Transcribed from CO48/65 at the National Archives in Kew, London

Transcribed from CO48/69 at the National Archives in Kew, London

Memorial of several Settlers at the Cape praying that their Relations may be sent out to the Cape

Enclosure in Lord C.H. SOMERSET’s Despatch dated 6 July 1825 No.187

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To His Excellency the Rt. Hon’ble. General Lord Charles Henry SOMERSET

The humble memorial of the undersigned settlers

Humbly sheweth

That in consequence of Your Excellency’s having whilst at Grahams Town been graciously pleased to declare that the memorial (praying for Your Excellency’s recommendation for bringing out the relatives of the settlers at the Government expence) should be taken into your Excellency’s attentive consideration.

Your Memorialists in returning their unfeigned thanks for this Your Excellency’s humane and continued attention to the welfare of the settlement beg most humbly to state that Mr. Wm. SHEPHERD is willing to return to England and has offered on his return to the Colony to take charge of the embarkation and from his well known correctness of character we are anxious that he should superintend the same, and should your Excellency be pleased to assist him in the undertaking your Memorialists as in duty bound will ever pray.

Mrs. HARPER

Stephen BROWN

George GATEHOUSE

Robert BRADY

William MILLER

John BIGGS

Rich’d BRADSHAW

Robert ROE

J. NIELAND

Wm. VERITY

Wm. HUNT

James PAXTON

George MARSDEN

Thomas KEMPSTER

Charles CROFT

William PIKE

Rich’d NEWTON

Wm. GODDARD

John BROWN

James KIDD

Wm. STANTON

Geo. FOOTER

John HANNAN

Henry BROOKS

William MATHEWS

George HODGKINSON

James J. EVA

Richard BOWLES

James BOWSHER

Thos. KING

Malachy CROWLY

Humphry CROWLY

David GOULDING

Christopher DALE

Peter VALLENTINE

Richard ATTWELL

John MOODY

Rt. WICKS

Rich’d PICKSTOCK

Thos. SLATER

Benj’n PATRICK

John GITTINS

Sam’l SCROOBY

James HOOK

A. KIDWELL

William SHEPHERD

Mrs. THOMAS

John McKENNY

James GREATHEAD

James RATHBONE

John AUSTIN

Sam’l FIELD

Wm. SERGEANT

Charles GRUBB

Wm. LUCAS

Chs. HYMAN

Thos. YOUNG

Benj’n NORDEN

Dennis HOLLAND

James HOWSE

John PANKHURST

John MARSHALL

Jeremiah HONEY

J. DEDMAN

Jeremiah GOLDSWAIN

Geo. BAGER

Robert PITT

Samuel PRINN

W. WATSON

James KEMP

Edw’d TURVEY

W. HOWARD

William TARR

Robert ROBERTS

Benj’n FORD

J.A. DUDLEY

Wm. DIVINE

P. ELEVAND

Christopher ADCOCK

Wm. THACKWRAY

Names of Settlers who have petitioned for their relatives to be sent out to the Cape	Relations	Their place of abode in Great Britain and Ireland
Henry HARPER	1 daughter	Eliza BARNES at Mr.MEASON’s at the Star, Burton on Trent
Stephen BROWN	1 son 2 daughters	Wm. BROWN Great Gidding near Stilton, Huntingdonshire
Geo. GATEHOUSE	Wife & 4 children	Mr. GATEHOUSE at Mr.WOOD’s, No.146 High St, Portsmouth
Rob’t BRADY	Wife & 3 children	Mr. BRADY, Carpenters Arms, High Holborn
Wm. MILLER	1 son	Thos. MILLER at Mr. CLARKE’s, Charles Street, Covent Garden
John BIGGS	2 daughters	Inquiry to be made of Mr. James SUTCLIFFE, St.James Square, Bristol
