John George Melvill

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About John George Melvill

The original John Melvill in SA (son of Thomas, the mariner) became a missionary with the London Missionary Society (LMS) in his forties and 'co-founded' the Hankey Khoi mission agricultural settlement with Dr John Philip. Since then there have always been Melvilles living and farming in the Gamtoos River valley (Hankey, Patensie, and Humansdorp nearby). Samuel, of course, was born on one of the other Khoi missions that the LMS founded, namely Philippolis. He followed in his father John's early career footsteps and became a surveyor.

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John George Melvill's Timeline

1823
December 13, 1823
Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
1847
1847
1849
1849
1850
November 6, 1850
1852
December 2, 1852
1854
November 9, 1854
1857
February 9, 1857
1859
March 10, 1859
Graaf Reinett
1860
September 8, 1860