Surname List: British 1820 Settlers to South Africa

Settler ID	436
1820 Settler Ship	Chapman
Party	Bailie
Gender	M
Age in 1820	28
Occupation	Shoemaker
Date or Year of Birth	1792
Age at Marriage
Age at Death
Other Information	He served a regular apprenticeship as a boot- and shoemaker before emigrating. His wife and family remained in England because of her ill-health and imminent confinement. He was located at Cuylerville, and appealed to the authorities for assistance to enable his family to join him; however, his mother, wife and four small children made their own way to the Cape in the Sappho, in August 1821. Forbes rented a farm near Grahamstown, and applied without success for a grant of farming land or an erf at Bathurst. In 1823 he moved to Cape Town to follow his trade. He set up in business on borrowed capital, and was declared insolvent twice. He is not listed in the Cape Town directories after 1845. CO 8431 no 12, 8.1.1821; CO 158 no.115, n.d. (1821); CO 158 no.145 memorial of Ann Forbes, 28.8.1821; CO 8452 no.19,20.7.1822; CO 8453 no.96,21.4.1823; MOIC 2/333 no.142 (d); MOIB 2/361 no.7; Directories 1830-34,1845.

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