Charles Thomas Croft, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1792 - 1862  (69 years)

• Name	Charles Thomas Croft
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	27 Nov 1792	Westminster, London, England   [4, 5, 6]
  Baptism	24 Dec 1792	Providence Chapel, Tichfield Street and Grays Inn St, Marylebone, London, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler	15 Feb 1820	Gravesend, Kent, England   [5]
  	Sephton's party on the Aurora
  Settler ID	2665
  Name	Charles Thomas Croft 1820
  Occupation	a Copper Plate Printer  [5]
  Death	3 Jun 1862	'Cannon House', Beaufort Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6, 7, 8, 9]
  		Croft, Charles Thomas dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X9RX-F Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [10]
  Person ID	I49959	master
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas Croft,   b. Est 1765
  Mother	Elizabeth (Lady) Hamilton,   b. Est 1770
  Family ID	F18013	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Deacon   d. Bef 1814, River Thames, London, England
  Marriage	1813  [7, 11]
  Family ID	F18000	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Seadon, 1820 Settler,   b. 1798   d. 1820, at Sea on the AURORA before she sailed (Age 22 years)
  Marriage	4 Jul 1814	St James, Picadilly, Westminster, London, England   [4, 7]
  Children	+ 1. Clarissa Ann Croft, 1820 Settler,   b. 21 Mar 1818, London, England d. 20 Jan 1903 (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F15803	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Jan 2017

  
  

  Family 3	Mary Hancock, 1820 Settler,   b. 1788   d. 25 May 1863 (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	14 Jan 1821	Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [12]
  	Description: Rev William Shaw They were originally married onboard the Aurora by the ship's Captain, and re-did the ceremony when on land.
  Children	+ 1. Mary Croft,   b. Oct 1821   d. 2 Mar 1873, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 51 years) + 2. Charles Thomas Croft,   b. 1824, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 24 Oct 1856, Albany District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 32 years) + 3. Elizabeth Croft,   b. 1 Feb 1826   d. 22 Jan 1914, Rocky House, Milner Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 87 years)   4. Eliza Croft,   b. 31 May 1828
  Family ID	F17906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2019

  
  

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  Birth - 27 Nov 1792 - Westminster, London, England Settler - 15 Feb 1820 - Gravesend, Kent, England Marriage - 14 Jan 1821 - Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 3 Jun 1862 - 'Cannon House', Beaufort Street, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Grahamstown Cemetery (Old), Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8), page 607. [S372] Dickerson, Trevor - DICKERSON Family Tree, DICKERSON Family Tree. [S399] Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, Baptisms 1820 - 1959 Salem / Albany Methodist Parish Records, (LDS Microfilm #1560874), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S2372] Halse, Felicity, fgw 915. [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S407] Memorial Inscription on Tombstone. [S12] Ivan Mitford-Barberton & Violet White, "Some Frontier Families", (1968, Human & Rousseau Publishers, Cape Town, South Africa). [S387] Morse Jones, E, "Roll of the British Settlers in South Africa", (A.A. Balkema / Cape Town). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQF-X9RX-F? (Reliability: 3). [S425] Genealogy Society of South Africa, ISBN 0 7970 3604 0, (First Editon ISBN 0 7970 3604 0), Volume 1 Abbott - Cyrus, National Archives of South Africa. [S672] Weekend Post, Sept 1968, (article on "Historic Panacea for Museum"). [S422] Salem / Albany Parish Records, Marriages 1840 - 1924.