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About Thomas Cockcroft, Snr
1820 British Settler
Thomas Cockcroft (13), together with his parents Harriet Farrar Bailie (36), and Charles Cockcroft (35), a Cloth dresser, and 2 siblings, were members of Jonathan Wainwright's Party of 24 Settlers on the John.
Party originated from Yorkshire, England.
Departed Liverpool, 13 January 1820. Arrived Table Bay, Cape Town on 19 April 1820. Final Port - Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth May 1820.
Area Allocated to the Party : Harewood, Lynedoch River.
Siblings :
- William Cockcroft 9
- Mark Cockcroft 7
Thomas was Commandant at Clumber Station in The Seventh Frontier War. In 1849 he became Municipal Commissioner of Grahamstown, and was elected to the Bathurst Divisional Council, representing Clumber in 1854. Thomas and his brother, William, donated the land for the erection of a chapel and burial ground at Shaw Park. The church was completed in 1864.
Death Notice: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-HSM5-D?i=71&c...
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Thomas Cockcroft, Snr's Timeline
| 1807 |
1807
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Leeds, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
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| 1832 |
1832
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Shaw Park, Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 1833 |
December 23, 1833
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Shaw Park, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
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1833
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Bathurst, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 1835 |
December 2, 1835
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Shaw Park, Bathurst, Cape Colony, South Africa
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| 1838 |
May 14, 1838
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Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa
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| 1840 |
June 18, 1840
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Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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| 1843 |
November 18, 1843
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South Africa
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| 1845 |
October 20, 1845
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South Africa
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