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
FITZSIMMONS,
Nicholas (filed under S)
937
Coothill
9th
Sept 1819
Sir,
Having
made application to the Commander in Chief respecting myself and some others
going to the
Nicholas FITZSIMMONS
Out Pensioner Chelsea Hosp 52nd Foot
Direct Nicholas FITZSIMMONS,
965
Coothill
27th
Sept 1819
Sir,
I
have received the necessary instructions from your office concerning the
indulgence granted subjects going out to the new colonies. All I am at a loss
for is to know whether pensioners can draw their pension there the same as in
this country, as there are a number of us here who would wish to go. Sir, if
you would be graciously pleased to let me know if it will do for our pension to
lie in Sir Joseph SIM’s hand, Chelsea Eagent, to answer the deposit money as there is many of us
drawing small pensions not able to answer the deposit money in hand.
Nicholas FITZSIMMONS
Out
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
SAGE, James
788
Camberwell
[Received 29
July 1819]
Sir,
I
shall feel myself extremely obliged by your submitting to me a copy of those
regulations concerning the emigration and the rules to be observed by those
persons who wish to emigrate to the
I remain Sir your obliged servant
James SAGE
SALMON,
S.S.
1082
8 College
Green,
15th
Nov 1819
Sir,
I
request you to pardon this freedom. I learn than an appointment of a medical
person to the
I have the honor to be Sir
Yr very obedient serv’t
S.S. SALMON
PS If you wish for further particulars I refer you to
the surgeons of Bristol Infirmary
SALTER,
Thomas and James BRYANT
848
[whole letter written in the
same hand]
August 13th
1819
My Lord,
We
have taken the humble liberty of addressing your Lordship having a very
particular desire to go to the
And likewise your Lordship i
have the same desire. Pleas your Lordship i ham by
trade a sawer i have
[three?] years to work has a pitman in that line of business and likewise i understand the trade shoe making i
to your Lordship i have a wife & two children
both boys
James BRYANT Ditto*
We remain your Lordships humble servants
Thomas SALTER & James BRYANT
[Transcriber’s Note: Thomas SALTER and James BRYANT
were neighbours of Edward WYNNE and became members of his party. James BRYANT
remained in the party when it was taken over by Hezekiah SEPHTON]
SANDERS,
Henry
721/723
July 19th
1819
Sir,
May I
be allowed in requesting you to bring the enclosed to the notice of Lord
BATHURST to solicit you to further its object, it would confer a favour upon an
individual who flatters himself he would not be undeserving of your protection.
I am most respectfully, Sir
Your most humble servant
Henry SANDERS
At Edw’d DAY Esq
[note from GOULBURN on
reverse] No intention of making such an appointment
[enclosed letter]
July 19th
1819
My Lord,
In
consequence of severe and unprecedented losses in trade occasioned in two
instances by improper and unjustifiable
seizure of two ships with other misfortunes I am reduced from comparative
independence to the necessity of seeking subsistence for myself and family and
as I should prefer almost any situation to an inactive life it has occurred to
me that Government may have occasion to appoint persons in the character of
superintendents or otherwise in the colony intended to be established at the
Cape and in which case I beg to offer myself to your Lordship’s notice as
desirous of being employed.
I
shall not take up your Lordship’s valuable time by going further into detail at
present, but should I be so fortunate as to receive your Lordship’s protection
I flatter myself both as respects my connexions and the verity of my statement
that I shall be enabled to submit such proofs as will fully entitle me to
credence and the patronage of Government.
I
have already had the honour to address the Chancellor of the Exchequer on this
subject and he has referred me to your Lordship as the proper department for
the new intended colony at the
I have the honor to remain my Lord
Your Lordship’s most devoted servant
Henry SANDERS
SANDERSON,
George
733
Clay Hall
Near
Hants
21st
July 1819
My Lord,
I
hope you will forgive the liberty I have taken in troubling you, but finding
that you encourage emigration to the Cape of Good Hope and I having not the
means of soporting my familey
is the cause of my wishing to go their if you will cause directions to be sent
me how I ham to proceed.
I
have a wife & 3 daughters. I have not been troubling to the parish. Let me
know what money will be requisite and I will endeavour to provide. I have two
moor friends who wood be glad to go with me.
Honered
Sir, I remain your humble servant
Geo. SANDERSON
852
Clay Hall
Hants
15th
August 1819
Sir,
In
consequence of the advertisement lately published there are three families who
wish to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, one family consists of a man his wife
and three children, the second a man wife and two children and the third a man
wife and one child all under fourteen years of age. They are possessed of the
means of paying down the sum proposed but wish to know whom they are to pay it
and request you will give them the necessary information.
I remain your humble servant
Geo. SANDERSON
PS If not allowed to make the deposit would be glad to
go with the person engaging to take out familys.
1074
Clay Hall
Hants
9th
November 1819
My Lord,
Wishing
to emigrate to the Cape of Good Hope his the cause of my troubling your
Lordship & not being able to find hout any person
that is taking out families, should your Lordship know off aney
one that wants one to make up his number I should be glad to go. I can have
nine years caracter from my last employer
I am your Lordships most humble servant at command
Geo SANDERSON
[Transcriber’s Note: George SANDERSON became a late
replacement in BIGGAR’s Party departing from nearby
SANDS,
Thomas
748
Little
Brick Lane
Spittalfields
July 23 1819
Sir,
Having
a desire to go out to His Majesties New Coliney at
the Cape of Good Hope i take the liberty of sending
you the following statement as i have bine informed it is to yourself i
should give the particulars of my familey – i ham by trade a carpenter age 28 a wife and one childe
under 5 years. Likewise i have to inform you that two
of my friend wish to go by trade sawers
aged 32 years two familey consisting of four childrin eldest 6 years old. If further required by due
notice given i shall punctully
attend
I remain Sir your obed’t & humble serv’t
Thos. SANDS
SAUL, Isaac (see
also Patrick MAJOR in CO48/44)
961
Rathdrum
September 24th
1819
My Lord,
Agreeable
to your Lordship’s of 16th inst are enclosed a detailed statement of
the No, Names & Ages of all the Persons &c Patrick MAJOR & I
propose to take to His Majesty’s Settlement Cape of Good Hope.
