Hi Yvette and all Am reading through Morse Jones’ Roll of The British Settlers in South Africa and came across the entry for William ATMORE which says that he was a surveyor, sent from England in 1819 to help with the surveying of the locations for the parties of settlers that would arrive the following year. Apparently he was married on board ship to Ann Chamberlain. He later carried out surveys in the George, Mossel Bay and Swellendam districts. Kind regards Nikki From: Yvette Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:41 AM To: Nikki ; south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ZA-EC] More on Land Surveyor responsible for settlement of 1820settlers Thanks Nikki, fascinating, and what fertile guys these were. I saw one report from the Grahamstown Journal (link found in these posts) where a woman had 306 direct descendants (children, grandchildren, greats and great greats!) listed in her death notice! Yvette From: Nikki via Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:09 PM To: south-africa-eastern-cape@rootsweb.com Subject: [ZA-EC] More on Land Surveyor responsible for settlement of 1820settlers Hi All Some time this month there was a discussion regarding the Land Surveyor who was responsible for surveying the 1820 settlements. Today I came across some info in a copy of Africana Notes and News September 1978 Vol 23. No.3. Excerpt from article entitled The Knobel and Von Buchenoder Tombs by R.R. Langham Carter. “.............. Knobel was appointed secretary of the Uitenhage District on 11 Oct 1804 and continued as secretary to the landdrost under British rule when this was restored in 1806. The Buchenroders lived with him and he married his Maria in Cape Town on 10 July 1809. Knobel worked as a sworn surveyor in the Uitenhage and Albany districts from 1813 to 1822. He was responsible for the survey of Grahamstown in 1814 and he designed the first Dutch Reformed Church in Uitehage three years later. This was erected in 1822 and declared a national monument in 1966. In 1820 the Uitenhage landdrost Colonel J.G. Cuyler and Knobel were among those who met the settlers at Algoa Bay, and on 18 April they set out with the first parties to their grants which Knobel had surveyed. And he planned the lay-out of the new town of Bathurst in the following July.” It would seem that Mr Knobel was a pretty industrious fellow as the article goes on to say that Mrs Knobel gave birth to eleven children in seventeen years! She died in 1827 not longer after giving birth to her twelfth!! Kind regards Nikki Sedgefield No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.935 / Virus Database: 4257.1.1/8512 - Release Date: 01/28/15 04:01:00 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SOUTH-AFRICA-EASTERN-CAPE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.935 / Virus Database: 4257.1.1/8518 - Release Date: 01/29/15 04:01:00 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.935 / Virus Database: 4257.1.1/8600 - Release Date: 02/12/15 04:01:00