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FamilySearch® International Genealogical Index search Sept. 16, 1999
George SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Born: 1777 Culmstock, Devon, England
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Jane BAKER
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Batch number: 1660410
Sheet: 14
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possibel parent information
George SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 12 Jan 1777 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
Source Information:
Batch number: C050761
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Son of marriage
Henry SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Born: 1810 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: George SOUTHEY
Mother: Joan BAKER
Source Information:
Batch number: 2260470
Sheet: 46
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John SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Marriage(s):
Spouse: Elizabeth POTTER
Marriage: 2 Oct 1776 Culmstock, Devon, England
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Batch number: M050761
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Possible brother and sister to George Southey
John SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 25 Apr 1779 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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Elizabeth SOUTHEY
Sex: F
Event(s):
Christened: 20 May 1781 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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Samuel SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 22 Feb 1784 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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William SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 11 Feb 1787 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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Richard SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 27 Sep 1789 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Robert SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 13 May 1792 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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Henry SOUTHEY
Sex: M
Event(s):
Christened: 26 Jul 1795 Culmstock, Devon, England
Parents:
Father: John SOUTHEY
Mother: Elizabeth
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Batch number: C050761
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"George Southey, his wife and family in the party of J. Southey in a group of 49 from Somersetshire set sail from Bristol in approximately January, 1820 on the Kennersley Castle for South Africa arriving there about March, 1820"
Source: Story of the 1820 Settlers to South Africa
"In 1835, the Xhosa King Hintsa was killed at Nqabara, near Willowvale in the Eastern Cape. The amaXhosa say that the king was treacherously cut down while escaping from a British army camp, where he had been negotiating terms of surrender after half a century of continuous war against the invading power.
The British side of the story is a little different.
The fatal shot was fired by one George Southey, a young man who had arrived in South Africa from his native Somerset with his parents, part of the 1820 settlement.
By Southey's account, Hintsa was being escorted on horseback to talk surrender among the Xhosa chiefs when he attempted to escape. He was shot in the leg (by Southey) but ran off into the bush, in spite of his injury. He was pursued by British soldiers, and was finally cornered (again by Southey) in dense vegetation. According to Southey, the king raised his spear in an aggressive manner, intending to kill his pursuer. Southey then shot him in the head in self-defence.
This was an almost fatal trauma for the Xhosa nation. Hintsa's son, Sarhili, was eventually appointed king, and it was he who witnessed the virtual annihilation of his people in the "national suicide" that followed the prophecies of Nongqawuse. Hintsa's death had caused a profound psychological rupture.
Not much is known of what became of Southey. But his elder brother Richard became lieutenant governor of Griqualand West, where, among other things, he established a reputation for championing the cause of equal rights for the black diamond miners of Kimberley. He was knighted, but then removed from his post, and eventually established a cattle farm."
Source: JOHN MATSHIKIZA reports, Daily Mail and Guardian, Johannesburg, South Africa. April 28, 1999