CO48/45
National Archives, Kew,
Transcribed by volunteers from the ZA-IB and ZA-EC
Rootsweb mailing lists from digital photographs taken by Rowena Wattrus at the
National Archives. The original correspondence is filed in order of receipt.
Here it has been placed in alphabetical order according to the surname of the
writer, with letters by the same writer in chronological order, for ease of
reading. Original spelling has been maintained.
Letters were either addressed to Lord BATHURST,
Secretary of State for the Colonies, (starting My Lord), or to his deputy Henry
GOULBURN (starting Sir). Reference numbers, where given, refer to printed page
numbers stamped on the letters and will enable visitors to the National Archives
to locate the letter more easily. If a page number is not given then the date
of the letter will give a good idea of its whereabouts in the file.
Names in red actually became 1820 settlers to
McRAE, John (filed
under S)
946
Glenshiel
Manse
20th
Sept 1819
Sir,
Duncan
MACDONEL one of the poor men from this quarter who wishes to emigrate to the
Cape of Good Hope sits now at my right elbow and assures me that he together
with others have agreed to emigrate on the terms in your circular letter. The
names follow:
Duncan MACDONEL aged 30 years, his wife Mary McLEOD
aged 26, his eldest daughter Catherine 4 years, his son Duncan 3½ years, his
youngest son four months
Farquhar MACDONEL 40 years, his wife Barabara 28
years, his eldest son Alex 6 years, his daughter Isabel 3 years, his youngest
son John 1 year
John McKAY 35 years, his wife Rebecca 30 years, his
eldest daughter Janet 7 years, Mary 5 years, Alex 2½ years, Kate 6 months
Roderick MATHESON 40 years, Ann his wife, his son John
13 years, Mary hus daughter 6 years, Christopher 2½
Farquhar McRAE 21 years
John McRAE 30 years, his wife Isabel 30 years
John McRAE 28 years, his wife Ann 26, his son Alex 5
years, Isabel 2½ years, Donald 1½ years
Farquhar McRAE 26 years, his wife Christian 21 years,
a boy Duncan 9 years
Colin McRAE 22 years
Angus CAMPBELL 28 years
I am
requested to ask if a single man may be allowed to bring his mother. There is a
young man, a [obscured] Pensioner who would be glad to know if he be allowed to
go with his two brothers. They earnestly require to be favoured with an answer.
I can as a [obscured] certify that all the persons mentioned on the other side
are all good moral characters. I have the honor to be, Sir
Your most obed’t serv’t
John McRAE
Minister of Glenshiel
RADCLIFFE,
Thomas
534
No.1
12th
Aug 1819
My Lord,
There
are a great number of persons in this neighbourhood, as well Pensioners as
others, who are anxious to embrace the opportunity under the sanction of
Government to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope, but not being in possession of
the necessary information I beg to request your Lordship will have the goodness
to favor m with the same, as being one of the Party I would take any
opportunity of making the same public.
I have the honor to be
Your Lordship’s most obedient & very humble
servant
Thos. RADCLIFFE
RADZIMINSKI,
Joseph
512
No.55
Mary le Bone
6th
August 1819
Sir!
Been
informed that it is the intention of Government to establish the colony at
I have the honor to be Sir!
Your most obedient humble servant
Joseph RADZIMINKSI
Late Captain of His Majesty’s Service, 3rd
Independent Company of Foreigners
PS If wanted to establish the school in the colony
from the Government expences I beg to observe that my wife is capable to
conduct the school in the highest methods, been late Mrs. Elizabeth HELME’s
daughter and brought up to that profession and be very happy to accept similar
situation under Government’s protection.
RAE, William
re Neil MacNEILL
674
Dec’r 15
1819
Sir,
I
have the honor to inclose for Lord BATHURST’s consideration a petition for Neil
MacNEILL which I should hope will be deemed not unworthy of attention. Any
communication which his Lordship may be pleased to send on the subject had best
be addressed to the Lord Provost of Glasgow, from whom it has come annexed to
me.
I have the honor &c
Your obedient servant
Wm. RAE
Note from GOULBURN: let me see this man’s original
proposal
Clerk’s reply: I have made diligent search for this
man’s original proposal but it cannot be found
[Transcriber’s note: The original proposal from Neil
MacNEILL, dated 19 October 1819, is filed (and transcribed) under M, together
with a letter from Henry MONTEITH, the Lord Provost of
[enclosed letter]
1 December
1819
The Memorial for Neil MacNEILL for himself and others
Respectfully states
That
the memorialists had the honor lately of transmitting thro’ the medium of the
Lord Provost of Glasgow an application to your Lordship relative to the aid
proposed by Government encouraging settlers emigrating to the Cape of Good
Hope, and in consequence of, and in adherence to your Lordship’s directions,
had forwarded the necessary documents.
That
your memorialists in the firm expectation of their offer being accepted had
many of them disposed of their effects, relinquished their former possessions
and employment and had made every preparation for their long and arduous
voyage, contenting themselves in the meantime with every possible privation
untill the period of their sailing should be fixed and the same announced to
them.
The
hopes your memorialists fondly entertained of forming part of the colony were
soon dissipated by your Lordship’s answer to the Lord provost on 2nd
November and they found to their great dissapointment that they were too late
in forwarding their offer and were doomed to wait another season in anxious and
doubtfull expectation.
Your
memorialists in requesting your Lordship’s attention to the case beg leave to
state the following facts:
That many of their number are now without any
permanent home
That several have quitted possessions which they
cannot again reoccupy, and
That in general they have relinquished their
employments which it would be now in vain to attempt returning, as the present
distressed state of trade has already filled their places with others who were
before then starving.
Your
memorialists are now expending in idleness the means which they trusted would
ensure their immediate support at the
Your
memorialists conclude by referring their case to your Lordship and trust that
Government taking their present situation and unavoidable expences into
consideration will grant the prayer of their former memorial and order their
embarkation from the
In the name of the memorialists
Neil MacNEILL
[Note from GOULBURN across page]
Write to the Lord Provost of Glasgow stating that this
memorial has been received through the Lord Advocate and acquaint him that as
from some of the settlers engaged having declined to proceed Lord B has an
opportunity of accepting their party & requesting that a list of names
&c may be forwarded (in the usual form) when they will be informed of the
amount of deposit to be paid & the period at which they may embark
RAILSTON,
Richard
439A
Goodmans
Fields
19 July 1819
Sir,
From
reduced circumstances & a difficulty of finding employment I would wish
with me wife to take the benefit which Government allows to emigrate to the
Cape of Good Hope, providing it is in my power to raise the deposit which is
required and altho’ it may be small may inconvenience me much, the particulars
I would be much obliged to be informed of through you
I am Sir
Your obed’t serv’t
Richard RAILSTON
A Master Mariner
RAMSAY, P
644
Westbrook
Oct 24th
1819
My Lord,
Having
been informed that by applying to your Lordship respecting settlers going to
the Cape of Good Hope, I have to request that your Lordship will consider my
addressing you; will be taken into consideration as a petitioner & to be
considered as one who would embrace the opportunity of becoming a settler at
the
I am my Lord
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
P. RAMSEY
RANDALL,
Richard
598
Sept 8th
1819
Sir,
Having
some friends who are desirous of going to the
I am Sir your mo obed’t serv’t
Rich’d RANDALL
625
Oct 18 1819
Sir,
I
request the favour of your information if Mr. Thos. WILSON of Bridge Cottage, Chelsea and
his list are accepted at the Colonial Office for intended emigration to the
I remain your mo ob’t serv’t
Rich’d RANDALL
[GOULBURN’s reply:]
I have received your letter of the 18th
inst and acquaint you in reply that Mr. Thomas WILLSON has received Earl BATHURST’s
permission to take out a party of settlers to the
I am &c
RAY, George
464
No.8
24th
July 1819
Sir,
Having
served on the Commissariat Staff in the Peninsular War and in
Your Lordship’s most obed’t humble serv’t
George RAY
REA, John
579
227th
August 1819
My Lord,
As
individual applications for liberty to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope will
not be received by your Lordship I wish to know if ten or more families of
unexceptionable character (each of whom have the means) were to apply to your
Lordship would they be allowed to go. If agents will be appointed in this city
to receive the deposits required and if shipping will be sent to this port to
take the people on board, likewise if arms and ammunition will be given the
colonists by government for their protection against the Caffres and lastly if
they will receive time to pay for the agricultural implements they may receive
at the Cape. If your Lordship would be so good as to cause an answer to be sent
me and pardon me for the trouble I have given I shall be very much obliged and
am, my Lord
Your Lordship’s most obedient and very humble servant
John REA
READ, James
446
16 Clements
22nd
July 1819
My Lord,
I
have to offer my most humble apology for the freedom I am about to take in
introducing myself to your notice, and for trespassing upon your valuable time,
but as the matter upon which I write is I believe under your jurisdiction I trust your Lordship will not consider the
liberty inexcusable.
