John Buckley (abt. 1790 - 1827)

Born about 1790 in Stockport, Cheshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Whitaker) Buckley — married 26 Feb 1811 in Mottram, Cheshire, England

Descendants

Died Jan 1827 at about age 37 in South Africa

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Biography

John was born in 1792.

John Buckley and his family were members of George Smith's Party of 1820 Settlers on the 'Stentor'.

Party Details

Leader George Smith

Number 71

Area Party originated from Lancashire, EE

Area Allocated to the Party Rufane and George Rivers. The location was called George Vale

Dates Departure Liverpool, 13 January 1820 Arrival Table Bay, Cape Town - 19 April 1820 M.D. Nash 1987 - Settler Handbook

"No 23 on the Colonial Department list, led by George Smith, a shopkeeper and Chelsea Hospital out-pensioner of 12 Southern Street, Manchester. Smith had served with the 95th Regt (Rifle Brigade) during the Peninsular War and was wounded and taken prisoner at Corunna in 1809. After the defeat of the French in 1814 he rejoined the British army in Paris, and served as one of the escort party that accompanied the exiled Napoleon to Elba. A year later, he fought and was again wounded at Waterloo, when Napoleon suffered his final defeat.

Smith's initial application to emigrate was submitted through the Commander in Chief of the army, but he was informed that no individual applications could be considered. However, he was subsequently selected by the churchwardens and parish overseers of Manchester to lead a parish-assisted party of 20 families; they were given financial assistance on condition that 'no part of their families should be left chargeable to the Parish, neither would they in the event of their return to this country ever become burdensome to any Parish therein.' This was a joint-stock party, and Smith complained to the Colonial Depart­ment soon after embarkation that 'several of the individuals considers that as they paid their own deposit money there is no Respect due to me.' Unless he was given proper authority he could 'in no wise keep order and regularity which is requisite for so long a voyage.' However, once the party was at sea Smith appears to have been persuaded to let democratic principles prevail, and he submitted a formal request for equal deposit repayments and shares of land to be made on arrival in the colony to all the men of the party except Thomas Rigby, a runaway who had come aboard with the pilot­ boat and been allowed to remain in the place of a last minute drop-out. Deposits were paid for 21 men, and all but one (for whom Thomas Rigby became an unofficial replacement) embarked at Liverpool in the Stentor, which sailed on 13 January 1820, reaching Table Bay on 19 April. As the ship's charter expired at this port, the parties under Smith and James Richardson were trans-ship­ped to HM Store Ship Weymouth for the voyage to Algoa Bay, which they reached on 15 May .

Smith's party was located between the Rufane and George Rivers, and its location was named George Vale".

Members of George Smith's Party (some of):

George Smith 34, Shopkeeper and army pen­sioner.

Wife Mary Benson 27

John Buckley 28, Farmer and cloth dresser.

Wife Sarah Whittaker 32

Children Hannah Buckley 8; Jane Buckley 7; John Buckley 5. (Married 1st :Elizabeth Randall of James' Party.) and 3rd Jane Forbes of Parker's Party; :Alfred Buckley 2;

Edward Buckley - baby

John Buckley was a cloth dresser and later a farmer. In 1825 he was at 'Holling Grove Farm' in Albany.

"John Buckley age 28 (occupation farmer and cloth dresser) and his wife age 32 and their children, Hannah (8) Jane (7) John (5) Alfred (2) and Edward. Left Liverpool, England with the George Smith Party in the ship the "Stentor", on 13 January 1820 and arrived at Table Bay on 19 April 1820. They transferred to the HMS storeship the "Weymouth" to Algoa Bay and arrived 15 May 1820." [information from "The Settler Handbook" by M.D. Nash page 119

Sources

Date of marriage added. Settlers info added.

• "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human *Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962- v.13 p.8"
• www.1820settlers.com
• [McArthur-306 : Ian McArthur - 19 Apr 2016]

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLDN-Q26 : 10 April 2021), John Buckley, 1790.

Cheryl Fourie 1 June 2021 (page 258)

• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7ZB-SYW : 11 December 2014), John Buckley, 15 Mar 1790, Baptism; citing p. 102, Stockport, Cheshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.

Cheryl Fourie 1 June 2021