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Benjamin Wright 17, together with his mother and stepfather, Edward Turvey, who was Leader of the Party, and his 5 siblings, were members of Turvey's Party of 61 Settlers on the Sir George Osborn.
Party originated from London.
Departed London - 16 March 1820. Arrival Simon's Bay, Cape Town - 17 June 1820. Final Port Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth - July 1820
Area Allocated to the Party : Trompetter's Drift Post - Albany
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Alternative data from recent merge -
1820settlers.com support the name Benjamin "Ben" and
From Nash - '"There were frequent changes in the make-up of the party, and Turvey's lists are confused and inconsistent, with considerable variation in the given ages of some of the members. Benjamin Wright for instance, 15 is entered as 22 on the first party list and 17 - entailing a saving of five pounds in deposit money - on the final sailing list."
See also - http://genealogy.amay.co.uk/main.php?p=HF1
From http://www.eggsa.org/1820-settlers/index.php/additional-information...
TURVEY, Edward - Extra Data
30 NOVEMBER 1999
He was born in Dublin, His wife Julia, nee DANIEL, also from Dublin, was the sister of Peter Clarke DANIEL and Sampson DANIEL, (the children of John DANIEL and Elizabeth CLARKE) and the half sister of John DANIEL (son of John DANIEL and his second wife Sarah NEVIN(S), who married in Dublin on 21 August 1795). Julia DANIEL was first married to John WRIGHT in Dublin, and her sons William and Benjamin WRIGHT were also in TURVEY's Party.
From original image at http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie
Edward TURVEY married Julia WRIGHT, widow, 4 February 1805 in St.Mary's, Dublin
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1805
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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
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1824 |
1824
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1825 |
April 11, 1825
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1826 |
November 26, 1826
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1828 |
October 15, 1828
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King William's Town, Cape, South Africa
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1831 |
April 1831
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Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
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1834 |
August 21, 1834
Age 29
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Grahamstown, Cape, South Africa
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December 26, 1834
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Grahamstown, Western District, EC, South Africa
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