Allow
me to state that I am the son of the late John READ, some years Chairman of the
Commissioners of Land Tax for the City of London, the duties of which situation
were discharged by my father with the utmost ability, integrity and honor (to
the period of his death which happened in 1801) without either salary, gratuity
or reward; for though his merit procured for him the promise of remuneration,
yet it was never fulfilled from the circumstance of his death; his zeal and
ability in promoting the public service in that situation I can fully prove by
letters of the late Right Hon’ble G. ROSE and others, now in my possession. I
beg leave also to mention the services of my uncle James READ, the late Chief
Magistrate of Bow St. I have myself been serving my country in Walcheren, the
Baltic,
Having
made these statements allow me my Lord to ask if you are aware if it is the
intention of Government (in promoting emigration to the Cape of Good Hope) to
render any assistance to a better sort of emigrant; I mean such as those
possessing small capitals, and who are not compelled to quit their native
country by any of the many causes which generally render emigration necessary.
From the circumstance of my having been in the country I am fully persuaded of
the merits of the plan, and am willing (if consistent with the plans of
government) to take upon myself the management and superintendence of any
number of persons, and trust that from the services I have stated above
(particularly those of my father, never having been rewarded) I might be
thought a fit and proper person to fill any official situation, if any should
arise.
It is
to learn every particular upon this subject that I have taken the liberty of
troubling your Lordship, and if I should be thought worthy of an interview
would be most happy to wait upon your Lordship whenever you may be pleased to
appoint.
With the greatest respect I have the honor to be, my
Lord
Your Lordship’s most obed’t and most humble serv’t
James READ
[note from GOULBURN]
Acquaint him that there is no intention of appointing
any superintendents to take charge of the settlers at the Cape and that
therefore Lord B can give no encouragement to his expectations although
perfectly ready to admit the merits of his family
READ,
William
626
[Received
October 16th 1819]
My Lord,
I
most respectfully beg leave to offer myself to your Lordship’s notice as a
candidate for emigration to the
I beg
leave to subscribe a list of the persons who will accompany me to the
settlement together with their trades and to that I am ready to comply with the
terms of His Majesty’s Government as also those who will accompany me.
I beg leave to subscribe myself
Your Lordship’s most obed’t and very humble serv’t
Wm. READ
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Children |
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Wm. READ |
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6 |
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R. FULLER |
Gardener |
3 |
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R. |
Tailor |
4 |
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Wm. FEATHERSTONE |
Farmer |
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Thos. JONES |
Smith |
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John CHAPMAN |
Shoemaker |
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Edward JEAL |
Shoemaker |
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Chas. JEAL |
Cooper |
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Cornelius COLLINS |
Agriculturalist |
3 |
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A. READ |
Husbandman |
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W. WALTERS |
Engineer |
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1026
42 Cheyne
Walk,
15th
Oct 1819
My Lord,
I
request your Lordship to permit me the honor of an interview to submit &
explain an object I have in view, that of obtaining & transmitting one
hundred men to the Cape on the plan, terms & conditions proposed &
arranged by His Majesty’s Ministers, & under your Lordship’s sanction to
obtain a sufficient grant to carry it into full effect against the time
appointed for sailing from England to the Cape for which I will do myself the
honor of affording your Lordship at such time as you may please to appoint, by
letter to, my Lord,
Your Lordship’s most respectful & obed’t serv’t
J.J.
REDDING,
Thomas (Filed under S)
983
Shepton
Mallet
3rd
Oct 1819
Sir,
I
have this morning took the liberty of wrighting these few lines hoping you will
not be offended at our boldness. We have in this place offered our names and
wishing to become settlers of the
So I remain yours sincerely
Thos.
Acting for Shepton
REED,
William
440
Cannon St
20th July
1819
My Lord,
In
the event of my not being able to procure 10 able bodied persons would His
Majesty’s Government have any objection to my emigrating to the Cape with my
family, 8 in number (three of whom are of the age required) provided I made the
same deposit as would be required for 10 persons or families. Trusting your
Lordship will excuse this liberty
I remain your Lordship’s obed’t humble serv’t
Wm REED
458
Cannon St
23rd July
1819
Sir,
The
day before yesterday I took the liberty of addressing Lord BATHURST for
permission to emigrate to the Cape with a family of 8 children on depositing
the same sum as would be required for 10 families – but since when have been
informed that my request was not like to meet with success. I now humbly
request permission to emigrate with 10 persons or families under my charge on
the conditions required by His Majesty’s Government.
I am Sir very respectfully
Your most obed’t humble serv’t
Wm. REED
PS Will the settlers be allowed to take articles for
their use freight free
484
Cannon St
28th July
1819
Sir,
In
reply to your letter of the 24th inst I beg permission to be
allowed, with 10 able bodied persons, to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope on
the terms & conditions required by His Majesty’s Government.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obed’t serv’t
Wm. REED
REEVES,
George
518
Navy Prize
Office
August 7th
1819
My Lord,
I beg
leave to inquire with respect to people about to become settlers at the Cape of
Good Hope in what manner they are to proceed to obtain a settlement – my object
for this enquiry is in consequence of a number of people having a desire of
becoming settlers has asked my opinion on the subject and not being legally
authorized to give my advice on the subject have taken the liberty of writing,
and should be much obliged on behalf of these people if you will allow me to
communicate to them what the terms of government is and proposals that I may
give those people information on the subject, as they can ill afford to make
personal application without knowing its principles. Your authority to me in so
doing will confer great honor on
Your most obedient humble servant
George REEVES Jun
Navy Agent
555
St.John’s
Street
August 13th
1819
My Lord,
I was
honored with your circular of the 9th ult [sic] and beg leave to
state to your Lordship that I have collected nearly 100 individuals some of
whom have families but all of them of good repute and their characters bear
strict investigation, they being comprised of strong healthy and able bodied
young men who have always been brought up as farmers and agriculturalists and
managing lands to the best advantage. Having taken pains in the choice of these
enterprising men I should wish to proceed to the
I
wish further to know if your Lordship will grant me the same proportion of land
for every head of family I take out should I provide a ship and victual them at
my own expence and becoming in every respect under the jurisdiction of the
Governor at the Cape and liable to every thing laid down in your circular. The
men are all subservient and dutiful subjects and will always cherish and
support that constitution which has always governed them in so good a path.
