1820 Wait's Party


The list below contains details of the members of the above party which formed part of the British government-assisted emigration scheme to the Cape Colony, South Africa.

The settler's age in 1820 in years is reflected in brackets.   Where no age is given it is either unknown or less than one year in the case of children.

Surname

Name

Spouse,
if applicable

Children,
if applicable

Occupation/
Other

WAIT'S DIVISION

       

Badger

John (26)

   

Sawyer

Barter

James (22)

   

Farmer; a.k.a. Bastow, 'alias Mundy'

Brown

William (25)

Mary (28)

 

Farmer

Clark

Charles (36)

Sarah (31)

Josiah (8)

Frances (5)

David (1)

Carpenter

Clark

Samuel (22)

Elizabeth (19)

John (1)

Tailor

Fenner

David (24)

   

Husbandman

Fowler

Thomas (24)

   

Butcher

Goldswain

Jeremiah (18)

   

Sawyer

Grimsdale

John (20)

Mary (20)

Maria

Husbandman

Herman

James (25)

   

Chairmaker & turner

Keen

Thomas (25)

Margaret (25)

Mary (6)

Husbandman

Kempster

Thomas (40)

   

Brickmaker

Kirkpatrick

William (23)

Martha (22)

Hannah (2)

Husbandman

Lofts

Joseph (24)

   

Husbandman

Mayor

John (25)

   

Husbandman

Mustoe

William (20)

   

Husbandman

Nibbs

Francis (27)

Sarah (27)

Eleanor (6)

James (4)

Jeremiah (1)

Husbandman

Prosser

Robert (28)

   

Farmer

Rhodes

Robert (25)

   

Chairmaker

Smith

James (23)

   

Husbandman

Smith

Joseph (18)

   

Farmer

Stevens

Joseph (22)

   

Husbandman

Wait

William (50)

Marianna (36)

 

Merchant

Webb

Robert (17)

   

Husbandman

Wilkinson

John (20)

   

Husbandman

Wilkinson

Stephen (28)

Cornelia (27)

Esther (6)

Joseph

Husbandman

Wilkinson

William (17)

   

Shoemaker

BARKER'S DIVISION

       

Barker

Arthur (37)

Sarah (30)

Sarah (8)

Elizabeth (6)

Samuel (4)

Ann (2)

Richard (1)

Maltster

Bradford

John (27)

   

Husbandman

Cory

William (20)

   

Carpenter

Cranmer

Robert (26)

   

Bricklayer

Finaughty

   

Lucy (15)

William (8)

John (7)

Stepchildren of Henry Ulyate

Moore

Eleanor (19)

   

Daughter of William Moore

Moore

William (44)

Ann (48)

 

Shoemaker

Moore

William (25)

Margaret (24)

 

Shoemaker

Pursell

Isaac (31)

Maria (32)

William (11)

Ann (9)

Elizabeth (7)

Husbandman

Smith

William (27)

Jane (27)

 

Bricklayer

Ulyate

Henry (38)

Lucy (35)

Mary (6)

Henry (4)

Sarah (4)

Jane (3)

*George

 

Bagshaw

Ann (34)

   

Appears on official lists but unclear whether a member of Wait's or Thornhill's party.

+ = Died at sea
* = Born at sea
# = Did not disembark
@ = Originally part of party, however, sailed as independent settlers on other ships


References acknowledged in preparation of the above information.
The Settler Handbook : A new list of 1820 Settlers by MD Nash.
Supplement to the East London Daily Dispatch Christmas number 1919.   Article by GE Cory.
Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa by E Morse Jones.


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