Jonathan Wainwright (abt. 1769 - 1851)

Born about 1769 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Husband of Elizabeth (Nicholl) Wainwright — married 25 Dec 1793 in Halifax, Yorkshire, England

Descendants

Died 1 Jun 1851 at about age 82 in Cradock, Cape Province, South Africa

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Biography

He was the Leader of Wainwright's Party of 1820 Settlers on the 'John'.

Leader Jonathan Wainwright Number in the Party 24 Area Party originated from Yorkshire, England Area allocated to the party Harewood, Lynedoch River Ship John

Settler Handbook Content: No. 38 on the Colonial Department list, led by Jonathan Wainwright, a cloth manufacturer of Little Woodhouse, Leeds, Yorkshire. Wainwright wrote to the Colonial Department that he had been 'engaged for the last 20 years in an extensive line of business, and having during that period met with an almost unprecedented series of losses and disappointments', he was eager to make a new beginning. He forwarded a testimonial to his good character ('respectable, loyal, intelligent and industrious') signed by the Mayor and magistrates of Leeds and sanctioned by the Earl of Harewood and his heir Lord Lascelles.

This was a mixed party; Jonathan Wainwright and his son Daniel, John Braithwaite, Charles Cockcroft, William Hartley and a latecomer to the party, FP Bentley, were all 'free' settlers who had paid their own deposits and in some cases those of their servants. The party was recruited in Yorkshire; Leeds was hard-hit by the collapse of the cottton trade, and Wainwright stated that most of the men had been unemployed for a considerable time.

Only four of the names that were originally submitted to the Colonial Department remained on the final sailing list: the two Wainwrights, Cockcroft and Hartley. After a number of withdrawals and substitutions, deposits were finally paid for 11 men and the party embarked at Liverpool in the John, which sailed on 13 January 1820, reaching Table Bay on 19 April and Algoa Bay in May. The party was located on an arm of the Lynedoch River and its location was named Harewood. (Harewood House, near Leeds, is the seat of the Earl of Harewood.)

LIST OF WAINWRIGHT'S PARTY BENTLEY, Francis Parratt 37. Farmer. w Elizabeth 31. c William 9, Susanna 8, John 4, George 3. BRAITHWAITE, John 28. Farmer. COCKCROFT, Charles 35. Cloth dresser. w Harriet 36. c Thomas 13, William 9, Mark 7. DUFFIELD, George 20. Farmer. HARTLEY, William 40. Manufacturer.

STIRK, Joseph 18. Farmer. STIRK, William 30. Farmer. WAINWRIGHT, Anne 20 (daughter of Jonthan Wainwright). WAINWRIGHT, Daniel 23. WAINWRIGHT, Jonathan 48. Manufacturer. w Elizabeth 50. c Ellen 17, Edward 14. WHITEHEAD, George 25. Farmer. YOUNG, Thomas 36. Farmer.

Sources

• "South Africa, Cape Province, Probate Records of the Master of the High Court, 1834-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DB5S-4DL?cc=2517051&wc=WVWM-9J3%3A1598032348 : 11 October 2018), 004433417 > image 595 of 2173; Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

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• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBMJ-M2V : 21 September 2020), Jonathan Wainwright in entry for Ann Wainwright, 1799.

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• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NB75-89X : 21 March 2020), Jonathan Wainwright in entry for Daniel Wainwright, 1796.

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• "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N2N7-1ZD : 13 March 2020), Jonathan Wainwright, 1793.

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• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBMJ-M4T : 21 September 2020), Helen Wainwright, 1801.
• "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3T1-NLC : 11 December 2014), Sarah Wainwright, 28 Oct 1797, Birth; citing p. 43, Halifax, Yorkshire, record group RG4, Public Record Office, London.
• "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4JL-7ZN : 10 December 2017), Ellen Wainwright, 10 Feb 1828, Burial; citing item 1 p 65, Astbury, Cheshire, England, Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,647,809.

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• "Heese, J.A. & Lombard, R.T.J. “South African Genealogies 1” Human Sciences Research Council, 1992, ISBN 0-620-23962- v.16 pp.303-310"

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