1820 British Settler

William John Hartley 24, together with his Wife Sarah Green and 9 siblings, were members of Thomas Calton's 's Party of 167 Settlers on the Settler Ship Albury.

Party originated from Nottinghamshire.

Departed Liverpool, 13 February 1820. Arrived Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 1st May 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth 15 May 1820.

Area Allocated to the Party : Torrens River - named Clumber after Clumber Park, the seat of the Duke of Newcastle, Chairman of the Nottinghamshire Committee

Siblings :

• Mary Hartley 22
  
• Ann Hartley 20
  
• Thomas Hartley 18
  
• Hannah Hartley 16
  
• Elizabeth Hartley 13
  
• Sarah Hartley 10
  
• Jeremiah Hartley 7
  
• Henry Hartley 4
  
• Susannah Hartley (died at sea).
  

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HARTLEY, William - 1796-1866, A son of Thomas HARTLEY he sailed in Albury in 1820. In 1846 he was elected a Municipal Commissioner for Grahamstown. He composed the "Trials and Troubles of the Settlers" in verse.

Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa by E. Morse JONES

The Cape Frontier Times of 24 Feb 1841 records that William Hartley attended a meeting which was convened to raise funds to improve roads and he was a donor. The Grahamstown Journal March 1843 : William Hartley advertised for a journeyman Baker and Confectioner, to whom constant employment can be given. Corner Bathurst and Beaufort Sts. "None need apply who are not strictly sober." Cape Frontier Times of May 1843 reports the insolvent estate of William Hartley the elder, shop keeper. The Grahamstown Journal of 28th August 1845 reports that G Leppan, Tin Plate worker, has moved into the house next door to W Hartley in Bathurst St. The Grahamstown journal of April 1846 records that W Hartley, along with J Goldswain and others, is arranging a commemoration of the arrival of British Settlers.

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Second Marriage : "South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9TWM-SS5J?cc=1468076&w... : 21 May 2014), South Africa > Cape of Good Hope > Grahamstown, Bathurst, St John the Evangelist > Baptisms, marriages, burials 1829-1849 > image 28 of 108; William Cullen Library, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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