John Filmer

Born: 17 May 1770, Runnen Hall (Lenham), Kent, England
Marriage (1): Mary Whitbread on 10 Feb 1807 in St. Giles without Cripplegate, London, England
Died: 19 Jun 1853, Salem, Eastern Cape, South Africa aged 83

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Mary Whitbread

Mary Filmer

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Birth Notes:

http://www.southafricansettlers.info/?page_id=637

bullet Death Notes:

http://www.southafricansettlers.info/?page_id=637

bullet Sources of information or noted events in his life were:

• Children. They had 12 children.

See:- http://www.southafricansettlers.info/?page_id=637

1) John b. 1809 m. 1838 Mary Eastland, they had 4 sons and 3 daughters:
2) Ebenezer, Thomas, George, Joseph, Mary, Agnes and Hetty.
3) Harriet 1813 d. 1900
4) Ebenezer born 1816 London, m. abt 1840 Sarah Agnes Hill, dau. of John Hill who came from Scotland with Benajmin Moodie's party in 1817. He d. 22 Mar 1877 Grahamstown (q.v.)
5) Mary b. 1817, marr. Joseph Weakley, no children, and d. 20 Nov 1850 age 34 Grahamstown
6) Elizabeth b. 1819 marr. James Usher
7) Thomas b. 1821
8) George b. 1823 m. Kate Palmer and had 4 sons and 4 daughters: John, George, 9) Walter, Herbert, Adelaide, Annie, Kitsie and Kate.
10) James b. abt 1825, unmarried, buried at Komgha.
11) Sarah b. abt 1826
12) Anna b. abt 1828.

• General Comment. Sephton's party of 1820 settlers. He had a brother Thomas Filmer (q.v.) who sailed with the same party.

• Web Based Info. http://www.southafricansettlers.info/?page_id=637

John married Mary Whitbread, daughter of Charles Whitbread and Elizabeth Horton, on 10 Feb 1807 in St. Giles without Cripplegate, London, England. (Mary Whitbread was born on 6 Oct 1790 in , Kent, England and died on 10 Jun 1865 in Cederburg, Cape Province, South Africa.)

bullet Sources of information or n events in their marriage were:

• Web Based Info. http://search.ancestry.co.uk/iexec?htx=View&r=5538&dbid=1623&iid=31281_A101628-00162&fn=Mary&ln=Whitehead&st=r&ssrc=pt_t11825614_p1954793776_kpidz0q3d1954793776z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgPLz0q3dpid&pid=1322552

Mary could not write and signed with an X.

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

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The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years