Edwin Hart, SV/PROG

Baptism records noted here on RootsChat: http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=100316.0

From the Sussex Parish Records (at www.familyhistoryonline.net):
Baptism 24/07/1825
Edwin HART son, born –/–/–
Father's Name: Thomas HART
Occupation: Bricklayer
Mother's Name: Sarah HART
Abode: Newick
Parish: Newick St. Mary
Notes: T B Powell rector

---

Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTWR-7FP?cc=1468076&wc... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Cape Town, Rondebosch, St Paul > Baptisms, marriages 1836-1848, burials 1838-1849 > image 85 of 111; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg. Information about Newick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newick

---

Death Notice : "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQ8-7SJW-P?cc=2517051... : 12 September 2017), 007844968 > image 1576 of 2162; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

---

Family legend says that Stephen and Edwin went out to the Cape on the ship the Vernon with Sir Harry Smith, landing on Dec 1st 1847, but so far no proof of this has been found. Certainly the dates seem to line up.

Death notice from MOOC, Cape Town Archives, vol 6/9/355, ref 2039, as transcribed by Rob Hart, says his will was dated 01 Aug 1896; death notice signed by Johannah. Gives (presumably surviving) chldren's names as Edward, William, James Edwin, John George, Louis Leslie (?), Charles Henry Sarid [sic - must be a typo for David], Sarah Louise Nosworthy, Lucy Marry Hart (spinster), Inoccencia Sophia Horne. He left "movable and immovable" property.

---

Edit: In regards to the legend about Stephen and Edwin having come to South Africa with Sir Harry Smith has merit, however research overseas by Brian Wells and other family members locally in South Africa have yet to find proof of this. The actual shipping records at the National Archives in Roeland Street for this period only list the Captain and VIP Passengers, also the date of the 1st of December 1847 does not fit in with the marriage of Edwin Hart to Johanna Philipina Hendrina Kroissa (Kruse) in June of 1847, some 6 months before Sir Harry Smith arrived in the Cape Colony, although it can fit in with Stephen Hart who married the widow Johanna Magdalena Brown (Barchfeld) on the 31st of January 1848, both marriages at St Pauls in Rondebosch being the first record of the two brothers from Newick in East Sussex actually being in the Cape Colony.
Gary Hart, 27 November 2015.

---

Shown as a Servant on the baptism of son Edward in 1849. (Possibly both parents as it's plural.)

---

St John's Church Cemetery:
http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=174570&g2_page=2
and here:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2355836/saint-john%E2%80%99s-pa...

- No record of Edwin's grave as yet, but could be added to both sites if someone photographs it.

---