James
Samuel
Ford
Born in East Ham, Newham, London, England, United Kingdom
Son of James Edward Ford
and Frances (Stransham) Ford
Brother of
Frances Jane Clarissa (Ford) Marillier, Edward Stransham Ford, Adelaide Elizabeth Ford, Jane Murray Ford and John Henry Ford
Husband of
Geertruida Johanna (Muntingh) Ford
— married
1834 in Cape Town, Cape Colony
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret Frances Gertrude (Ford) Aitchison, George Henry Murray Ford, Louisa Muntingh (Ford) van Breda, Adelaide Jane Ford, Jane Clarissa Murray (Ford) Aitchison, Elizabeth Ford, James Ford, Henry Francis Ford and Dora Helen Adelaide (Ford) Simkins
Died
at about age 50
in Cape Colony [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2019
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Biography
James Samuel was born in East Ham, London, on 4 July 1806; he was the son of James Edward Ford and Frances (Stransham) Ford.
He came to the Colony with his parents as an 1820 settler. He married Geertruida Johanna Muntingh in the Cape Colony in 1834. The following children were born of this marriage:
- Margaret Frances Gertrude (Ford) Aitchison
- George Henry Murray Ford
- Louisa Muntingh Ford
- Adelaide Henry Dora Ford
- Jane Clarissa Murray Ford
- Elizabeth Ford
- James Ford
- Henry Francis Ford
James passed away in 1857.[1][2]
Sources
- ↑ South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DTCB-SH3Z : 13 December 2020), James Samuel Ford, 1857
- ↑ Added by Des Lynch on 30 April 2021
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
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