Thomas Dry, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2]}

1798 - 1865  (66 years)

• Name	Thomas Dry
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	28 Feb 1798	Kent, England   [2]
  Baptism	16 Mar 1798
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	15 Feb 1820	Gravesend, Kent, England   [1]
  	Erith's party on the Brilliant
  Settler ID	1690
  Occupation	a Farmer  [1]
  Occupation	16 Feb 1832	Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  a Jailor
  Death	15 Jan 1865	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Burial	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  Person ID	I18141	master
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Edward Dry,   b. Est 1773, England
  Mother	Clarissa,   b. Est 1778, England
  Family ID	F16524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Magdalena Margaretha Elizabeth Cornelius,   b. Est Jul 1798, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 9 Jan 1852, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1821	Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6]
  Children	> 1. Jan Johannes Waldeck then Dry,   b. 8 Aug 1818   d. 24 Aug 1881, Rietfontein (Age 63 years)  [Father: Adopted]  [Mother: Adopted] > 2. Eduard Cornelis Codling Dry,   b. 19 Jan 1822   d. 19 Feb 1899 (Age 77 years) > 3. Claressa Geertruyda Dry,   b. 26 Oct 1823 + 4. Thomas John Dry,   b. 29 Sep 1825 > 5. Geertruyda Rebekka Ruth Dry,   b. 27 May 1827   d. 12 Jul 1849 (Age 22 years)   6. Magdalena Margaretha Elizabeth Dry,   b. 13 Aug 1829   7. Rebecca Amelia Dry,   b. 10 Aug 1831   8. James Dry,   b. 10 Mar 1833 + 9. David Benjamin Dry,   c. 21 Feb 1833, Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 26 Jun 1906, Potchefstroom, Western Transvaal, South Africa (Age ~ 73 years) > 10. Albertus William Dry,   b. 4 Dec 1836   11. Margaretha Johanna Dry > 12. Mary Ann Dry,   b. 27 Jul 1842
  Family ID	F15939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Ann Whittal,   b. 27 May 1821, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 9 Apr 1914, Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	27 Jun 1852	Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [2]
  Family ID	F5715	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2008

  
  

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  Birth - 28 Feb 1798 - Kent, England Settler - 15 Feb 1820 - Gravesend, Kent, England Marriage - 8 Apr 1821 - Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - a Jailor - 16 Feb 1832 - Somerset East, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 27 Jun 1852 - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 15 Jan 1865 - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S348] Whittal, Vernon, WHITTAL Family GEDCOM, (See list of further references below in the note). [S483] Lower Albany Chronicle, Lower Albany Chronicle, (p 49), Part 2 1826 - 1840. [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S423] Slater, Hugo, Graveyard Visit records by Hugo Slater. [S590] Genealogy Society of South Africa, Familia XXII/1985 No.4.