They are all of the Church of England together with myself and we will always
fulfill our duties as Christians to keep safe its dignity not only of church
but of state and hope ultimately to prove an ornament to the colony we are to
proceed to establish.
I have the honor to be
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
George REEVES
581
August 29th
1819
My Lord,
I am
under the necessity of making my application to your Lordship that I may throw
off that calumny which is now in circulation on my character. The following
your Lordship will perceive is the details I made application to your Lordship
three weeks since for instructions on what head emigration to the Cape of Good
Hope was grounded as a number of people had made enquiry of me about it, but
did not think myself justified unless your Lordship transmitted me the
instructions, which I received by the next post from the Colonial Department. I
therefore had it advertised in the newspapers and large bills posted over this
city to give information to people which thought of emigrating – the enclosed
bills is the one I had posted up and the other the bill for which redress I now
crave – People in consequence made their applications to me and it being my
intention to proceed with them I mad the following binding proposals – if a
person was inclined to go I gave him instructions according to your circular
and if he was determined to go I entered him in my book with the necessary
particulars, for which he paid me 2/6 which was to be returned to him on his
embarkation, but if he forfeited his word he likewise did his money. Now my
Lord this libellous bill specifies it is a gross imposition and my bill most
unlawfully done. Therefore the redress I crave from your Lordship is whether or
not I have acted unlawfully and subjected myself to the displeasure of your
Lordship. This bill is posted all over this city and has caused serious alarm
among the disaffected people and I am not certain how I might share a worse
fate than being the Constable of Manchester. [Transcriber’s Note: The Peterloo Riots in
I have the honor to be
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
George REEVES
[note from GOULBURN]
Acknowledge receipt and acquaint him that Lord B
cannot consider himself responsible for the inconvenience which he may sustain
from having assumed a character and title for which he had no authority and
consequently cannot afford him any relief
[first enclosed bill - printed]
ENCOURAGEMENT
TO EMIGRATE TO THE
A glorious
opportunity now offers itself to any person wishing to settle at the
The most
healthy climate in the world,
and a
country where labour will flourish & meet with its reward,
where the
husbandman can derive benefit from his industry and encouragement from his
country,
The whole
colony being compared to a second
All people
having any knowledge of Farming and Husbandry are certain if success, as large
GRANTS OF
LAND
will be
given them, and their
PASSAGE OUT
FREE.
Immediate
Application must be made to Mr. George REEVES, Colonial Office, St.John’s St
Exeter;
Where all
information and proposals are obtained.
NB People
wishing to be in time for the planting season must not delay making their enquiry,
as the ships destined to convey them will sail with all speed.
All letters
will be returned if not post paid. Address as follows:
On Colonial
Business, Mr. George REEVES Jun. Colonial Office, St.John’s St,
Cullum
General Printing Office,
[second enclosed bill – printed]
EMIGRATION
TO THE
A
most flaming and unauthorised Posting Bill, having been stuck up in various
parts of this city, holding out great but fallacious encouragement to those who
entertain thoughts of emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope, it will be necessary
to address to them a few words on the subject of the said Bill, to prevent the
needy and the unwary becoming the dupes of crafty and unprincipled speculators,
who watch every opportunity to gratify their cupidity at the expence of the
credulous and necessitous.
This
is therefore to inform those, whom the most severe and complicated distresses
have driven to the melancholy alternative of seeking their food in a foreign
clime, or miserably perishing for want in their native land, that GEORGE REEVES
JUN, the publisher of the aforesaid Posting Bill, and who pretends to keep an
office for transacting Colonial Business,
has no authority whatever for such proceedings, he having received no
appointment for that purpose from the Colonial Department, as he is totally
unknown and unauthorised by that office.
His
motives for thus unwarrantably obtruding himself on the public seems to be
pretty apparent – to extract a half crown from the scanty pockets of those unfortunates
who are weak enough to apply to him for information, and which he demands as
his fee, for merely reading the Earl BATHURST’s circular.
The
writer of this has now before him a letter, in reply to one sent, from the
Under Secretary of State, dated the 19th instant, in which is the
following paragraph, “With reference to that part of your letter in which you
allude to the conduct of a person at Exeter who states himself to be an Agent
of this Department, I have to inform you that this Department has no cognizance
of any such person.” H.G.
NB
The letter is now open for inspection at the Britannia Public House, South
Street to anyone who may wish to peruse it; and it is therefore recommended to
all those who have been cajoled out of their cash under such flimsy pretences
to demand immediate restitution.
Dated August 23rd 1819
A FRIEND OF THE POOR
T. BESLEY Junior, Printer,
Memorandum
Mr. GOULBURN has got the letter from the
P.S.
REID, George
444
21st
July 1819
My Lord,
Being
desirous to avail myself of the advantages offered by Government to persons
emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope, & anxious to lose as little time as
possible in making all necessary arrangements, I beg you will excuse the
liberty I take in requesting to know what steps I should pursue and also all
particulars respecting the land to be granted & the security required. It
may be necessary to mention that I can give refferences to persons of the first
respectability, both in
I have the honor to be my Lord
Your Lordship’s ob’t humble svt
George REID
RENTON, John
516
No.2
St.Lukes,
Middlesex
[Received
August 7 1819]
Sir,
Having
heard that an opportunity was now offering for settlers to colonise the Cape of
Good Hope – induced me thus to intrude upon your kindness in addressing this to
you for your inspection.
I
have a wife and three children, my age is twenty seven years, I can work as a
Plaisterer and Bricklayer and have occasionally been accustomed to Husbandry work.
The age of my wife is thirty years and has been accustomed to Servitude untill
her marriage. My eldest son is five years, my second a daughter three years
old, my third a daughter eighteen months. I really wish to embrace the
opportunity being out of employ, but must beg the favor of you to furnish me
with the full particulars of the conditions on which settlers are going out and
on what conditions after arriving at the place of destination.
Sir,
your kind answer as soon as convenient will be esteemed a favor highly
conferred on
Your most obedient and very humble servant
John
RENWICK, A
476
Enniskillen
My Lord
I have the honor to observe in perusing a London newspaper
extract of the conditions under which it is proposed to give encouragement to
immagration to the Cape of good hope; I beg leave to offer self with family of
five children & wife and servants in all twelve in number as settlers in
the British dominion at the Cape, not more than 20 miles from Cape Town or
False Bay of which place I have local knowledge and do give that place the
decided preference to all my travels which have been very extensive.
The narative of my case is briefly as follows. I am
descended from protestant Ancestors distinguished for their loyalty for past
Centurys. I went out to India at an
early period of my life as a [?seeker?] of fortune with letters of
recommendation to some of the most respectable characters in the Hon’ble
Company Service; I have been over the greatest part of the continent of India,
I acted as an officer of Rank in a Corps of Cavalry in a campaign under the
late Lord LAKE against the Mahratta power & French. On peace been concluded the Corps I belonged
to was reduced when I availed myself of the opportunity of returning to my native
country with the fleet accompaning
Should your Lordship deem this simple statemen deserving
further notice I can refer your Lordship to Gentlemen in
I have
lately been employed here on the Companys Recruiting but now discontinued and I
regret I am left without employ.
I have the
honor to be
Your
Lordships most obed hble servt
A. RENWICK
Major late
Annuity, H. C. S.
543
Enniskillen
13th August
1819
Sir
In doing myself the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your
printed letter dated the 2nd inst containing the conditions of Government under
which it is proposed to give encouragement to emigrate to the Cape of good
hope, the particulars I have given due attention, and I beg leave to state I
have but little or no objection to avail myself of the encouragement held out
to the public that wish to become Settlers there. Disposing of my property here is the greatest
obstacle to prevent me with the consideration that they Government may be
graciously pleased to hold out a little more liberal donation towards erecting
a cottage or farm house of a moderate description. Should the emigrant have all the [responsibility?]
to provide to make himself and family at all comfortable it might be attended
with much inconvenience and sink his little all to obviate the result of so
unpleasant a circumstance occurring, a trifling specific sum to be granted
which could be no object on or after location would ultimately be attended with
the wished for effect.
