John Sampson Prince<br>Birth name: John Prince<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: Aug 24 1822 - Fordham, Cambridgeshire, England<br>Christening: May 20 1827 - Exning, Suffolk, England<br>Residence: Census - 1841 - Exning, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom<br>Death: Oct 4 1851 - Olifantshoek, Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa<br>Burial: 1851 - Olifantshoek, Postmasburg, Cape Province, South Africa<br>Occupation: Agricuralist - 1851 - Grahamstown, Cape Province, South Africa<br&;gt;Parents: Richard Prince, Mary Prince (born Harrold)<br>Siblings: William Prince, George Prince Sr, , Lucy Thurston (born Prince), Mary Prince, Rachel Hooper (born Prince), James Prince, Harriet Prince, Thomas Prince, Ann Prince<br> Additional information:
LifeSketch: In 1841 Queen Victoria was offering grants of land in South Africa, also money to take people there to build up her country. Grandfather (George Prince)was with the first group that went. His family, which consisted of his wife and one child, went with him. She was the only woman in the party, therefore, it was several years before she saw a white woman. and it was not long until they were prospering, although the natives caused considerable trouble. Grandfather took part in two wars while living there and received several badges of honor. When the last war started they stationed one of the boys (Richard) on a hill overlooking the country to watch the coming of the negroes. When he saw them approaching he notified the people and they all gathered in a block house for safety. This block house had port holes through which the men shot at the negroes. There were fifteen white men and about two thousand negroes. Grandfather’s brother John (a young man) was killed during this war. He became impatient at shooting through port holes so opened a door a little and was hit by an arrow. He died soon after and was buried on the battle field of Africa. When the war was over they found hundreds of dead natives which they buried in trenches.
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