Rich’d BRADSHAW	Wife & 6 children	Ulley near Dursley, Gloucestershire
Rob’t ROE	Wife & 3 children	Mrs.H. ROE at the Revd. Mr. VERICK’s, Somers Town
James NIELAND	1 son	Mathew NIELAND, J. HICKS Esq, Green Lodge, Castle Bar, Mayo
Wm. VERITY	2 sons	Mr. VERITY, Tailor, Little Windmill Street, Haymarket
Wm. HUNT	2 daughters	At Mary HUNT’s, Brasenton near Derby
James PAXTON	1 daughter	Miss PAXTON at Mr. WARD’s, 24 Queen St, Kings Road, Chelsea
Geo.MARSDEN	1 son	Mr. J. MARSDEN, Aswith, Heath, near Chesterfield
Thos. KEMPSTER	Wife & 4 children	Mrs. KEMPSTER at Parlows, Princes Risborough, Bucks
Chas. CROFT	Brother, sister & 2 children	No.6 Cross Lane, Long Acre
Wm. PIKE	2 brothers 2 sisters 1 son & children	Stilton near Huntingdonshire
Rich’d BRADSHAW	Brother, wife & 4 children	Ulley near Dursley, Gloucestershire
Rich’d NEWTON	Wife & 1 son	Mrs. NEWTON, Goswell Street Road
Will’m GODDARD	1 son	On board the Revenue Cutter of Deal, Kent
Stephen BROWN	1 Brother	B. BROWN at Mr. VERITY’s, Tailor, Little Windmill Street, Haymarket
James KIDD	2 brothers 1 sister & 6 children	At Mrs.J. THOMPSON’s, Velinhilston near Wrexham in Wales
Will’m STANTON	3 brothers & 1 sister	No.18 Princes Street, Blackfriars Road
Geo. FOOTER	2 sisters	J.FOOTER, Little Bell St, John St, Westminster
John HANNAM	1 sister	Parish of Kilbonane, Barony of Eyre, County Kerry
Hy BROOKS	2 brothers & 1 sister	Mr. J. WHEATLEY, Old Brompton near London
Wm. MATHEWS	Brother & sister	Mr.J. CROXTON or Messrs.LARD & Co, 97 St.Martins Lane
Geo. HODGKINSON	1 brother	Mr.LEWIS ? at Mr.BOWNERs, Bleakmarket? Street, Leicester
James J. EVA	1 son	North Crescent, Bristol
Rd BOWLES	Daughter, son-in-law & 2 children	Mr. Hy. HERBERT at Crab Oak near Dover, Kent
James BOWSHER	Wife & 3 children	Woodlands, East Garston, Berkshire
Malachy CROWLEY	Wife & 3 children }	Mrs. CROWLEY’s, Mason? Fair Lane, Cork
Hy. CROWLEY	Wife & 2 children }
David GOULDING	Wife & 3 children	Parish of Kilbonane, Barony of Eyre, County Kerry
Chris’r DALE	1 son	Music Warehouse, Cornhill
Peter VALENTINE	1 son	Mr.J. LEDDOW?, Little Allum near Elkinstone, Denbighshire
Rich’d ATTWELL	Son & daughter & 2 children	No.9 Permit Office, Excise Office
John MOODY	Wife	Mrs. MOODY at No.1 Charles St, East Hampstead Road, Fitzroy Sq.
Rob’t WICKS	1 son	Kings Street, Ramsgate, Kent
Rd.PICKSTOCK	2 daughters, son-in-law & 5 children	Mr. DOWLAN at 25 Warwick Street, Manchester
Thos. SLATER	1 son 1 daughter	High Street, Borough
Benj’n PARTRICK	Daughter	Mr. A. MARTIN, High Street, Portsmouth
John GITTANS	2 brothers	Charles GROVE, Oxford
Sam’l SCROOBY	Mother	At Mr.BARKWORTH, Butcher, Gt. Guildford Street, Borough
James HOOLE	1 brother 2 sisters & 4 children	E. COTTRELL’s, [obscured] Street, Bloomsbury Square
Alex KIDWELL	2 sisters 1 brother 5 children	Alpha Cottage, Lambeth
Will’m SHEPHERD	1 brother 1 sister 1 child	J. SHEPHERD at W. TURNER, Little Windmill St, Haymarket
M. THOMAS	1 daughter	Miss CADLE St. {obscured] Church, Hoxton
John MACKENNY	Brother	Mr. MACKENNY, Bare Head Close, High Street, Glasgow
James GREATHEAD	Brother	Wm. GREATHEAD, Summer Hill, Sand Pits, Birmingham
