James Jackson, SV/PROG

http://www.southafricansettlers.com/?cat=20&paged=4

He arrived in South Africa in 1817 (they embarked on the journey at the end of May 1817) on either the Garland or the Clyde. Captain Benjamin Moodie brought him and several others to the Cape of Good Hope as mechanics and labourers. The 'Garland' (sailed May 1817, arrived August) and 'Clyde' (sailed end May 1817, arrived 27 September).

"Benjamin Moodie wrote a memorial to Lord Bathurst, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies, outlining a proposal for a scheme to settle members of the Scottish Highlanders "agricultural classes" in the Cape Colony. He travelled to London to lay his scheme of assisted emigration to the Cape before Lord Bathurst hoping to obtain assistance from the British government for the costa of their passage to the Cape, where he intended employing the best of these labourers on land which he hoped to acquire, hiring out others. His proposal did not receive any encouragement, but he still spent several months in the south of Scotland recruiting suitable candidates, preferring young, single men of good character, labourers or artisans." (source: Village Life No.34- Autumn 2009)

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Member of Moodie's Party 1817

From: "Jack WRIGHT" <jack.wright@laposte.net> Subject: 1820 Settlers Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 23:22:24 +0200

Herewith a wonderful excerpt of South African history regarding the background to and arrival of the 1820 Settlers, drawn from "History of South Africa from 1795 to 1872" by George McCall THEAL. Vol I, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1914.

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Before 1820 the white population of the Cape Colony was almost entirely Dutch, and it was so prolific that it doubled in number every quarter of a century. It was engaged chiefly in agricultural and pastoral pursuits. The only British residents in the country were the principal civil servants, some merchants in Capetown, the staff of the naval arsenal in Simonstown, two or three farmers, a few missionaries, and some mechanics and labourers recently introduced by Mr. Benjamin Moodie, Mr. James Gosling, and Mr. Peter Tait.
In 1817 Mr. Moodie, with the concurrence of the secretary of state, engaged about two hundred young men in the south of Scotland, and brought them out as apprentices indentured for three years. Three-fourths of the number were mechanics, and the remainder were labourers. With two or three exceptions, they were without family ties. They cost Mr. Moodie about £20 each for their passages, and so great was the demand for their services that he had no difficulty in selling the indentures for more than double that amount, in many cases to the men themselves. Some of these people settled in Capetown, others in the country districts, and in a short time all of them who were industrious and steady were in prosperous circumstances. By writing to their friends at home they helped to bring the country to the notice of the labouring classes of Great Britain, and it was largely owing to their success that Earl Bathurst came to regard South Africa as a suitable field colonisation. Mr. Moodie himself settled on an excellent farm at Grootvadersbosch, in the district of Swellendam.

Marriage: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSX8-1SW5-H?i=109&...

His address was indicated as "Gouritsrivier" on the marriage register. The same address appears on the baptism registers of his eldest 2 sons. All 3 these ceremonies took place in the Dutch Reformed Church in George.

Signature on the marriage record of his son, John: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-H9P9-L?cc=282... (His son's address was stated as Buffelsfontein on this certificate. Buffelsfontein, Mossel Bay was also indicated as John's birthplace on his probate. John was married in Mossel Bay 12 April 1847- John was baptised in Swellendam)

His signature is also on the marriage record of his Sara Elizabeth: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKD-V9X3-F?cc=282... ((His daughter's address was stated as Buffelsfontein on this certificate)

Probate record: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-MS3F-8?i=57&cat=3...