Conforming
ourselves every way to the terms specified in the Circular
Letter upon which HM Government have offered to grant lands in the colony.
We
shall lodge £130 at the time of our embarkation to be repaid as mentioned in
the said circular or even more if req’d. The Settlers
are all of the Established Church, the men all served
H Majesty either in Regular Regts or in Yeomanry
Corps, all thoroughly understanding the farming business, also bearing the best
characters &c
Therefore
if approved of would be glad to know by return where to apply for the passage
out &c. I would be extreamly obliged if your
Lordship would have the goodness to order an answer in as much [speed] as
possibly can be done, as I have a multiplicity of business to arrange after the
receipt of the answer.
I have the honour to subscribe my Lord
Your Lordship’s most obliged & very humble srv’t
Isaac SAUL
PS Please to address as before to Isaac SAUL
Rathdrum
Name and Description of Person taking out the Settlers
Patrick MAJOR and Isaac SAUL as mentioned &c *
|
Names of
The Settlers |
Profession
or Trade |
Age |
Names of
the Women |
Age |
Male
Children |
Age |
Female
Children |
Age |
|
Patrick MAJOR * |
Gardener |
30 |
Elizabeth MAJOR |
30 |
MAJOR’s
|
Yrs |
MAJOR’s
|
Yrs |
|
Isaac SAUL |
Land Surveyor |
27 |
|
|
having
three |
|
having
three |
|
|
Henry WEBSTER |
Blacksmith |
30 |
Mary WEBSTER |
24 |
1st |
9 |
1st |
12 |
|
Geo. WORTH |
Shoemaker |
30 |
|
|
2nd |
3 |
2nd |
11 |
|
John SAUL |
Weaver |
24 |
Eliza SAUL |
22 |
3rd
|
8mo |
3rd |
4 |
|
Wm. SAUL |
Do. |
20 |
|
|
|
|
SAUL’s
one |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
WEBSTER’s
one |
14 |
1060
Rathdrum
Oct 31st
1819
Rt.Hon.Sir,
I propose to take out under my protection to
the Cape of Good Hope the Ten following able bodied individuals, all of strong
and healthy constitutions, and each able to work and all of them understanding
the farming business &c &c complying every way to the arrangements
pointed out in the circular which I read this day from His Royal Highness the
Duke of York and depositing the sum demanded in any office which your Lordship
shall be pleased to mention.
Also
conforming to such regulations as may be proposed by His Majesty’s Government
subsequent to our departure or such arrangements as may be made at any given
period &c &c
I have the honour to subscribe my name, Rt Hon Sir
Your most obed’t & very humble serv’t
Isaac SAUL
PS Please order a reply addressed to Isaac SAUL,
Person taking out the Settlers:
Isaac SAUL
Land Surveyor
|
Names of
the Settlers |
Age |
Profession
or Trade |
Names of
the Women |
Age |
Male
Children |
Age |
Female
Children |
Age |
|
Jno. SAUL Sen |
40 |
Farmer |
|
|
First |
15 |
First |
14 |
|
Jno. SAUL Jun |
22 |
Labourer |
Mrs. SAUL |
22 |
Second |
14 |
Second |
14 |
|
Wm. SAUL |
20 |
Do. |
Mrs. MEAGHER |
32 |
Third |
9 |
Third |
17 |
|
Jas. SAUL |
20 |
Do. |
Mrs. WEBSTER |
22 |
Fourth |
4 |
Fourth |
13 |
|
H. WEBSTER |
26 |
Blacksmith |
Mrs. SAUL |
18 |
Fifth |
1 |
Fifth |
12 |
|
P. MEAGHER |
32 |
Labourer |
Mrs. SMITH |
|
Sixth |
3 |
Sixth |
11 |
|
J. JOHNSON |
24 |
Do. |
|
|
Seventh |
1 |
Seventh |
10? |
|
J. |
24 |
Do. |
|
|
8th |
4 |
Eighth |
9 |
|
Rt. SMITH |
35 |
Do. |
|
|
|
|
Ninth |
8 |
|
E. SHEA |
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
Eleventh |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12th |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13th |
1 |
|
10 |
|
|
5 |
|
8 |
|
12 |
|
The above
number have all consented to go out under my protection and complying every way
to the regulations. I am desirous to know by return
whether I would be allowed to carry with me a Plough of the Scotch Plan as I
have an elegant one.
I
would be very desirous to know what office I shall apply to for the passage out
First family is a man & three children to deposit £20
Second family a man wife & child £15
Third a man £10
Fourth a man £10
Fifth a man wife 3 children £20
Sixth a man wife 6 children £20
7th a man £10
8th a man £10
9th a man wife 2 children £15
10th a man wife 6 children under 14 £10
£150
NB There shall be a great sum more deposited
[Note from GOULBURN in corner] Too late
SAUL, James
1096
Ballynocking
Rathdrum
8th
December 1819
Rt.Hon.Sir,
I beg leave to be allowed the liberty of
writing to your Lordship on the subject of emigration and to know if His
Majesty’s Government does intend renewing the grant the ensuing year to
individuals desirous to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope.
I
would be desirous to return there with ten able bodied labourers and their
families to become settlers similar as pointed out by the circular. Should it
meet your Lordship’s approbation to grant my request it will greatly oblige
Your Lordship’s very humble serv’t
James SAUL
[Note from GOULBURN] His M Gov’t
have not as yet come to any determination with respect to encouraging
emigration in any particular year
SAVAGE,
William
695
25th
May 1819
My Lord,
A few
individuals with their families are induced to emigrate in search of that
independency and comfort which the heavy load of taxes in
Their
only motive for this step is their conviction of the great improbability of
making any future provision for their families; and the doubt and uncertainty
of even providing respectably for them during their own lives.
