1820 British Settler

Edwin Benjamin Hewson 19, together with his parents and 4 siblings, were members of Bailie's Party of 256 Settlers on the Chapman.

Party originated from London.

Departed London, 3 December 1819. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 17 March 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 10 April 1820

Area Allocated to the Party : Wellington and Palmiet Rivers - Cuylerville

Children :

• Edwin Benjamin Hewson 19
  
• Isabella Hewson 14
  
• Eliza Hewson 11
  
• Emma Hewson 8
  
• Frederick William Hewson 3
  

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Hewson, Edwin Benjamin

• Last Name: Hewson
• First Name: Edwin Benjamin
• Date of Birth: chr. 25 Oct 1801
• Place of Birth: St. Andrew Holborn, London, England
• Parents – Father: Thomas Hewson
• Parents – Mother: Elizabeth
• Spouse: Anne Mouncey, d. of Charles Mouncey
• Marriage Date: 1832
• Marriage Place:
• Date of Death: 24 May 1851 age 47
• Place of Death: Graaf Reinet, Cape

Notes: Bailie’s party of 1820 settlers. Edwin was a gunsmith, and the Assistant Field Cornet in Bathurst in 1842. He sailed with the same party as his parents, Thomas Hewson (q.v.) and Elizabeth. IGI. DN 1757/1852. Children:

• Sarah
• Thomas Henry
• Eliza Anne
• Margaret Eliza.

"South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-23580-59417-26?cc=146... : accessed 12 Jul 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, Bathurst, St John the Evangelist > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1829-1849 > image 32 of 108; citing William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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