granddaughter.
**James James was the son of Samuel Taylor James - leader of the 1820 Settler 'James Party'.]

The funeral took place at the Kokstad cemetery on Monday, of Mrs Jessie Shuttleworth, the wife of Mr Joseph Shuttleworth, of Hawthorn Street, Kokstad. Her death occurred the previous evening. The late Mrs Shuttleworth, who was 77, was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs **James James, who belonged to one of the largest parties of the 1820 Settlers, which proceeded from Port Elizabeth to the Albany district to colonise the land between the Sundays River and Grahamstown.

Later Mr and Mrs James and their family trekked to Ladysmith, where Mrs Shuttleworth's early womanhood was spent and where she married. After some years spent at Newcastle, Natal, the family moved to Kokstad and occupied the farm Oatlands, now in the possession of Mr R.M. Fawcett. Mr Joseph Shuttleworth subsequently retired from farming and, with the family, came to Kokstad to live.

Mrs Shuttleworth was a devoted mother and a devout Christian, who lived up to her religion in every respect. She was highly esteemed and loved by all who knew her.

There was a large gathering at the Methodist Church and at the graveside. The services were conducted by the Rev. G. K. Charters, and the funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr W. J. Wilmot. The pall-bearers were the deceased's sons, Henry, Ernest (with his youngest son Norman), Fred, Sydney, and her son-in-law, Mr Geoff Jackson.

JESSIE JAMES was the granddaughter of 1820 Settlers: Samuel Taylor James and Esther Trollip.
Esther was the daughter of 1820 Settler JOSEPH TROLLIP [below], husband of Susannah Crouch.

In their retirement Joseph and Jessie Shuttleworth lived at Oak House in Hawthorne Street.
Until that time Joseph farmed at 'Oatlands' - a farm which was a few miles out of Kokstad, on the Cedarville road.

KOKSTAD CEMETERY
In this graveyard the Tombstones of JOSEPH and JESSIE SHUTTLEWORTH are to be found with those of some of their 13 children.

Tombstone of JOSEPH SHUTTLEWORTH - son of 1850 Byrne Settlers

Tombstone of JESSIE SHUTTLEWORTH - granddaughter of 1820 Settlers

Also in the Kokstad Cemetery is the Tombstone belonging to the father of Joseph, HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH, who was a Natal Byrne Settler. The parents of Henry (Joseph and Mary) lived in Great Packington, Warwickshire, where his father was a farmer and carpenter.

Henry married Eleanor Butler in London. Her father, Thomas Butler was a Corrector to the Press (Printer) in the Fleet Street area of London.

Henry, his wife and children arrived at Port Natal on 10 October 1850 aboard the 'Emily'. He rejected the land he was allocated in the Richmond area and moved to the Eastern Cape. His son, Joseph, was born in Port Elizabeth in 1854. The return to Natal of the Shuttleworth family was aboard the 'Norman' in 1863.

Tombstone of Byrne Settler HENRY SHUTTLEWORTH
The photograph of this Tombstone is the only one available at present. Unfortunately, unlike those above, it is almost impossible to read, other than to identify the name SHUTTLEWORTH.

The parents of Jessie (James James and Sarah Ann Weeks - both the children of 1820 Settlers born shortly after arrival) died while their children were young. The below old newspaper photograph refers to THOMAS THOMAS, the guardian of the JAMES children. Three of the James children married three of the Byrne Settler Henry Shuttleworth's children. In Ladysmith in 1875 Jessie, and her sister, Agnes, had a double wedding at the house of Thomas Thomas. Sarah Ann Weeks was the daughter of James Weeks (from Cornwall) and Maria Ann Shepperson (from London).

THOMAS THOMAS
Guardian of the JAMES children.

Hale at 91 - An early Rand Pioneer
This is the photograph of one of the most interesting of the Rand's early pioneers - Mr Thomas Thomas, who is now 91, but still very healthy apart from a little deafness. Mr Thomas was born in Wales. He came to South Africa in the sailing ship 'Randolph' in 1860*, and landed at Durban. He was a joiner by trade, and helped to erect the first building on the Durban Bluff. He is one of the few survivors of the expedition under Captain Lucas that went out to arrest the insurgent chief, Longabalele. Mr Thomas now lives in Malvern with one of his children. He came to the Rand in 1886 and helped to erect the first battery - a ten-stamp affair - at the Primrose Mine. He has been in the Transvaal ever since.
HANDWRITTEN NOTE attached to undated newspaper cutting:
Married a Miss Hartley a relative of the James family. He became guardian to the James children when Sarah Ann died 4 days after John was born 22.4.1868.

*SEE BELOW

ARRIVAL OF SHIPPING concerning THOMAS THOMAS:
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1861 (July 8) Arrival of Randolph - THOMAS THOMAS

The old picture below was once in the possession of:
Miss JC Thomas, 'Oatlands', Kokstad
It is a photograph - possibly taken in the early 1900s - of the Industrial Hall and to the right: G North and Son's stand and was printed at the time of the East Griqualand Agricultural Society's Centenary.