Deeply
impressed with a reverence for the constitution of their native country and
without any disaffection for its Government, they have resolved not to bend their
steps to the United States of America nor to any country likely to be hostile
to England; they have therefore turned their attention to a new country with an
intention, by good faith and acts of friendship, to conciliate the affections
of the natives; and by attention to the cultivation of the land they may
purchase to strive by industrious habits to enjoy the blessings of this world,
free from the cares which at present are continually preying on their minds.
With
these views they have selected
Desirous
of acting in conformity with the Laws and complying with the necessary
Regulations I respectfully apply to your Lordship to ask if His Majesty’s
Government would allow, without any impediment, a few families to proceed to
New Zealand at their own expense, with agricultural implements for the
cultivation of their farms, and some tools necessary for the erection of their
houses.
Apologising
for obtruding myself on your Lordship’s time and attention I have the honour to
be with the highest respect, my Lord
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
William SAVAGE
[Note from GOULBURN]
Acknowledge receipt and acquaint him that His
Majesty’s Gov’t have no disposition to throw any
impediment in the way of persons proceeding to
697
8th
June 1819
My Lord,
I beg
leave to express my obligation for Mr. GOULBURN’s answer to my former letter to
your Lordship on the subject of emigrating to
In
that answer Mr. GOULBURN says that in the event of persons proceeding to the
Cape of Good Hope they will receive grants of land in proportion to their means
of cultivating it, but that too in a climate and under circumstances by no
means less favourable than those which
As
political dissatisfaction forms no part of our motives for emigrating, we
should greatly prefer continuing to live under the influence of that
constitution which from our infancy we have been taught to revere, and the
value of which the experience of manhood has impressed still deeper in our
minds; and also under that Government which has raised the Glory of the English
Nation to an unprecedented heighth – to living under
any other Government in the known world.
With
these feelings I should be particularly obliged if your Lordship would have the
goodness to cause me to be informed in what situation grants of land would be
made at the
I
believe the capital we should possess would vary from about 300£ to 1000£ each
and the greatest part of us are men with families.
It
would also be desireable for us to know to what
extent His Majesty’s Government would be inclined to grant land to each
individual or family possessing those means of cultivating it; under what
tenure it would be held; and if the timber that might be growing on the land
would be the property of the settler or be [reserved?] by His Majesty’s
Government.
I have the honour to be with the highest respect, my
Lord
Your Lordship’s most obedient humble servant
William SAVAGE
[Note from GOULBURN] Send him the extract in italics
from the enclosed paper
SAWYER,
George
897
August 28th
1819
Sir,
In
consequence of the proposed emigration to the
I am Sir, respectfully
Your most ob’t
Geo. SAWYER
SCANLAN,
William
901
Longford
My Lord
On reading your Lordships official Circular, relative to an
intended colony at the
I have the
honor to be My Lord
Your
Lordships most obedt humble servant
William
SCANLON Serjeant
Longford
Yeomanry
William SCANLON & wife 5 sons from
1
daughter 6 years old
We the
undersigned officers of the town of
Sir George
FETHERSTONE, Bart, [Capt/Col] 3rd Company
William
[DOYLE/BOYLE] Capt 2 Co
Thomas
SLEMMON 1st Lieut
The before
named, William SCANLON is of good character
FORBES M.P.
[Transcriber’s
note: Thomas FETHERSTONE was MP for Longford from
1801 to
950
[received
The persons
marked in my letter so + are to be contracted for by Mr W. SCANLAN
and should the rest be approved of, on my getting your Lordship’s answer I
shall have a contractor appointed. Your
Lordship will perceive that all so marked are protestants with the [exception]
of Edward W. KEON
William
SCANLAN
Serjt Longford Yeomanry
[Notation
at bottom of page:] Nos 1.3.4
PS to 1
Pensioners
of
[Transcriber’s
note: The Kilmainham Hospital in
971
Longford
My Lord
Enclosed your Lordship has the names and descriptions of the
several families that I propose contracting for, in case of my being allowed to
proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. Should your Lordship require me to forward a
certificate of their being in good health, I shall be able to forward such,
signed by the Clergyman of the Parish.
Should your Lordship look on them as proper persons to
proceed there, I should feel particularly obliged by your letting me know what
further proceedings I am to take respecting the money to be deposited, as soon
as possible, as some of them will be under the necessity of disposing of their
effects in this country as soon as they hear your Lordship’s final answer
concerning them.
In
conclusion I beg leave to state that I am perfectly willing to conform to such
conditions as his Majesty’s Government may think proper to dictate, respecting
the granting of lands in the aforesaid Colony.
I remain
your Lordship’s most obedt very humble servt
William
SCANLAN
Serjeant,
Longford Yeomanry
Name and
Description of the Person taking out the Settlers:
William SCANLAN aged forty, a shoemaker Serjeant in the Longford Yeomanry
in good health; Hannah
his wife aged 34,
Five sons,
1st William
aged 16, John
aged 13, Charles
aged 11, Thomas aged 8, George 2
One
daughter Hannah
aged 6
all in
good health
**[Transcriber’s note: A mantua
was a loose gown worn over a petticoat and open down the front]
|
Names of
the Settlers |
Profession
or Trade |
Age |
Names of
the Women |
Age |
Male
Children |
Age |
Female
Children |
Age |
|
Edward FORBES |
Shoemaker
|
30 |
Harriet |
27 |
One |
3 |
One |
Infant |
|
John ARMSTRONG |
Farmer |
30 |
Catherine |
27 |
|
|
One |
4 |
|
Lau. ARMSTRONG |
Shoemaker
|
28 |
Anne |
25 |
One |
6 |
|
|
|
Moses ARMSTRONG |
Farmer |
26 |
Jane |
25 |
One |
12 |
One |
4 |
|
John
FULLARD |
Farmer |
24 |
Ellen |
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
Pierce FRAYNE |
Wheelwright |
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Alexander FORBES |
Farmer |
27 |
Sarah |
26 |
John |
5 |
Betsy |
2 |
|
James FOSTER |
Farmer |
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bevan MATHEWS |
Carpenter
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James ARMSTRONG * |
Weaver |
28 |
Jane
MILLER |
26 |
One |
10 |
One |
12 |
*James ARMSTRONG
has a sister a widow who keeps house for him, she has
also two children and would wish to go with him if allowed to go by depositing
ten pounds for all. I describe them
after his own name.
