William John Hartley SV (1796 - 1886)

Born 9 Oct 1796 in Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Green) Hartley — married 1818 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England

Husband of Hannah (Baker) Hartley — married 25 Oct 1828 in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Husband of Mary Smith (Cawood) Hartley — married 1 Aug 1831 in Bathurst, Albany District, Cape Colony, South Africa

Descendants

Died 5 Apr 1886 at age 89 in West End, Kimberley, Cape, South Africa

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Biography

Birth

Date: 09 OCT 1796 Place: Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire, England

Baptism

Baptised in the parish of Cuckney in the Diocese of Lincoln and the county of Nottingham on 6th November 1796.

Occupation

Cattle Dealer. 23 AUG 1829. Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Age: 32. Twistering Worsted.

Census

1851 Mixenden Stones, Ovenden, Yorkshire - West Riding, England.

Marriage

Children

William had twelve children with his third wife, Mary Cawood.

Death

5 APR 1886. N2, Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Note: At The Home Of Kidger Tucker, West End. Age: 89.

Burial

West End Cemetry. Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa

Probate

Other information in the record of William John Hartley

from South Africa, Cape Province, Kimberley, Probate Records of the Supreme Court

Event Type Probate

Event Place Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa

Birthplace Norton, Mansfield, Notts., England

Age at Death 89y 6m

Date of death 5 Apr 1886

Condition in Life Former Farmer and Trader, later a citizen of Grahamstown and Queenstown, at time of death a widower, resident with his children

Parents Thomas and Hannah Hartley

Children David Thomas Hartley, Sarah Anne Tucker, Casper H Hartley, Mary Ridgard, William T Hartley, Susannah Smith Stilwell, James Joseph Hartley, John Holmes Hartley

Note1

Listed as Family A in The Hartley Story Book Two.

Municipal Commissioner, Grahamstown 8/5/1843

Wrote 14 verses of "Trials and Tribulations of the Settlers", in 1852.

William and his wife Mary moved to Tarkastad, where Casper, the third of their eight children was born on the farm "Morning Sun" on March 6, 1836.

Died at the residence of his daughter Sarah Ann and Kidger Tucker

Settler Poet

Note2

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

Hartley, John - 1796-1866, A son of Thomas Hartley.

He sailed on the "Albury" on 13 February 1820 with Calton's Party.

Listed as a son on the death notice of Thomas Hartley Snr.

In 1846 he was elected a Municipal Commissioner for Grahamstown.

He composed the "Trials and Troubles of the Settlers" in verse.

Sources

• www.1820settlers.co.uk
• "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962- v.1 p.559-561" Added by Ian McArthur - 30 Mar 2016
• "South Africa, Cape Province, Kimberley, Probate Records of the Supreme Court, 1871-1937," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2HT-X35N : 7 November 2016), William J Hartley in entry for MM9.1.1/Q2HT-X35X:, ; citing Probate, Kimberley, Cape Province, South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Archives Repository and National Archives of South Africa, Pretoria; FHL microfilm 1,295,071. Added by Ian McArthur - 17 Aug 2017
• Susan Hart Hart Web Site

  MyHeritage family tree

  Family site: Hart Web Site

  Family tree: 143871991-8
• Valerie Marais Whiting Web Site

  MyHeritage family tree

• Stacey Maud Gradwell-Maud Web Site

  MyHeritage family tree

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of Marc_Suzie_2010-12-07.ged on 07 December 2010.
• Thank you to Peter Bonthuys for creating Hartley-718 on 3 Aug 13.