Ida Mary HART

Notes:

1. Perhaps Ida May
2. She lived at 5 Fox Road, Vincent, East London
3. Estate MOOC 6/9/20210 R5589

Ida married Horace Nelson MAGGS. Horace (son of Mathew Albert MAGGS and Hannah Radcliff BOND) was born in Nov 1865 in East London; died on 3 Mar 1939 in East London. [Group Sheet]

1. Daisy Cottingham MAGGS
2. Stephanus Albert MAGGS
3. Horace Nelson MAGGS
4. Harry Bond MAGGS
5. Mary Hope MAGGS
6. Leslie Radcliff MAGGS

Notes:

1. Born on Glen Avon on 31 05 1839 according to mother's estate
2. Farmer who died on Happy Valley farm
3. Estate MOOC 6/9/743 R574

Stephanus married Mary Jane COTTINGHAM on 16 Sep 1863. Mary (daughter of George Wolfram COTTINGHAM and ?? BANISTER) was born on 14 Mar 1846 in England; died on 22 Dec 1920 in Cathcart, E Cape. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. Born in Devon
2. Estate MOOC 6/9/1921 R488

Notes:

1. He was a farmer who was born in Wynberg
2. Estate MOOC 6/9/120 R3669

Robert married Johanna Christina MEINTJIES on 14 Sep 1831 in Graaff-Reinet. Johanna (daughter of Stephanus Jacobus MEINTJIES and Cecilia Magdallena VORSTER) was born on 21 Jan 1813 in Graaff-Reinet; died on 18 Jul 1841 in Somerset East. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. She was apparently known as Cecilia as this is the name appearing on t he family crypt on Glen Avon farm.
2. Estate MOOC 6/9/23 R5047

George married ?? BANISTER. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Note. Domestic matters such as births, marriages etc do not appear in th is time-line as they are dealt with in detail in the genealogy.