1032
Longford
My Lord
I beg leave to call your attention to my letter of the 30th
September in which I stated my willingness to contract for the ten families
mentioned therein to proceed as Settlers to the
I have the
honour to remain with great respect your Lordship’s most obedt
servt
William
SCANLAN
Serjeant Longford Yeomanry
1052
Longford
29th Octr 1819
Hon’d Sir
I most humbly beg leave to acquaint you that on the 30th
of last month I transmitted according to your directions & circular a
statement of the different persons who I as contractor, had prepared to bring
out to the Cape, and who are all now in complete readiness to move but
not having been honoured with your reply to my letter as above, I most humbly
beg & request your answer forthwith; (as the time is getting short) to know
what steps I am to take.
As so many famillys are thus unhinged and hanging in suspence I do most humbly hope for an immediate answer.
I have the
honor to be My Lord
Your
Lordship’s most humble servant
William
SCANLAN, Serjt
Longford
Infantry
SCARR, John
792
30 July 1819
St.Leonards
Shoreditch
Sir,
We
are directed by the churchwardens, overseers and weekly committee of the above
Parish to request the favor of you to inform us by a line to bearer under what
conditions persons are sent out by Government as settlers to the Cape of Good
Hope – or if you have printed conditions we shall be greatly obliged by your
transmitting us a copy.
We are Sir your very obedient servants
John SCARR & Son
Vestry Clerks
SCHOLEFIELD,
George
1114
Leeds,
December 17th
1819
Sir,
Feeling
a great desire (together with many of my neighbours) to emigrate to the Cape of
Good Hope and having learnt that the ships engaged for the presant
are already full, I have taken the liberty to enquire when any further
applications will be attended to. Your answer to this with any other
information will be thankfully received by
Your most ob’t and humble
serv’t
George SCHOLEFIELD
[note from GOULBURN across
corner]
Not at present any intention of accepting further
proposals
SCHULSE, G
737
July 22nd
1819
Sir,
Being
desirous of availing myself of the bounty oh HM Government and emigrate to the
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obed’t humble servant
G. SCHULSE
790
July 29th
1819
Sir,
I
have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your circular, dated July 22
1819, relative to those who wish to emigrate to the
Permit
me to inform you Sir that if His Majesty’s Government should think me a fitt subject I am ready to comply with the conditions of
the circular, but I have to observe that I have a family of nine children from
the age of five to nineteen and have selected seven persons who are desirous of
going out – I should feel very much obliged by being informed whether I am
eligible in your view or whether I must comply litterally
with the circular and take up the number of ten?
I am Sir with respect
Your obedient servant
G. SCHULSE
SCHULZ, Caspar Christian
693
May 7th
1819
The humble petition of Caspar
Christian SCHULZ
Sheweth that your Lordship’s
petitioner is a native of
That he served from the year 1809 to the year 1817 in
the 1st Battalion of the 60th Regiment both in
That having received on the 2nd day of May
1817 his regular discharge he returned from the Cape of Good Hope to
That he is now desirous to go again to the
That he requests your Lordship to grant him permission
and the necessary papers for that purpose that he may depart on board one of
the vessels now preparing to go to that settlement. He has in view the ship Mary, lying in the London Dock.
And your Lordship’s petitioner will ever pray &c
Christian SCHULZ
At Mr. WAGNER’s
SCOTT,
Andrew
829
Rydens farm near Esher
Surrey
Sir
Having a friend who is desirous of procuring information
regarding the plan which Government propose for Settlers going to the Cape of
Good Hope I will feel much obliged by your forwarding by post to me as above a
copy of the first Circular or any other document that is calculated to explain
the plan.
I am
Sir your
most obedt sert
Andrew
SCOTT
SCOTT, C
844
12th Augt 1819
My Lord
I have perused the Stipulations required by Government to be
performed & observed by Persons emigrating to the Cape of Good Hope &
myself & upwards of 30 individuals more (some of whom have families) are
very willing to subscribe to them.
I have therefore merely to request your Lordship will have
the Condescension to direct the proper person to inform us when & where the
money is to be paid & any further information your Lordship may be willing
to give will be thankfully received by
My
Lord
Yr
Lordships most obdt hble servt
C. SCOTT
Mr C.
SCOTT
at Mr WYATTS
Agricultural
Instrumt Maker
next door
to the
873
20th Augt 1819
My Lord
I have to acknowledge the receipt of the communication your
Lordship was pleased to direct.
I now beg
leave distinctly to propose myself and 20 other persons to your Lordship’s
Consideration as persons desirous to Emigrate to the
The major part of those persons are young men* of small
Capitals and some few are mechanics taken at the expense of those whose means
enable them to do so to assist in their respective Trades or businesses and
Cultivate the land allotted them.
If your
Lordship will be pleased to direct an answer to the following questions to be
sent, it will be highly esteemed by
My Lord
Yr
Lordships most obdt hble servt
C. SCOTT
*none of
the persons exceed the age of 30 most of them are from 18 to 24 years of age
Q’s
When, and
where, is the deposit of £10 to be paid?
Does
Government allow any temporary Covering till huts can be raised?
Is there
any personal examination of Emigrants necessary? And if so,
when and where?
