Thomas Melvill^[1]

1757 - 1814  (56 years)

• Name	Thomas Melvill
  Birth	Nov 1757	London, England
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1799	South Africa
  Death	15 Mar 1814	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
  Person ID	I85807	master
  Last Modified	13 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Janet,   b. 1755, Leith, Scotland d. 26 Dec 1814, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 59 years)
  Children	+ 1. John Melville,   b. 10 Jun 1787, New South Wales, Australia d. 6 Aug 1852, George, Western Cape, South Africa (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F31059	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Aug 2010

  
  

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  Birth - Nov 1757 - London, England Immigration - 1799 - South Africa Death - 15 Mar 1814 - Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Master mariner "In 1792 Thomas Melvill, Master of the Britannica was commander of a flotilla of 5 ships with a cargo of convicts for New South Wales, Australia" in letter to Pamela Anne Leoplold Melvill from Alex Melvill 27-7-1979 Arrived in South Africa in 1799 Presented with a Silver Cup with the inscription: The gift of His Excellency, Arthur Phillips, Esq., Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of His Majesty's Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, to Thomas Melvill, Commander of the Britannia, for killing a Spermaceti Whale on the 26 th October 1791. Being the first of its kind taken on this coast since the Colony was established. This cup was in the possession of Mrs Edward H V Melvill of Johannesburg in 1977.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1859] Perks, Michael J.