Beyond this present [score] of things above these troubling
regions we are to look for what is permanent and stable, the world passes away
so have my ancestors some of whom in past centurys I have learned suffered and
forfeited their inheritance for their loyalty and attachment to the Royal
cause, they were not obscure but any connections are [obscured] and god and
reason & virtue continue unchangeably the same, we are to enter into
eternal habitations and into these our works are to follow us, the consequence
will ever remain of the fact we have acted as good or bad men, as faithful
subjects of god or as servants of a vain world in which the present state of
man is neither doomed to complete happiness nor designed for complete misery,
it is in general a mixed state of comfort and misery of prosperity and
adversaty neighther brightened by unending sun shine nor over cast with
perpetual shade but subject to [allow] succession of one and the other, while
such a state forbids despair it also checks presumption it is eaqual adverse to
dispondency of mind & to high elevation of spirits. The temper which best suits a Traveler or
Settler is moderation; it ought to be the tenor of existance that virtue
consists in all equal balance of the soul, it imports such proper government of
[passion] and pleasures as shall prevent from running into extremes of any kind
it will produce a calm and temperate frame of mind it is useful in both
prosperity and adversity, [in moderation], [delimits] the bounds within which
it should remain but the active mind of man seldom or never remains satisfyed
with its present condition how prosperous soever; originally designed for a
wide range of objects for a higher sphere of enjoyment, it finds itself in
every situation of fortune strengthened and confined, sensable of [illegible]
in its state; it is ever sending forth the fond desire the aspiring wish after
something beyond what is engaged at present; hence that [restlessness] which prevails
so generally among mankind & that disgust of pleasure which the have tryed;
fill up the [??] ultimate wish of most men.
These are the objects which engross their solitary musings &
[illegible] their active labours and often keep alive & warm the desire of
industrious men at a [torn page] period of life; I presume it may not be deemed
amoral nor [illegible] in wishing to be free from what is disagreeable. I [illegible] neither family nor [illegible]
but food and raiment convenient for a growing family and followers of this
[illegible]. I am in a great measure
deprived by taxation Bishops fines and by things which has deprived me of the
advantage of [illegible] and most anxious hard labour for the last five or so
years of my life. I wish for nothing
more than a distant field in which I can follow the impute of my mind & to exert
the talent with which god has blessed me.
There is room for ambition at the
Permit me to request you will please to inform me if
pensioners are allowed to emigrate without prejudice to their pension; several
have been speaking to me on the subject I could give no [illegible]. I have the honor to state for his Lordships
information that I am in receipt of a reward from the Government of Bengal for
my services which have been exerted in the british cause as far as the
exertions of a humble individual could go over almost the entire continent of
India a public letter to me from the Supreme Council at Calcutta and quiting
India in the year 1818 acknowledging the ability of my conduct corroborates my
statement. The reward granted me is
eaqual to that of Major on the retired list from the Companys Service; the
reward is paid to an agent for me in Calcutta instead of London or Dublin remitted
by bills on London which is too often attended with much delay and very great
inconvenience to me. I have a son now
serving in
I have the
honor to remain Sir
Your most
obedient humble servant
A. RENWICK
I propose
going to
REPASHEN,
Alexander
540
Brick Lane
No.2
Mile End New
Town
[Received 13
August 1819]
Sir,
I
humbly beg you would let me have a serclar letter shoing the extent of the
grant to settlers to the
Sir, your humble obedient servant
Alexander REPASHEN
RESTALL, John
(father of Robert RESTALL)
536
Goodmans
Fields
August 13
1819
Sir,
As it
is the intention of Government to send out settlers to the
Query 1 The situation of the spot intended and its
distance from
2 The purposes to which the soil is applicable
3 What timber and how near the coast
4 If inhabited and by what description of people
5 Will habitations be provided for the settlers on
their arrival
6 If not is it intended to afford any facility or
encouragement to the introduction of mechanics as well as agriculturalists
7 As buildings will be wanting and if even green
timber can be obtained, all the other materials such as deals, glass,
ironmongery &c must be wanted, will they be sent over at the expence of
Government.
I am
induced to make these querys being disposed to send my son out, who is 21 years
old and has been brought up with me as a surveyor and carpenter and is
perfectly competent, who if due encouragement is given might take out
such materials, and mechanics as may be needful, or buildings in such a state
of preparation as the prospect of obtaining supplys there might warrant. Your
obliging and early attention to this will be esteemed a favor by
Your obedient humble servant
J. RESTALL
[Transcriber’s Note: R. RESTALL listed as an independent
settler on the Duke of Marlborough in
Hockly’s ‘Story of the British Settlers of 1820’]
REVELL,
Richard re Robert EMSLIE
549
14th
August 1819
Sir,
In
the absence of the Secretary I am directed by the Lords Commissioners of this
Hospital to transmit herewith a petition from Robert EMSLIE, an Out Pensioner from
the 76 Foot, praying to be informed whether any deposit will be required from
persons of his description emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope, and I have the
honor to request that you will be pleased to lay the petition before the Right
Honorable Earl BATHURST for the opinion of his Lordship and return the same to
me with such observations thereon as his Lordship may think proper to
communicate.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
Rich’d REVELL
[Note from GOULBURN on reverese]
Acquaint him that no indulgenec is given to any class
of persons other than those specified in the printed circular of which send a
copy
[Transcriber’s Note: See Robert EMSLIE’s petition and
correspondence filed under E in CO48/43]
REYNOLDS,
James
482
No.15
Commercial
Road
July 27 1819
Sir,
The
proposals made by Gov’t to emigrate to the Cape, I propose if accepted to make
one withe my family and wish to know what provision if any for Tooles and
subsistance till some part of the land is brought into a state of cultivation –
how am I to know whether I shall be accepted of because it will of course be
necessary to make some arrangement for such a journey – your answer to the
above with what other observations you think proper will oblige, Sir
Your humble servant
Jas. REYNOLDS
REYNOLDS, Elizabeth
(nee MEADLEY), wife of William REYNOLDS (1)
640
No.17
Tabernacle
Square
Old Street
Road
October 18
1819
My Lord,
With
the hope that your Lordship will pardon a humble individual for presuming to
engage your Lordships Attention for having heard that Government was sending
Families to Southern Affrica to form a Colliny for some time I doubted the
Authenticity of the Report so did not apply untill Thursday last when I was
informed the Number was completed but that if I was apply’d by letter to your
Lordship at the Office we should obtain a grant of land by paying our Passage
over, which I am affraid will not be in our power to do as there is three of us
in family. We should be able to deposite the Ten Pounds better. My husband is
30, the early part of his life he was brought up in the farming business, the
last 12 years he has been a Carpenter which he now follows. He has one son 9
years of age. Myself 21 and both in great hopes your Lordship will grant your
Petitioners the Land and Passage over as Employment is very scarce in the
Winter and we find it very hard to get our living. I myself am well aware of
the difficulty in a foreign country having gone to the West Indies when young
with my Father who was an officer of the 6th Battallion of the 60th
Foot, his name was George MEADLEY, he was murdered on 24th March
1809 at Cornwall Road Port Antonia Jamaica on his return from escorting Sir
Eyre COOK part of the way to Kingston [for] a General Review of the Troops
which had taken place on that day. He had been 19 years in the army, had fought
9 general engagements in Egypt and other parts of the Globe and by his Sudden
Death left my Mother and Myself then 11 years of age destitute in a foreign
country to mourn the premature and dreadful Fate of a Husband and Father,
except the allowance from Government and a subscription amongst the Officers to
which Sir Eyre COOK generously gave 5 doubloons, which inabled us to return to
England, but since I have been married which was in June I understand I forfeit
the Compassionate Allowance, thus my Lord as the Daughter of a Man who lost his
life while in the Service of his Country and who by length of service and good
conduct rose from the ranks in the Guards to the situation which he held when
he died we have presumed to hope your Lordship will grant our request.
