1820 British Settler

Hougham Hudson 26, farmer and grazier, together with his wife Elizabeth Ann Walker 23, were members of George Dyason's Party of 67 Settlers on the Settler Ship Zoroaster.

Party originated from London.

Departure London, 12 February 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 30 April 1820 (Final Port).

Area Allocated to the Party : Lushington Valley on the Torrens River

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Hugham, son of Hugham and Mary HUDSON, was baptised on 9 June 1792 in St.Peter in Thanet, Kent (born 10 May)

Westminster Archives

Hougham HUDSON, a bachelor in the Parish of St.Lawrence in the Isle of Thanet in the County of Kent, and Elizabeth Ann WALKER, s spinster of this parish, were married by Licence on the 6 November 1819 in St.George's, Hanover Square, Westminster

Both signed

Witnesses: George DYASON, Robert HUTCHINSON, ?Hester? MARSHALL

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Baptism : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNJ-WZNQ

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Death Notice : https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-D9YD-J?i=1050...

• DEPOT KAB
• SOURCE MOOC
• TYPE LEER
• VOLUME_NO 6/9/91
• SYSTEM 01
• REFERENCE 7065
• PART 1
• DESCRIPTION HUDSON, HOUGHAM. DEATH NOTICE.
• STARTING 1860
• ENDING 1860

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Hougham HUDSON (28396/x),

• Kent, England 10.05.1798, † Coega, Port Elizabeth 05.07.1860 NOTES

1. Arrived at Simon’s Town aboard the Zoroaster as a member of Dyason’s party.
2. Transferred to the Brilliant for the journey to Port Elizabeth.
3. After a failed attempt at farming near Bathurst he joined the government service
4. He was appointed as the first Civil Commissioner for Port Elizabeth in 1828
5. Appointed Agent-General to the frontier tribes in 1834
6. Acquired a farm Coega near Port Elizabeth in1838.
7. He renamed it Hougham Park
8. Became Civil Commisioner of Albany until his retirement in October 1852
9. Children 12
10. Married 06.11.1819, Elizabeth Ann WALKER * 27.01.1796, † Kent, England 21.10.1844
11. She was so shocked at the death of her daughter that she died immediately afterwards. SOURCE: Overberg families

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1820 British Settler

Arrived in South Africa, aged 26, with wife Elizabeth Ann Hudson (23), as members of George Dyason's party of 67 Settlers on the Settler Ship Zoroaster from London Departed London 12 February 1820 Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town 30 April 1820

Area allocated to the party: Lushington Valley on the Torrens River