1. | James Thomas Reed was born on 29 Jul 1844 in Alexandria district, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was christened in St Marys Church Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa (son of George Thomas Reed, 1820 Settler and Susanna Maria Potgieter); died on 23 Nov 1892 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
James married Jeanie Russell Mearns on 19 Oct 1882 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Jeanie was born in 1856; died on 28 Jan 1893 in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Humansdorp, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] Children:
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2. | George Thomas Reed, 1820 Settler was born in 1818 in London, England; was christened in London, England (son of William Reed, 1820 Settler and Elizabeth Gough, 1820 Settler); died on 4 Aug 1886 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Marys Cemetry Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Settler: George married Susanna Maria Potgieter on 4 Nov 1841 in St Marys Church Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa. Susanna was born about 1820; died on 28 Oct 1888 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
3. | Susanna Maria Potgieter was born about 1820; died on 28 Oct 1888 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
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4. | William Reed, 1820 Settler was born in 1775 in Dartford, Kent, England; was christened on 17 Jul 1775 in Dartford, Kent, England (son of Charles Reed and Lucy Cane); died on 13 Aug 1827 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Marys Cemetry Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: He served in the Royal Navy, and saw action on the 'glorious first of June' under Lord Howe. He applied to emigrate from 4 Oxford Court, Cannon Street, London, and offered to pay the full deposit for ten families in order to take out his own family of eight people, including his three adult sons. He subsequently applied to take out a party of ten men, before finally joining Bailie's party. In the event only two of his sons over the age of 18 emigrated. His daughter Sarah Eliza married Captain John Milbank of the Chapman in Cape Town on 22 March 1820. The Reed family separated from Bailie's party on arriving at Algoa Bay, where William Reed was granted three lots of building land and purchased a fourth. Assisted by his sons, he set up as a contractor, brick manufacturer and shipping agent, and attempted to establish a saltworks. He applied for the grant of a farm, and a loan from government for shipbuilding, but ill-health and the loss of a cargo in which he had invested heavily brought him into severe financial difficulties in 1822. He offered his unfinished 30-roomed stone house, movable property and livestock for sale with the intention of settling his debts and returning to England, but he was declared insolvent and sold up by the sequestrator in August 1823. He died at Port Elizabeth in 1827. Mrs Elizabeth Reed remarried after his death. She died in Port Elizabeth in 1868, at the age of 91. Her sons James Samuel Reed (who married Elizabeth Elliott) and George Thomas Reed (who married Maria Susanna Potgieter) both became members of the first Port Elizabeth Town Council in 1860. William married Elizabeth Gough, 1820 SettlerLondon, England. Elizabeth was born on 15 May 1774 in London, England; was christened in London, England; died on 1 Mar 1868 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Marys Cemetry Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
5. | Elizabeth Gough, 1820 Settler was born on 15 May 1774 in London, England; was christened in London, England; died on 1 Mar 1868 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa; was buried in St Marys Cemetry Port Elizabeth, Western Cape, South Africa. Other Events and Attributes:
Notes: Eliza GOUGH. Her Death Notice (Cape Archives) gives her maiden name as GOUGH and her married surname as POWELL, despite her two children being listed as REED. It may be that after her marriage to Mansel POWELL she and William did not in fact marry, but simply emigrated as husband and wife.
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8. | Charles Reed Charles married Lucy Cane on 30 Sep 1767 in Horton Kirbie, Kent, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
9. | Lucy Cane
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