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From: Gerry <>
Subject: [Dyfed] 1820 Settlers in South Africa
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 19:10:12 +0000
In-Reply-To: <010d01c1a1e8$4bc6f820$d00c820a@gareth>


Hello Listers

Having recently retired, and vacating my office which we are going to let
out, I have had to move much of my FH material from my office to a room in
our house and therefore having to do a great deal of tidying up.

During this tidying I came across this info which may be of some use to
someone.

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On a visit to "Settler Country" (Port Alfred/Grahamstown area) in South
Africa about 25 years ago (!) I noticed on a tourist/history map that 30
members of "Philipp's party" came from Pembrokeshire (the only Welsh party
of 60 listed). All the party settled in the same area south of a place
called Martindale, about 20/25 kilometres north of Port Alfred.

I visited the 1820 Settlers Monument complex and was shown a book containing
an alphabetical list of the 1820 settlers.

I didn't have much time as far as I can remember, so by looking just for
Welsh names I was able to identify 27 of the 30 members of "Philipps's
party" who emigrated to Cape Province in the sailing ship "Kennersley
Castle".

They were as follows:

Leader Thomas Philipps aged 44, a banker son of the Reverend Edward
Phillipps of Lampeter Velfrey, his wife Charlotte (nee Arboin) aged 43 and
their 7 children, with
Benjamin James aged 27
David James, 18
John James, 21
Ann John, 25
Charles Jones, 21, a joiner
William Jones, 26
Thomas Matthias, 22
Mary Owen, 20
Robert Owen, 23
Henry Phillip, 25
James Phillip, 23
William Phillip, 21
David Pugh, 23
Philip Richards, 25 and his wife
Mary Richards, 22
William Rickards, 21 ( I must have found him by accident!)
Martha Thomas, 18
and
Peter Williams, 25

It seems possible that most of these people came from the same area. Perhaps
Thomas Philipps advertised in one of the local papers. Does any lister know
any more?

>From the latest Francis Jones book "Historic Pembrokeshire Houses...." (page
132 - Lampeter House) I have ascertained that the Rev. Edward Philipps,
Rector of Lampeter Velfrey lived 1736 - 1793 and there is confirmation that
"one son emigrated to South Africa". The book states that this was a brother
of the Rev., but I suspect this may be wrong.

Gerry Lewis


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