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SEE Settler's Index for correct name EDWARD:
"Edward Amos or Amis, incorrectly listed as Henry, had a wife Elizabeth formerly Woest or Taylor and family who sailed with the Meneze’s party of 1820 settlers. Edward was a sailor and went missing for some years, and Elizabeth took a second husband, Richard Bowls. There are several entries of Bowles and Amos in the Grahamstown Baptist register. IGI. DN 6/9/153 142, 6/9/139 8204/1872, 2109/1880, 9829/1848, 2155/1890. Children"
"South Africa, Settlers Index, 1820-1920", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZL2-67MJ : 19 May 2021), Edward Amos, .
http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?p=11081
Henry Amos 16, together with his parents and 8 siblings, were members of William Menezes Party of 51 Settlers on the Weymouth.
Party originated from Kent.
Area Allocated to the Party : Reitfontein then Kareiga River
Children :
- Esther Bowles 11
- Jemima Weymouth Bowles 1
- Henry Amos 16
- Eliza Amos 13
- Charlotte Amos,12
- Rebecca Amos 9
- Thomas Amos 7
- Sarah Amos 6
- Edward Amos 4
Elizabeth's first husband Edward Amoss (sometimes referred to as Henry Amos/s), with whom she had 7 children, went missing in the Napoleonic wars, so she married Richard Bowles and they had a daughter , Esther. Then Edward Amoss/ Henry Amos reappeared, so she returned to him. They had four more children before he died. Then Elizabeth married Richard Bowles and had five more children.
Henry married Mary Elizabeth Woest on 4 May 1826 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape.South Africa
1848 - Compenstaion for loss of wagons, oxen etc during the Kaffir Wars. The undersigned persons are hereby informed that compensation has been awarded to them for losses sustained by them of wagons,oxen & c during the war with the Kaffir Tribes, between the months of April and Dec. 1846 which will be payable at this office on the 5th Apr. ....AMOS Henry
1802 |
June 1802
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Kent, England (United Kingdom)
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1828 |
June 25, 1828
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Albany, Hillcrest, Durban Metro, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
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1831 |
1831
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1833 |
September 13, 1833
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1835 |
September 26, 1835
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1841 |
September 27, 1841
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Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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1843 |
1843
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Cape Colony
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1848 |
1848
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1853 |
1853
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