What
quantity of Goods, Implements, Fire Arms, Ammunition, is allowed to be carried
out?
C. SCOTT
Mr WYATTS
next the
SCOTT,
Edward
691
[Transcriber’s
note: This page was torn and the words in square brackets are my best guess at
the missing words.]
My Lord
In tending to avail myself of the [arrangement] made by His
Majesty’s Ministers to colonise the [
I have the
honor to be My Lord
Respectfully
Your most
obedient servant
Edward
SCOTT
Major
General
[Notation
on reverse] grants of land are only given to persons according to the means
which they may possess of bringing those into cultivation, & under the
conditions of [??] & cultivation
[Transcriber’s
Note: Death Notice from the Wigtownshire Free Press: Died
15/8/1844 – At Bath, aged 81, Major-General Edward
SCOTT, K.C., of Scottstown, Monaghan, one of the
oldest General Officers in the army]
SCOTT,
George
913
Sir
Having made myself acquainted by the two Circular Letters of
the terms offered by H.Ms. Government to persons
wishing to settle at the Cape of Good Hope, I beg leave to state that I have so
far complied with them by procuring the number of persons pointed out in order
to obtain the grant of 1000 acres and I am also prepared to pay the necessary
deposit. I have therefore to request you will be pleased to acquaint Lord
BATHURST I should be happy to embrace the opportunity offered to emigrate to
the
I am not aware that it is necessary to mention in what
capacity I formerly moved but should it be required by your having the goodness
to point out what his Lordship may further wish it shall be immediately
complied with.
I have the
honor to remain Sir
Your most obt hble servt
George
SCOTT
931
Sir
In compliance with the directions pointed out in your letter
of the 1st inst I have the honour of transmitting you a return which
I hope will prove satisfactory, but should any part not be sufficiently
explicit, I am ready to lay before his Lordship every
information he may require.
I have the
honor to remain
Sir
Your most obt H servt
George
SCOTT
Name and
Description of the Person taking out the Settlers:
George SCOTT, 35 years of age, have been some
years in the West Indies part of which time have been employ’d
in the agriculture of that country rearing of cattle &c &c. Since my
return home have resided with my father who is Barrack Master at Sheerness.
|
Names of
the Settlers |
Profession
or Trade |
Age |
Names of
the Women |
Age |
Male
Children |
Age |
Female
Children |
Age |
|
J. YOUNGER |
Surgeon
& Accoucheur |
26 |
|
|
Charles |
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas |
15 |
|
|
|
George UBSDELL |
Agriculturist
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
William UBSDELL |
Husbandman
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
James
DUDMAN |
Husbandman
|
35 |
Ann |
33 |
James |
1 |
|
|
|
W. HENLY |
Husbandman
|
28 |
Ester |
39 |
|
|
Harriet |
4 |
|
James
JOHNSON |
Carpenter |
31 |
Anna |
30 |
John |
8 |
Mary |
10 |
|
C.W. HUGHES |
Baker |
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Robert
JONES |
Carpenter |
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thomas BOLUS |
Labourer |
26 |
Mary |
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
William MARTIN |
Gardener |
29 |
Ester |
28 |
|
|
Mary |
1 |
1030
Sir
I have to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 30th
Ult with inclosures acquainting me that my proposals
were accepted.
I have to apologise for not sooner complying with your
request, but being absent in the country your letter did not reach me till last
week. I have lost no time since in
filling up the blanks which I have now the honor to inclose, you will perceive
that there is some difference from the one before sent, but I trust that no
further alteration will take place.
I shall feel greatly obliged by your giving me the earliest
information when it is expected the ships will be in readiness to receive us
& at what port we are to embark. I am perfectly ready to make the deposit when
required.
I have the honor to remain Sir
Your most obed’t serv’t
Geo. SCOTT
SCOTT, Henry
718
Hon’d Sir
Your humble supplicant would wish to go as Settler to the
Cape of Good Hope, he flatters himself that he would be found of great benefit
(having from his Childhood been bred in the Horticultural line of Business) to
the intended settlement about to be established at the Cape. I have (thanks to God) enjoyed as good state
of health, as any one, and continue so to do at the present, but owing to the
pressure of the times, am induced to present myself a candidate, my finances
being very low, your humble servant is in the fortieth year of his age, and has
no incumbrance. If this petition should meet your honour’s approbation, you would much oblige one who has no
other desire than to gain an honest livelihood.
I am Hon’d Sir, your obed’t humble servant
Henry SCOTT
Please to
direct Henry SCOTT, at Mrs WELCH’s,
No 16 Slades place, Little Sutton St, Clerkenwell
SCOTT, J
957
Sir
I beg to trouble you on behalf of some friends who are
desirous of proceeding to the intended new Colony at the Cape of good Hope, for
the particulars of the conditions whereon their establishment there will be
permitted by His Majesty’s Government and the facilities to their proceeding on
the voyage which will be afforded them – also the time when it would be
necessary for them to embark, and I shall be much obliged by the favor of your
early answer.
I have the
honor to be Sir
Your most obed servt
J. SCOTT
SCOTT, James
825
Sir
Will you have the goodness to send me as soon as possible
the particulars relative to embarking for the
I am Sir
Your obed servt
James SCOTT
SCOTT, John
773
John SCOTT Cabenet Maker No 25 Red Lion Street Kingland
Road I live with my Father and Mother there are reduced in curmstance
and I have great desire to go
SEAMAN,
James
777
Stepney
Fields
July 27th
1819
Sir,
Having
understood that Government has made proposals respecting the
I am Sir
Your &c
James SEAMAN aged 26
Wife and two children
SEARES,
Robert
797
[Received 2nd
Aug 1819]
Sir,
I
take the liberty of riting to you today that I Robert
SEARES, Carpenter whishes to Ingage
to go the Cape of Good Hope haveing a wife & 3
children 2 boys one 13 years one 15, 1 daughter 4 years, myself 37 wife the
same, as I cannot get employment enouth to keep them
Robert SEARES, Carpenter
I have workd at the
SEARLS,
Edward
1098
[Undated
notation by Richard PENN, the name G (or E) SEARLES is pencilled
at the top of the page]
Sir James
COCKBURN is very desirous that this proposal should be accepted. He knows the man to be a very fit person.
