Capt. Benjamin Moodie, 10th Laird of Melsetter
Abt 1779 - 1856 (77 years)
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Name Benjamin Moodie Prefix Capt. Suffix 10th Laird of Melsetter Birth Abt 1779 Melsetter,,,,Scotland 
[1] Gender Male Death 2 Apr 1856 Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa [2] Person ID I2046 My Genealogy Last Modified 30 Oct 2020 | Edit
Father Maj. James Moodie, 9th Laird of Melsetter, b. 12 Feb 1757, Melsetter,,,,Scotland d. 28 Jun 1820, Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland., (Age 63 years) Mother Elizabeth Dunbar d. 1798 Marriage - _HTITL: Husband
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Family ID F688 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Margaret Malcolmson d. 1838, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa Marriage 1817 Scotland,,,, [3] - _HTITL: Husband
- _WTITL: Wife
Children 1. James Moodie, 11th Laird of Melsetter, b. 26 May 1819, Scotland,,,, 2. Thomas Moodie, b. 1825, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa d. 1883, Cape Town,,South Africa (Age 58 years)3. Henrietta Moodie, b. Abt 1827, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa 4. Donald Moodie, b. 29 Dec 1827, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa 5. Isabella Moodie, b. 1828, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa d. 1883 (Age 55 years)6. Margery Moodie, b. 1830, Westfield,Port Beaufort,Western Cape,South Africa 7. Janet Moodie, b. 1832, Grootvadersbosch,Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa 8. Malcolm Moodie, b. 29 Mar 1833, Goot Vaders Bosch,district Heidelberg,Western Cape,South Africa d. 25 Jul 1896, Westfield,dist Swellendam,Cape,South Africa., (Age 63 years)Family ID F676 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Oct 2020 | Edit
Family 2 Susan Barnett Marriage 1841 Blackheath,,,London,England [2] - _HTITL: Husband
- _WTITL: Wife
Family ID F677 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 29 Oct 2020 | Edit
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Captain Benjamin Moodie, 10th Laird of Mesetter
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Notes - Captain of the Ross and Caithness Militia. Unable to save his family property which had to be sold, he emigrated to South Africa together with 200 Scottish families who were to be indentured to him to pay back the passage money. Most of them broke their contracts with him.
He purchased the farm Groot Vaders Bosch in the district of Heidelberg which is still (2020) in the possession of his descendants.
In 1820 he was appointed magistrate of the Peddie District (then called the Neutral Territory) beyond the Fish River.
- Captain of the Ross and Caithness Militia. Unable to save his family property which had to be sold, he emigrated to South Africa together with 200 Scottish families who were to be indentured to him to pay back the passage money. Most of them broke their contracts with him.
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Sources - [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 53 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 57 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 54 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1355] The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval, The Moodie Book, (Privately Printed 1906. Retrieved from https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9560/95604496.23.pdf), page 53 (Reliability: 3).
