GREEN, James and A. CONNELLY
National Archives, Kew CO48/43, 320
Kings Road
Chelsea
30 July 1819
Sir,
We the undersigned most respectfully beg leave to inform you that we possess the means of carrying out twenty able bodied individuals whose names, occupation, ages &c are described on the other side. We are determined for the purpose of employing and keeping those twenty men & their families of obtaining a grant of land in the colony of the Cape of Good Hope with a free passage thereto under the conditions & regulations contained in the printed circular & are ready to pay the necessary deposits for that purpose.
We feel confident in our means & ability for the undertaking & are ready to furnish the most respectable refferences to that effect & to submit ourselves to your personal examination.
The twenty individuals for whom we apply we doubt not will be found objects such as it is your intention to relieve being all hard working but destitute men.
We hope Sir this application may meet your approval, but should you not be pleased to treat with us jointly we beg leave to offer ourselves as separate applicants, each of us applying for ten of the individuals described on the other side. Your further instruction is humbly solicited & an answer will be thankfully received.
We remain Sir
Your most obedient humble servants
A. CONNELLY 10 Kings Road Chelsea
J. GREEN 11 Kings Road Chelsea
[Transcriber's Note: In the table below there is actually an eighth column to the right where the prospective settlers signed their names. Where they signed with a X this has been added to the first column]
|
Name |
Age |
Married or Not |
No of Children |
Native Place |
Occupation |
Present Place of Residence |
|
James TAYLOR |
23 |
Single |
London |
Gardener |
11 Pandric? Row |
|
|
Henry FARMILO |
28 |
Married |
None |
London |
Painter |
93 Great Peter St.Westminster |
|
John JONES |
30 |
Single |
London |
Painter |
18 Princes Row Old Gravel Lane, Boro |
|
|
Thomas GILES X |
42 |
Married |
1 (age 12) |
London |
Farrier |
6 Cleveland St Marylebone |
|
James TAYLOR X |
32 |
Single |
Ireland |
Husbandman |
1 Great St.Annes St Westminster |
|
|
Francis BRIANT |
25 |
Single |
Wiltshire |
Carpenter |
22 Little Chapple St Westminster |
|
|
John WEBB |
22 |
Single |
Hertfordshire |
Labourer |
48 Britannia? St, Grays Inn Lane |
|
|
John BANKS |
20 |
Single |
Ireland |
Sword Cutler |
26 Charles St, Ducky Lane |
|
|
Henry COX |
27 |
Single |
London |
Carpenter |
8 Brandon St, Bermondsey |
|
|
John ROCK X |
30 |
Married |
2 under 9 |
Ireland |
Labourer |
Margate Town Public House Bermondsey |
|
William DAY X |
22 |
Single |
Ireland |
Labourer |
Margate Town Public House Bermondsey |
|
|
John STONEBROOK |
31 |
Married |
1 (aged 3) |
Germany |
Baker |
102 Penton St, St.Georges East |
|
William BAILEY X |
20 |
Single |
London |
Labourer |
2 New Court Bethnal Green |
|
|
Samuel CROCKFORD X |
29 |
Married |
2 under 6 |
London |
Sawyer |
100 Golden Lane |
|
John GREEN X |
26 |
Married |
London |
Sawyer |
100 Golden Lane |
|
|
William MANN |
20 |
Single |
London |
Smith |
21 York Court East Street Marylebone |
|
|
Edward BARNARD X |
24 |
Married |
1 (age 5) |
London |
Smith |
33 Orchard St Westminster |
|
John DALE |
39 |
Married |
3 under 10 |
Surry |
Husbandman |
12 Matrimony Place Clapham |
|
David DAVIES |
41 |
Married |
3 under 13 |
Wales |
Carpenter |
33 Nelson St Bermondsey |
|
William JONES |
35 |
Married |
4 under 15 |
Gloucestersh |
Mason |
8 Belton St Long Acre |
Those whose names are signed here above are willing & very desirous of proceeding to the Cape of Good Hope in the service of Messrs CONNELLY & GREEN. Having no permanent employ we most humbly implore the relief which the bounty of His Majesty's Government is about to bestow.
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