R.P.
[Transcriber’s
Note:This list appears in
isolation – there does not appear to be an accompanying letter, neither is any
date evident, but it is attached to the note above. In the interests of
presentation, the list has been tabulated, but in the original the author has
made liberal use of curly brackets. The name here is clearly SEARLS. This is probably
the settler Edward
SEARLE of SEPHTON’s Party, even although some details
are different from those in Nash, as John TALBOT, Thomas YOUNGS and George HOWE
were members of that party. Nash lists him as SEARLE and Hockly as SEARL. There was also an Edward SEARLE who sailed on the Duke of Marlborough with DANIELL’s
Party]
|
Name |
Age |
Calling |
Address |
|
Edward SEARLS |
25 |
Warehouse
man |
|
|
Mary –do- |
24 |
|
|
|
Sarah Ann –do- [sic] |
3 |
|
|
|
Thomas YOUNGS |
44 |
Tripe man |
No |
|
Ann –do- |
38 |
|
|
|
Joseph
–do- |
11 |
|
|
|
Ann –do- |
2 ½ |
|
|
|
George HOWE |
42 |
Agriculturist |
|
|
Fran –do- |
44 |
|
|
|
Maria –do- |
12 |
|
|
|
John TALBOT |
44 |
Coal
dealer |
No 6
Little Eaton Street, Pimlico |
|
Priscilla –do- |
40 |
|
|
|
Charles –do- |
12 |
|
|
|
Amelia –do- |
9 |
|
|
|
Henry –do- |
7 |
|
|
|
Maria –do- |
5 |
|
|
|
Sophia –do- |
3 |
|
|
|
John TALBOT |
18 ½ |
Agriculturist |
Nephew of
the above, living at his uncles |
|
Russell
HIPKINS |
33 |
Carver
& [Gilder] |
|
|
Sarah
–do- |
40 |
|
|
|
James REA |
31 |
Agriculturist |
Lives at
[Stakes] in the |
|
Ann –do- |
30 |
|
|
|
Ann –do- |
1 |
|
|
|
James
ANSTEAD |
29 |
|
No |
|
Ann –do- |
28 |
|
|
|
James
–do- |
5 |
|
|
|
Edward
–do- |
6 mo |
|
|
|
Henry
OPPERMAN |
36 |
Cabinetmaker |
|
|
Mary Ann
–do- |
20 |
|
|
|
Joseph
GOODES |
44 |
Agriculturist |
No 6
Pleasant Place, Shepherds Bush, Hammersmith |
|
Martha |
43 |
|
|
|
Joseph |
18 |
|
|
|
Henry |
15 |
|
|
|
Richard |
13 |
|
|
|
George |
9 |
|
|
|
Samuel |
9 |
|
|
|
Susanna |
6 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
SEEGER,
Henry Peter
754
No.6
Holborn
[Received 24th
July 1819]
Sir,
I
humbly beg your relieve I have a wife & two children not able to provide
for themselves no constant work not this two years. Sir I humbly beg you will
assist us with going abroard to seek our living.
I am your humble obedient servant
Henry Peter SEEGER
SEPHTON,
Hezekiah (see also correspondence for Edward WYNNE in CO48/46)
1075
New
Red
Lion square
My Lord
Having
been disappointed in Mr Thomas COLLING he not being able to go out, at
the Head of One Hundred familys as accepted by you,
and as I am selected by the Company to succeed him, I hearwith
agree to accept of the terms proposed by His Majestys
Government to to take the One Hundred Settlers under
my care to the Cape of Good Hope and await your pleasure for such other neccesary information as may be required for our guidance.
I am My Lord
your most Ob’t
Servant
Hez’h SEPHTON
1085-1089
Nov
18 1819
My Lord
Having
accepted of Mr SHAW as our minister to accompany me with One
Hundred Settlers to the
My Lord
Your most Ob’t
Humble servant
Hezekiah SEPHTON
[Note on the back from GOULBURN: Let
him be accepted and write to Lord C. SOMERSET accordingly]
[enclosed letter]
Wesleyan
Nov 18th 1819
May it please Your Lordship
The
Committee for managing the Wesleyan Missions having been applied to by a number
of Settlers going out to the Cape of Good Hope under the sanction of His
Majesty’s Government to appoint them a Minister and Mr William SHAW
having offered himself to the Committee for that service, we are directed by
the Committee to State to Your Lordship that Mr SHAW is
a person of approved character as a Minister in our Society, and is considered
by us in every aspect to be a proper person to take charge of the religious
conduct of the persons who have accepted him as their minister.
The
Committee beg leave to submit to Your Lordship that they do not make themselves
responsible for the conduct of the individuals composing this colony, though
from what they know of the leading persons among them they confidently trust
that they could conduct themselves so as not to forfeit the good character they
have at home, and the Committee having been applied to by them, they are
anxious that so large a body of people, chiefly members of the same religious
body as themselves, should not go out without a Minister of their own
persuasion.
We have the honour to be
Your Lordship’s Most Obedient Humble
Servants
Jabez BUNTING
Jos. TAYLOR
Rich’d WATSON
Secretaries
Names of Mr SHAW’s
family
William SHAW, aged 21 years, minister
Ann SHAW – 31-
Margaret Ann SHAW aged nine weeks
Sophia HARRIS aged 17 years; servant
SETON,
Thomas
882
16 Upper Mary le bone St
Sir
In consequence of the intention of the Government to permit
of persons emigrating to Southern Africa by the Cape of Good Hope I beg leave
to solicit of you the favor of a Prospectus pointing out the terms or
conditions upon which the may be permitted to proceed – and for the information
of certain of my friends wishing to accompany me but now residing in the
country, the indulgence of more than one Prospectus would be esteemed a favor.