1777.......... He was born in Strathavon, Avondale , Lanarkshire. The da te given on the crypt at Glen Avon is 1 January but the register gives t he date as 5 January (OPR Births 621/0010 0159 where the entry was added l ater and written between two 03 01 1777 baptisms - why? )
1794.......... At the age of 17 he ran away from home to join the 98th Hi ghland Regiment (Argyllshire and Sutherland) that later became the 91st, w hich was preparing for war against
France.
1795..........Private Robert Hart and his regiment of 800 embarked to occu py the Cape where his troopship and thirteen others sailed into False B ay on 4 September after a voyage of four months. On 14 September after unl oading all their guns, equipment and stores the Argyllshire Highlanders we re marching into Cape Town in the name of King George III and his Serene H ighness the Prince of Orange whom the French had expelled form the Netherl ands.
1798..........Hart's regiment marched from Algoa Bay to suppress the van J aarsveld rebellion at Graaff-Reinet
1799..........His regiment was posted to the Eastern Cape and he was prese nt when Chief Ndhlambi invaded the Zuurveld which ended up in a patched pe ace agreement leaving the Xhosa in possession of the land they had occupi ed. He was also stationed at Fort Frederick at Algoa Bay and with canno ns on the beach, helped to drive off the French ship La Preneuse which h ad attacked two British ships in the bay.
1802......... By the Treaty of Amiens peace was ratified between Great Br itian and the French Republic and the Cape of Good Hope was given ba ck to the Batavian Republic. The British trops were withdrawn and Robert H art volunteered for further service in India where they were under the com mand of Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington. After a short tour of duty t here he returned to England via the Cape and was then posted to Hanover, G ermany with the rank of sergeant.
1804..........On 08 April (his abode was Strathavon, Lanarkshire) he marri ed Hanna Tamplin on the Isle of Guersney.
1807..........After the British re-took the Cape, Hart returned on 07 01 1 807 with his wife and baby daughter and , as an ensign, was appointed adju tant to the Cape Corps with which unit he served in the eastern frontier u ntil 1817.
1807..........During the year of his arrival, his regiment assisted in r e-taking the Zuurveld and pushed the Xhosas back over the Great Fish Rive r, thus reclaiming the Albany area where the bulk of the Settlers were loc ated in 1820
1810..........Promoted to Lieutenant
1811.......... Grahamstown was founded on the site, it is told, chos en by Hart and where he built one of the first sod cottages. His family ar rived soon after from Cape Town to take up residence.
1817..........The Cape Corps was disbanded and Hart was put on half-pay. F ortunately he was then appointed superintendent of the government fa rm at Boschberg when Dr Joseph Mackrill resigned. His family joined him th ere. This farm, which was established to provide supplies for the militar y, was so successful that Lord Charles Somerset ploughed back the profi ts into other development work in the colony without obtaining the sancti on of Whitehall.
1820..........Hart assisted the settlers who were allocated land in the vi cinity - particularly the Pringles.
1821.......... In recognition for his services, he was granted a large tra ct of land below the Boschberg and just east of Somerset East. The farm Na udesrivier was previously owned by Marthinus Prinsloo but Hart renam ed it Glen Avon.
1825.......... The arrival of a commission of inquiry into SA affairs alar med the Governor and on 7 January Hart received a terse note warning h im to wind up the farm and dismiss all staff, including himself, by the e nd of January. Within a few weeks the farm was broken up and the new to wn of Somerset was proclaimed.
1825.........The Hart family took up residence on Glen Avon in the newly c ompleted house which was built of stone and was roofed with imported Wel sh slate. Hart was appointed Heemraad in the newly proclaimed district a nd town of Somerset East under the first Landdrost W M McKay.
1829..........Hart finally was placed on full pension after thirty-five ye ars military service. He remained an influential and respected member of t he community and made generous donations for the improvement of the develo ping town of Somerset East. He enthusiastically supported the establishme nt of the NG Church at Somerset East and remained an elder until his death .
1846..........He built a small Presbyterian church on his farm and, in h is will, left 1300 pounds to maintain a minister in Somerset East. Throu gh his generosity the original drostdy was purchased for use as an NG pars onage.
1849.......... On 1 June a Hottentot employee, Piet van de Winter, left Gl en Avon with a wagon-load of oranges for sale. On 2 July he was at Fort Be aufort with the wagon and twelve oxen and was not seen again. Hart plac ed a notice in tne press and offered a reward.
1867..........He was interred in the family crypt which he built on Glen A von. Estate MOOC 6/9120 R380
1870..........The Somerset East Presbyterian church was completed after h is death but the building was erected as a result of his efforts and finan cal contributions.
1931..........A memorial window was unveiled in the Presbyterian chur ch by his oldest surviving grand-daughter.
1970..........His bust, by I Mitford Barberton was placed in the vestibu le of the Settler Memorial Hall in Grahamstown.

Robert married Hannah TAMPLIN on 8 Apr 1804 in Isle if Guersney. Hannah was born on 27 Sep 1778 in Surrey; died on 3 Sep 1853 in Somerset East. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

1. She was born at Charlwood. According to the UK Tamplin Family History s he was born on 27 09 1778 (Parents Richard Tamplin and Susan Randle). Acco rding to the Surrey Poor Law records of 1779 she was aged 1 year and 3 mon ths when the family were subject to a removal order to Charlwood. This a ge agrees with the above date. Sone records give the date as 30 07 1777
2. She died at Glen Avon after being an invalid for some years and was bur ied in the family crypt on Glen Avon farm.

Stephanus married Cecilia Magdallena VORSTER on 21 Jan 1810. Cecilia (daughter of Barend Johannes VORSTER and Johanna Christina BOOYSEN) was born on 20 Sep 1793; was christened on 18 Nov 1793; died on 29 Feb 1848 in Graaff-Reinet. [Group Sheet]