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

Additonal Information

This is pre 1820 information mainly taken from actual images of UK parish registers and other primary sources which I have personally researched. Further information about the settlers and their families once they reached the Cape can be found at https://www.1820settlers.com/

Sue Mackay

ADAMS, Henry - Extra Data

Written by Sue Mackay on .

 

(member of BOWKER's Party)

 

He emigrated as a single man, but his wife and children followed in 1826 with SHEPHERD's Party. William SHEPHERD's 1826 correspondence says that his wife was Jane (30) and the children were listed as Mary (16), Jane (14), John (13), Susannah (10) and William (8). Their address in 1826 was given as Chittlehampton, South Molton, Devon. Henry was the youngest son of James ADAMS and Ann CLARKE of Chittlehampton.

 

South West Heritage Trust

 

James ADAMS of this parish and Ann CLARKE of this parish were married by banns in St.Hieritha, Chittlehampton, Devon

Both signed

Witnesses William CLARKE and William MINORS [the latter witnessed many marriages so was probably a parish official]

 

Baptisms in St.Hieritha, Chittlehampton, Devon

John son of James ans Ann ADAMS baptised February 1st 1767

Ann daughter of James and Ann ADAMS baptised November 20th 1768 

James son of James and Ann ADAMS baptised June 22 1770

Margaret daughter of James and Ann ADAMS baptised May 19th 1772

William son of James and Ann ADAMS baptised August 15th 1774

Mary daughter of James and Ann ADAMS baptised August 6th 1776

Henry son of James and Ann ADAMS baptised September 30th 1779 

 

James ADAMS was buried August 15th 1819 in St.Hieritha, Chittlehampton. The burial record gives his abode as Brightley, historically the principal secondary estate within the parish and former manor of Chittlehampton.
Ann, wife of James ADAMS, was buried on the 29th July 1798 in St.Hieritha, Chittlehampton. 

 

Henry ADAMS married Jane WHITE by banns on 21 April 1808 in Tawstock, Devon

Henry ADAMS

The X of Jane ADAMS 

Witnesses: John WARE and William PEARCE

 

Baptisms in St.Hieritha, Chittlehampton, Devon

Henry son of Henry and Jenny ADAMS baptised 29 October 1809

William son of Henry and Jenny ADAMS baptised 31 May 1812

James son of Henry and Jane ADAMS, Village, yeoman baptised 16 January 1814

John son of Henry and James ADAMS, village, mason, baptised 18 September 1815

Elizabeth daughter of Henry and Jane ADAMS, Village, mason, baptised 16 February 1817

Christopher son of Henry and Jane ADAMS, Village, mason, baptised 21 March 1819

Ann daughter of Henry and Jane ADAMS, Father's residence unknown, Mother's abode the workhouse, Mason, baptised 11 December 1822

 

The names of these children do not match those found in SHEPHERD's corresondence, but Henry was listed as a mason in The Settler Handbook and Jane may well have had to move into the workhouse once Henry had left for the Cape.

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