John Ballenden
Posted: Sat Oct 18, 2014 8:30 am
The Ballendens
My name is John Barry Hawthorne. I was born in 1934 in Kimberley, South Africa. I am a retired geologist and my wife (Margaret Joy Farrer b 1935) and I live in the village of Scarborough near Cape Town. We have four children and ten grandchildren.
My mother Lillian Anna Ballenden (1900 – 1984) was directly descended from John Ballenden (1758 – 1817) who was born in Orkney and became the Chief Factor of the Hudson Bay Company in 1798.
Our descent is through John Ballenden’s second son, John McNab Ballenden MD and John Ballenden’s second (bigamous?) wife Eliza Gray (1777 – 1853) whom he married in Orkney in 1797. His first wife was Jane Favell – they married at Brandon House in 1780 and had six children. As far as I know the only son was a William Ballenden.
John McNab Ballenden (1813 – 1895) was born in Orkney and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. Once qualified he moved to the village of Sedgley in Staffordshire were he practised medicine for many years. He married Elizabeth Wilson Jobson (1819 – 1918) They had seven sons and two daughters.
The Ballenden’s second son Christopher Jobson Ballenden (1841 -1948) started medical studies but emigrated to South Africa in 1859, no doubt in search of adventure. He was accompanied by his brother John aged 16.
C J Ballenden married Edith Pauline Chappe (1853-1946) in 1874. The had eight sons & one daughter.
Their eldest son John Laffette Ballenden (1875 – 1952) who married Maude Mary Chalker (1876 – 1948), was my mothers father and my grandfather.
I have done some research on the African branch of the Ballenden family & have found records of about 200 direct descendants of C J Ballenden and hence of John Ballenden. Many are still in southern Africa but a large number have moved on. Some have returned to England whilst others have gone variously to Spain , Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the USA but none to Canada,
I am hoping that through the Red River Ancestry of Manitoba site I may be able to establish whether or not there are any descendants of John Ballenden & Jane Favell who still bear the Ballenden name, living in Canada at present.
I am also interested in links with descendants of other families closely related or linked to the Ballenden, such as the Favells, McNabs, McLeods, McKays, Bunns, Prudens & Harriotts.
My name is John Barry Hawthorne. I was born in 1934 in Kimberley, South Africa. I am a retired geologist and my wife (Margaret Joy Farrer b 1935) and I live in the village of Scarborough near Cape Town. We have four children and ten grandchildren.
My mother Lillian Anna Ballenden (1900 – 1984) was directly descended from John Ballenden (1758 – 1817) who was born in Orkney and became the Chief Factor of the Hudson Bay Company in 1798.
Our descent is through John Ballenden’s second son, John McNab Ballenden MD and John Ballenden’s second (bigamous?) wife Eliza Gray (1777 – 1853) whom he married in Orkney in 1797. His first wife was Jane Favell – they married at Brandon House in 1780 and had six children. As far as I know the only son was a William Ballenden.
John McNab Ballenden (1813 – 1895) was born in Orkney and studied medicine at Edinburgh University. Once qualified he moved to the village of Sedgley in Staffordshire were he practised medicine for many years. He married Elizabeth Wilson Jobson (1819 – 1918) They had seven sons and two daughters.
The Ballenden’s second son Christopher Jobson Ballenden (1841 -1948) started medical studies but emigrated to South Africa in 1859, no doubt in search of adventure. He was accompanied by his brother John aged 16.
C J Ballenden married Edith Pauline Chappe (1853-1946) in 1874. The had eight sons & one daughter.
Their eldest son John Laffette Ballenden (1875 – 1952) who married Maude Mary Chalker (1876 – 1948), was my mothers father and my grandfather.
I have done some research on the African branch of the Ballenden family & have found records of about 200 direct descendants of C J Ballenden and hence of John Ballenden. Many are still in southern Africa but a large number have moved on. Some have returned to England whilst others have gone variously to Spain , Argentina, Australia, New Zealand and the USA but none to Canada,
I am hoping that through the Red River Ancestry of Manitoba site I may be able to establish whether or not there are any descendants of John Ballenden & Jane Favell who still bear the Ballenden name, living in Canada at present.
I am also interested in links with descendants of other families closely related or linked to the Ballenden, such as the Favells, McNabs, McLeods, McKays, Bunns, Prudens & Harriotts.