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From: "BJ & LC Kirkwood" <>
Subject: Re: [Dyfed] 1820 Settlers in South Africa
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 09:00:00 +1100
References: <B87368FE.2BD3%gerry@asterisk.co.uk>


Dear Gerry,

There is an article "Tom's letters to his kinsfolk" in NLW Journal
1984..beginning page 357.......Charles Allen-Phillips
and Thomas were partners in a failed Bank and Thomas, probably to evade
irate creditors, took his family off to South Africa. I have a copy of this
article somewhere......but everything packed away whilst grandchildren in
residence for school hols.

Bettye Kirkwood.----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 6:10 AM
Subject: [Dyfed] 1820 Settlers in South Africa


> 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.
>
> ------------------
> 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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