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The 1820 Settler Correspondence
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 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

WEBBER, Samuel - Extra Data

Written by Sue Mackay on .

 

(see 1826 correspondence of William SHEPHERD at CO48/86)

 

He was not an 1820 settler, but sailed to the Cape in 1826 with William SHEPHERD's Party. He was a cousin of Thomas YOUNG(S), the 1820 settler.

 

Harleian Society Transcripts:

 

Parents:

Samuel WEBBER, bachelor, married Frances PARKER, spinster, by Licence on 27 November 1771 in St.George's, Hanover Square, London

 

Westminster Archives

 

Baptisms in St.George's, Hanover Square:

Charles William, son of Samuel and Frances WEBBER, baptised 2 October 1771 (born 12 September 1772)

William, son of Samuel and Frances WEBBER, baptised 8 January 1775 (born 4 December 1774)

Maria, daughter of Samuel and Frances WEBBER, baptised 29 September 1777 (born 20 August 1777)

 

London Metropolitan Archives

 

Baptisms of children of Samuel and Frances WEBBER in St.Marylebone:

James, baptised 6 February 1780 (born 8 November 1779) presumably died in infancy

Mary Elizabeth, baptised 10 March 1782 (born 9 November 1781)

James, baptised 4 July 1784 (born 21 August 1783)

Samuel, baptised 7 October 1787 (born 17 June)

Ann, baptised 14 March 1790 (born 4 June 1789)

Joseph, baptised 17 June 1792 (born 12 June 1791)

 

Samuel WEBBER married (1) Mary MILLER on 8 May 1809 in St.George's, Hanover Square.

Both signed their names.

Witnesses: J. WOODWARD and Jno. STANLEY

 

Westminster Archives

 

Samuel WEBBER married (2) Martha NEWMAN on 29 September 1817 in St.Anne's, Soho.

Both signed their names.

Witnesses: Chas. WEBBER and Mary MITCHELL

 

London Metropolitan Archives

 

Children of Samuel who went to the Cape in 1826, all baptised in St.Marylebone:

Eliza, daughter of Samuel and Mary, baptised 7 July 1814 (born 21 June)

Samuel, son of Samuel and Martha, baptised 26 December 1819 (born 13 May 1817)

Mary, daughter of Samuel and Martha, baptised 6 August 1819 (born 21 July)

George, son of Samuel and Martha, baptised 30 May 1821 (born 13 May)

Martha Jane, daughter of Samuel and Martha, baptised 11 January 1824 (born 21 November 1823)

Also baptised, but not listed in 1826 correspondence of William SHEPHERD:

Ann, daughter of Samuel and Martha, East Street, baptised 21 July 1826 (born 23 May)

 

Samuel's brother Charles William also went to the Cape. Norma van As in her book "A Small World" confirms that Charles William WEBBER and family also emigrated in 1826. There are no specific references but she did have access to extensive family correspondence.

 

London Metropolitan Archives

 

Charles WEBBER married Mary MITCHELL on 4 November 1817 in St.Anne's, Soho.

Both signed their names.

Witnesses: Wm. MITCHELL and Ann MITCHELL

 

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