George Lee, 1820 Settler^{[1, 2, 3]}

1807 - Aft 1838  (> 32 years)

• Name	George Lee
  Suffix	1820 Settler
  Birth	3 Mar 1805	Westminster, London, England   [4]
  Birth	1807	England   [1, 3]
  Baptism	1 Jan 1807	Saint Paul Covent Garden, Westminster, London, England   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Settler	15 Feb 1820	Gravesend, Kent, England   [1]
  	Sephton's party on the Aurora
  Residence	Jan 1838	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  Death	Aft 1838  [5]
  Death	12 Aug 1850	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Settler ID	2700
  Name	George Lee 1820
  Occupation	a Storekeeper  [2]
  Occupation	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Storekeeper
  Religion	the Protestant Church  [3]
  Burial	Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [4]
  Person ID	I68946	master
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	William Lee, 1820 Settler,   b. 26 Feb 1779, Hampton Village, Richmond-on-Thames, England d. 14 Sep 1849, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Ann Townsend, 1820 Settler,   b. 1780
  Family ID	F23275	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Trotter, 1820 Settler,   b. 18 Aug 1811, Bristol, Somerset, England d. 27 May 1857, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	2 Feb 1829	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [6]
  	Description: Rev William Carlisle
  MARL Marriage Licence	2 Feb 1829	Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [7]
  Children	+ 1. Edward Trotter Lee,   b. 9 Nov 1829, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 2. Charles Lee,   b. 18 Jun 1831, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa + 3. Theresa Ann Lee,   b. 4 Mar 1833, Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 1883, Cape Colony, South Africa (Age 49 years) + 4. Cornelius Ford Lee,   b. 6 Dec 1834, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 22 May 1904, Cape Colony, South Africa (Age 69 years)   5. Amelia (Julia?) Sophia Lee,   b. Oct 1845, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 31 Mar 1866, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 20 years) + 6. Ellen Lee,   b. 22 Sep 1848   7. James Barry Lee,   b. 10 Dec 1836, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa   8. Emilly June Lee,   b. 18 Apr 1840, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. Bef 1866, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age < 25 years) + 9. Cordelia Lee,   b. 24 Feb 1842, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. South Africa
  Family ID	F25209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2016

  
  

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  Birth - 3 Mar 1805 - Westminster, London, England Birth - 1807 - England Settler - 15 Feb 1820 - Gravesend, Kent, England Marriage - 2 Feb 1829 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa MARL Marriage Licence - 2 Feb 1829 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Residence - Jan 1838 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 12 Aug 1850 - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Occupation - Storekeeper - - Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Burial - - Old Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  In the Grahamstown Journal George Lee's homestead was burnt and attacked by the natives in 1846: Saturday May 16 1846 Tuesday 2 o'clock pm News has just come in that this morning just before daylight the Kaffirs fired the farm house and kraals of the Messrs. BEZUIDENHOUT (mentioned in a previous article) on the New Year's River. They also burnt at the same time the farmhouse of Mr. G. LEE, in the same neighbourhood. It seems that a number of Kaffirs have had possession of these buildings for some days past, sheltering themselves in the buildings and putting cattle in the kraals. These marauders have now gone off towards Kaffirland, first firing the premises, and BEZUIDENHOUT in bringing in the report is in hopes of receiving assistance so as, if possible, to intercept the enemy on the East side of the Zuuerberg, the point where it is probable be will cross the range, being at the back of Hilton, or between that point and the hamlet of Riebeek. In the Grahamstown Journal dated 17.08.1850 his obituary reads; "DIED, at Graham's Town on Monday, the 12th instant, Mr. George LEE, aged 44 years. Deceased was the second son of the late Mr. W. LEE, one of the original Salem Party of British Settlers who founded that interesting village in 1820. Some years after his arrival in this Province he was united in marriage to the only daughter of William TROTTER, Esq., whom he has left, with a numerous family of children, to deplore the loss of an inestimable husband. As a member of society deceased was held in deserved reputation for straightforward integrity in his dealings, and for steady public spirit in relation to the affairs of the country in which Providence had cast his lot. As a consistent member of the Wesleyan Church, he was ever ready to advance the interests of that communion, or of any other holding the truth in the love thereof. He bore a painful affliction with the fortitude and resignation of a Christian, and died triumphantly in the full assurance, by the faith in the Atonement, of a glorious resurrection to eternal life. "Let me die the death of the righteous, and may my last end be like his." Grahamstown Journal, [4]

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] M D Nash, "The Settler Handbook", (Chameleon Press ISBN 0 620 10940 8). [S390] Grahamstown Methodist - Commemoration Chapel, Register 29/3/1822 -1860, (CORY MS 15 899/1). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton. [S2843] Levey, Colin. [S1134] Morse Jones, E, Lower Albany Chronicles, (p 100), Part 2 1826 - 1840. [S431] Grahamstown Anglican - St Georges Register, Marriages: 20/2/1826 - 8/6/1835, (CORY MS 14 879/1), (Entry# 190). [S398] Matrimonial Court Minutes and Special Licences, Albany/ Grahamstown 1821 - 1884, (LDS Microfilm # 1886513), (Entry# 199), as transcribed by Ellen Stanton.