We remain your Lordship’s most humble and obedient
servants
William and Elizabeth REYNOLDS
REYNOLDS,
William (2)
442
Princess
Rode
Lambeth
July 20th
1819
Honored Sir,
I
take the liberty of addressing you to solicit a participation in the grant
allowed by Government to enable distressed manufacturers to emmegrate to the
I
have been for some years a Master in the manufacturing of Tin Ware and
Ironmonger but business being so very bad have been obliged to give up my house
and business and am very desirous of going to the the Cape with my family
consisting of a wife and three children under ten years of age. I beg leave to
say that at all times I shall as heretofore exert myself for the interest of my
king and country having served five years in the Belston Volunteers commanded
by Major PROUD (Staffordshire) and four years in the Local Militia under Sir
John WROTCHLEY Bart and in the Staffordshire Yeomanry.
I beg
with due submission to say that I can procure very respectable refferences as
to my general conduct for honesty sobriety and industry. If I should be thought
a proper person to be sent to the
Your most obed’t and humble servant
William REYNOLDS
RICE, J
496
Parochial
Office
Parish of
St.James,
2 Aug’t 1819
Sir,
I
have to request on behalf of the Governors and Directors of the poor of the
Parish of St.James Westminster that you will be pleased to favor me with any
official letters of instructions that have been issued from your office by
Government relative to the benevolent and judicious project of encouraging
industrious labourers to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope; for the purpose of
enabling the Board of Governors to consider how far the project can be rendered
available to the mutual benefit and advantage of the Parish and its unfortunate
unemployed industrious paupers.
I have the honor to remain
Your very obed’t hbl serv’t
J. RICE
Clerk to Board of Governors
RICHARDS,
Alexander
577
27 August
1819
Sir,
Not
having seen on of the circulars respecting emigration to the Cape of Good Hope
& having been told this morning at the door of your office that an
application by letter for one would be attended to I shall be obliged if you will send one to
Your most obedient servant
Alex. RICHARDS
592
2nd
Sept 1819
Sir,
Your
circular addressed to me the 27th ult explains very clearly the
terms on which settlers are to be taken out. But I should wish to know if on
their arrival at the
I am Sir
Your most obed’t serv’t
Alex. RICHARDS
RICHARDS,
John
500
August 2nd
1819
Sir,
We
have taken the liberty of addressing you by stating our wish to go to the
John BERGMAN by trade a printer, born in
John RICHARDS, likewise a printer, born in
The favor of an answer addressed to John RICHARDS,
RICHARDS,
Richard
470
No.10 Little
Lambeth
July 26 1819
Sir,
Myself
with nine other friends have a desire to go with our families to the
I am Sir your most obed’t servant
Richard RICHARDS
486
No.10 Little
Lambeth
July 28 1819
Sir,
I
received your letter with the conditions proposed by Government for emigration
to the
Your humble servant
Richard RICHARDS
RICHARDSON,
James
532
Heartshead
August 12th
1819
Please your Lordship,
I
humbly beg your Lordship’s pardon for taking the liberty of thus addressing you
but hearing that Government had granted 50 thousand pounds to encourage
emmegration to the Cape of Good Hope and wishing to go with my family which
consists of my wife and 5 children, two boys and 3 girls, the oldest 12 the
youngest 3 years old and not knowing the what way to apply or rightly
understanding the terms alowed I made bold humbly hoping that it would please
your Lordship to direct me in an answer which I hope your Lordship will grant
to your Lordship’s humble servant
J.
NB There is yong families would go if they could have
their passage free as from the badness of trade they have not in their power to
pay and would it pleas your Lordship to say if a Pensioner of the Royal
Hospital Chelsea could receive his pension there he wishing to go with his wife
and son.
541
Heartshead
August 13
1819
Please your Lordship
I
humbly return thanks for your answer to mine dated the 12th and hope the following persons will meet with
your Lordship’s aprobation they being all desirous to emmegrate to the
Charles
DENTON aged 35 his wife 36 daughter Ann 12 trad labourer
William
DENTON aged 26 his wife Mary 24 son William aged 1 by trad a labourer
John STAYCY aged 30 his wife 28 two children one
daughter aged 8 the other a boy 2 years his trad farmer and farrier
Benjamin WHARTON aged 22 single man by trad a farmer
Thomas WHARTON aged 25 his wife 23 two children one 3
the other 1
John BARKER aged 34 his wife 32 4 children all boys
one 2 one 4 one 7 one 11 by trade farmer
William HEARTLY aged 35 his wife 31 2 children one 12
the other 5 by trade a farmer
John BRIGHTMORE aged 21 his wife 19 labourer
William BALM aged 19 single man labourer
Edward LOCKWOOD 28 his wife 19 no children trade
blacksmith
James
RICHARDSON age 25 his wife 29 5 children one 11 one boy and one
girl twins 8 one boy 5 girl 3 corn dealer
I
humbly hope your Lordship will grant an answer to this sayin weather we can
have a pasport and what the sum of money will be where we are to pay it &
when as I will strive to fulfill the engagement to the best of my power.
The above
names persons are all stout healthy men able and willing to do their duty to
themselves and the colony. An answer to this stating every perticular nessary
will be gratefully received as it will require a few weeks to settle my affairs.
I remain your Lordship’s most humble servant
J.
Corn Dealer
680
December 9th
1819
Please your Lordship,
Being
disapointed in several of the men not coming forward as settlers to the Cape of
Good hope I am desired by Lieutenant Sir Charles CLEMENTS to acquaint your
Lordship that we had got others in their place not exceeding the other number
and if it please your Lordship to grant permission to admit them on board the Stentor instead of the others it would
be gratefully received by
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
J.
[Note from GOULBURN: Is this an accepted settler, if
so accept the changes.]
682
List of persons going as Settlers to the
James
RICHARDSON Corn Dealer aged 25, Sarah 29
Eliz’th
12
Martha
8
Emma
3
James
8
John
4
Richard
HULLY Farmer 34, Ann 33
Richard
9
Francess
1
Ann
6
Sarah
4
William
CLAYTON Farmer 32, Judith 30
John
7
Ann
5
Eliz’th
3
George
CLAYTON Farmer 29, Elizabeth 30
William
Charles
Luke
WELCH Farmer 25, Mary 30
Jonathan
KENEDY Farmer 24
Joshua
MOSLY Cutler 20
John
BRADSHAW Cutler 24
Richard
NOON Farmer 21
The above named persons are now on board the Stentor
I remain your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
J.
25th December 1819
RIGBY, Peter
628
Messrs.
Pickering Brothers
Merchants,
Oct 17 1819
Sir,
I beg
you will be pleased to lay before his Lordship the Secretary of State for the
Colonial Department the annexed list of families who are desirous of settling
at the
I have the honor to be Sir with the utmost respect
Your most obedient humble servant
P. RIGBY
PS I beg to forward a memorandum of my services in the
Navy and copies of several letters which I have received in course of service
of which I hope his Lordship will approve.