I have the
honor to be Sir
Your obedt servant
Thomas
SETON
SEYMOUR,
George
770
Honour’d
Sir
I have seen in the Public paper the overtury
of Goverment to disrested
[distressed?] Persons to provide them a passage to the
Sir I remaine your
Humble
Servant
George
SEYMOUR
SHANLY,
Michael
924
Killashee near Longford
in
8th
September 1819
My Lord
Your humble petitioner (who is an Excellent Land Surveyor
& Mathematical Scholar & free from any bodily impediment & about 40
years of age) having by the particular desire & at the request of many of
his neighbours in this county who would wish to emigrate to the Cape of Good
hope petitioned his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief on the subject as
your petitioner & those who wish to accompany him to the Cape have to
inform your Lordship that they are very Anxious to proceed as settlers to the
Cape immediately on their receiving instructions & also a Copy of the
Arrangements & encouragement for their preceding thereto (your petitioner
encloses your Lordship the Commander in Chiefs answer to him & refers him
to your Lordship for the Arrangements in question & Prays therefore that an
answer may be sent your petitioner by return of post with a copy of the
Arrangements enclosed or a detailed account of them & as your petitioner
considers the new settlement of the Cape would answer a person of his Abilities
as men of his Description will be found necessary in these new Modelled Colonies your petitioner can produce Characters
from Noblemen of the first Rank in Ireland of his Integrity & abilities
provided your Lordship was pleased to give your petitioner any Situation in the
Cape either as a Land Surveyor or recommending him to any other lucrative Situation
as there is no doubt but your petitioner would be the greatest acquisition to
the Cape provided he only taught a school there.
Your petitioner prays that your Lordship will inform him
what provision is made or how are settlers to subsist in the
Your
petitioner has 4 sons & 2 daughters, himself & his wife making a total
family of 8.
Your petitioner most humbly prays that your Lordship will
issue the necessary instructions to have an answer directed to Michael SHANLY
of Killashee near Longford
[Post Town] in Ireland - & your petitioner also prays to be informed to
what Seaport Town in Ireland himself and his companions are to repair to for
the purpose of taking Shipping for the Cape & your humble petitioner most
humbly prays to be informed what part of the Cape of Good hope he would get his
portion of land in & for which your humble petitioner will ever pray.
Michael
SHANLY
[Enclosed
letter]
Horse Guards
Major
General Sir Henry TORRENS is directed by the Commander in Chief to acquaint
Michael SHANLY, in reply to his position of the 22nd inst that as
all arrangements attending the proposed new settlement at the Cape of Good
Hope, rest exclusively with the Secretary of State for the Colonies, his Royal
Highness can give him no information on the subject, & can only recommend
him to make known to Earl BATHURST his wish to proceed to that Station.
[the letter below is filed
under G in CO48/43]
460
Killashee near Longford
To his
Excellency the Lord Lieut General & General
Governor of
The humble petition of 28 persons in the parish of Killashee
in the
Most humbly
sheweth-
That the
greater part of the above 28 persons are Discharged soldiers from the Army
& have unanimously agreed to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope as settlers
belonging to His Majesty agreeable to the late Act of Parliament.
That the
said 28 persons have memorialed the Earl of BATHURST
Secretary of State for the Colony who has transmitted them the Circular letter
relative to how they are to proceed & also every regulation relative
thereto.
That the
only thing that stops us & makes us anxious to be informed where
Contractors are to be found to take us out agreeable to the Act as there is not
a Contractor to be heard of in this place & as to ourselves advancing money
we are unable so doing, some of us having no Pensions & having large
families. In addition to this the Act of Parliament does not allow the Settler
to be at any expense for either Passage, Victualling,
or depositing money.
We
therefore humbly pray that your Excellency will issue the necessary orders to
inform us by Return of Post if there is in Dublin, Cork, Limerick or any other
sea port in Ireland any Contractors to take us out & we beg if there is
that your Excellency will order us to be informed of the Names of the
Contractors, the City they reside in, the street & number of where their
Office or Residence is in such City or sea port – or if there be any Office
established for this purpose as the Earl of Bathurst leaves us to the Irish
establishment for this information & has given us all the information in
his department & please to direct your answer as soon as possible (as the
transports will soon be sailing for the Cape) to Mr
Michael SHANLY of Killashee near Longford.
Michael
SHANLY
Charles
JOHNSON
George
ABBOTT
Alexander
THOMPSON
George
SPEAR
Robert
GRAHAM
George
DEVAN
Michael
BYRNE
Thomas
CONNOR
Patt
[MANILOW]
John
KILKENNY
Thomas
KILKENNY X his mark
John
GILHULY
Dennis
FERMAN
James
COSTELLO
John
FARRELL
Patt
FARRELL
Thomas
FARRELL
James
FARRELL
Hugh
MCLAGHLIN
Thomas
FARRELL X his mark
Andrew
RANKINS
Patrick
PLUNKETT
Thomas
MCGEARY
Thomas
FARRELL [Transcriber’s note: the third in this list]
John
MCGUIRE
James
SHANLY
Patt
SHANLY
SHARP,
Francis
716
No.4
Whitechapel
[Received
July 19th 1819]
Hon Sir,
Francis
SHARP late of the 14th Lt Dragoons and John PASSER late of the 15th
Hussars, both of whose instructions are inclosed, humbly beg leave to enquire
from Earl BATHURST if it is likely the said pensioners may be admitted to
profit by the offer of Government relative to the emigration of persons to the
Cape of Good Hope, and whether their pensions can be drawn there.
They
beg leave to represent to Earl BATHURST their desire to serve Government in any
way where their services may be considered as most useful to their country.
