Benjamin Booth^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1820 - 1906  (85 years)

• Name	Benjamin Booth
  Birth	28 Sep 1820  [3]
  Baptism	29 Oct 1820	Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	1 Feb 1906	South Africa   [6]
  Person ID	I44794	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Booth, 1820 Settler,   b. 11 Feb 1787, Richmond, Surrey, England d. 28 Apr 1862, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Margaret Mortimer, 1820 Settler,   b. 1792, London, England d. 22 Jun 1847 (Age 55 years)
  Family ID	F15492	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Matilda Barton Godlonton,   b. 5 Jun 1823, Cuylerville, Bathurst district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 4 Jun 1856, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1841  [1, 7]
  	Description: Rev William Shaw
  Children	> 1. Matilda Booth,   b. 19 Jan 1842, Barton, Graaff Reinet District, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1 May 1900 (Age 58 years)   2. Austen Roberts Booth,   b. Est 1843   3. Benjamin Godlonton Booth,   b. 4 Feb 1844, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 8 Jun 1862 (Age 18 years) > 4. Margaret Mortimer Booth,   b. 21 Oct 1846, Sundays River, Albany district, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1931 (Age 84 years) + 5. Mary Ann Hex Booth,   b. 21 Oct 1846, Sundays River, Albany district, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 6. Robert Godlonton Booth,   b. 7 Aug 1849, 'Hammond's Farm'   7. Caroline Booth,   b. Est 1851   8. Mortimer Greaves Booth,   b. 18 May 1853 > 9. Elizabeth Caroline Barton Booth,   b. Abt 1855, Cape Colony, South Africa
  Family ID	F15704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Shepperson,   b. Est 1811   d. 19 Apr 1890, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1858  [6]
  Children	+ 1. Emma Maria Booth,   b. 8 Jun 1859   d. 10 Oct 1948 (Age 89 years)   2. Edward Shepperson Booth,   b. 1 May 1862   d. 5 Nov 1889 (Age 27 years)
  Family ID	F15724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Feb 2007

  
  

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  Baptism - 29 Oct 1820 - Salem Methodist Church, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 1 Feb 1906 - South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S379] Makin, A E, "The 1820 Settlers of Salem (Hezekiah Sephton's Party)", (ISBN 0 7021 0208 3). [S390] Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, Register 29/3/1822 -1860, (CORY MS 15 899/1). [S399] Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, Baptisms 1820 - 1959 Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, (LDS Microfilm #1560874), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S494] Fort Beaufort Methodist Parish Records, Baptisms 1838 - 1889 Fort Beaufort Methodist Parish Records, (LDS Microfilm# 1560854), transcribed by Nolene Lossau. [S399] Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, Baptisms 1820 - 1959 Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, (LDS Microfilm #1560874), (Entry# 22), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S555] Hilton - Taylor, Craig, Hilton - Taylor, Craig. [S15] Grahamstown Journal, (Transcribed by Sue Mackay), CO53/14 National Archives, Kew, London. April 1841