PR
Memorandum of the Services of Lieutenant Peter RIGBY
|
Several
Bearings or Ranks |
Names of
the Naval Ships |
Names of
the Several Admirals, Captains and Commanders |
Stations
on which the Ship was chiefly Employed |
Date of
Entry |
Date of
Discharge |
|
AB
Midshipman |
Alligator |
Capt.Thomas AFFLECK |
Channel |
17 Oct 1794 |
14 Feb 1795 |
|
AB Midshipman |
Amethyst |
Do. |
Do. |
15 Feb 1795 |
15 Feb 1796 |
|
Do. |
Caesar |
Capt.Charles Edw’d NUGENT |
Channel Fleet and in Squadrons to Westward |
16 Feb 1796 |
25 May 1797* |
|
|
|
Captain Rodham HOME |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
|
Capt.Hon.Henry Edwin STANHOPE |
Do. |
26 May 1797 |
August 1801 |
|
|
|
Captain Sir Erasmus GOWER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Captain James VASHON |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Admiral James GAMBIER |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Captain Edward BRACE |
|
|
|
|
Lieutenant |
Brisk |
Rank |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
Friendship Hired
vessel |
Self |
|
10 Aug 1801 |
October 1801 |
|
Do. |
Ruby |
Capt.Hon. Francis GARDNER |
[obscured] |
May 1803 |
July 1804 |
|
|
|
Admiral EdwardTHORNBROUGH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Captain David COLEBY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Captain Charles ROWLEY |
|
|
|
|
Do. |
Rifleman Transport |
Self |
Off coast and |
26 Jul 1804 |
10 Jan 1806 |
|
Do. |
Urgent |
Do. |
[obscured] |
19 Jan 1806 |
20 Dec 1812 |
*by the Delegates during the Mutiny
[Transcriber’s Notes: Many of these ships are featured
in Ships of the Old Navy on
http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/INTRO.HTM
. The Amethyst under Captain AFFLECK
was wrecked after striking the rocks in the Channel Islands and had to be
beached at
632-637
[letters enclosed with above memorandum]
To Lieutenant Peter RIGBY
Commanding HMG Brig Urgent
22 February
1807
Sir,
I
have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday detailing the
particulars of your situation and proceedings in the gale of the 18th
and subsequent thereto, as well as the measures taken by you for the
preservation and defence of the brig you command as well as of the Admetus Collier Brig which I have laid
before his Lordship the Commander in Chief as reflecting great credit on
yourself, your officers and crew and beg you will yourself accept and convey to
them my thanks for the steadiness evinced on that occasion
Who remain Sir
Your very obedient and very humble servant
E.W.C.R. OWEN
To Lieutenant Peter RIGBY
Commanding HMB Urgent
28 February
1807
Sir,
The
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty having (as well as the Commander in Chief)
been pleased to express their approbation of your conduct during the late gale
and subsequent thereto as well as for the safety of your own vessel as for that
of the Admetus Collier Brig, it gives
me great pleasure in communicating the same.
Who am Sir
Your very obedient and very humble servant
E.W.C.R. OWEN
To Captain PUGET commanding the advanced squadron
Copy to Peter PUGET
Cop to Lieutenant Peter RIGBY
Commanding His Majesty’s Gun Brig Urgent off
Prince of
Wales
23 August
1807
Sir,
Having
observed with great satisfaction the spirited conduct of the Sloops, Bombs,
Armed Ships, Gun Brigs, Tenders and Boats under your directions which so
gallantly opposed the Crown Battery, Block Ships, Prams and Gun Boats of the
Enemy for so many hours this day, I have to desire you will accept on your own
part and communicate to the commanders, officers and crews of the several
ships, vessels and boats that were so arduously engaged my highest praise and
approbation of the bravery and energy which was displayed by the whole squadron
on that occasion.
I am Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
J. GAMBIER
To Lieutenant Peter RIGBY
Commanding His Majesty’s Gun Brig Urgent
Goliath
October 29th
1807
Sir,
In
reply to your letter requesting my opinion of your services in command of the Urgent Gun Brig in the advanced squadron
off Copenhagen, I have great pleasure in bearing testimony to your constant
exertion in the several actions we had with the Crown Battery and Danish
Flotilla and of your promptitude in executing my orders during the time you
were placed under my directions on that service and beg also to state that I
was particularly pleased with the manner in which the Urgent was placed on the 23rd August and the fire she kept up
against the attack of the Enemy on that day.
I
should be very happy to hear of your promotion and wishing you every success
believe me to be, Sir
Your very faithful servant
Peter PUGET
A list of men’s names who have voluntarily engaged to
go with Lieutenant Peter RIGBY RN to the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa to
settle on and bring into cultivation such land as may be assigned him by
Secretary of State for the Colonial Department, all of whom being capable of
daily labour.
|
No. |
Name |
Age |
No. of
Children |
Total in
family |
Trade |
Residence |
Amt of
Deposit |
By Whom to
be Paid |
|
1 |
Peter RIGBY & wife |
|
2 |
4 |
Lieutenant RN |
|
£10 |
Lt. RIGBY |
|
2 |
Joseph PICKERING |
36 |
|
1 |
Miller & Millwright |
Do. |
£10 |
Jos. PICKERING |
|
3 |
John JONES |
48 |
|
1 |
Farmer |
Do. |
£10 |
John JONES |
|
4 |
Thomas JONES |
26 |
|
1 |
Farmer |
Do. |
£10 |
Do. |
|
5 |
Evan BYWATER & wife |
23 |
1 |
3 |
Farmer |
Do. |
£10 |
Do. |
|
6 |
Robert COINS & wife |
30 |
1 |
3 |
Wheelwright |
Prestayne |
£10 |
Lt. RIGBY |
|
7 |
James CLOWS & Wife |
31 |
2 |
4 |
Stone Mason |
|
£10 |
James CLOWS |
|
8 |
Charles BOSLEM & wife |
27 |
|
2 |
Stone Mason |
Do. |
£10 |
Chas. BOSLEM |
|
9 |
Wm. ALMOND & wife |
38 |
5 |
7 |
Farmer |
Netherton nr L’pool |
£17:10 |
Lt. RIGBY |
|
10 |
Robert WILLIAMS |
22 |
|
1 |
Farmer |
Do. |
£10 |
Do. |
|
11 |
Isaac CROW & wife |
40 |
|
2 |
Bricklayer |
|
£10 |
Do. |
|
12 |
Richard SMITH |
28 |
|
1 |
Shoemaker |
Do. |
£10 |
Richard SMITH |
|
13 |
William SMITH |
25 |
|
1 |
Baker |
Do. |
£10 |
Wm. SMITH |
ROBERTS,
Charles
568
6 Staples
Inn Buildings
Middle Row
Holborn
25 Aug 1819
My Lord,
I
should feel greatly obliged by your favoring me with the conditions for
settlers destined for the
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
Chas. ROBERTS
ROBERTS,
John
466
26th
July 1819
Sir,
On
behalf of myself and several other persons wishing to emigrate to the
Whether
the several parties whose proposals may be received by Government are to be
settled in different parts of the country or as near to each other as
circumstances or the regulations mentioned in the circular will permit
and what part of the country is fixed upon for their reception, whether in
the interior or on the coast, whether any & what protection will be
afforded them against the incursions of the natives & if they are to be
furnished with arms for their defence & if they are to receive any tools
or agricultural instruments with other necessaries for cultivation and
whether upon their arrival and having the land apportioned to them they are
then to do the best they can for themselves, without having a provision made
for their subsistence until the produce of the land will enable them to support
their families, independent of the ten pounds deposited before their departure.
And whether they are to be subject to the controul of the person engaging with
the Government of this country on their behalf when settled at the Cape, or to
be subject only to the civil power, and if subject to the controul of
such person as above mentioned, in what way, and lastly whether any other
qualifications are required than youth, health & strength.