They are at present out of employ and an answer from Earl BATHURST will be most
gratefully received by
Your Lordship’s humble and obedient servants
F. SHARP 14th LtDs
John
PASSER X his mark 15th Hs
SHAW, James
765
Antrim
July 26th
1819
Memorial of James SHAW
May it please your Royal Highness your memorialist
having seen a publication in the publick newspapers
of His Royal Highness the Prince Regent emigrating unemployed workmen to the
Cape of Good Hope, your memorialist hopes through the good recommendation your
Royal Highness will find enclosed in this memorial that as your Royal Highness
his ever been the friend of children you will have the goodness to emigrant
your memorialist to that place above mentioned as your memorialist has no
employment to soport his family in this place. The
prayer of your memorialist is that your memorialist fought under your Royal
Highness good and gracious comand eight years on the
continent and in 1799 was severely wounded on the 6th October near Altmar where your memorialist was rendered incapable of
service at that time, was discharged and recommended for the benefit of the
Royal Hospital at Chelsea and his small alowance of
6d per day and this being all that your memorialist has to soport
his small family & therefore hopes that your Royal Highness will send your
memorialist to that place. Your memorialist is about 41 years of age and of a helthy constitution.
In hopes this will meet with your approbation the
prayers of your memorialist will ever [obscured]
Pardon if I have ofended as
the want of employment urges me to use the freedom of addressing your Royal
Highness with this memorial
And disires to remain yours
faithfully
James SHAW
Out pensioner of
SHAW, John
899
August 28th
1819
My Lord,
Having
on a former occasion had the honour to address your Lordship in an application
for my going to
I remain with the utmost deference
Your Lordship’s most obedient and very humble servant
John SHAW
SHAW, Peter
Hosea
707
At Mrs.
ROBERTS
No.3 Princes
Row
Walworth
July 16 1819
Sir,
Being
informed that Government intends to send out settlers to the
I am Sir, respectfully
Your humble servant
Peter Hosea SHAW
SHENSTONE,
J.B.
835
244
Shoreditch
August 10th
1819
My Lord,
I
hope you’l excuse the liberty I take in troubling you
but I have been informed that it is the wish of Government to form an extensive
colony at the
As my
family know not of my writing to your Lordship and it is desirable that nothing
[be said] about my leaving
I am my Lord
Your Lordship’s ob’t sv’t
J.B. SHENSTONE
SHEPHERD,
James W.
768
Mile End
26th
July 1819
Honoured Sir,
Having
seen in the paper a circular relative to settlers in the
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obed’t humble serv’t
James W. SHEPHERD
PS I was born in Lambeth am now residing at No.23 Hand
Street Globe Fields Mile End
821
No.23
Globe Fields
Mile End
6th
August 1819
Honoured Sir,
I
received your letter of the 28th ult in answer to my application
relative to my emigrating to the
I remain Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
James SHEPHERD
768
SHEPHERD,
John
699
No.16
Blenheim Steps
July 5 1819
My Lord,
I beg
leave to say that I am informed thro the public pappers
that goverment intends sending a number of families
to forme a settlement at the
I remain your Lordship’s most humble & obedient
servant
John SHEPHERD
SHERMAN,
George
755
Byford
near
July 24th
1819
Sir,
Having
read in the dayly papers a copy of an official letter
from the office of the Secretary of State for the Colonial Department on the
emigration to the Cape of Good Hope, I have to request you will be pleased to
inform me by the return of post or at your earliest convenience if the Act of
Parliament extends to Naval Officers? I am a Lieutenant in the Navy on the Half
Pay and having a family which I find it difficult to provide for I have no
objection to go to the
I have the honour to be Sir
Your most obed’t serv’t
Geo. SHERMAN
SHIELL,
Andrew
714
No.20
July 1819
Sir,
Being
very unfortunate in business in London for some years past as a baker and being
at present without any employment and having a wife and three children to
provide for induces me to solicit the favor of being numbered with the
colonists about to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope. The most respectable
references as to character and capacity can be given or letters to that effect
if required. My family are as undermentioned, myself
aged 35, my wife 27, two boys aged 7 and 5, a girl 3 years old.
I am Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
A. SHIELL
746
23rd
July 1819
Sir,
Having
perused your letter of information of the 23rd inst I beg the favor
of being answered the following questions to enable me to make such proper
arrangements as are actually necessary previous to entering into any agreement
with the people required to be taken out, who of course must be by you approved
of.
1st Whether any implements of husbandry
will be given to the colonists or whether they are to be provided by the
persons taking them out.
2nd Whether any allowances will be made to
the colonists after landing more than are contained in your letter of the 23rd
instant, as to provisions, tents or building materials, fire arms, ammunition,
fishing gear or suchlike as might tend to provide the colonists more easily
with provisions, at least for the first season.
3rdly Whether the colonists
will be allowed to take with them any articles of household furniture which
they may have or be able to procure for their comfort and whether such articles
will be carries out free of expense.
4thly Provided any of the
above requests are granted when and where applications shall be made for
orders.
5thly When such an
arrangement is concluded where the people shall attend for examination.
As early an answer as convenient will very much
oblige, Sir
Your most
obedient & humble servant
A. SHIELL
794
31st
July 1819
Sir,
I now
beg to make a proposal to take ten persons as settlers to the Cape of Good Hope,
and as it is my intention to have them from
I am Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
A SHIELL
[Note from GOULBURN] Let him specify & his
proposal will then be considered with others & an answer given to him
whether accepted or not
880
24th
August 1819
Sir,
In
consequence of the delay which has taken place in Scotland amongst the people
first intended to go out to the Cape under my direction, I beg to hand you a
return of people on the spot for your sanction, in case I should loose the
opportunity of going, and hoping that I may be allowed to add the others to it
on their arrival in town.
I am Sir
Your most obedient humble servant
A. SHIELL
Return of persons wishing to emigrate
to the
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