William Musgrove HOPLEY

1770 - 1835  (65 years)

• Name	William Musgrove HOPLEY
  Born	10 Aug 1770	England
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Aug 1835	Cape Town.
  Person ID	I8732	Families of the Overberg
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann HILLMAN,   b. Abt 1773, Portsea, England ,   d. 19 Oct 1823, Cape Town  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Children	1. William Musgrave HOPLEY,   b. 1796, England ,   d. 21 Jun 1864, Swellendam.  (Age 68 years)  [natural]   2. Richard Rodney Bligh HOPLEY,   b. Bef 1806  [natural]
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019
  Family ID	F27874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Born in Tenderden, Kent and arrived at the Cape 04 01 1806 as purser aboa rd 'HMS Diadem'. He left the navy later that year and is recorded as the owner of several p roperties in Simon's Town and Cape Town where he traded as a ships'chandle r. In January 1812 he opened a school at 61 Loop Street and his wife and c hildren arrived during the same year. He died in the Somerset Hospital. Overberg Origins. Edmund Burrows Estate 6/9/6 F1011