I am Sir with the utmost respect
Your most obed’t humble serv’t
John ROBERTS
563
24th
August 1819
Sir,
I beg
leave to hand you the enclosed statement of persons wishing to avail themselves
of the offer of Government, for whom I hereby undertake to enter into any
arrangement with the Government that may be required of the persons having the
direction of at least ten families pursuant to the terms of the circular. I am
also directed by the persons so enumerated to state to you that (if required)
they are individually ready to enter into any arrangement & otherwise
conform to all the conditions that Government may in its judgement require of
them.
I have the honor to be Sir with the utmost respect
Your most obed’t humble serv’t
John ROBERTS
The number of families I propose taking out are 31, as
you will observe by reference to the statement, amongst whom are several
families who have more than two children, and the number of such children are
11. The total number of souls altogether are 87.
|
|
Names of
persons on whose behalf the within application is made |
Age |
Profession |
Number of
children under 14 years of age |
No. of
children above 14 & under 18 |
|
1 |
William POPPLEWELL |
21 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
2 |
George STOKES |
23 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
3 |
John BELL |
29 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
4 |
William WARBURTON & |
31 |
Smith |
Thomas Tye
WARBURTON 13 |
None |
|
|
Mary WARBURTON |
29 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
John PURDY & |
33 |
Smith |
John PURDY
aged 9 & |
None |
|
|
Priscilla PURDY |
28 |
|
Thomas
PURDY 7 |
|
|
6 |
George FEW & |
29 |
Husbandman |
Barcelissa
FEW aged 3 & |
None |
|
|
Esther FEW |
26 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
Gilbert HAYES & |
22 |
Husbandman |
Eliza
HAYES aged 2 |
None |
|
|
Elizabeth HAYES |
22 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
Benjamin MATTHEWS |
25 |
Weaver |
None |
None |
|
9 |
John FRITH & |
28 |
Carpenter |
John FRITH
aged 1 year |
None |
|
|
Mary FRITH |
28 |
|
|
|
|
10 |
William BROWN |
20 |
Warehouseman |
None |
None |
|
11 |
Thomas THRIFT & |
36 |
Husbandman |
William
THRIFT 3 years |
None |
|
|
Harriott THRIFT |
26 |
|
|
|
|
12 |
Charles BROCKLESBY & |
40 |
Mariner |
Mary Ann
BROCKLESBY 9 yrs |
None |
|
|
Sarah BROCKLESBY |
30 |
|
Charles
BROCKLESBY 7 years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Henry
BROCKLESBY 5 years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
John Yoeman COOKE & |
33 |
Husbandman |
John
Yoeman COOKE 8 yrs |
None |
|
|
Mary Ann COOKE |
33 |
|
Caroline
COOKE 5 years |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mary Ann 2
years |
|
|
14 |
John BROCKLESBY |
38 |
Mariner |
None |
None |
|
15 |
William BARBER & |
30 |
Carpenter |
Caroline
BARBER 6 years |
None |
|
|
Susan BARBER |
29 |
|
William
BARBER 1 year |
|
|
16 |
Thomas HUGHES |
30 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
17 |
Thomas GREEN |
30 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
18 |
James POWELL |
30 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
19 |
John FLETCHER & |
27 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
|
|
Hannah FLETCHER |
26 |
|
|
|
|
20 |
John SCOTT & |
39 |
Shipwright & |
Eliza
SCOTT 9 years |
None |
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Frances SCOTT |
39 |
Joiner |
Edmund
SCOTT 7 years |
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Henry
SCOTT 5 years |
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Emma SCOTT
9 months |
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21 |
Philip ERNST |
23 |
Cabinet Maker |
None |
None |
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22 |
Samuel DRAKE & |
25 |
Husbandman |
Susan
DRAKE 2 years & |
None |
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Martha DRAKE |
24 |
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Charles
DRAKE 8 months |
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23 |
Joseph EDWARDS & |
30 |
Husbandman |
None |
None |
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Sarah EDWARDS |
28 |
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24 |
Thomas GEORGE & |
32 |
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Thomas
GEORGE 7 years & |
None |
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Mary GEORGE |
29 |
Husbandman |
Mary
GEORGE 6 |
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25 |
Robert SILVER |
22 |
Shoemaker |
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26 |
James RODWAY & |
34 |
Husbandman |
Mary
RODWAY 13 years |
None |
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Mary RODWAY |
30 |
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Susan
RODWAY 9 years |
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Ann RODWAY
4 years |
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William 11
years |
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James 7
years |
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George 3
years |
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27 |
John BULMORE |
19 |
Smith |
None |
None |
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28 |
Edward JONES & |
36 |
Husbandman |
Charlotte
JONES 12 years |
William
JONES 15 yrs |
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Charlotte JONES |
32 |
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Henry
JONES 10 years |
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29 |
Joseph ROBERTS & |
33 |
Printer |
Clara
ROBERTS 6 months |
James
KEIGHLY 16 yrs |
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Elizabeth ROBERTS |
33 |
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30 |
John ROBERTS & |
23 |
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None |
None |
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Mary Ann ROBERTS |
22 |
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31 |
George MITCHELL & |
25 |
Labourer |
None |
None |
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Hannah MITCHELL |
24 |
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590
1st
Sept 1819
Sir,
I
have to acknowledge receipt of your answer to my letter of the 25th
ult and am directed by one or two of the persons named in the statement to
state to you that they have cocerns to wind up and business to settle which
will take some time compleating. I shall therefore feel obliged by as early an
answer as possible stating whether the proposal is accepted or not, as
otherwise it might materially affect their interests, & to know if the
statement already submitted was sufficient as any delay on that account might
prove equally prejudicial.
Apologising for this extra trouble, I remain with the
utmost respect Sir
Your very obed’t serv’t
John ROBERTS
617
7th
Oct 1819
Sir,
In
again troubling you on behalf of the party for whom I applied on the 25th
August last, and to which I received your answer on the 30th ult, I
beg leave to state that the persons included in the statement handed to you as
above were selected as intelligent and eligible individuals who met frequently
for the purpose of devising and arranging such plans as were deemed most likely
to aid their prospects and forward their views at the place of destination for
mutual advantage.
In
consequence of their arrangements and a reliance upon their eligibility,
several have actually disposed of their businesses and made preparations for
their departure. Under these circumstances, therefore, and that they may not
suffer to the extent of these disadvantages I shall feel obliged by your
informing me whether upon the present number being augmented, & chartering &
victualling a vessel for their conveyance at their own expence, a grant of land
will be made to them by His Majesty’s Government upon the same terms as
specified in the circular.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your most ob’t hbl svt
John ROBERTS
652
2 Baynes Row
8th
November 1819
Sir,
Inclosed
I beg leave to hand you a copy of an agreement (that has bee prepared for and
approved of by a respectable Society wishing to emigrate to the Cape of Good
Hope) for the consideration of Earl BATHURST.
The Society
already consists of twenty five families with a capital of about £5000, which
it is intended to increase in the same proportion of capital as near as
possible. But previous to increasing the numbers, or chartering a vessel for
conveyance, it is a material object to know whether his Lordship will grant
land upon the conditions stated in the agreement, & if not whether in any
other and what way.
Should
the general tenor of the agreement meet the approbation of his Lordship I will,
as soon as the number that is proposed to extend this Society to is compleated,
forward a regular statement comprehending the necessary particulars. Requesting
the favor of an early answer
I remain Sir with the utmost respect
Your very ob’t serv’t
John ROBERTS
654 Articles of
Agreement
Articles
of Agreement had made concluded and agreed upon this ___ day of ___ in the
sixtieth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord george the Third by the Grace
of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King Defender of the Faith
and in the year of our Lord 1819 between John ROBERTS of Baynes Row in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman of the one part and the several persons who have
subscribed their names hereto of the other part.
