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The 1820 Settler Correspondence
 as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
 and edited by Sue Mackay

Additonal Information

This is pre 1820 information mainly taken from actual images of UK parish registers and other primary sources which I have personally researched. Further information about the settlers and their families once they reached the Cape can be found at https://www.1820settlers.com/

Sue Mackay

DICKS, Benjamin - Extra Data

Written by Sue Mackay on .

 

Benjamin DICKS was not an 1820 settler as such, but his wife was the daughter of Edward FORD, the leader of FORD's Party, and he travelled to the Cape between 1829 and 1833.

 

Wiltshire Council and Swindon Borough Council Record Office

 

Benjamin DICKS and Hannah PAIN were married by banns on 9 August 1790 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire.

Benjamin DICKS (signed)

Hannah PAIN (X)

Witnesses: Edward DICKS (X) and Edward FRY

 

Eleanor dr. of Benjamin and Hannah DICKS baptised 26 Dec 1790 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire.

George son of Benjamin and Hannah DIX baptised 30 Sept 1792 in Longbridge Dverill, Wiltshire

Benjamin son of Benjamin and Hannah DIX baptised 1 Mar 1795 in Longbridge Dverill, Wiltshire

Joseph son of Benjamin and Hannah DICKS baptised 1Oct 1797 in Longbridge,Wiltshire

Hannah dr. of Benjamin and Hannah DIXbaptised 30 Nov'r 1800 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire

 

Benjamin DICKS and Maria FORD were married by banns on 7 June 1818 in Longbridge Deverill, Wiltshire

Both made their mark

Witnesses: James DICKS and Samuel GULLIFER

 

Baptisms of children on Benjamin and Maria DICKS in Longbridge Deverill:

John 25 June 1819

Dinah 17 September1826 aged 3

Samuel 17 September 1826

Edward Ford 16 August 1829

Patience 16 August 1829

 

 

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