John AUSTIN	2 sisters	Mr. J. DAVIDSON, Queen Street, Ramsgate, Kent
Sam’l FIELD	2 brothers & 2 sisters	Near the Moorhen’s? Hichen, Herts
Wm. SERGEANT	2 brothers & 2 sisters	Hy SERGEANT, Wheelwright, Buckingham, Berks
Chas. GRUBB	7 brothers	Newbury, Berks or Mr. BOWLES, No.49 Long Lane, Borough
Wm. LUCAS	Mother & sister	Mr. LUCAS, Churchover, near Rugby, Warwickshire
Chas. HYMAN	Father, mother & brother	Near Salisbury, Wiltshire
Thos. YOUNG	Brother, sister & 7 children	Mr. ? Baker, Halfway House, Thorn, Kent
Benj’n NORDEN	Brother	Joshua NORDEN, Abram NORDEN’s, Hammersmith
Dennis HOLLAND	Brother & sister	Mr.F.MACARTY, Cooper at Mr. PIERCE’s near Broad Wall, London
James HOWSE	2 brothers & 2 sisters and 6 of their children	6 White Church Lane, Oxford
John PANKHURST	1 brother & 1 sister	Wm. PANKHURST in the Parish of Munster, County of Kerry
John MARSHALL	2 nephews, brother & sister	Mr. HAMMOND, Draper, Wadhurst, Sussex
Jeremiah HONEY	2 nephews & 1 brother	Rd. HONEY, Leeds near Maidstone, Kent
Jas. DEDMAN	2 brothers, 2 sisters, 6 children	Wm. and John DEDMAN, Frome, Somersetshire
Jeremiah GOLDSWAIN	Father	West Street, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Rob’t PITT	Brother & 2 sons	No.1 Crown Street, Russell Square
Geo. BAGER	1 son, brother, sister & 2 children	Elizabeth BAGER, Spilsbury, Lincolnshire
Sam’l PRINN	1 sister	Mrs. Mary CLARKE, Mr.LOADE’s? School House, York. George Yard, Drury Lane
Wm. WATSON	Father, mother & brother	No.21 Bribe? Place, Somers Town
Jas. KEMP	Brother	J. KEMP, Rodmersham near Sittingbourne
Ed. TURVEY	1 son	Mr. BURGES, Maiden Lane, Southampton Street, Strand
Wm. HOWARD	Wife, mother, 2 sisters in law and 5 brothers	Mr. LENNON?, Howlett, Chinor near Thame, Oxfordshire
Wm. TARR	Brother, sister & 2 children	James MOON? Mr.WAGS?, 29 Wigmore Street or Blandford Cha..
Rob’t ROBERTS	2 brothers, 2 sisters, 4 children	Mr.PARKIN at Mr. DAY’s, Trunk maker, Strand
Benj’n FORD	Son & daughter	Mr. DICKS, Crockerton, Warminster, Wilts
J.H. DUDLEY	Son & daughter	Mrs. DUDLEY, No.4 Gough Street, Suffolk Street, Birmingham
Wm. DIVINE	1 brother & 1 sister	John BYRNE Wm BRUNGER?, Chards near Dublin
P. ELEVAND	1 daughter	John MACDONALD, Mr.Joseph LYONS, Waterhead Mill
Christ. ADCOCK	1 son	71 Wardour Street, Soho or 51 Brewer Street, Golden Square
Wm. THACKWRAY	Sister, brother-in-law and 10 children	Mr. J. GREENWOOD, Thorp Arch, or Boston near Wetherby, Yorkshire
H. ADAMS	Wife & 6 children	Jane ADAMS near Chittlehampton, South Molton, Devon
John WYAT	Brother & 3 sisters	Mrs. STEPHENS at Messrs STUBBS & Co, Coachmaker, White Chapel Road
William OGILVIE	Mother	Mrs. Ann OGILVIE, John CLARKE’s, Hutchinson Town, Glasgow
P. O’DONNELL	2 nieces & brother	Ellen O’DONNELL, Buff in the County of Limerick
J.PARKIN	Daughter	Mr. HOWARD on the Old Bridge, Exeter, Devon
J.PARKER?	Wife & 2 daughters	J. CASPER Esq Canterbury
? NEEDHAM	Wife & 3 children	Mary NEEDHAM, Halliwell Street, Chesterfield
Thos. KING	1 son	Mrs.F. PRIME, Spencer Place, Goswell St Road
J. RATHBONE	1 brother, 2 sisters	Mr. CASTLE, No.1 Pro.. Buildings, Mount Pleasant, Clerkenwell