The Cawood File
This file contains the known descendants, to the 6th
generation, of Joshua Cawood, born about 1690, nailmaker of Otley, Yorkshire.
Notes for Joseph HULLEY
Joseph Hulley (1823 - 1896)
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Joseph HULLEY, the 5th son of Richard William HULLEY, the 1820 Settler, was
born at Clumber, Albany district, on 2nd June 1823, and later took over his
father’s farm "Caxton" in the Albany District. He married Mary Jackson at
Somerset East in 1847.
Later he was farming in the Queenstown District, and owned the farm Queen’s
Park. He later moved to Dordrecht where he had a butchery as well as a farm.
From there the family "trekked" to "Hopedale", a farm in the Maclear District,
soon after the last Kaffir War (also known as the Frontier Wars). Here he
built a new house, sheds, fenced the lands and later the farm, as, being on
the Kaffirland border, he used to suffer severely from stock thefts, very
seldom, if ever, recovering the stolen stock.
He built a big dam and dug the water channels to load the water on to the
lands. He grew his own wheat and had to travel many to have it ground, between
stone rollers - steam still being unheard of in those days. Another main crop
was oats, as the C.M.R. camp in Maclear used to buy thousands of bundles to
feed their horses - the forage as well as the wheat had to be cut by hand with
sickles, as there were no threshing machines, the crop had to be tramped out
by horses of which he had a large number. Every year he would have fifteen
young riding horses and cart horses as well, trained and taken to Umtata where
the old C.M.R. headquarters were at that time.
The dairy table used to stand full of large dishes of milk, which when the
cream was set, would be taken off by hand (as this was before the time of
separators), and churned - the butter salted, put away in big barrels; also
the shelves were line with home made cheese. All of these dairy products would
be taken to Umtata where there was a ready market. As there were no buses to
do the carting they would load up the old Cape Cart (double seater) inspan the
horses, (four in hand) and set off on their journey - another product which
was eagerly bought was the home cured bacon and ham.
Joseph HULLEY was helped with the farming by his two younger sons, Edward and
Herbert, but later they took their sheep and cattle and went on to their own
farms. Then Joseph HULLEY and his wife Mary, and the youngest daughter Marie
went to live in the town of Maclear. But though on in years, the pioneer
spirit was still strong. As the erf was a large one, an orchard was
planted, vegetables and flower gardens were laid out, a kraal and shed for ten
cows, a stable for four horses made, and the dairying went on in a smaller
way. The horses were hired out, mostly lent, to enterprising young school
boys. Pig styes were built in a lower corner of the erf, a poultry run and pen
of prize Dorkings, the pride of the old man’s heart.
He also helped to start the first Maclear market going, with his dairy
produces, fruit and vegetables.
He was a great lover of sport of which there was not very much in those days.
He always encouraged the young folk with offers of extra prizes for gymnastic
sports and gave prizes to the natives who sued to have horse racing in the
streets on New Year’s Day. The young people and children of the town used to
gather at his place for indoor games in the evening at Christmas time, as well
as two wagon loads of relations from the farms. It was at a similar gathering
at some social event, when the children were enjoying themselves, skipping and
he was swinging the rope at one end, when he suddenly was taken with a pain in
the chest, sat down in a char and passed away.
A friend wrote of him - "He was a dear old gentleman. I have the happiest
memories of him always."
He was a staunch member and supporter of the Methodist Church. His headstone
testifies that he was "One of His disciples."
(Written by May Staude - nee HULLEY, one of Joseph HULLEY’s granddaughters) Came to me from [48].
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