Whereas
the said John ROBERTS having applied to the Government of Great Britain for a
grant of land at the Colony of the Cape of Good Hope in consideration of his
taking out a certain number of individuals and families and locating them there
and undertaking to provide for them or see that they are properly provided for,
and whereas His Majesty’s Government for the considerations above mentioned
have granted a portion of land to him the said John ROBERTS in the said Colony
at the rate of 100 acres for every able bodied individual above 18 years of age
or head of a family whom he shall so take out and shall actually locate upon
the land granted to him as aforesaid, and whereas the said several persons
parties hereto of the second part have to and with the said John ROBERTS to
proceed with him to the said Colony of the Cape of Good Hope for the purposes
herein mentioned at his and their own expence, and whereas at a meeting of the
said several persons parties hereto a Committee was appointed to conduct
jointly with the said John ROBERTS the business of the said several persons
parties hereto of the second part until the said parties shall have landed at
the aforesaid Colony, when a general consultation shall be forthwith held, with
the whole of the said parties hereto and twelve Directors chosen to act with
the said John ROBERTS in the general affairs of the said parties hereto as is
hereinafter particularly mentioned, and whereas for the purposes of adopting
the best means for carrying the same into execution in the way that will be
most beneficial to all the parties hereto, It is hereby mutually and
reciprocally agreed by and between all the parties to these presents as
follows.
That
all the said parties to these presents shall for themselves and their
dependents subscribe and pay properly such a sum as the said Committee shall
deem necessary for establishing a fund for chartering and victualling a vessel
for the purpose of conveying the parties hereto to the place of destination for
the purchase of such a stock of agricultural implements and other tools and
likewise a library as the Committee may find necessary such implements &
tools & the library to be considered as one common property for the use
benefit and advantage of each and every of the parties hereto their wives and
children.
That
he the said John ROBERTS his heirs executors and administrators shall and will
as soon as he shall obtain possession of the said land and have a title thereto
will effectually assign and convey unto each and every of the said several
persons parties hereto of the second part their heirs executors or
administrators an allotment thereof equal to the admeasurement of 90 acres
subject to a proportionable share of the quit rent & all other taxes or
charges already imposed thereon or to be imposed hereafter by the present or any
future government of the said Colony.
That
for the protection and advantage of all the parties hereto a proportion of the
said several allotments so to be made as aforesaid to the said several persons
parties hereto of the second part shall be [laid?] out in such towns or
villages under the management and as the Director hereinafter named shall think
fit and proper & as the situation shall admit the remaining proportion to
be laid out farms and plantations in the immediate vicinity of such towns or
villages that in each of such towns or villages shall be erected a place of
public worship (if required by distance) a hall in which shall be conducted the
public affairs a library & such mills as shall be found necessary for
public use & an area of at least 15 acres for a market place to be erected
upon the ground reserved to the said John ROBERTS.
That
the affairs of such towns or villages shall be regulated and conducted by 12
Directors to be chosen annually by ballot and the said John ROBERTS as Chairman
such Directors to be chosen immediately upon landing & to be persons whose
abilities & judgement are presumed to be competent to the task of managing
the same in a due and proper manner & that the right of appeal from any of
the penalties hereinafter mentioned shall be by petition to the said Directors
and Chairman who shall have full power to inflict any fines or penalties not
herein particularly mentioned and shall and may mitigate such fines &
penalties as in their discretion they shall think fit & reasonable.
That
the said parties to these presents shall and will mutually assist each other to
the utmost of his and their endeavour in building a cottage of equal dimensions
& in clearing & enclosing with folds for the protection of cattle five
acres of land for each of the persons parties hereto And further in the digging
of such wells and forming of such aqueducts for supplying water for the
convenience and comfort of all the parties hereto & in erecting and
building all and every the public buildings mentioned in the 3rd
article and the erection of all which public buildings to be conducted by the
said Directors and for them to nominate classes & a competent person to
direct each class in such employment as they may be most competent to until all
the conditions of this article shall be fulfilled and in case of neglect or
refusal of any or either of the said parties to these presents to comply in
every respect to the conditions contained in this article the person or persons
so neglecting refusing or not conforming himself or themselves to the strict
observance hereof shall be summoned before the said Directors to account for
his or their conduct in that respect & if after a proper reprimand from the
said Directors he or they shall still persist in neglecting or refusing or non
compliance with this article such person or persons so offending shall be fined
in the sum of £10 sterling or a sum equivalent to that in currency of the
colony and also be deprived of the use of the public stock of implements &
tools & the library and also of the services or assistance of any person or
persons parties hereto in any way whatsoever & any person or persons who
shall be found to aid or assist such offender or offenders he or they so found
aiding or assisting shall be subject to the penalty of £5 or an equal sum in
the currency of the colony And further that should any person or persons fined
in any of the above penalties not possess the means of discharging the same
then and in that case such a part of the grant or grants of land made to such
party or parties as shall be adjudged by the decision of a jury of 12 persons
& a foreman (to be chosen from among the parties to these presents) to be
forfeit such penalties or forfeitures to become the property of the said
Chairman & Directors for the time being to be held by them in trust for the
joint benefit & advantage of all the parties hereto and so in like manner
on incurring any other penalty mentioned in this agreement or any other not
particularly provided for.
That
none of the parties to these presents shall be allowed to retail spirituous
liquors any way whatever within the limits of the grant made to the said John
ROBERTS and that every person found retailing spirituous liquors contrary to
this article shall be subject to the penalty of £50 & forfeiture of such
liquors And further that should any of the said parties to these presents by
intemperance or otherwise deprive the other persons parties hereto of his
services or in any way disturb the public tranquility the parties so offending
shall be fined the sum of £5 for every such offence.
That
no person or persons parties hereto shall be permitted to purchase any slave or
slaves nor be in any way concerned in the slavery of a fellow creature under a
penalty in three times the value of every such slave & liberation of the
suffering object.
That
for the protection of our families and property all the persons hereto shall
submit to military duty one hour every day for the first month and after that
period as often as may be deemed necessary under the directions of a proper
person to be chosen for that purpose.
Provided
always that no part of this agreement shall be binding on any of the said
parties hereto any further or otherwise than they are consistent with the
existing laws for the time being of the said Colony
664
30th
Nov 1819
Sir,
I beg
leave to submit for the consideration of Earl BATHURST the enclosed list of
persons willing to emigrate under my direction to the colony of the Cape of
Good Hope at their own expence, should his Lordship upon his own deliberation
think it adviseable to grant land upon the same terms as to the other settlers
now proceeding to that colony.
The
party take with them a capital of £3000 & propose to assist each other
mutually until each shall be in a situation to provide for his family, and to
conform themselves to all proper regulations for their future guidance.
As
soon as his Lordships determination shall be known suitable arrangements will
be made to proceed in a vessel that will sail in a few days.
I
further beg to add that should these proposals meet the approbation of His
Lordship I am ready to enter into any arrangements his Lordship may require on
behalf of myself and the persons proceeding under my direction.
I have the honor to be Sir
Your very obed’t serv’t
John ROBERTS
[Note from GOULBURN]
Give him a letter to the Gov’r for a grant of land
proportioned to his means of cultivation & acquaint him
[enclosed]
25
Tuesday 30th
Nov 1819
Dear Sir,
The
bearer of this letter Mr. John ROBERTS is desirous of availing himself of the
offer which has been made on the part of Government to facilitate and encourage
emigration to the
I remain your ob. Faithful serv’t
Fred’k POLLOCK
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